All Elementary Schools
Length: Full Day
Topic: Curriculum Implementation
Entity Hosting: All Elementary Schools
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Online modules developed by Board staff, self-directed and/or group-directed in grade/division groupings.
Description:
Staff will engage in learning and dialogue on:
“Miss, Dismiss, Avoid: Psychological Barriers to Disrupting Racism, Racial Trauma and How to Counteract It”.
Kindergarten Literacy
Revised Grade 1 to 3 Social Studies Curriculum
Grades 4, 5, 7 and 8 - STEM and Skilled Trades
Revised Grade 6 Social Studies Curriculum
All Regular Secondary Schools
Length: Half Day - AM
Topic: Curriculum Implementation Learning
Entity Hosting: All Regular Start and Early Start Secondary Schools (regular SYC)
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School Administration and Board based personnel
Description: Equitable Assessment Practices Professional Learning Series #1
Details: School teams will engage in professional learning facilitated by school administrators focusing on:
identifying the tenets of equitable assessment; and
exploring concrete shifts and changes to classroom assessment, evaluation and communication practices.
SIP/Department Meetings
Details: School teams will engage in School Improvement planning facilitated by school leaders. Topics will vary by subject and may include:
embedding equitable assessment practices into subject evaluations;
subject specific integration of high-impact instructional practices to support student improvement in alignment with the curriculum;
developing resources and learning plans to consolidate foundational knowledge and skills in de-streamed grade 9 courses including English, Mathematics and Science and across the curriculum;
data analysis for school improvement; and
curriculum implementation of new curriculum
Length: Half Day - PM
Topic: Literacy/Mathematics Instructional Strategies
Entity Hosting: All Regular Start and Early Start Secondary Schools (regular SYC)
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School Administration and Board based personnel
Description: Planning with Multilingual Language Learners at the Forefront
Details:The purpose and goals of the STEP Framework are introduced, followed by time to explore both the structure and components within the Oral, Reading and Writing ESL Continua.
This module focuses on:
Foundational principles in teaching multilingual language learners
Introduction to STEP framework
OCT Professionalism Module
Details: Staff will engage in learning regarding professionalism through the OCT Professionalism Module.
SIP/Department Meetings
Details: School teams will engage in School Improvement planning facilitated by school leaders. Topics will vary by subject and may include
embedding strategies to support teaching multilingual language learners into the curriculum.
embedding subject specific high yield strategies into instruction and assessment
data analysis for school improvement
Additional professional activities for EAs and Library Technicians