January 17, 2020
IDEA X CHALLENGE 2020 (A Unique SD35 Opportunity)
Teachers, form your student teams for this year’s IDEA X Challenge ! The IDEA X Challenge provides an amazing opportunity to do a “deep dive” around a “wicked world problem.” Students partner, invent and innovate to solve significant global problems. Scholarships of up to $15,000 are available to winning teams. Students should be 12 years and older. All teams must have a teacher sponsor and team members must attend the IDEA X Launch on February, 6th 4:30-8:00 pm at the School District Office. For information on last year’s challenge and to register your team, click HERE. Deadline to Register is JANUARY 31ST.
Videos from 1st and 2nd Place Team Pitches 2019:
2nd place: https://youtu.be/1lmQenjXEQM
1st place: https://youtu.be/-4xOrMCGAk8
2020 IDEA X CHALLENGE: Design a future Langley that could exist in 50 years that is environmentally responsible and earth-conscious while honoring what is important to today’s residents.
DISTRICT LEARNING RESOURCES
Attention: Primary Teachers
Did you know that the DLC has a selection of felt stories to borrow for use in your classroom? Please check out the list of stories here, and remember to either email av@sd35.bc.ca or ask your Teacher-Librarian if you need any help accessing the DLC’s online booking system.
DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Understanding Langley’s Early Development Instrument (EDI) Data
Monday, January 20, 2020 [Register]
In February 2019, EDI questionnaires were filled out by Kindergarten teachers throughout BC on their Kindergarten students’ development. UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) will assist Langley’s school staff and community members to understand the results of this Wave 7 of the EDI. Come be part of this important session that will help set Langley’s children on a strong developmental path.
Supporting ELL Readers
January 22, and February 5 (new date added) [Register]
This workshop is geared towards classroom teachers and new ELL teachers who are looking for strategies to support ELL/ESL students in their classrooms. You will also learn the distinction of what ELLs versus Native English Speakers need to succeed when learning to read. Appropriate for K-9 Teachers. All participants will receive a complimentary reference guide if they attend all four sessions.
Building K-7 e-Portfolios Through “All About Me”
*NEW DATE* Wednesday, January 22, 2020 [Register]
This workshop will be very hands-on, and teachers will leave with a deep understanding of how this platform works, see its effectiveness as a tool for formative assessment and learn about the Class Pass App. After completion of this session, teachers can utilize the wide range of resources that My Blueprint offers to further support their students’ portfolio development.
Primary Palooza
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 [Register]
The Langley Primary Teachers’ Association invites teachers to join colleagues to share ideas and participate in discussions around topics of choice. Please consider participating in this opportunity to collaborate and problem solve. You decide on the topics and which discussions you want to participate in.
Working with Langley Student Teachers: Providing a Positive Experience and Building Success for the Future
Date changed: Monday, January 27, 2020 [Register]
The Langley School District is proud to sponsor student teachers from four universities. The willingness of experienced teachers to support these students enables us to do so. We would like to invite you to join us as we explore the role of the sponsor teacher in a Langley school.
Teaching Kids to Write Using the Writers Workshop Model
*NEW DATE* January 29 and February 4, 2020 [Register]
Your role becomes that of a facilitator and writing mentor. You’ll learn how to create the best writing instruction program for your students with ideas on how to teach “must do” or essential skills, as well as how to incorporate quality children’s literature (mentor texts) as models of good writing.
Online Sexual Health Resource Workshop
January 29 or February 20 [Register]
Are you looking for a one-stop shop for guidelines, curriculum links, scope and sequence, multiple resources easily accessed by grade or topic, community clinics, supports for indigenous students, newcomer students, students with differing abilities…… and much, much more? Langley School District’s online Sexual Health Resource Binder provides access to these and many other resources.
Did you know – you can also book the above presentation at your school??? The presenters are willing to attend a staff meeting, after school or during a ‘lunch and learn’ if that makes it easier to get the information to people. In order to provide a specialized session such as this – there must be a minimum of 5 teachers present. If you would like to arrange a session please email: rbailie@sd35.bc.ca
Story Workshop
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 [Register]
Where do you find your stories? Provocations for children to find, build, and create their stories through play, loose materials, and art mediums nurtures them into natural storytellers! Story Workshop encourages children to take a closer look, find their stories, and to see themselves as storytellers as well as writers and readers. How can mediums such as clay, natural materials, ice, paint and wire can transform an idea into a story?
Mentorship & Capstone Dinner Workshop
Feb 4, 2020: 4:00-7:00 pm
An in-depth workshop with Brenda Barlow and the Career Education Department to dig in to creating a mentorship vision, pre-skills for setting up mentorship, mentorship goals & agreements, types of mentorship relationships, scaffolding levels of mentorship, documentation & assessment, action plans, log sheets, RCMP check & liability. All the details you need to set your students up for success! RSVP your attendance to Rani Madray by Jan 21st.
Career Retreat Team Planning
Feb 13 and 14
By team invitation: 10 members per school
See your Career Department Head for details
An in-depth workshop with Apple Educators and the Career Education Department to dig into the building of effective E-Portfolios across the K-12 learning journey and for Capstone. Your Career Admin will RSVP your team attendance to Rani Madray.
Topics will include:
- Value of E-portfolios
- Process vs product
- Storytelling frameworks
- Capturing and analyzing evidence of learning
- Summarize learning process
**More follow up e-Portfolio workshops will be established based on career retreat team feedback.
Odyssey Conference 2020
Friday, February 14, 2020 [Register]
Our theme this year is “Empowered Learners: Voice and Choice” with a continued focus on the core competencies. Inside the program guide, you will find learning opportunities for teachers K-12, support staff, administrators, and more. In addition to the many facilitators from inside and outside our District, we are featuring the highly acclaimed Pernille Ripp as a keynote and session presenter in the area of literacy K-12 which is aligned with our District’s literacy goal.
Let’s Write! Engaging Students as Writers and Thinkers with Journals
Friday, February 14, 2020 [Register]
Let’s write! Learn how to use journals to engage students as writers and thinkers and explore the formative assessment possibilities journals offer. The journals combine writing and representing analytical and social-emotional work. This workshop is intended as a collaborative working session. Bring an idea, a short story, article, document, or a unit of study and come away with a journal activity to facilitate engagement and learning. Facilitator: Vera Sutton, a long time Langley teacher at ACSS, is excited to share her passion, experience and learning around how to realize the potential of journals for student growth. The target audience of this session is Humanities teachers from Middle School to Grade 12. If you come with someone you already collaborate with, all the better.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
Friday, February 14, 2020 [Register]
Learn about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, including terminology and context. You’ll be introduced to the resource “Their Voices Will Guide Us” as well as a number of others prior to boarding a bus to head downtown to participate in the Annual Women’s March on the Downtown East Side for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Dinner included.
Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators EASE: Educator Workshop
Friday, February 14, 2020 [Register]
The EASE workshops is available K-7 Educators. The workshop and resources are provided at no cost to B.C. teachers, school counselors and other educators who participate in one day of interactive professional development to:
- Find out about anxiety and how it impacts children
- Discover ways to integrate anxiety prevention tools as part of regular classroom routines
- Get hands-on strategies to help students:
- Recognize helpful and unhelpful thinking
- Take brave steps to face a challenge
- Use relaxation skills to dial down strong emotions and build resilience
To learn more, please visit Anxiety Canada’s website or check out the Government website here.
Stories, Play, and Social Emotional Learning for K-3
February 25 and April 6, 2020 [Register]
In this play-based session we will interact with a wide range of rich learning resources. We will use picture books for Winter and early Spring that link to the facets of Social and Emotional Well-being. Practical tips on how to incorporate the Personal and Social Core Competencies will be modeled. Come prepared to collaborate, play and have fun! Hosted by the Langley Primary Teachers’ Association.
See our full calendar of upcoming events and find your fit at thinklangley.com
STUDENT and STAFF OPPORTUNITIES OUT OF DISTRICT
UBC French Summer Institutes for Teachers – Bursaries Available for All BC Teachers!
Apply for funding for one of our 1-week, 2-week or 3-week French Summer Institutes at UBC Robson Square or UBC Point Grey. Learn the language and live the culture while being exposed to Francophone resources throughout the Vancouver area. Great for all levels, including beginner, intermediate or advanced learners! Click here for more information.
SFU’s Innovation in Mathematics Education
This Graduate Diploma in Advanced Professional Studies in Education (GDE) has been developed for elementary teachers interested in exploring innovations in mathematics education and examining multiple perspectives on the teaching and learning of mathematics. For more information, please click here.
POPEY Conference 2020
Featuring Keynote Speaker, Dr. Gravity Goldberg – author of Mindsets and Moves, Teach Like Yourself, and Conferring With Readers, this conference takes place in Vancouver on Friday, March 6th. For more information and to register, please click here.
Victoria Literacy Conference
The Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery presents Bright Futures – Setting Foundations for Literacy in Victoria, B.C. on April 17, 2020. Featuring Ruth Culham (6+1 Traits of Writing) and several other teachers from across Canada. Early bird registration is on now until February, 14, 2020.
YOU Dance Live Stream FOR STUDENTS
This free, live-streamed education program offers students an introduction to ballet as an art form and exposes them to classical ballet repertoire, key ballet concepts and the world of dance. Teachers who register will receive a link to access the live-stream closer to the date, as well as access to supplementary teaching and reading materials. For more information, please click here.