Strategic Plan
Inspire Academic Excellence
Priority 1: Inspire students to develop future-shaping skills such as a commitment to lifelong learning, critical thinking, digital literacy, adaptability, and ethical decision-making through the enhancement and further articulation of the distinctive “Shawnigan Academic Journey.”
Objectives:
- Enhance our rich curriculum through authentic connection with our place in Vancouver Island, Canada, and the wider world.
- Support and encourage students to pursue ambitious post-secondary opportunities, both nationally and internationally.
- Develop a comprehensive digital literacy experience for all students.
- Track student growth to inform teaching practice and make data-driven decisions that enhance the Shawnigan Academic Journey.
- Expand curricula and experiences that foster student agency in areas of environmental sustainability and social justice.
Priority 2: Equip students with the confidence, knowledge, and courage to solve real-world problems through inspirational teaching and innovative pedagogy focused on inquiry-based, experiential, and transdisciplinary learning.
Objectives:
- Provide targeted professional development that supports our strategic pedagogical focus.
- Strengthen collaboration through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).
- Diversify assessment practices to align with innovative instructional methods.
- Build strategic partnerships with higher education institutions to extend learning beyond the classroom.
- Fully integrate Indigenous Ways of Knowing across all disciplines.
We acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose traditional lands and waterways we live, learn and play. We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this beautiful region, and we aspire to healthy and respectful relationships with those who have lived on and cared for these lands for millennia.
Shawnigan Lake School is an independent co-educational boarding school for ages 13 –18 on Canada’s beautiful Pacific Coast. Our diverse, interdisciplinary and innovative programming helps shape the next generation of global leaders.
