April 28, 2022

KEY RESOURCES IN LANGLEY

• Links to Key Info AND Resources in Langley
• 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 mismith@sd35.bc.ca

HONOURING TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

Nelson Professional Learning Opportunities
In this series, you will learn about Indigenous knowledge systems, land connections and relationships through Indigenous perspectives. The series will be grounded in the sharing of personal story and experience, articles, and Treaty perspectives. This series will offer a safe space to learn, reflect, ask questions, and offer you support in applying your knowledge in your work with educators and the community. See links below for more detailed information regarding live sessions.

The Whole Truth About Residential Schools: Then and Now
(on-demand access until October 31, 2022)

Relationships, Indigenous Knowledge and Land: Pathways to Effective Leadership
(on demand access until July 31, 2022)

DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
To see our full calendar of offerings, visit www.thinklangley.com

Read. Speak. Champion. A Virtual Author Series: Made in Korea with Sarah Suk
[On-Demand Learning Feature]
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 as we learn from these diverse Canadian authors! Join Sarah Suk as she talks and reads from her book Made in Korea, a romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads – and maybe fall in love – while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.

Assessments to Guide Our Teaching of Literacy – May 3 [Register]
Join us to take a closer look at using literacy assessments to guide our next steps in teaching whether it be phonic skills, writing and reading behaviours, fluency or comprehension. We will

look at phonics screeners, running records, F&P Benchmark Assessment System and other assessments teachers will find helpful to direct their teaching focus for whole class, small group or individual students.

Coast Metro Elementary Mathematics Series – May 10, May 24 [Register]
The three-part online afterschool series will develop teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge through open questions and use of visual representations and materials. Each session will highlight one mathematical content area and feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Marian Small.

Following the keynote, participants will be invited to choose a grade-grouped cross-district breakout room. These breakout rooms will be facilitated by educators from the Lower Mainland Math Contacts network. Participants will engage in mathematical thinking, problem-solving, connection-making and relationship-seeking in mathematics. This series provides an opportunity to build an elementary mathematics community of educators across the Coast Metro region.

Decolonizing Teacher Practice with Carolyn Roberts – May 11 [Register]
Please join the Langley Primary Teachers’ Association for a workshop with Carolyn Roberts on “Decolonizing Teacher Practice.”

Carolyn’s passion is Indigenous Education and history. She believes in the power of education and what it is able to provide us in moving forward in the truth and reconciliation process. It is her hope to be a part of the healing process that comes with the Truth and Reconciliation Report and calls to action. She wants to be able to support Indigenous education and to encourage the change within our communities.

We are pleased to welcome Carolyn to our district as she presents an interactive workshop with opportunities for break out group conversations and learning tools for decolonizing. This workshop is free of charge to all LPTA members (those people that paid their fees in November). Based on member registrations, we may be able to offer this workshop for a fee to non-members.

SD35’s Read-Speak-Champion Virtual Author Series with Author Jeff Chiba Stearns – May 17 [Register]
Join us for an interactive session with Jeff Chiba Stearns, a Canadian author, illustrator and animator/filmmaker of Japanese and European descent. He has won multiple awards for his films as well as for his work speaking on topics of multiracial identity. Jeff will talk about his books and lead a drawing session!

NEW! CUPE 1260 Spring Conference – May 20 [Register]
Join us for a day of learning and professional development open to CUPE 1260 staff in the Langley School district.

Learn the ins and outs of the District from payroll to clerical services to benefits and leave. Get a Microsoft Office certification, learn about anxiety and deep breathing techniques, and what to expect if you are injured at work. You’ll have a chance to connect with your colleagues in CUPE 1260.

NEW! Occupational First Aid (OFA) Level 1 – May 20 [Register]
The WorkSafeBC Occupational First Aid Level 1 course is an 8-hour program, including coffee and lunch breaks and is designed to provide life-saving first aid skills to workers in industry. Successful candidates must demonstrate competency in practical skills and achieve 70% or higher on a multiple-choice exam. Certification is valid for three years.

To see our full calendar of offerings, visit www.thinklangley.com

DISTRICT LEARNING RESOURCES

Curio (login information poster)
All students and staff in the Langley School District have free access to Curio, which will provide access to more than 10,000 resources chosen for their educational relevance. New resources are added every week.

myBlueprint – District Ed Chat (ESL, Special Education and middle years learners) (more info)
May 11th, 2022 at 12:00 pm (EDT)

Learn how to use myBlueprint to support ESL, Special Education, and middle years learners (grade 7-9) in our upcoming District Ed Chat on May 11.

Our special guest, Martha Biagi from Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, will explain how she uses myBlueprint in her district to “fill in the gaps” that others may not have thought of.

EXTERNAL STUDENT/STAFF OPPORTUNITIES and LEARNING RESOURCES

UBC Summer Institute – Anti-racist, decolonizing, and inclusive practices for the education system (more info)
Dates: July 11-15, 2022 (register by June 20, 2022)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm

This one-week summer institute is designed to foster deep discussions that will promote anti-racist, decolonizing and inclusive practices in the education system. Course participants will work in small and large groups as they learn from anti-racist education mentors and experts, as well as school educators from British Columbia and across Canada.

The institute aims at building capacity for participants to individually and collaboratively work to create, advance and embed anti-racism and equity in their work in schools/institutions.

UBC Language & Literacy Education
UBC’s department of Language & Literacy education is offering two summer professional development French courses. Apply by June 21, 2022 to secure your spot.

LLED 421 – Gramligne: Learning and Teaching Grammar in Text for the Second Language Classroom
Dates: July 4 – August 5, 2022
Time: Self-paced with weekly assignment deadlines
Format: Online | Asynchronously

Develop your linguistic skills while learning a communicative approach to teaching grammar!

LLED 423 – Teaching French Adolescent Literature
Dates: July 4-22, 2022
Time: 9:00 – noon, Monday to Thursday
Format: Online | Synchronously and Asynchronously

This course provides teachers with a solid understanding of teaching and learning a second language through literature while introducing a wide range of activities to enhance students’ vocabulary, grammar, literary expressions, and fluency.

UBC Faculty of Education
Candid Conversations: Race & Inequality in School Systems
Date: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
Location: Online via Zoom

Join UBC’s Dean of Education, Dr. Jan Hare, for an online speaker series focusing on important questions and significant priorities that are engaging educators today, including reconciliation and decolonization in classrooms, taking up climate change  matters in education, supporting youth mental health, and addressing race and inequality in school systems.

This dynamic series brings together researchers, practitioners, educators, youth, and you – the participants – to discuss how educators and students are making a difference every day, and explore how we, as a community, can support and empower young people to face the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

11th Indigenous Math Symposium | Virtual 2022 – May 12 & May 19
This symposium is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, Ministry representatives, community members, and academics to connect, explore, imagine and share new ideas, resources and research on Indigenous mathematics education from kindergarten to Grade 12.

Together we hope to:

• Learn about new research in mathematics and Indigenous education
• Discuss and share approaches, research and educational projects for improving Indigenous math education
• Develop community connections to facilitate and support improving Indigenous math education

For more information visit the Indigenous math Network website.

PEARSON NETWORKING MEETING – Dismantling Implicit Bias (register)
Date: May 2, 2022
Time: 1:00-3:00 Pacific Time

Pearson invites you to join us for this information-packed, thought-provoking, and action-oriented session on dismantling implicit bias. DEI Consultants, Elaine Su and Barbara Yebuga, will lead the discussion focusing on these guiding questions:

• What is implicit bias and how does is feed into larger systemic oppression?
• Where do our biases come from?
• How does implicit bias show up in literacy education?
• What are some ways we can actively disrupt our biases?

Session Facilitators:

• Elaine Su – Elaine is a first-generation Chinese Canadian and a settler on Coast Salish land. Professionally, when she is not editing, she works as a teacher-librarian and kindergarten teacher. She is a trained diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant who specializes in kids literature, education, and libraries. Elaine is currently reviewing all the books in Pearson’s Spark Reading digital library.
• Barbara Yebuga – Barbara is a DEI engagement consultant supporting organizations in creating a culture of belonging, equity and diversity. She has worked with several school districts in Ontario. Barbara has written a book, Trailblazers in Canada, which gives brief biographies on four incredible historical Canadian trailblazers (all of whom happen to be Black). Her new book will be added to Spark Reading in July.

The session will not be recorded and will be limited to the first 100. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar including the exact time for your location.

Nelson Professional Learning Opportunities
See links below for more detailed information regarding live sessions.

See Us, Learn Us: Teaching About the Black Canadian Experience (on demand access until December 31, 2022)

Relationships First: Rethinking the Post-Pandemic Classroom  (on demand access until July 31, 2022)

Outdoor Education from The Outdoor Learning Store 

• May 5: Campfire Connections: Circling up with Canadian Educators with our Canadian Outdoor Learning Partners
• May 12: Walking Forward: Indigenous Perspectives in Learning from Place Virtual Workshop with imaginED and NOIIE
• May 20: Deadline to Register for Class Challenges with GreenLearning
• May 26: The Food Cycler for Schools: Activating School Communities to Reduce Food Waste Virtual Workshop with EcoSchools Canada and Food Cycle Science
• June 2: Campfire Connections: Circling up with Canadian Educators with our Canadian Outdoor Learning Partners
• June 5: World Environment Day
• June 9: Indigenous Resources for Educators and Learners Virtual Workshop with Indigenous Advisor, Jenna Jasek
• June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day

New Date! Deanna Lightbody is Retiring!
Deanna’s retirement celebration is on Tuesday, May 17 at Newlands Golf and Country Club. If you’d like to join her in celebrating her career in Langley and this exciting new adventure please click here (note: $25/ticket or $10 gift only). If you have any questions, please email Shelley Hegedus.

Please add a personal greeting to Deanna’s Kudoboard – thank you!