School Learning Ecosystem
by Peter Schutte
1. Educators
1.1. Categories
1.1.1. Primary
1.1.2. Teaching Assistants
1.1.3. Secondary
1.1.4. Learning Support
1.2. Multicultural & Multinational
1.3. High Skill Level & Productivity
1.4. Relatively High Turnover
1.4.1. Incentives to stay 5 Year Max
1.4.2. Better Incoming Training to adapt quicker
1.5. Collaboration Between Old & New Campus
1.5.1. Increase Average Staff Tenure to Aid Collaboration
1.5.2. Design Digital Collaboration into Department Functioning
2. Parents
2.1. Communicative
2.2. Hold Teachers Accountable
2.3. High Expectations
2.4. Supportive of Children
3. Admin Staff
3.1. Office
3.2. Maintenance
3.3. Transport
3.4. IT
3.5. Boarding Staff
3.6. Security
4. Students
4.1. Categories
4.1.1. EC: 2-4
4.1.2. PYP: 5-10
4.1.3. MYP: 11-16
4.1.4. DP: 17-18
4.2. Characteristics
4.2.1. Inquisitive
4.2.2. Communicative
4.2.3. High Extra Mural Involvement
4.2.4. Length of Student Enrolement Unpredictable
4.2.4.1. Outside of School Control
4.2.5. Diversity
5. Digital Infrastructure
5.1. WiFi Network
5.2. G Suite for Education
5.3. Email
5.4. Managebac
5.5. IB Portal
5.6. iPad and Chromebook shared set
5.7. Student BYOD (Age 13 & Up)
5.8. Teacher Laptops
5.9. Projectors
6. Physical Infrastructure
6.1. School Buildings
6.2. Boarding House
6.3. School Outdoor Facilities
6.4. Backup Battery Power
6.5. Onsite Catering Facilities
6.6. School Security / Access Control
6.7. In House School Transport: Bus + Vehicles
7. Local Context
7.1. Weather & Climate
7.2. Friendly
7.3. Tourist Hub
7.4. Underdeveloped Infrastructure
7.4.1. Outside of School Control
7.5. Work Permit Issues
7.5.1. Outside of School Control
7.6. School Split Across Two Campus' Collaboration Difficult
7.6.1. Design Digital Collaboration into Department Functioning