THE VISION FOR THE SIX NATIONS EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM


Through the interviews and the input during the working sessions, a vision of the new education ecosystem began to take shape. By identifying the existing challenges in the existing ecosystem, and overlaying the proposed changes from the education ecosystem, the expected outcomes will have a significant positive impact on the six nations communities overall.


CHALLENGES Family engagement Attendance


Post-secondary participation Crime rate


Drug and alcohol abuse


Employment Nutrition


Addressing special education needs Language fluency Increase in membership Mental health Lack of technology Capital infrastructure


Culture & language programs


Parent/school liaison


Student support and success


Nutritionists Technology


Community learning


SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER EDUCATION SYSTEM


HAUDENOSAUNEE VALUES


Curriculum development


Special education assistants


Psychologists Post-secondary


Elders-in-schools


Professional development


Daycare


Adult education New buildings


Lunch and snack program


Sports and recreation Not an exhaustive list / representation


Nurses OUTCOMES


Students that embody and live Haudenosaunee values


Increased family engagement Increased student attendance Increased graduation Decreased crime rate


Decrease in alcohol and drug abuse Increased employment Healthier students


Increased success for special education students Increase in language fluency Increased post-secondary graduates Increased student success Greater community involvement Increased economic development


RESOURCES World’s Largest Lesson:


Our Inspiration youtube.com/watch?v=lOCFpsWaSrs


My students’ favourite introduction with Emma Watson youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0AVjtdq_Q


Act Now un.org/en/actnow/


The World’s Largest Lesson worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/


AGES 4-8:


Explorers for the Global Goals worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/ resource/explorers-for-the-global-goals- activity-pack-for-teachers/


AGES 8-12:


The Pandemic is a Portal. Time to Reset. worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/ resources


ANY AGE:


Teach SDGs has a platform with re- sources and mentor teachers who will guide you. teachsdgs.org/resources.html


12 ETFO VOICE | WINTER 2020


Ontario Science Centre STEM resources about the Global Goals ontariosciencecentre.ca/teachers-plus- students/teacher-resources/stem-education- toolkit


The 2020 Climate action project climate-action.info/


Fact sheets for each of the global goals un.org/sustainabledevelopment/poverty/


The Global Goals Comics margreetdeheer.com/eng/globalgoals.html and comicsunitingnations.org/


Progress on the global goals unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2019/


Project Helping Our Mother Earth See the section on Life On Land. helpingourmotherearth.com/


People Fixing the World A podcast by BBC looking at good news stories about the environment. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04grdbc/episodes/ downloads


brought to local stories. Highlights include a collection of towels for the Humane Soci- ety organized by a student or woven plas- tic mats made out of milk bags distributed by a class to countries affected by tsunamis through milkbagsunlimited.ca.


“We have hope. We have enormous potential of what children can achieve together...if we let them.”


– Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University


This year presents an opportunity for a


shift in practice, an invitation to show stu- dents the connections between subjects and to ask them to dream of solutions to real problems. Through the 2020 school shut- down and reboot, we were given a view of what we value and what needs to change. Now that school has begun in this new way, it is up to us, as teachers, to look at climate change, inequalities and connection to the land and water in a new way. This isn’t about rote learning; it’s role learning. It’s about embracing responsibilities and empowering change. Though it can be daunting to set out on this path, there is a worldwide network of educators who will support you. Together, as the UN Global Goals motto states, we will “Leave no one behind.” n


Joanne Arcand is a member of the Halton Teacher Local.


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