TranslateProfessional Activity Days
Professional Activity Days 2024-2025
Date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Length: Full Day
Topic (Elementary/Secondary): Special Education and Student Achievement
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Keynote/Guest Speakers with Expertise in Special Education / OSSTF / ETFO / School Board Staff (Special Education and Program K-12)
Description: Educators will have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field of special education and instruction. The focus of the day will be on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Universal Design for Learning is the instructional planning and delivery framework intended to increase meaningful access and reduce barriers to learning for all students, including those with diverse learning needs. Sessions for the day will include keynote speakers and subject specific workshops from K-12.
_
Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
Length: Full Day
Topic 1 (Elementary): Assessment and Evaluation
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators
Description: Elementary educators will review student assessments and complete Term 1 Report Cards, and the Kindergarten Communication of Learning.
_
Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
Length: Full Day
Topic 2 (Secondary): Transition Planning and Implementation
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators
Description: School Administrators, Program Leaders and Student Success Teams will lead secondary educators in the review of Semester 1 credit accumulation and achievement data to inform school improvement planning. Staff will also build student profiles and engage in student success planning and pathway opportunities for semester 2.
Date: Friday, November 29, 2024
Length: Full Day
Topic 1 (Elementary/Secondary): Curriculum Implementation / Next Steps in Literacy & Numeracy
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators / School Board Staff
Description: Teachers will refine their instructional practice by connecting curriculum expectations with high yield teaching strategies, success criteria and achievement of learning goals through the examination of student work. By building a common understanding of achievement categories as outlined in Ministry assessment policy documents, teachers will be able to align their assessment and evaluation practices with provincial assessments and standards.
Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
Length: Full Day
Topic 1 (Elementary/Secondary): School Improvement Planning / Curriculum and Assessment / Special Education
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators / School Board Staff
Description: Teachers will incorporate the recently-released EQAO data and strand analysis into the School Improvement Plan. There will also be an initial check in on the success of strategies used to date and teachers will adjust strategies accordingly. In the second part of the day, teaching staff will review curriculum implementation through the explicit use of high-yield teaching strategies in lesson planning. Assessment practices will be aligned with the high-yield strategies, including differentiated assessments for learners with special education needs.
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
Length: Full Day
Topic 1 (Elementary/Secondary): Literacy/Mathematics/Student Achievement Plan and Data Analysis
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators
Description: School teams will focus attention on their school’s Student Achievement Plan. School administrators will work with school-based staff to develop achievable goals that will increase students’ success in areas of math and literacy, as well as engagement, well-being and belonging. School staff will meet in-person to conduct data analysis of each school’s student achievement data (e.g., EQAO, initial fall assessments) to set goals for their School Improvement Plan and plan for high impact practice. Schools will also select the Key Performance Indicators from the provincial Math Action Plan to advance the Numeracy goals within the School Improvement Plan.
Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Length: AM
Topic 1 (Elementary/Secondary): Cell phones and Vaping / Bullying and School Safety / Mental Health
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators / School Board Staff
Description: In accordance with Policy/Program Memorandum 128 released in June 2024, staff will review the new requirements of the Provincial Code of Conduct which includes provisions related to Student Personal Mobile Device Use and Vaping. School staff will also review Student Safety Plans, Violence Prevention programs and learn how to best support the mental health and well-being of students through the use of The First 10 Days resource from School Mental Health Ontario (SMHO). This training is facilitated by school administrators.
_
Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Length: PM
Topic 2 (Elementary/Secondary): Occupational Health and Safety Training / PPM 161
Entity Hosting: School Board
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): School administrators / School Board Staff
Description: In this presentation prepared by our Health and Safety Officer, school staff will review prevalent medical conditions and renew their yearly mandatory Occupational Health and Safety training which includes Ministry regulations, policies and procedures designed to keep staff and students safe and healthy at school. This training is facilitated by school administrators.