Vision Showcase| May, 2012Ohanyan

Educational Complex, Armenia

Anna Galstyan

partners in learningfor schoolsVision for innovation

• What is your overall vision for your school?The vision of Ohanyan Educational Complex is to.• provide an exciting teaching and learning environment with an intensive deployment of ICT, • create a culture of innovation, • prepare global citizens equipped with multilingual skills • act as change agent in the community at large.

partners in learningfor schoolsVision for innovation

• What are the most important changes you envision for students?• development of initiative and leadership skills,• development of analytical, critical and creative thinking• result and solution oriented • emotional competent team player with effective communication skills • have information and time management skills• is curious with developed research skills• is active learner and is ready to share knowledge

partners in learningfor schoolsVision for innovation

• How does this vision connect with the other stakeholders in the community – teachers, partner, district leaders?

The vision of the school will become unrealistic without extensive partnership with external stakeholders, namely partners and district leaders. We disseminate the good practices and bring changes in the community as well.

partners in learningfor schoolsCurrent Status

• What elements of your vision are in place now?• What needs to be completed in this vision phase?• What are the top three things you most want to change in the next two

years?.All of the elements of the school vision are in the process of development and throughout the recent several years we have had achievements and fundamental changes. The focus areas mentioned in the Strategic Plan of the school are as follows:• development of human resources • improvement of infrastructure and resources • secure the role of the school in the global community as an innovative institution •The mentioned three areas we consider crucial on the way of achieving the goals and vision and are key to continuously keeping the phase with the changes in the external environment.

partners in learningfor schoolsIdeas for Attaining the

VisionHow does your school’s vision currently supports each of the following areas?• Teaching, learning and assessment• Leadership and culture of innovation• Capacity building• Learning environment development• Student voice• Online Learning

To provide an innovative education the teaching and learning processes and the learning environment in general should be innovative as well. The school has completely redesigned the teaching and learning philosophy, approaches and methods, as well as tied the assessment mechanisms according the methods employed. The core values of the school, namely innovation, warm relationships and respect underline the actions and decisions of the school teachers and administrators: there are no closed borders in communication among different stakeholders of education. We create, transform and share information extensively trough face to face and virtual platforms. Each student has wise opportunities to initiate, bring forward and realize ideas. We only create a safe environment for the students in a physical sense, but never think instead of them giving opportunities to try, fail and learn from failures, as well as be responsible for their actions and decisions

partners in learningfor schoolsCore Aims

Relationships: Between each group of stakeholders

Environment: What spaces help progress the vision?

Opportunities: What new opportunities and curriculum?

Resources: What new posts and equipment?

Distribution of Leadership: to learners?

Evaluation: how will you be sure you know what is working?

Recognition: how will all achievement be recognised?

Distribution of Leadership.

1. Trough the project based teaching and learning we aim at distributing the leadership among and developing leadership skills of:• Teachers• Students • Project Managers 2. Mentorship and coaching relationships will be indispensible elements of the new culture.

partners in learningfor schoolsAnticipated Challenges

• What challenges do you anticipate encountering along the journey toward achieving your vision?

• How have you overcome (plan to overcome) some of those?• How can the Partners in Learning for School Program community help you?

Parents and some educators with a traditional way of thinking and mentality impede the process of transformation. The shortest way of overcoming this is by engaging them in the process and presenting the challenges of the new era and the need for innovative thinking for our children and the new generation. It would be invaluable to learn worldwide best case practices of stakeholder engagement in the framework of The Partners in Learning for School Program, which would surely accelerate the process.

partners in learningfor schoolsTechnologies used

Technologies used today Technologies plan to use

Live@EduMicrosoft OfficeWorld Wide TelescopeFlashcardsIntelMoodleMultiple MouseYouTubeFacebookSkypeOneNotePicasa Web AlbomsGoogleBingGoogle StixyWall WisherPraziGoogle Art ProjectGoogle BooksBlogsGoogle+Google docsGlogster

In our digital century its hard to say what kind of technology we will use even after 2 days. Just be Innovative and use technologies in your learning and teaching process for making it more reachable.

Thank you!