May 21, 2021

DISTRICT  RESOURCES K-12

Instructional Services Website: For all your district-vetted resources K-12!  Check it out!

• Aboriginal Resources vetted by the District
• District Learning Commons – K-12 Resources to book out! Kits, Lit Circle Sets and more!
• TCS Sites (TCS SS-grade 3, 4-8, Secondary): Key resources are still being placed in these Teams. If you need access to one of these Teams, please email karinwright@sd35.bc.ca.
• Core Competency Self-Assessment Tools K-3

See below for resources recently added to the Diversity Binder – specifically targeting Asian Heritage Month and combatting Anti-Asian Racism.

www.tinyurl.com/sd35diversitybinder – Check the Anti-Racism section > Resources page

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month/resources.html#a1b

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month/important-events.html

https://ccdi.ca/media/2659/202010322-learning-resources-anti-asian-racism-en.pdf

https://hrsa.online/antiasian-racism-resources

Eyes Open: An Anti-Asian Racism PSA

DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES and RESOURCES

SD35’s Read-Speak-Champion Virtual Author Series with Author Sarah Suk
Tuesday, May 25 [Register]
As contemporary educators, we have a responsibility to share diverse stories and varied perspectives with our students. To do so, it’s integral that we first listen to and learn from those voices ourselves. Join us to learn from Sarah Suk, a Canadian Korean Young Adult Author, about her author journey, diversity in kidlit, and how WE can support diverse authors in our educational spaces.

ICBC’s Road Safety Speaker Program
May 26, 2021 [Register]
Interested in booking an ICBC road safety speaker? Sign up for an overview of the ICBC Road Safety Speaker Program to learn steps for schools/facilitators on how to book a free road safety speaker presentation.

Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators: A Book Club
Wednesday, May 26 [Register]
Are you looking “ONWARD” to the next school year, wondering how you will further “Cultivate” your “Emotional Resiliency,” as an Educator? If participating in creating a safe space (virtually) with like-minded colleagues next school year, through a casual monthly book club, with the goals of building more self-awareness and uplifting and empowering one another, interests you, please join us.

NEW Exploring the World of Minecraft for Education
June 1 and 8 [Register]
In this two session workshop, you will use Minecraft Education Edition and find out how it can be used by students to communicate learning, explore creativity, use computational thinking and have FUN! It’s the perfect tool to get student buy-in and engagement in learning. This is a one time opportunity that Microsoft is providing for our district. If you’ve always wanted to learn more about Minecraft, this is a great chance!

Math Place: A New Math Resource for Grade 1 & 2 Teachers
September 14 & October 5 [Register]
Math Place is a newly approved Math resource for grade 1-3 teachers. This September, each school will receive 1 kit per grade of the NUMBER and OPERATIONS set. Join Diane Stang, the author of Scholastic Math Place, as she goes through the kits and shows you how this new resource aligns with the BC curriculum and how you can use it as part of your math instruction. This is a great way to start building number sense in your students right at the beginning of the year. (Note: the grade 3 set will arrive in late August and the workshops will be set up then for grade 3 teachers.)

Story Workshop Book Study Series
September 22, October 13 & November 3 [Register]
Join a small passionate group of teachers who wish to create or continue their journey with the story workshop model and explore aspects of the Early Learning Framework. In this 3-part series, we will be reading the brand new book Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers by Susan Harris MacKay (a teacher and pedagogical director of the Opal School in Portland Oregon.) Participants will be immersed in the book talk for the first 2 sessions and will also be encouraged to try story workshop in their classrooms. Session 3 will be spaced out from the first 2 sessions to give you opportunity to live that teacher researcher role and come back to share ideas and experiences with other members.

From Phonological Awareness to Reading Building a Strong Foundation
October 4, 18, & 25, 2021 [Register]
As teachers, we strive to provide a rich learning environment and a balanced literacy approach to helping all our learners become strong readers, writers and communicators. The BC Early Learning Framework recognizes that children approach learning in different ways to construct knowledge, test theories, explore and express ideas. We want to give all children access points to reading and the tools to success. We have created this 3-part series of workshops on early reading development to help you explore the skills that all students need to be successful in learning how to read. By attending this workshop, you will grow an understanding of how a child learns to read and how writing and vocabulary are an integral part of this process. While learning to talk is natural and innate, reading skills must be taught.

Call for Presenters!

Summer Institute 2021
The Langley School District’s Summer Institute will host a number of professional development options all packed into one day – a “smorgasbord of learning.”  The areas of learning will be centered around curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and we are excited to provide learning options relevant for all teachers K-12! present PLEASE CLICK HERE to send your submission. Submissions close soon!

OTHER EXTERNAL STUDENT/STAFF OPPORTUNITIES and LEARNING RESOURCES

Free Workshop: Am Equity Approach to Selecting and Teaching Diverse Books
Thursday, May 27th, 90 Minutes

The Strength of Our People
In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month in June, Roots of Resilience will host a summer series “The Strength of Our People!” An opportunity to learn and engage with Indigenous performers and storytellers, the series welcomes Dallas Arcand Jr., an accomplished second generation hoop dancer, Wilson Bearhead, a Nakota Elder and storyteller, Melissa Purcell, a fancy shawl dancer! The virtual sessions run Thursdays at 1 p.m. (MST), from May 13 to June 17, 2021. Costs are $90/ea. or for teachers wishing to involve their entire class, a new “class rate” of $125 is now accessible.

Cindy Blackstock:  Bringing Justice to Indigenous Communities.   

A Conversation about Equitywith Dr. Cindy Blackstock and Dr. Barbara Fallon.

Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) Goes Online
Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) is now available in an electronic format. EASE Online is a collection of free resources and lesson plans for educators to help teach strategies to address anxiety with students in grades K-7. The online version includes six sections with a series of interactive activities including the creation of an action plan to use EASE strategies with students. The activities are intended to help educators create supportive learning environments for all students.

SOGI Resources
Click here for the latest SOGI Newsletter.

National Film Board SOGI Playlists for Pride Month
The National Film Board (NFB) has launched two new playlists, one for elementary and another for high school students. They are a curated selection of films that touch on SOGI just in time for Pride month. Each film offers a glimpse into issues and experiences to help to expand viewers’ knowledge of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and communities as well as their empathy for lives that might be different from their own.

Equity and Inclusion for Student Well-Being:  CASSA / CSBA Conference
July 7-9 (Register)
Topics include Anti-Racism, Student Mental Health, and Truth and Reconciliation. We have an outstanding and thought provoking three days planned featuring Kike Ojo-Thompson, Dr. Kathy Short, Dr. Cindy Finn, Jen McCrea, Kevin Lamoureux and Nathan Ip. Click here for more information and here to the link of outstanding presenters.

Graduate Diploma in Education – SFU
Free Online interactive and experiential one-hour ‘Snap Shot’ session. Click here to find out more.

Students – Be Your Own Boss!
Free Entrepreneurship course online course for youth 15-29 starting June 14th. Click here for more information.

Students Interested in Politics?
Check out this free virtual event, “an innovative, inviting, and inclusive comprehensive engagement and preparatory program for women and non-binary people who may be interested to run in a political campaign in the next 1-5 years”.
Information and Registration
YouTube Video

Innovators Summer Academy for Students
This summer, we are hosting our second annual free Impact Entrepreneurship Youth Summer Camp for student 14-25, on Tuesdays at 2PM PST (July 6th, 13th, 20th 27th). The camp will feature entrepreneurs, young changemakers and leaders sharing their stories and best practices all week through keynotes, panels, workshops and more. Participants will explore entrepreneurial change making and have a chance at pitching their ideas for prizes. Please see communications package for social media or newsletter communications, and a printable poster for the classroom setting.

Fraser River Discovery Centre – Education Programs
There are many ways that the education team at the FRDC connects with educator’s and facilitates learning about the Fraser River. They offer traditional in-person field trips, educator kits for you to bring into your classroom, outreach programming where the staff bring some of their most popular programming to you, and event online programs! Click here to find out more.