Invitation to our M.Ed. class project

Dream Big with us!

The students in EDUC-5414 School Improvement Planning want to redesign the Faculty of Education learning spaces at Lakehead University. By 'redesign' we mean imagine changes to the structure and function of the learning spaces, with the intention of improving them.

Here are our course mission, vision, and values:

• Mission
• To design multi-faceted spaces for the educational community that reflects inspired and inclusive learning, creative and innovative teaching, environmental and sustainable initiatives, and diverse experiences.
• Vision
• To create an environment that allows for relationship-building, transformative experiences, endless opportunities for learning, and the fearless pursuit of realizing our goals.
• Values
• We believe that the foundation of a unique, transformative, and unconventional learning experience is rooted in respect, support, connection to nature, collaboration and individual journeys. These are the values we believe are the cornerstone of lifelong learning.

We ask you to Dream Big with us and contribute ideas to the redesign of the Faculty of Education learning spaces. Your voice and opinion are important.

The survey is very short, open, and anonymous. It is not confidential, per se, because we are sharing your ideas with anyone who is interested. The Office of Research was consulted and the survey meets the University's ethical standards related to the collection of information for the purposes of program improvement.

Please take 10 minutes to share your ideas with us. Click here,

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CSN79KG

Then what happens? Students in the EDUC-5414 School Improvement Planning will plan a redesign of the Faculty of Education learning spaces based on your ideas, as well as other research. The culminating task for the course will be drawings and some text/rationale for design decisions. We will share our results with the Chairs, Dean, and Education Librarian who agreed to consider ideas for improvement. We will also seek to share our results with you via email if you wish. Finally, we will present our proposal for a redesign in a presentation open to everyone who is interested.

With sincere thanks from,

John-Paul Chalykoff, 

Felicia Deonarain, 

Joanna Krisko, 

Zhihua Li, 

Lijun Qian, 

Karen Lynn Rajala, and 

Dr. Christina van Barneveld