Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development Itinerary Intro & Keynote 8:30 – 9:40 am Grab’n-go break 9:40 – 10:00 am Location: Mark Isfeld Secondary 1551 Lerwick Road, Courtenay, BC 1:00 – 3:00 pm MARK R. ISFELD SECONDARY P1 Portable P2 Portable P3 Portable P4 Portable 105 305 304 Student Parking 106 306 Prep Prep Prep Prep Court Yard 302 301 300 Home Ec. Staff Rm. 400 Computer 401 Room Mtg. Rm. Stdnt. Srv. Office Mtg. Rm. Prep Prep 402 102 101 100 Media • Main Entrance 200 Computer Room Prep Prep 203 405 Home Econ. 406 D. Tech. 507 Wood 201 202 Court Yard 403 404 104 103 303 STAFF PARKING PM Sessions 12:00 – 1:00 pm STUDENT PARKING Lunch 10:00 – 12:00 pm NO PARKING AM Sessions BUS LOOP - No Parking or Student Pick-up 1 508 Metal Library 204 205 L.A. 500 505 Computer Room 206 525 Drama Life Skills 509 Art House 1 Playing Fields 510 Craft 207 511 Music Bicycle Lock-up Multi Purpose 512 Music House 2 Gymnasium 520 Aux Gym Evacuation Plan Command Station TA48 TA1 SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology Keynote Presentation Reflections of Resiliency Directed by Brad Smith A multi-sensory presentation that features students exploring the theme of resilience and the incredible power teachers have to develop their resilience for life. *Please note: doors will close at 8:30 am due to keynote presentation. Late arrivals will be escorted to a side door for entry. 2 3 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development AM Sessions 1. A Conversation About Developing Resilience K-12 – Gerald Fussell 2. The R Life Resiliency Workshop – Mary Catherine Williams 3. Stress – You Can’t Stop the Waves But You Can Learn To Surf – Gary Fort – Repeat PM 4. My Challenge is My Strength: Unleashing Courage in Our Students and in Ourselves – Heidi Jungwirth 5. Tools and Strategies to Deepen Our Learning and Sustain Our PLC – Leah Taylor 6. Ready, Set, Sing – Maximize Every Minute of Your Choir Rehearsals – Sandra Meister 7. Read Live: Using Technology as a Differentiated Reading Fluency Tool – Kim Marks 8. Sharing Experiences with the Daily 5 – Kari Mathew & Elizabeth Goodger 9. Using My Site (Scholantis) to Create Class Web Pages and Student Portfolios (beginners) – Kara Dawson 10. Let’s Face It! App – Teaching Social Skills through Face Learning – Prof. Jim Tanaka & Andy Sung – Repeat PM 11. In2 the Cloud: Teaching With Web 2.0 Tools – Tami Jerome & Tracy Richards 12. An Inquiry Approach, Integrating Technology – Lynn Brown – Gr. 8 - 9 13. Blended Learning @ Navigate: Our Journey in Disruptive Innovation – Jeff Stewart & Marieke Holtkamp 14. Smartboards the Next Step – Noah Burnett (Valley View Library and the Lab) 15. Action Schools! BC -Enhancing Learning and Self-Regulation through Physical Activity - TBA 16. Enacting Change in Physical Education – George Kanavos & Steve McGinley PM Sessions 17. Stress – You Can’t Stop the Waves but You Can Learn to Surf – Gary Fort – Repeat of AM 18. Successful Learner Traits - A Mini Ed Camp – Cheryl Adebar, Dan Costain, Christine VanderRee 19. Using My Site (Scholantis) to Create Class Web Pages and Student Portfolios – Kara Dawson 20. Let’s Face It! App – Teaching Social Skills through Face Learning – Prof. Jim Tanaka & Andy Sung – Repeat of AM 21. Issues 21: Developing Core Competencies through Inquiry – Doug David, Debbie Nelson, Carol Walters 22. Right Brain Reading Intervention – Jennifer Hedican 23. An Inquiry Approach, Integrating Technology – Lynn Brown – Gr. 10 - 12 24. Student Engagement Through Active-Adventure Learning – Brad Fraser (Huband Park Elementary) 25. Your Destiny: The Library as a Learning Resource – Ken Errico, Tami Jerome, Tracy Richards, Mary Whyte 26. Intro to Java Script Animation – Dave Ingram 27. Our Stories through Masks – Toresa Crawford (Nala’atsi) 28. Action Schools! BC – Physical Literacy and Fundamental Movement Skill Development - TBA 29. Sport Education Model: Creating the Team Atmosphere – George Kanavos & Steve McGinley 30. School Emergencies – What to Expect…Planning and Preparation to Calm the Chaos – Paul Berry 31. Navigating NIDES, Enhancing Your Classroom – NIDES Staff Full Day Sessions 32. Shifting Assessment Practices – Gr.8 – 12 – Kelly Skehill 33. Creative Art Ideas for the Elementary Classroom – Lisa Chase 34. Rookie Rugby Instructor - Training – Tony La Carte 35. Poverty as a Classroom Issue – Joan Merrifield 36. First Aid Course: Transportation Endorsement BC-TE – St. John Ambulance SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 4 AM Sessions 1. A Conversation About Developing Resilience Presenter: Gerald Fussell ALL This is a session for people wanting to carry on the conversation from the Keynote Presentation and explore ways to develop resilience in our students. Gerald will provide a brief background summary of the work that the district committee on resilience has been doing as well as the research base being used, and then facilitate a guided conversation about what we can do day to day to develop resilience. Gerald Fussell has been working with individuals and teams focused on developing resilience in youth at the University of Pennsylvania and leading the district committee on Resilience since 2010. 2. The R Life Resiliency Workshop Presenter: Mary Catherine Williams ALL The R Life Resiliency workshop is an interactive presentation with discussion, videos, activities for self-learning, and group activities. The R Life workshop creates a safe space for open discussion among participants. Hand-outs, posters and bracelets are provided to participants to take home. Participants will also be introduced to The R Life website where they may explore the materials for their use in the classroom. Resilience is the ability to persevere or adapt when things are difficult. With practice, we can be in control of our perceptions of a situation. The ability to perceive things accurately and in a flexible way can lead to actions that promote healthy choices and balanced outcomes. Seeing stress as a challenge rather than a major setback is a big part of resilience. When we are able to overcome obstacles, or bounce back from major setbacks in a positive way, we are then able to reach out, broaden our world and thrive in life. Understanding resilience and fostering it in ourselves, our families and in our communities is a protective factor against substance misuse and has been proved to promote mental health. Mary Catherine Williams is a Behaviour Consultant to Caregivers, The John Howard Society of North Island 3. STRESS “You Can’t Stop the Waves But You Can Learn to Surf” Presenter: Gary Fort Repeat in PM ALL In this workshop we take a closer look at stress and how it impacts the lives of teens and creates a need to escape and/or seek pleasure. In an interactive format we will look at the following: • Why stress creates a need to escape and or seek pleasure. • How the mind creates an identity around stress, like the victim, and starts to attract people and events that will enhance that identity. Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 5 SD71 Professional Development Physiological effects of stress on the body. The neurological effects and how it impacts on your ability to concentrate and learn. How to allow the ripples of thought without creating waves of obsession. Why and how to allow and feel the tides of emotions so that you do not stagnate into ‘numbness’ and self-medication. • ‘Surfing lessons’: methods of centering yourself so that you are balanced when the waves of change roll in. • Mindfulness exercises to keep you surfaced in the present and not pulled into the suffocating darkness beneath the waves (depression and anxiety). • • • • Gary Fort is a Youth and Family Substance Use Counsellor , The John Howard Society North Island I have been a yoga instructor for 15 years and I have used yoga and meditation as tools to help people to overcome and/or manage all kinds of stress from PTSD to emotional rejection. As teachers and social workers it is essential for us to become sensitive to others trauma and stress so that from our clear compassionate viewpoint we may become a guiding light for them. 4. My Challenge is My Strength: Unleashing Courage in Our Students and in Ourselves Presenter: Heidi Jungwirth ALL In this workshop, Heidi will share the high and low points of her journey. She will also share the techniques she uses in her classroom, which have been successful with the most challenged learners. These techniques include “heartfelt reflections”, and class meetings, as well as strategies for overcoming learned helplessness and fixed mindset. Heidi’s practice is heavily influenced by thinkers such as Brene Brown, Martin Buber, Viktor Frankl, and Jean Vanier. Heidi Jungwirth began teaching in 1989. She has taught in the Cariboo, overseas in Vienna, and in the Comox Valley. Beginning with her first teaching assignment, where she was perplexed by the inability of some of her students to embrace challenges, Heidi has been on a journey to understand courage. In 2013, Heidi completed her master’s degree, “small acts of courage” through SFU. 5. Tools and Strategies to Deepen our Learning and Sustain Our PLC Presenter: Leah Taylor ALL This session is for all educators who wish to learn more about the history, purpose and process (*three key models) of developing effective Professional Learning Communities. Over a decade of international research on high performing school systems (i.e. Finland, Singapore, Alberta) shows that collaborative Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are foundational to increasing student learning, achievement and engagement. Recent research reports that collaborative PLCs are also most preferred by educators as this model best supports educators in developing increased capacity and innovative practices while also supporting their wellbeing in the face of ongoing changes in K-12 education. This workshop is based on 11 years of PLC research and 3 years of teacher SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 6 professional development research, and will introduce participants to the core purpose, models and strategies for developing and sustaining healthy and effective Professional Learning Communities, and will share some of the exciting results and themes already surfacing in SD71. Leah Taylor, MA is a professional Career Coach/Counselor, Adult Educator, K-12 Researcher and published author who has been conducting educational research on Professional Learning Communities, Student Engagement, School Improvement and Collaborative PD for over 11 years with Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge. She has been sharing her research and providing supportive coaching to teachers, administrators and parents of SD71 over the last several years, as well as with faculty at North Island College and VIU. 6. Ready, Set, Sing Presenter: Sandra Meister Music and Choral Teachers K - 12 Maximize every minute of your choir rehearsals! During this 2 hour session we will explore a variety of vocal and physical ‘warm-ups’, instructional strategies, techniques for enhancing the vocal skills of our singers, and explore some repertoire. During her career Sandra Meister has remained at the forefront of music education in Canada. Her unique ability to inspire and encourage musicians of all ages keeps her in great demand as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor throughout North America. For twenty years Sandra led Die Meistersinger Children’s Choir as they captured many top awards in international festivals and represented Canada including the International Society for Music Education. 7. Read Live: Using Technology as a Differentiated Reading Fluency Tool Presenter: Kim Marks Teachers and LSTs in K – 8 Read Live is a web-based intervention that efficiently applies research-based fluency strategies to accelerate reading achievement. Read Live features motivating informational text for reluctant readers, from first grade to adult, with Spanish translations for stories in early Sequenced levels. Students increase reading accuracy and expression with audio support, strengthening comprehension and vocabulary and developing automaticity in decoding. Much of students’ work in the program can be independent, and baseline assessment and data tracking are supported within the application. Because the software and data are “in the cloud,” there’s no server to set up or maintain. Students can access the program from desktop computers, laptops or iPads. Kim Marks is a French Immersion learning assistance teacher at Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary School with 7 years’ experience as a high school LST and 13 years as a reading interventionist at the elementary level. Kim holds a Master of Education in Reading and Language. 7 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development 8. Sharing Experiences with the Daily 5 Presenters: Kari Mathew & Elizabeth Goodger K–7 Our PLC group at Ecole Puntledge Park began reading and talking about The Daily 5 and CAFÉ in the spring of 2014. We found out that the authors Gail Boushey and Joan Moser did workshops throughout the U.S., and we really wanted to see their presentation and learn more. In August we traveled to San Antonio, Texas to experience two days of workshops with the “2 Sisters”. It was an amazing weekend and it fuelled our passion to try out this way of teaching that fosters student independence while giving them the time and tools to develop their reading and writing. We are just beginning our Daily 5 CAFE journey and we know many people are also using it in their classrooms. We will share with you what we are learning and hope you will share with us! Kari Mathew teaches Grade 3 and Liz Goodger teaches Kindergarten at Ecole Puntledge Park. 9. Using My Site (Scholantis) to Create Class Web Pages and Student Portfolios (Beginner) Presenter: Kara Dawson K - 12 (beginners) Using Scholantis Sharepoint teachers can create class webpages, blogs and student eportfolios safely and easily without the need to save to the cloud. In this workshop, Kara will introduce the software and take you through the basics of creation in Scholantis. Kara Dawson is the District Information Technology Support Teacher. She promotes and supports the use of technology to enhance teaching in all areas of the curriculum and engage students in their learning. 10.Let’s Face It! App – Teaching Social Skills Through Face Learning Presenters: Professor Jim Tanaka & Andy Sung Repeat in PM ALL Research shows that children with autism have difficulty understanding facial identities and facial expressions. If children with ASD have problems with their face processing abilities, it is not surprising that they would struggle in their daily social interactions. In this workshop, we will demonstrate an exciting new iPad app called Let’s Face It! Scrapbook. The program helps children with ASD recognize faces using people from their everyday lives (parents, siblings, friends, teachers). Workshop attendees will get a first-hand glimpse into this innovative program developed at the Centre for Autism Research Technology and Education at the University of Victoria that will be released at no-charge on the Apple iTunes Store. Jim Tanaka is a professor of Psychology and the Director of the Centre for Autism Research, Technology and Education (CARTE) at the University of Victoria. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 8 Andy Sung is a PhD student in Educational Psychology. His classroom experience includes four years teaching students with autism. 11.In2 the Cloud: Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools Presenters: Tami Jerome & Tracy Richards ALL Come learn about various Web 2.0 tools to engage your students and enhance their learning experience. This workshop will provide you with a list of highly recommended educational Web 2.0 tools that you can use in your classroom. In addition, you will learn how to use two of these resources based on registrant feedback prior to the workshop. From the following list, please email us the two Web 2.0 tools you would most like to learn: Prezi (presentation), ThingLink (interactive images and videos), Animoto (video/slideshow), Lino.it (web canvas) or SAS Curriculum Pathways (interactive resources across the curriculum). ThinLlink, Lino.it, Animoto and Prezi are all iPad apps as well. Tracy Richards and Tami Jerome are teacher-librarians in School District #71 and support students and teachers around the integration of technology into the curriculum. 12.An Inquiry Approach, Integrating Technology Presenter: Lynn Brown Grades 8/9 I believe that resiliency is an important life skill that needs to be learned and owned by students. Inquiry teaching has many layers of learning. Inquiry questions are designed to engage students in deepening their knowledge through research and action work to transform their thoughts, beliefs, and actions toward a topic. Changing student attitude by learning about character strengths that promote resiliency is critical work that connects to all subjects content. Inquiry into deep learning about resiliency is necessary to promote critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and communication. Come and see what it can look like in a secondary learning environment. The outcome is amazing…decide for yourself after listening to student testimony of inquiry and technology with a focus on Resiliency. Their own learning jazzed the students. “It was worth it!” Gr10 student. Lynn Brown - Dover Bay Secondary: Social Studies Department Head Subject Area: Humanities8-9, English 8-11, Healthy Living10, English Language Learning 9-11 Masters of Education: Educational Leadership, VIU June 2010 Regional leader for the BC Healthy Schools Network, Teacher Leader for NOII and AESN Member and presenter at the International Congress of Effectiveness and Improvement 2009- present day. (ICSEI) Mentor Teacher in partnership with VIU student teacher program 9 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development 13.Blended Learning @ Navigate: Our Journey in Disruptive Innovation Presenters: Marieke Holtkamp & Jeff Stewart All teachers interested in blended learning Over the past few years, Navigate (NIDES) has embarked on a journey to introduce several new blended learning initiatives that are challenging traditional, mainstream approaches to learning and instructional delivery. These programs seek to advance both 21st Century and personalized learning within public education. Together, the eCademy of New Technologies, Engineering and Robotics (ENTER & E2), the Fine Arts eCademy (FAE) and the Independent Learning Centres have been recognized by iNACOL (International Assoc. of K-12 Online Learning) for their contribution to innovative blended learning practice. In this session, we will share our journey in developing and implementing these programs and as well as our perspective on the future of blended learning in British Columbia. What might this mean for classroom teachers, administrators, students and parents as we move forward into the next decade of change? Marieke Holtkamp is currently the acting vice-principal at Navigate. In 2012/13 she co-taught the ENTER program (eCademy of New Technology, Engineering and Robotics) a blended program for grade 6-8 students and she has taught in the DL world since 2008. Marieke has completed a Graduate Diploma in Online Learning and Teaching through VIU and feels fortunate to be involved with innovative and creative initiatives through Navigate. Jeff has worked as an educator since the mid 1980’s. His teaching career began in a remote island in the Caribbean and evolved to include work in inner city, rural, First Nations, independent and public schools in British Columbia and Ontario. He has been in educational administration for the past fifteen years in elementary, middle and secondary schools and currently works as the District Principal for Distributed Learning in the Comox Valley. He is passionate about blended learning, as well as child and youth mental health, and is a founding member and the past Chair of the BC School Centred Mental Health Coalition. 14.Smartboards the Next Step Presenter: Noah Burdett ALL – presentation at Valley View Library Come and explore the new Notebook 14 software and learn how to create links and videos using notebook 14. In this workshop, we will explore ways to effectively use the Smartboard/Brightlink to engage students and add flare to your lessons. We will also explore the Smart Exchange and learn to use the lessons already created to suit your own classroom needs. Noah has been teaching with Smartboards since 2007. He completed his Master in Educational Technology in 2010 and has taught both primary and intermediate grades. Noah tries to develop interactive Smartboard lessons through the inclusion of videos and student interactions. Please join him to share your knowledge and have a chance to further develop your skills. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 10 15.Action Schools! BC Enhancing Learning and Self-Regulation through Physical Activity Presenter: TBA K – 7 and middle school teachers This workshop focuses on the basics of physical activity and movement. Learn about and try easy to implement physical activities that emphasize the development of fundamental movement skills, such as jumping, catching, throwing and balance. This workshop demonstrates a variety of activities from the Physical Activity Action Resource including Chinese jump, dance, playground games, brain energizers, tai chi, as well as several circuits and station ideas that can be implemented in the classroom, gym, outdoors or alternative spaces. Resources will be provided and upon participating in a workshop, teachers will qualify their schools for Action Schools! BC Physical Activity Action Bins filled with resources and equipment to implement the activities in the Physical Activity Action Resource. Your presenter is excited to be an advocate and Regional Trainer for Action Schools! BC, an initiative designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living. As a local educator for many years, your trainer is passionate about bringing Action Schools! BC to schools throughout British Columbia and providing more opportunities for more children to make healthy choices more often. 16.Enacting Change in Physical Education Presenters: George Kanavos & Steve McGinley K – 12 physical education teachers, department heads, administration AM session - (Presentation in classroom) This presentation explores enacting change in a Physical Education (PE) department and the successful implementation of curriculum and pedagogical innovations (CPIs). The focus examines how to initiate effective pedagogical change using curriculum and pedagogical innovations such as: Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU); Sport Education (Sport Ed.); Physical Literacy (PL); Personal and Social Responsibility (PSR); Movement Education (ME); and, Inventing Games (IG). The educational significance includes assistance with the successful implementation of PE innovations for the 21st Century. The cultural transformation cultivates an environment that will embrace innovations. This presentation will answer the question; what are the experiences of secondary PE teachers enacting curricular and pedagogical change in a secondary PE department? Nine thematic sections are explored; these include: knowing, learning and teaching; TGfU, physical literacy and physical education; pedagogical change in physical education; physical education culture and curriculum innovation; technology as a change agent; physical education department cultural change; phenomenology as methodology; and movement. A safe and interactive environment created the cultural change that cultivated the positive effects. Collaborative teacher inquiry was the methodology used in this investigation of the experiences of teachers. Physical Literacy was the influence that brought the teacher participants on board and motivated the participants as they strongly believed in the lifelong benefits. The setting for enacting change was in a secondary PE department. George and Steve are co-researchers, along with five other teacher participants. Our study has provided us with an understanding of how teachers can successfully implement CPIs in a secondary PE department. The findings have been categorized into five 6 major themes: curricular and pedagogical innovations; cultural change; leadership and support; relationships and collaboration, and barriers to implementing change. Our Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 11 SD71 Professional Development presentation aims to provide a starting point for future research, debate, and reflection on encouraging cultural changes that make PE departments relevant in the 21st century George Kanavos, M.Ed Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, District Counsellor, Vancouver School Board Steve McGinley, M.Ed. Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, Adjunct Teacher Professor - Physical Education | Physical Education Coordinator, University of British Columbia - http://blogs.ubc.ca/stevemcg/ home/ PM Sessions 17.STRESS “You Can’t Stop the Waves But You Can Learn to Surf” Presenter: Gary Fort Repeat of AM session ALL In this workshop we take a closer look at stress and how it impacts the lives of teens and creates a need to escape and/or seek pleasure. In an interactive format we will look at the following: • Why stress creates a need to escape and or seek pleasure. • How the mind creates an identity around stress, like the victim, and starts to attract people and events that will enhance that identity. • Physiological effects of stress on the body. • The neurological effects and how it impacts on your ability to concentrate and learn. • How to allow the ripples of thought without creating waves of obsession. • Why and how to allow and feel the tides of emotions so that you do not stagnate into ‘numbness’ and self-medication. • ‘Surfing lessons’: methods of centering yourself so that you are balanced when the waves of change roll in. • Mindfulness exercises to keep you surfaced in the present and not pulled into the suffocating darkness beneath the waves (depression and anxiety). Gary Fort is a Youth and Family Substance Use Counsellor , The John Howard Society North Island I have been a yoga instructor for 15 years and I have used yoga and meditation as tools to help people to overcome and/or manage all kinds of stress from PTSD to emotional rejection. As teachers and social workers it is essential for us to become sensitive to others trauma and stress so that from our clear compassionate viewpoint we may become a guiding light for them. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 12 18.Successful Learner Traits - A Mini Ed Camp Presenters: Cheryl Adebar, Dan Costain, Christine VanderRee K-7 Many teachers and schools have been using the Successful Learner Traits to explicitly instruct and assess the Competencies in BC’s transformed curriculum. Groups of teachers and administrators have also been using them to develop common language throughout the school about the Personal and Social Competency. Please join this session with any ideas about how you have engaged your students, or school with these traits, or if you would just like to find out more about the Successful Learner Traits. We will use Sue Bannister’s work, as well as the SD71 literacy website as resources. The format of the session will be an open discussion, facilitated by Christine, Dan and Cheryl. 19.Using My Site (Scholantis) to Create Class Web Pages and Student Portfolios Presenter: Kara Dawson K - 12 (for those who are already using it) Using Scholantis Sharepoint teachers can create class webpages, blogs and student eportfolios safely and easily without the need to save to the cloud. In this workshop, Kara will introduce the software and take you through the basics of creation in Scholantis. 20.Let’s Face It! App – Teaching Social Skills through Face Learning Presenters: Professor Jim Tanaka & Andy Sung Repeat of AM session ALL Research shows that children with autism have difficulty understanding facial identities and facial expressions. If children with ASD have problems with their face processing abilities, it is not surprising that they would struggle in their daily social interactions. In this workshop, we will demonstrate an exciting new iPad app called Let’s Face It! Scrapbook. The program helps children with ASD recognize faces using people from their everyday lives (parents, siblings, friends, teachers). Workshop attendees will get a first-hand glimpse into this innovative program developed at the Centre for Autism Research Technology and Education at the University of Victoria that will be released at no-charge on the Apple iTunes Store. Jim Tanaka is a professor of Psychology and the Director of the Centre for Autism Research, Technology and Education (CARTE) at the University of Victoria. Andy Sung is a PhD student in Educational Psychology. His classroom experience includes four years teaching students with autism. 13 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development 21.Issues 21: Developing Core Competencies through Inquiry Presenters: Doug David, Debbie Nelson, Carol Walters Grades 6 - 9 Issues 21, a new resource to the school district! The more that our team, Doug, Carol and Debbie work with it the more excited we are to share. Issues 21 is a dynamic, cutting-edge literacy series that dares students to imagine a world where change is possible and, when equipped with the right knowledge, skills, and tools, they can make it happen. Issues 21 offers teachers the resources they need to meet content and literacy needs while making learning provocative and meaningful. Each book features an essential question that provokes an examination of an issue from different perspectives. Students will have opportunities to discover innovative ways of understanding, confronting, and addressing issues they really care about; and to develop 21st Century competencies: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, character, and ethical citizenship. http://education.scholastic.ca/productlist/CUR_ISSUES21 Doug David has been teaching in SD 71 Comox Valley since 1999. After teaching at École Puntledge Park Elementary School for the past six years in an intermediate classroom and curriculum support role, he has recently started in a District Curriculum Support position. He is passionate about social emotional learning and empowering young people through service learning opportunities. Carol Walters has been a district literacy/curriculum support teacher for less than 10 years, and greater than 5 (she’s lost count). Her new colleagues, Doug, Debbie, and Joan have quickly realized that she is more about big ideas than details. Her desk is a creative space (Yes, that means it gets messy!). Most importantly, Carol loves her job and the many conversations she has with colleagues, pouring through the latest and greatest resources, and the on-going learning it offers. Debbie Nelson has just this year moved into the District CST position in the Comox Valley. Interactions with children and colleagues are the fuel that brings fervour to her daily practice. Delving deeply into what matters for learners can become quite animated and always keeps the edge on her practice of education. 22.Right Brain Reading Intervention Presenter: Jennifer Hedican Primary Teachers, Learning Assistant Teachers, EAs An alternate reading intervention will be explained using current research and then demonstrated. This reading intervention might be most appropriate for helping chronic non-readers, regardless of age or designation, in intervention sessions. Neuroimaging research will be used to help understand what is happening in the brains of some nonreaders and how we can present reading intervention in a way that might be more compatible with right hemisphere processing (visual, concept driven, gestalt) learners. A ‘try it yourself’ component will be part of the session. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 14 An instructor’s manual is available at the end of the session, if you are interested in trying this intervention with a chronic non-reader that you work with. Jennifer Hedican is currently teaching K-a, is a primary teacher and has worked as a LST for a number of years too. This method is the results of a research project for a Master’s degree from VIU. 23.An Inquiry Approach, Integrating Technology Presenter: Lynn Brown Grades 10/12 I believe that resiliency is an important life skill that needs to be learned and owned by students. Inquiry teaching has many layers of learning. Inquiry questions are designed to engage students in deepening their knowledge through research and action work to transform their thoughts, beliefs, and actions toward a topic. Changing student attitude by learning about character strengths that promote resiliency is critical work that connects to all subjects content. Inquiry into deep learning about resiliency is necessary to promote critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and communication. Come and see what it can look like in a secondary learning environment. The outcome is amazing…decide for yourself after listening to student testimony of inquiry and technology with a focus on Resiliency. Their own learning jazzed the students. “It was worth it!” Gr10 student. Lynn Brown - Dover Bay Secondary: Social Studies Department Head Subject Area: Humanities8-9, English 8-11, Healthy Living10, English Language Learning 9-11 Masters of Education: Educational Leadership, VIU June 2010 Regional leader for the BC Healthy Schools Network, Teacher Leader for NOII and AESN Member and presenter at the International Congress of Effectiveness and Improvement 2009- present day. (ICSEI) Mentor Teacher in partnership with VIU student teacher program 24.Student Engagement through Active-Adventure Learning Presenter: Brad Fraser Location: Huband Park ALL What would happen if you built a learning program based on using physical activity and adventure to engage learners? The Active Adventure Learning Program at Huband Park Elementary School is dedicated to building student engagement based on the principle that students love to be active. This presentation provides an overview of how academic studies are integrated with activity and adventure. Brad Fraser is the developer and teacher of the Active-Adventure Learning Program at Huband Park Elementary School in the Comox Valley. He has been using activity and adventure to motivate and engage his students for over twenty five years. He has a depth of experience working in the adventure tourism industry and brings this extra perspective to planning integrated and engaging learning experiences. 15 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development 25.Your Destiny: The Library as a Learning Resource Presenters: Ken Errico, Mary Whyte, Tami Jerome &Tracy Richards K – 12 Come learn how to use Destiny, SD71’s library system, as a powerful learning resource (print and virtual resources, digital content, and e-books). Gain a stronger understanding of how to use the online video bundles and databases to support your instruction and connect 21st century learners to digital content. As well, learn how to use Destiny for your professional use by creating curriculum lists, finding out how to upload student created book trailers, etc. Destiny is truly a powerful one-stop shop for student research. Ken Errico, Mary Whyte, Tami Jerome and Tracy Richards have been teacher-librarians in School District #71 for many years 26.Intro to Java Script Animation Presenter: Dave Ingram Grades 5 – 10 If you’re looking for a fun and easy introduction to Java Script this is for you! By the end of this hands-on workshop you’ll have created a number of 3D shapes and combined them into a character that you can control with the keyboard. The skills you learn can be used to deliver a minimum 5 hour project based unit (with plenty of opportunities to add more complexity and/or extend the project). Coding is web based so no special software is required, no prior experience is necessary. Handouts provided. Dave Ingram is a GP Vanier digital media teacher with an extensive background in photography, web design, and animation. He loves wrestling with code! 27.Our Stories through Masks Presenter: Toresa Crawford Location: Nala’atsi K – 12 Spend a relaxing afternoon designing a mask that tells your story. All materials will be provided by the presenters although participants are encouraged to bring small meaningful objects from hom e if they wish to incorporate them into their masks. Toresa has taught for the past 14 years at Nala’atsi, an alternate program for Aboriginal students in grades 10 – 12. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 16 28.Action Schools! BC - Physical Literacy and Fundamental Movement Skill Development Presenter: TBA K – 7, middle school teachers This workshop focuses on the basics of physical activity and movement. Learn about and try easy to implement physical activities that emphasize the development of physical literacy and fundamental movement skills, such as jumping, catching, throwing and balance. A variety of activities from the Physical Activity Action Resource will be shared including Chinese jump, dance, playground games, brain energizers, tai chi, as well as several circuits and station ideas that can be implemented in the classroom, gym, outdoors or alternative spaces. Resources will be provided and upon participating in a workshop, schools will be eligible for Action Schools! BC Physical Activity Action Bins filled with resources and equipment to implement the activities in the Physical Activity Action Resource. Your presenter is excited to be an advocate and Regional Trainer for Action Schools! BC, an initiative designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living. As a local educator for many years, your trainer is passionate about bringing Action Schools! BC to schools throughout British Columbia and providing more opportunities for more children to make healthy choices more often. 29.SPORT EDUCATION MODEL: CREATING the TEAM ATMOSPHERE Within Your High School Physical Education Class Presenters: George Kanavos & Steve McGinley (Practical session in the gym) K – 12 physical education teachers, department heads & administration Do you want a new approach to teaching the “usual” formal team games found within High school Physical Education? Join Joanna Sheppard, Instructor from the University of the Fraser Valley Kinesiology and Physical Education Department as she explores Siedentop’s Sport Education Model and how to effectively use the power of sport, team and the athletic season within your Physical Education classes. Easy to use resources will be discussed throughout the workshop. Quotes from Others: “It is really useful to have different models in my teaching toolbox to use from this workshop.” “Very well done. The model seems fun/involving & the roles change to meet a variety of needs.” George Kanavos, M.Ed Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, District Counsellor, Vancouver School Board Steve McGinley, M.Ed. Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, Adjunct Teacher Professor - Physical Education | Physical Education Coordinator, University of British Columbia http://blogs.ubc.ca/stevemcg/home 17 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development 30.School Emergencies – What to Expect . . . Planning and Preparation to Calm the Chaos Presenter: Paul Berry All SD71 staf The workshop will provide participants clear Comox Valley realities in the event of a large scale natural disaster and will describe current efforts to prepare our schools for a wide variety of emergency events. Participants will get hands on practice in some response roles… search and rescue, triage, and student release. Participants should come prepared to crawl around and to be active. Paul Berry is the District Principal for Health and Safety. Amongst his many roles he has responsibility for Emergency planning and preparation across our District and has presented at both National and International conferences on this topic. 31.NAVIGATING NIDES, Enhancing Your Classroom Presenter: Alison Mayert Grades 8-12 Have you ever tried to understand the crazy world of NIDES? Not sure where to start? We are here to help! This workshop will give an overview of the programs offered at Navigate, but will also offer suggestion of how you could use NIDES in your program/school to help support student learning. A portion of the workshop will be dedicated to how to navigate the educational platforms used by NIDES. These include (D2L, Content Connections, and Rosetta Stone). This will include where to find assignments and marks and how to see if something has been submitted. There will also be time set aside at the end of the workshop for any questions. Programs highlighted will include “The Patch” (a certification program for working in the oil patch) facilitated by Brittany Hanson. Our iclass/Leadership program offering one day of in school instruction and our Upper Intermediate Fine Arts Program (FAE). This workshop will be put on by a number of Navigate/NIDES teachers with many years of combined expertise in the Education World, particularly the Distributed Learning world, including John Gair (long time NIDES teacher of K-9, plus iclass Nanaimo and some secondary level courses), Brittany Hanson (relatively new to the NIDES world, but the developer and coordinator of “The Patch” program, and grade 8 & 9 cross-enrolled teacher), Andrew Ferneyhough (upper intermediate Fine Arts – FAE – teacher, with a masters’ degree in blended learning), Jennifer Hibbert (D2L expert, NIDES Aboriginal Education Coordinator and Secondary NIDES Teacher), Alison Mayert (NIDES Secondary Counsellor). SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 18 Full Day Sessions 32.Shifting Assessment Practices Presenter: Kelly Skehill Grade 8 – 12 (all specialties – more examples from science and math but ideas can be adapted for all courses) Investigating clear learning intentions, criteria for success, peer and self- assessment, plans for improvement and learning logs to encourage/support a growth mindset in our students. This workshop will begin guiding you through the inquiry cycle as you continue your journey in shifting your assessment practices. Attendees please bring a course outline, assignment/project with a rubric if it exists and quizzes/ exam for a unit. This will allow the participants to reflect and revamp some of their assessment tasks throughout the workshop. Kelly Skehill has been teaching at the secondary level for 7 years. Throughout those years she has taught math and science. Now she is a MYP IB Foods & Nutrition teacher at Rockridge Secondary School in West Vancouver. During the 2009/2010 school year she participated in a self-directed and collegial professional development teacher inquiry. She used action research to investigate unique assessment practices. The results were impactful and led her to begin her journey to shift her assessment practices to further support student learning. In 2012/2013 she spent the year leading a teacher inquiry on the benefits of using experiential pedagogy in the math classroom. She focused on creating and implementing learning experiences through projects, inquiry assignments and student-centered lessons which challenge the perspective of a typical class. She takes great pride in being an educator and looks forward to any opportunity to share her experiences and learn from others. 33.Creative Art Ideas for the Elementary Classroom Presenter: Lisa Chase K-7 teachers or anyone interested in project based learning, play, process based art and creativity Experience hands on creativity, learn to let go and simply play with a number of art materials, including: Styrofoam stamps, watercolour, digital photo art cards, and mixed media art. We will be creating art, as well as discussing and sharing art ideas. This session will include a booklet of classroom tested art projects. Lisa has been teaching and making art for over 15 years, she loves sharing her enthusiasm for art with others. 34.Rookie Rugby Instructor Training Presenter: Tony La Carte Elementary Teachers Rookie Rugby is Rugby Canada’s mass participation program that will reach every province within the 19 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology SD71 Professional Development next twelve months. It is a non-contact, safe introduction to the game for kids of all ages. The program is complete with a full rugby curriculum that is easy to implement and focuses on having fun and learning the basics of the game. The Rookie Rugby program is designed to be easy to implement for children of all ages. Any parent, teacher, or volunteer interested in getting involved can take part in a local training to be able to lead Rookie Rugby in their school or community. This workshop will provide teachers with Rookie Rugby Instructor certification. The focus will be on skill and games based drills that teach kids the basics of the game. Tony La Carte works for the BC Rugby Union as the Rugby Development Officer for Vancouver Island and Northern BC. He is a former National Team Sevens athlete having competed on the IRB sevens circuit from 2004-2009. Tony is certified as both an IRB Educator and Rookie Rugby Educator along with holding his IRB Level 2 coaching certification. Currently, he is coaching at the University of Victoria and with the BC Elite Youth Sevens program. Tony’s passion is to grow the game by offering high quality participation opportunities to youth. 35.Poverty as a Classroom Issue Presenter: Joan Merrifield K – 12 BC has the highest poverty rate in Canada and 20% of all our children live in poverty. This workshop helps teachers to develop an awareness of the issue of poverty and its implication for our students. It will provide challenges for teachers on the assumptions we make about children living in poverty and provide strategies for teachers on how to support children who may be experiencing discrimination at school due to their socio-economic status. Joan is a BCTF facilitator. 36.First Aid: Transportation Endorsement BC-TE Presenter: St. John Ambulance Instructor Location: St. John Ambulance Time: 0830-1630 ALL Pre-requisite: CURRENT OF A-1 EQUIVALENT OR OF A-2 CERTIFICATE REQUIRED If you are a first aid attendant and would like to add to your skill set and to be better prepared in the event of a large scale disaster at your school site, this is the course for you. The course provides a review of scene management, ABCs, primary surveys and secondary surveys as well as adding the use of cervical collars. This one-day course, prepares OFA-1 (or equivalent) and OFA-2 First Aid Attendants with the skills and knowledge needed to transport injured or ill workers to medical aid. SD71 Professional Development Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology THANK YOU TO YOUR 2015 COMMITTEE Joint PD Committee Members Lisa Pedersen-Skene Pat Doleman Jacquie Anderson Doug David Trish Hart Carol Walters Lisa Scheck Allan Douglas Vickey Brown Nick Moore 20 Bouncing Forward with Resiliency & Technology 21 SD71 Professional Development 2015 REGISTRATION FORM Photocopy this registration form and send or fax to Pat Doleman (Please do not e-mail registrations). A CATERED LUNCH will be provided so please pre-register as we need a head count to order lunch. Outside Participants Please check applicable boxes and fax completed registration. Please Check One: Please Check One: Out of District – $75 Cheque enclosed NIC Student - $25 I will pay at the door Student Teacher Name:____________________________________________________________ Work Fax: ____________________________________ Last Name (please print) First Name School: _____________________________________________________________________ SD #71 CUPE Member: YES NO (please circle one) TOC/Student Teacher Email Address: _________________________________________________________________________ 1st Choice Workshop2nd Choice Workshop ALL DAY Session (10 am – 3 pm) # ___________________ #____________________ AM Session (10 am – 12 pm) # ___________________ #____________________ PM Session (1 am – 3 pm) # ___________________ #____________________ **Please note workshops will be cancelled if we do not have enough registrations by January 29th. Lunch Preference (both are gluten free) Beef Stew Vegetable Coconut Curry Submit Registration Form to Pat Doleman SD71 – 607 Cumberland Road, Courtenay, BC V9N 7G5 or Fax 250-334-4472 Questions? Call 250-334-5519 Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10:30am - 4pm FOOD HAMPER We will be having a Professional Day food hamper drive again this year. Everyone is encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or in lieu, a small cash donation.
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