June 7, 2024 PA Day Plan

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.

	St. Matthew Catholic School April 8, 2024 PA Day Agenda
8:30 Start Schedule 8:30-8:45	Topics Prayer Land acknowledgement
8:45-9:15	Principal led session and discussion: Case Studies - Workplace Violence
9:15 -10:00	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 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:15	Principal led presentation and discussion: 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 - 12:00	Lunch
12:00 - 12:40	2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion includes a video that has built in pauses for discussion (principal led).
12:00 - 12:40
12:40 - 1:20	Principal led presentation on suicide prevention
1:20 - 1:35	Break
1:35 - 2:12	Principal led session on accessing Resources to Support Staff and Student Mental Health and Well-Being.
2:12 - 3:00	Planning and Evaluation Time

January 19, 2024 PA Day Plan

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.

December 8, 2023 - PA Day Plan

Provincial Priorities

½ Day Literacy and Mathematics
½ Day Curriculum Implementation

All the sessions below will be led by the principal unless otherwise noted.

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

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, once it is scheduled.

St. Matthew Catholic School

Professional Activity Day

Friday, October 6, 2023

8:30 - 9:15

PRAYER
Land acknowledgement

Faith Development: Walking with Christ with Minds of Justice and Peace

9:15 - 9:45

School Improvement and Equity Planning -Part 1

Review St. Matthew SIEP goals with entire staff
Brief overview of Universal Design for Learning practices. The aim of UDL is to provide access to the curriculum for all students and to assist educators in designing products and environments to make them accessible to everyone, regardless of age, skills or situation (Learning for All, K-12)

9:45- 10:00 Break

10:00 - 11:00

- Literacy

K-3 teachers will focus on Early Reading strategies through a presentation, videos and activities that can be implemented in the classroom.

Grade 4-8 teachers focus on the New Language Curriculum Gr 1-8 work through a presentation and discussions highlighting what’s the same and what’s new.

11:00 - 11:30

School Improvement and Equity Planning -Part 2

Supporting Student Needs:

In small groups teachers will identify focus students who will benefit from additional interventions and strategies to support them (IEP and non IEP)

Addressing how UDL informs instructional strategies used?

11:30 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 1:30

Numeracy

Focus on high impact instructional strategies through the lens of the 2020 Math Curriculum. Staff will choose their focus by engaging through the use of a choice board and share their learning with the larger group.

1:30 - 1:45 Break

1:45 - 2:12

School Improvement and Equity Planning -Part 3

Focus on Assessment
Small group work discussions on assessments used to inform Language? Math learning
Addressing questions like how will student learning be tracked and what constitutes success?
2:12 - 3:00 Planning and Evaluation time