EDITORS’ NOTE

The Crescent Centre for Boys’ Education Discovering How Boys Learn Best

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The Crescent Centre for Boys’ Education Discovering How Boys Learn Best

We are pleased to share the third annual report from the Crescent Centre for Boys’ Education with the Crescent community and our international partners. This past year, we turned our research lens inwards to examine the impacts of the pandemic on wellbeing, belonging, inclusion and positive school culture. Our efforts were directed toward student research and establishing the research culture for our faculty, which proved to be a valuable step in highlighting the role of the CCBE for all constituents. This investment will serve us well as we look forward to having additional opportunities to connect internally and externally next year. A highlight from the 2021-22 school year was our Grade 10 SPARC (Student Participatory Action Research Collaborative) team, whose efforts led them to Philadelphia to present their findings at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. The boys’ work was well-received and they represented Crescent School with professionalism and dedication. Special thanks to Ms. Cislak, Mr. Messenger and Mr. Fellin for supervising the boys at this important conference. Our Advisory Panel was instrumental in directing our efforts this year. One significant deliverable from our strategic planning exercise was the creation of CCBE’s Four Tiers of Professional Research. These tiers outline four paths to conducting action research starting with an analysis of a classroom teaching practice and ending with a refereed article for publication or conference teaching presentation. We are excited that our colleagues have the clarity and structure to support and inform their pursuit of the best teaching practices for our boys. Our continued work with our IBSC colleagues provides us with invaluable perspectives and insights. We are grateful for their generous contributions to our development. The year ahead proves to be an exciting one. We anticipate a return to pre-pandemic teaching and learning environments and are poised to capture this momentum. We will do this by leaning into discovering best practices in experiential education, wellbeing, character and diversity, inclusion and belonging to support our signature programs: Crescent’s Portrait of A Graduate and the Crescent Diploma.

Dr. Sandra Boyes Executive Director of Professional Learning & Research, Head of Lower School Mrs. Trish Cislak Head of Libraries and Research