Question+11


 * 11. Evaluation Criterion: There is a clear plan for involving the broader learning community, including the local community, business organizations, and education researchers.

Explain, within 300-400 words for tier 1 or 600-700 words for tiers 2 and 3, how your project meets this criterion.** *

The broader learning community and community in general are already involved in the adventure center. · We are discussing having some of the labour to be provided by the Don Howard society who works to educate individuals who are progressing through the educational program at Dorchester Pennetentiary. · NBPower is expected to provide and install the expensive class 2 poles for the High ropes course · The town has given their initial support for the project. We have asked them to consider providing the environmental assessment, land with water access and a shack to house our fleet of kayaks. · CUI has been involved with the project for almost a year**CHECK THIS INFORMATION-Hasen't it only been six months?**. They have been providing advice and suggestions regarding design, infrastructure and training for our staff. They are our vendor of choice as they represent the industry standard in Canada. Given the perceived high risk activity, we require the highest standard available and should be considered paramount during the tendering process. · Two faculties of Kinesiology have partnered with us to provide a level of expertise not normally available and to collaborate on our research projects. This will ensure scrutiny and the highest available best practices. · We plan to create a true professional learning community between all these stakeholders including the high school teachers, the university professors and the contributing businesses. The main mode of communication will be through an RSS feed asynchronous webpage and discussion board designed by I-Spire.

This project not only considers how the greater community can contribute, but also how the project will benefit the general population.
 * The town will have access to the facility for their Parks and Rec program and draw on our discovered best practices. They also have an opportunity to market their community.
 * NBCC St Andrews will get free publicity to students who will have an introduction to the activities of adventure and a glimpse into potential non-traditional employment.
 * The university programs are unable to conduct research as they are not able to attract enough participants at a regular schedule to their courses. However, we can provide a regular schedule for simple data collection.
 * At the moment, although PLC’s have been the topic of discussion in the district, there have been few working examples presented to us. This project would see the introduction and evaluation of a PLC in action.
 * Eco-tourism companies such as Camp Centennial, Baymount, Cape Enrage and FreshAir Adventures are in need of trained student employees.