May 26, 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

Reconciliation with Kevin Lamoureux [On-Demand Learning Feature]
Join Kevin Lamoureux for this first in a webinar series about ensouling our schools. This session discusses reconciliation. What it means for all Canadians, and for us as educators. 72 of the 94 Calls to Action are about awareness and education, which means change starts in our classrooms; once a place of fear and trauma, they now must become places of love, acceptance, and healing.

Trigger Warning: Content that is shared during the presentation deals with the abuse and trauma experienced by Aboriginal children in residential schools and the ongoing trauma for survivors and their families. This information, while incredibly important to discuss and learn about, can be difficult and disturbing. Please prepare yourself emotionally before watching.

Read-Speak-Champion Virtual Author Series with Kim Senklip Harvey – June 7 [Register]
Join us for a virtual session with Indigenous author & playwright, Kim Senklip Harvey as she discusses her award-winning play, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story. The play tells the story of three Indigenous women on their journey to reclaim Indigenous matriarchal power.

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

DISTRICT LEARNING RESOURCES

Langley – Microsoft 365 for Education Tips and Tricks
Streamline efficiency with Office 365 Apps – May 30 at 3:30pm (register)
Office 365 provides the right environment for better learning outcomes. In this introduction to Office 365, educators will learn how to become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the device they use. This course is aimed at educators for whom Office 365 is relatively new and who are looking to implement solutions to classroom problems right away. With Office 365, educators will learn how to become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the device they use.

New Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) Resources:
EASE is a collection of classroom resources and online professional development created by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). New EASE resources include a promotional video highlighting the full EASE collection, EASE At Home, and French EASE 8-12 (AISE 8 à 12). This provides lessons in French for Secondary schools and they have also now translated EASE at home for parents.  Visit the Healthy Minds BC website to register or for more information contact Gail Markin at gmarkin@sd35.bc.ca

EXTERNAL STUDENT/STAFF OPPORTUNITIES and LEARNING RESOURCES

A Foundation for Teaching: Bringing Holocaust Education to your Classroom – May 30
For the first time, three leading Holocaust organizations—Yad Vashem, the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program and the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre—have teamed up to offer an afternoon of learning, growth and professional development.

• Best practices when teaching about the Holocaust
• Age-appropriate classroom resources
• Online resources from all three organizations
• Stories from local Holocaust survivors

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition – June 30 Deadline
Open to all Commonwealth citizens, aged 18 and under, the competition has two age categories: the Senior Category for those aged 14 – 18 years, and the Junior Category for those under 14 years. The top two winners from each category will win a trip to London for a week of educational and cultural activities, culminating in a special Awards Ceremony, usually held at Buckingham Palace and hosted by the Society’s Vice-Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall. All successful entries are recognized for their participation, receiving Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for excellence in writing or a Certificate of Participation. Additional teaching resources are also available.

Bursaries for 2022 UBC Phenomenal Physics Summer Camps
This summer we will be running our popular Phenomenal Physics summer camps once again. We have 7 places available this summer to children who are exceptionally interested in science, but would not ordinarily be able to attend due to financial reasons. I therefore invite you to nominate a child from your school (currently in grades 1-6) who would most benefit from this program.

We are running two camps this summer: Fun with Physics (for students completing grades 1-3 by July 2022) and Advanced Physics (for students completing grades 4-6 by July 2022) camps. Children may select the camp of their choice – we will try our best to accommodate their preference. The children’s families will incur no cost but they must provide packed lunches and be able to bring the children to UBC campus between 8:45-9:00am in the morning and pick up the children at 4:00pm in the afternoon on each day of the camp. The children must be well-behaved (we have no capacity or training to deal with behavioral problems). These children will be treated in the same manner as everyone else and will not be identified in any way.

Please apply by June 3^rd, 2022, submitting via email, post or fax. Due to high demand, children who have not been offered bursaries in the past will receive priority. We reserve the right to make our own selection from the nominations received. We also require that this nomination process be initiated by you, the Principal (in consultation with your teachers), and not by the child’s parents. Those awarded the bursary will be contacted directly by mid-June. Due to the number of applications we receive, we will not contact parents whose children are not awarded.

In previous years, we’ve received a large volume of applications, so please ensure that the parents are aware that this form is only a nomination form, and does not imply acceptance into the bursary program. We will contact parents directly, if their child is selected for our program.

Thank you for your promotion of our bursary seats!

Faculty of Education at UBC Upcoming Events:
Panel Presentation: Elevate & Mobilize EDI Research Grants in Education (EMERGE) Projects | June 8, 2022 at 1pm (register)
Join researchers from the Faculty of Education at UBC in a Zoom discussion about their ongoing projects funded through the 2022 Elevate & Mobilize EDI Research Grants in Education (EMERGE) program.

The EMERGE program provides groups opportunities to engage in knowledge mobilization and exchange between Indigenous and racialized scholars, educators and community members. Join us for a lively discussion about EMERGE projects on topics ranging from developing environmental education resources for youth, strengthening literacy at home for grade school children, and developing strategies for understanding and reducing cyber-aggression among Indigenous youth.

Participants are welcome to attend for any portion of the event.

Anti-Racism Education – July 11-15, 2022 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (register)
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.

Foster Tomorrow’s Change Makers Sustainability in the Classroom – July 13 & 14, 2022| 1:00 – 4:00 PM (register)
This session takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the concepts and issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the context of Education for Sustainability and Climate Justice. With a focus on K-12, this will provide educators with the foundational knowledge and understanding of the global goals and climate justice as well as appreciation of the diversity of perspectives on sustainability.

Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) – July 21 & 22, 2022 | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM (register)
This two-day institute will introduce a number of anti-oppressive, anti-racist and anti-colonial frameworks to think with and address sexuality and gender in its complex intersections. Skilled facilitators will provide interactive opportunities to explore inclusive pedagogical approaches and curricular interventions, which will assist in addressing educational gaps and support in cultivating anti-racist and anti-colonial SOGI K-12 practices.