{"id":9350,"date":"2018-01-31T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/?p=9350"},"modified":"2018-03-13T23:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T03:28:34","slug":"meet-one-of-canadas-outstanding-principals-for-2018-nwss-principal-john-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/meet-one-of-canadas-outstanding-principals-for-2018-nwss-principal-john-tyler\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet One of Canada&#8217;s 40 Outstanding Principals for 2018: NWSS Principal John Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9357\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8318-640-CC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8318-640-CC.jpg 634w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8318-640-CC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8318-640-CC-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/>\n<blockquote><p>Recognized as one of Canada&#8217;s 40 Outstanding Principals for 2018, John Tyler, NWSS Principal, credits administrators, teacher and staff for their willingness to &#8220;create a\u00a0 flexible space where all students\u00a0 can learn no matter where they are at in their lives&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 Tyler is pictured here with student Eric Callaway and NWSS Teacher-Librarian Lorena Jones, along with VPs Randy Jaggernathsingh, Sonya Rondestvedt, and Laura Roberts in the back row<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Honouring principals across Canada for exemplary leadership&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>January 31, 2018 &#8211; John Tyler, Principal of New Westminster Secondary School, has been named one of Canada&#8217;s 40 Outstanding Principals for 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelearningpartnership.ca\/press\/Canadas-Outstanding-Principals-announced-for-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Learning Partnership<\/a>\u00a0honours principals from across Canada for exemplary leadership and recognizes the &#8220;unique and vital contributions of principals in publicly funded schools.&#8221; The announcement was made today.<\/p>\n<p>The 40 principals are nominated by parents, colleagues and community members and are chosen by a national selection committee. They are celebrated for demonstrating innovation, leadership and for employing creativity in finding solutions and opportunities within their school communities.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler, who assumed leadership of one of BC&#8217;s largest and more diverse schools in July 2016, restructured Learning Support Services at NWSS to make learning more accessible for all students.<\/p>\n<p>He also champions digital learning, supporting the evolution of the library to a Learning Commons, and incorporating makerspaces, 3D printers and several hundred laptops. As a result, students have more and more opportunities for innovative, creative ways to demonstrate learning in any number of academic subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler will be celebrated with co-winners in Toronto February 27. The honourees, including three other principals from BC, will also benefit from a five- day executive leadership training program at the University of Toronto&#8217;s Rotman School of Management. The Learning Partnership is a charity\u00a0dedicated to enhancing publicly funded\u00a0education.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ladies and gentlemen&#8230;we give you Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OutstandingPrincipals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OutstandingPrincipals<\/a> of 2018! Congratulations to all 40 honourees! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OTmEW9LKmz\">https:\/\/t.co\/OTmEW9LKmz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uelr2cwmMf\">pic.twitter.com\/Uelr2cwmMf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Learning Partnership (@TLPCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TLPCanada\/status\/958688914499350528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Creating flexible opportunities for learning&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely humbling,&#8217; Tyler said following the announcement today.\u00a0 &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour to be recognized but it speaks to my team and the teachers&#8217; willingness to create flexibility for meeting the different needs of our students&#8221; on their individual pathways to success.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the largest high schools in the province, that can be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It takes time and energy,&#8221; said Tyler.\u00a0 But he noted the evidence is everywhere &#8211; in the willingness of an International Baccalaureate teacher to accommodate the unique needs of a top student who also faces demands as a football player, or in the Performing Arts where teachers have created a unique stage technician course that connects student learning to the field and is outside the traditional box of course offerings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s creating the room where teachers can provide those flexible opportunities for learning beyond the more traditional approaches,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that despite the fact that the high school is slated for replacement by 2020, there are &#8220;fantastic pockets of learning&#8221; and major progress in moving forward &#8216;while we are waiting for a new school to be built.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>A true example of a 21st century leader&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Lorena Jones, an NWSS teacher-librarian for the past eight years, called Tyler &#8221; a true example of a 21st century leader,&#8221; and described him as a &#8220;technology savvy, relationship driven, life-long learner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0 also said he was an informed and thoughtful risk-taker in making change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first thing I remember about him was his talk called &#8220;Fine-Tuning through Failure,&#8221;\u00a0 she laughed. In taking risks, he learns and adapts.\u00a0 &#8220;He&#8217;s a model for our students&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8355-580-aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8355-580-aa.jpg 345w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_8355-580-aa-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/>For Grade 11 student Eric Callaway, &#8220;Mr. T&#8221; has created new opportunities he might not have otherwise have had.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, with Tyler&#8217;s support, Callaway was able to create a new position at NWSS as the &#8220;learning technologist&#8221;\u00a0 a formally recognized course created especially for him to explore the new technologies in the school\u00a0 &#8211; such as 3D printing, sphero bluetooth robots, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Callaway&#8217;s growing expertise with the technologies allows him to provide support for both teachers and fellow students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unique to this school.\u00a0 This really works for me,&#8221; said Callaway, who also said he had faced some learning challenges. &#8220;After this course, I realized I was good with technology. Mr. T&#8217;s been a big help for me over the past two years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>An influence well beyond NWSS&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Kit Krieger, Executive Director of the BC Principals&#8217; &amp; Vice-Principals&#8217; Association, was among those who supported Tyler for recognition by The Learning Partnership. He said\u00a0 Tyler&#8217;s influence &#8220;ranges well beyond New Westminster Secondary School.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Krieger noted that Tyler represents BC&#8217;s 2,300 principals and vice-principals on the Teachers&#8217; Council of the Teacher Regulation Branch of the Ministry of Education, which is charged with responsibility for the standards of certification in BC, and the review of BC&#8217;s nine teacher education programs, among other responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is the only principal on this committee and one of only fourteen educators holding this immense responsibility,&#8221; Krieger wrote. Krieger said he was impressed with the way in with Tyler had guided a review of standards for the education, competence and professional conduct of educators, and worked to achieve consensus among diverse stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler also proposed, set up and moderated a series of webinars to engage principals and vice-principals throughout the province, helping to support members in more remote regions.<\/p>\n<p>Krieger said he found great respect among the staff at NWSS for the &#8216;breadth of Tyler&#8217;s knowledge, his work ethic and the strength of his community and leaderships skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognized as one of Canada&#8217;s 40 Outstanding Principals for 2018, John Tyler, NWSS Principal, credits administrators, teacher and staff for their willingness to &#8220;create a\u00a0 flexible space where all students\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","category-featured-news","category-events-and-announcements","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9350"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9407,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350\/revisions\/9407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}