February 24, 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
The Four Seasons of Truth and Reconciliation online Course:
Thanks to Karen Shipka (SD6) who shared this resource: It is a 3-hour online video course that is a helpful tool they are using in their district to support the work of Truth and Reconciliation. Learn more HERE
First Nation Films: creates and distributes television, video, and educational programs about Indigenous Peoples. Titles include: “Penelakut – Returning to the Healing Circle,” “The Medicine Wheel,” and Whose Land is This?”. Standard streaming prices are $189/title and provide access for one year. Check out First Nation Film’s catalogue to preview and order.
Four Indigenous Courses : Looking for self-paced training to help better your understanding of Indigenous cultures, peoples, and worldviews? Here are four free university classes: Classes run between 4 to 12 weeks and require 2 to 4 hours of dedicated time per week to complete.
- University of British Columbia – Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
- University of Alberta – Indigenous Canada
- University of Toronto – Aboriginal Worldviews and Education
- Columbia University – Indigenous People’s Rights
DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
To see our full calendar of offerings, visit www.thinklangley.com
Decolonization with Kevin Lamoureux (more info)
Decolonization. It is a word that invokes powerful and often uncomfortable emotions in those who hear it. What is it? Why is it important? Why does it make us uncomfortable?
Join Kevin Lamoureux as he discusses colonization, what it looks like, and why it is so much more than just occupying land that was once the traditional territories of another group of people. What does it mean to be colonized, and why is it so hurtful? In this introduction to decolonization, we will be challenged to look at our world differently, and find in it the places in which the colonized are treated as ‘less-than,’ because if we cannot spot the effects of colonization in our day-to-day lives, how can we even begin the process of decolonization, and by extension, reconciliation?
La collaboration en immersion française (M-7e)
April 12 (Kindergarten), April 19 (Gr. 1-3), April 26 (Gr. 4-7) [Register]
Veuillez nous joindre en avril! Collaborez, partagez, apprennez, questionnez et mangez! Les séances sont organisés par niveau et nous allons discuster les sujets suivants: la progression des sons, les mots fréquents, le vocabulaire commun, la progression de la grammaire, les livres pour nos élèves (étude de roman, cercles littéraires), les resources utiles, et les autres items que vous aimeriez discuter et/ou partager. Public: Enseignants de James Kennedy et Belmont.
DISTRICT LEARNING RESOURCES
Quick Tip: Never re-type a table again (more info)
Getting printed data into Microsoft Excel used to require a lot of typing—and, given how difficult many tables are to read, a lot of typos, but Excel makes the task a breeze: Just snap a picture of the table with the app on your iPhone or iPad and Excel turns that photo into data you can edit on your Mac. Find out how here: Never re-type a table again
EXTERNAL STUDENT/STAFF OPPORTUNITIES and LEARNING RESOURCES
Richmond Nature Park (more info)
We are excited to welcome you back (in-person) to the Richmond Nature Park for safe, fun, and educational programs to offer you this spring!
– All About Spring – In-Person Park Program (limited space)
– Wildlife in Your Classroom – Virtual School Program (ongoing registration)
Canadian School System Outdoor Learning Leaders (more info)
View a list of over 30 professional learning opportunities & initiatives from our Canadian partners for the season ahead!
– Top 5 Winter Resource & Equipment Picks
– Free Outdoor Learning Virtual Winter Workshop Series
– Earthy Chats Podcast
See Us, Learn Us: Teaching About the Black Canadian Experience (more info)
See Us, Learn Us is a 9-part webinar series just in time to celebrate Black History Month with our presenters, Greg Birkett and Coleen Birkett.
Black on the Prairies (more info)
Explore the past, present, and future of Black prairie life through CBC’s educational portal’s “Black on the Prairies: Teacher’s Guide.” Developed to support Black History Month, running Feb. 1 to March 1, 2022, the interactive guide features five themes: migration, putting in work, Black and Indigenous relations, politics, and resistance, and Black to the future.
Black History Month (more info)
February is Black History Month. This year’s theme is February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day.
SOGI: February Newsletter: Supporting Rainbow Families (more info)
Annual Easter Seals AccessAbility Flag Design Contest (more info)
May 29 to June 4, 2022 is National AccessAbility Week and students in Grades 6-8 & 9-12 are invited to design a flag that symbolizes the theme Making BC a Better Place to Live Through an AccessAble Society.
Two Grand Prizes (one for each group) includes a $200 honorarium for the winning student, $750 for the winning student’s classroom to purchase learning materials, a pizza lunch for the classroom and a real flag produced for the school. 25 runner-up prizes. February 1 – April 20, 2022.
UBC Extended Learning this Summer – Learn French Online or In-person (more info)
This summer, UBC’s French Summer Institutes offer two language level options, and a variety of lengths and formats to suit your schedule and learning style. Classes start July 11.
Find out all the details and if eligible, apply for a bursary, which will cover the full tuition amount for one, two and three-week Summer Institutes. Bursaries are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, so don’t delay. À bientôt!
Teaching Elementary Core French – March 30 from 3:30-5:00 (register)
Daily practice & building essential skills
This FREE workshop is presented by Lily Kamarn, a language helping teacher from the Surrey School District through SFU. Teachers will be provided with strategies to incorporate French daily in a meaningful way. This workshop is for teachers who are looking for more ideas when teaching Core French and for those who may feel somewhat uncomfortable teaching Core French.
Youth in grades 8-12 have until March 29 to enter the 17th annual WorkSafeBC Student Safety Video Contest. This year’s contest theme, My Mental Health Matters – challenges youth to create a video showing what they need for their mental health at work.
There are four $2,500 cash prizes up for grabs thanks to sponsors Actsafe, London Drugs and Seaspan, plus the Actsafe Aspiring Filmmaker Award which offers the winner a behind-the-scenes tour of a local film or television production and a chance for their short film to be screened at a Directors Guild of Canada event, and more!