Professional Development Day Plan April 8, 2024

8:30 AM: Prayer and Land Acknowledgement

8:45 AM : Case studies - Workplace violence
9:15 AM: Video giving an overview of the new Health & Safety Reporting System

followed by a Principal led discussion comparing the current reporting system to the new one

10:00 AM: BREAK

10:15 AM: Proactive Responses to Supporting Student Behaviour
                  - Knowing yourself and your students
                  - Behaviour and Communication
                  - Escalated Student Behaviour
                  - De-Escalation Strategies
                  - Documentation to Support staff and students

11:15 AM:   LUNCH

12:00 PM:  2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion includes a video
12:40 PM:  Suicide prevention
1:20 PM: BREAK
1:35 PM: Accessing resources to support staff and Student Mental Health and well-Being
2:12 - 3:00 PM - Planning and Evaluation Time

Professional Development Day Plan January 19, 2024

Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

This PA Day is focused on:

•        reviewing and analyzing student assessment in preparation for reporting;

•        engaging in conversations to understand student learning progress and identify next steps to support student success;

•        considering resources that can enhance student assessment practices; and

•        preparing for the writing and issuing of student report cards.

Staff will work independently and in small groups, in consultation with school administrators.

Professional Development Day December 8, 2023 Agenda

Provincial Priorities

•  ½ Day Literacy and Mathematics
•  ½ Day Curriculum Implementation

Plan for the day:

• 45 minutes: Liturgy of the Word and reflection
• 60 minutes: Literacy.  Staff will split into two groups:

• K to Gr 3 Teachers, Designated Early Childhood Education, Library Technicians and other staff will attend a session on Assessment of Reading.  The TCDSB document Early Literacy Formative Assessments will be introduced. This session will be led by Central Early Reading Lead Teachers and Facilitators through a video conference.
• Gr 4 to Gr 8 Teachers will participate in a presentation and discuss changes to the Literacy curriculum with specific focus on the Language Conventions for Reading and Writing continuum (Appendix B).

• 30 minutes: Differentiated Instruction presentation and discussion
• 30 minutes: Indigenous Education in the Social Studies curriculum presentation and discussion
• 30 minutes: Anti-semitism and Holocaust Education in the Social Studies curriculum presentation and discussion
• 30 minutes: Skilled Trades and Apprenticeships presentation and discussion
• 42 minutes: Tracking Student Achievement and School Goals - a staff discussion

Professional Development Day November 17, 2023 Agenda

PA DAY November 17, 2023 Parent/Guardian-Teacher Meetings

Regular and on-going communication is key to supporting your child’s growth. Discussions will include the student’s progress, what is being taught in class and how parent(s)/guardian(s) can support their child’s learning and ways to differentiate instructional practices.

 A communication will be sent home to parents/guardians with details of how to arrange a meeting. These meetings will be planned twice a year, November and February,  between the teacher and parent/guardian and may include the child.  

Parents will be informed of the time of their meeting with their child/ren’s report card, once it is scheduled.

Professional Development Day October 6, 2023 Agenda

8:30 am Prayer, Land Acknowledgement

School Improvement and Equity Planning (SIEP) 8:40 - 9:45

• Review your school’s SIEP goals
• Brief overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
• Small group work

(15 minute Break)

Grade Specific Foci 10:00am-11:00am

• K-3 teachers/Education Assistants/IL instructors (2); French (1)/ Vocal Music/Phy Edu: (Library)

• Focus on Early Reading

Staff will work through a presentation, videos and activities that can be implemented in the classroom.

• Gr 4-8 teachers/French (2)/CYW/IL instructor (1)/Instrumental Music/Phy Edu : Gym

• Focus on the new Language Curriculum Gr 1-8; Staff will work through a presentation and discussions highlighting what’s the same and what’s new.

SIEP Part 2 : Supporting Student Specific Needs 11:00 -11:30 pm

• Staff identifying focus students who will benefit from additional interventions and strategies to support them
• Discussion ~How will UDL inform instructional strategies used?

11:30 - 12:15 pm Lunch

High Impact Strategies through the Lens of the Math Curriculum 12:15 - 1:15 pm

• Staff will choose their focus by engaging through the use of a Choice board and share their learning with the larger group.

SIEP Part 3 - Focus on Assessment

• Staff discussion of assessments used to inform language/math learning.

• Staff will choose their focus by engaging through the use of a Choice board and share their learning with the larger group.
• Staff discussion ~ How will student learning be tracked? What constitutes success?

(15 minute Break)

• In Thanksgiving:

Faith development - Walking with Christ with Minds of Justice and Peace 1:30 - 2:00 pm

Planning Time : 2:00 - 3:00PM