Series BPN: 4824

Year of production:
1992

Transition Years 2

For grades 7 to 10

3 programs x 60 minutes
Teachers in grades 7 to 10 will find this series particularly relevant as it focuses on the changes that are planned for the transition years grades in Ontario. Through in-classroom scenes and discussions with education experts, we see how this time of change has created a re-examination of how to make schools more meaningful for students at this level.

Not Closed Captioned

Programs:

The Issue is Evaluation
BPN 482401
As programs in grade 9 change it is important to take another look at the ways in which students are evaluated. Staff members at Frontenac School in Burlington, Ont., are trying some innovative ways with their grade 8 classes. The program features classroom footage and discussion with teacher Bruce Murray, and Earl Woodruff, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto.
(30:00)

John Fraser: A New Challenge
BPN 482402
John Fraser SS in the Peel Board opened its doors to students in the fall of 1992, and principal Russ Jackson and his new staff faced a double challenge. In addition to beginning operations as a school, they were one of the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot projects for the Transition Years. This program documents their success and the on-going challenge of creating new ways of working with grade 9 students.
(30:00)

Staying In
BPN 482403
Albert Campbell CI in Scarborough, Ont., developed a pilot project to find innovative ways to keep grade 9 students interested in and challenged by what’s going on in school, and to encourage young students to stay in school. Marshall Henkle talks with Julie West, vice-principal, and Cyril Lewis, assistant head of mathematics. The discussion is enlivened by footage of math and drama classes.
(30:00)

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