Professional Activity (P.A.) Day - Early Start Secondary Schools

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August 27, 2026


Early Start Secondary Schools (Keswick HS, Maple HS, Markville SS and Sutton DHS)

Length: Half Day-AM 

Topic: Student Well-being, School Safety, Cyber Safety, and Artificial Intelligence

Entity Hosting: Early Start Secondary Schools

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Online modules developed by board staff and facilitated by school administration.

Description:

School teams will engage in compliance training focused on:

  • occupational health & safety
  • emergency preparedness and crisis management
  • threat assessment
  • cybersecurity
  • protection of personal information
  • support for students with prevalent medical conditions
  • Erin’s Law

Length: Half Day-PM 

Topic: Student Well-being and Consistent Classroom Delivery and New Curriculum Updates; School Improvement Planning

Entity Hosting: Early Start Secondary Schools

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Online modules facilitated by school administration

Description:

School teams will review professional and legal responsibilities for reporting children and youth in need of protection

School teams will also focus on consistent classroom instruction and new curriculum updates.

School teams will engage in school improvement planning focusing on:

  • high-impact instructional practices to support student improvement in alignment with the curriculum
  • curriculum implementation as it connects to instruction, and assessment

 

August 28, 2026


Early Start Secondary Schools (Keswick HS, Maple HS, Markville SS and Sutton DHS)

Length: Half Day-AM 

Topic: Student Well-being, School Safety, Violence Prevention; School Improvement Planning

Entity Hosting: Early Start Secondary Schools

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Online modules developed by board staff and facilitated by school administration.

Description:

School teams will engage in professional learning focused on:

  • fostering healthy relationships
  • supporting positive student behaviour
  • revisiting plans and requirements for activating a risk-reassessment

School teams will engage in school improvement planning facilitated by administrators.

Length: Half Day-PM 

Topic: Consistent Classroom Delivery and New Curriculum Updates; School Improvement Planning

Entity Hosting: Early Start Secondary Schools

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Online modules facilitated by school administration

Description:

School teams will focus on consistent classroom instruction and new curriculum updates.

School teams will engage in school improvement planning focusing on: 

  • high-impact instructional practices to support student improvement in alignment with the curriculum
  • curriculum implementation as it connects to instruction, and assessment 
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