In the Loop – October 15, 2021

October 15, 2021

K-8 Teachers: Digital Citizenship Week is October 18-22!
Below you will find 1-pager lesson resources to help build your students’ skills during Digital Citizenship Week!

 

KEY RESOURCES IN LANGLEY

 

HONOURING TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

Video Recording of Kevin Lamoureux speaking to Langley educators: Yesterday, school staffs, along with some district staff, had the opportunity to attend a virtual session on Truth and Reconciliation with Kevin Lamoureux.  This was the first of a 4-part series within our district-wide initiative of “Ensouling our Schools.”  This was an incredibly powerful session.  We were able to record the session so that any staff in our District could have access to the learning.  We encourage you to watch this 1 hour session which includes rich learnings from the Truth and Reconciliation journey thus far.

Trigger warning – information that is shared in 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 disturbing, so I encourage you to prepare yourself emotionally before proceeding. Please click HERE to see this session.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is One Step on a Long Journey:  In this 48-minute video, Murray Sinclair, former senator and former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, talks to CBC Radio’s Unreserved about the September 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. On its eve, Sinclair shares his belief that reconciliation will not be achieved in his lifetime, but states, “if we make a concerted effort…then eventually we will be able, someday, to wake up and, to our surprise, find that we are treating each other in a way that was intended when contact was first made.” A video worth watching and sharing! Access it through the link above.

CBC Podcast- The Road to Reconciliation:  “The Road to Reconciliation,” features Bob Joseph and Maurice Stizer as they reflect on whether Canada has finally reached a moment of national reckoning following the discovery of 200 children in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Interviewed by journalist Piya Chattopadhyay, Joseph and Stizer speak to the long-awaited action plan in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the generational impact of unmarked graves being investigated and found across Canada. More importantly, they share their views on what genuine reconciliation should look like for individual Canadians and their governments.

A great interview on CBC Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild with former Senator and TRC head, Murray Sinclair

Exhibits: Generations Lost: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools – more info
The UBC Faculty of Education is honoured to host two groundbreaking exhibits on the residential school system. The exhibits are presented in partnership with UBC Library and will be on display at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Faculty acknowledges the generosity of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, creator of the exhibits.

Members of the public can access the exhibits free of charge from September 27 to October 29, 2021- no registration required.

Historical, Systemic and Intersectional Anti-racism: From awareness to action – more info
The Faculty of Education at UBC is offering a FREE course that will systemically cover and uncover implicit and explicit forms of historic, systemic and institutional racisms and their colonial and intersectional impacts on marginalized peoples and their communities in the past and in contemporary times.

Participants will gain a deep understanding of the hegemony of racism and how it is embedded and experienced in every day interactions and relationships in all facets of society and its institutions.

Learners from across disciplines, professions, organizations and communities will be challenged to think critically about racism and to move from denial to awareness, action and dismantling institutional and systemic racism so as to create lasting change.

 

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

Attention teachers: Grades 4 and 7 FSA coding (marking) will occur on Saturday, November 20. If you are interested in helping mark, please use this form to apply. Teachers will be compensated for their work (information is included on the form). Deadline for application is Friday, November 5. Please direct any questions to Alexandra Baxfield at abaxfield@sd35.bc.ca

Welcome to Langley! – October 18 [Register]
New Teacher to Langley? You’re invited to join us for an afternoon of fun, information, snacks, and prizes. We want to welcome you to the district and let you know about the variety of available resources. We will have speakers from Instructional Services and Human Resources to answer all your questions. Sign up by October 14th. Looking forward to meeting you!

Math Place: A New Math Resource for Grade 1-3 Teachers – October 19 [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.

Create, Invent, Build! – October 19, October 26, and November 2 [Register]
LEGO Mindstorms is a robotics kit that can build understanding of engineering, construction, and programming. In this series of workshops, learn how to link curricular competencies from math, language arts, science, social studies, and more. You will also learn the fundamentals of programming the robots to do certain tasks and use creativity to create solutions to problems.

Intermediate Digital Literacies Lessons – October 25 [Register]
This session will build on ideas you may have tried during Digital Citizenship Week or in the past. Come to this workshop to learn and share what are the Digital Literacies, which Digital Literacy skills to target, how to embed skill develop into existing classroom practice, how to support parents, and where easy to use resources are located.

Capturing Student Learning using Digital Portfolios: Intermediate/Middle Focus – October 27 [Register]
Digital portfolios are excellent ways for students to show their learning and growth over time! As the way we communicate student learning changes and evolves, digital portfolios are proven to make capturing and sharing student achievements easy and fun. This session is focused on having intermediate/middle years students use myBlueprint: All About Me to develop their K-12 learning journey portfolio. Participants should bring a computer as well as a mobile device (iPad etc) with them to the session and be prepared to do hands-on learning.

NEW SD35’s Read-Speak-Champion Virtual Author Series with Author David A. Robertson – October 28 [Register]
Join us for an interactive virtual session with David A. Robertson, Norway Cree House member, award winning educator and author of the Misewa Saga! He will be chatting about his award-winning book The Barren Grounds and responding to student questions. All are welcome!

Katie White | Elementary & Secondary Assessment Professional Development Series
Secondary Educators: October 28, November 4, and November 18 [Register]
Elementary / Middle Educators: November 1, 8, and 15 [Register]
Join Katie White as she explores how to “Soften the Edges” of assessment practice so that teachers and learners benefit. By the end of this three-part series, participants will be able to design more inclusive assessments and be able to apply new assessment strategies to a broader scope of learners. You’ll walk away with practical examples, guidance on things to try now, and ways to support one another in keeping the momentum.

NEW ICBC’s Educational Programs for Road Safety – November 16 [Register]
We invite you to attend an overview of ICBC’s Educational Programs for Road Safety. Road Safety Learning Resources – These age-appropriate online resources are available for free and are aimed at children in K-10. The Road Safety Speaker Program is aimed at students in grades 11 & 12, and we’ll share the steps for schools/facilitators to book a free road safety speaker presentation.

Digital Numeracy Skill Builder – November 23 and 30 [Register]
Finding, evaluating, organizing, creating and communicating information is what math is all about! In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate digital tools to help students demonstrate their learning in math and numeracy. We will be using different activities and games to illustrate number concepts, patterns, geometry, and number sense. Attendance at both workshops is recommended!

Creating Community with Green Screens (for the Holidays) – November 24 [Register]
Just in time for December activities! Come learn how easy green screens are to use. This hands on workshop will walk you through how to use the green screen kits available for booking from the District Learning Commons.

Provincial Pro-D Day | Friday, October 22

ACT CPR & AED Teacher Training Workshop with NEW Opioids Overdose Response Training enhancement [Register]
The ACT program prepares teachers to deliver the Compression-Only CPR and AED course to students. ACT is now adding the Opioid Overdose Response Training to the existing CPR and AED program already established in Langley schools. This workshop will provide teachers with Level A CPR & AED certification. Taught by CPR agency Instructor Trainers, the content takes into account the teaching expertise of high school teachers and is designed to prepare teachers for delivery of the program in the school environment. Intended for Secondary PE Teachers.

Connecting the Pieces: Pre-K & Kindergarten Conference [Register]
Our annual conference dedicated to professional development for kindergarten teachers and early childhood educators. Our workshop line-up includes local and internationally recognized experts selected to share their innovative and practical ideas for working with young learners. This year’s keynote is Susan Harris MacKay from the Centre for Playful Inquiry.

Get Your Marking Game On, It’s in Your DNA… 9 [Register]
Proficiency Scales, what do they mean to you? Get a better understanding of marking using proficiency scales by grading last year’s DNA9. This year is the first year Grade 9s will be receiving a proficiency mark, no percentages or letter grades will be given. So get a leg up on your marking ability!

Introduction to Argument Driven Inquiry (Science) [Register]
Teach students to use argument to construct, support, and evaluate scientific claims of their own and others. Participants will work through the ADI model as they experience how it enables students to develop literacy and numeracy skills in the context of science.

Occupational First Aid (OFA) Level 1 [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.

NEW Recess Rules! [Register]
Recess rules supports students to engage in social play with peers during unstructured times. Social skills are so important, especially outside on the playground. These skills require a lot of practice and opportunities early on to learn them. We will discuss how to help reluctant students with social play skills to plan for their day and make recess and lunch more manageable for them. Together, we will review visual planning for recess outside and inside. We also will review the skills to joining in play, and what we as staff can bring outside to support our students as they practice and learn these skills.

Tackling CB IEPs [Register]
This workshop is designed for Resource Teachers who would like to receive further support and guidance for writing CB IEPs. Resource Teachers can bring along their Learner Profiles, as well as draft goals/objectives/strategies and work through developing their students’ CB IEPs. Some support for MyEd processes and workflows may also be available – however the purpose of this particular workshop is to engage in collaboration with other Teachers from across the district to ask questions, get feedback and increase comfort level with the new CB IEP philosophy in order to develop CB IEPs that are student-centered and tailored to the students’ individual needs.

Tan Huynh’s Guided Co-planning with Colleagues [Register]
This full-day event is dedicated to giving teachers time to collaborate with their colleagues to support their language learners. Teachers will be guided by Tan in ways to co-plan at various levels such as writing, lessons, and assessments, and then given time to create together. They may choose to work with other ELL teachers, content teachers, and resource teachers to foster rich learning opportunities for their students. At the heart of collaborative professionalism is “leadership from the middle (your peers in your own and other schools).

What You Need to Know About CB IEPs [Register]
In this workshop designed for classroom teachers you will learn about the philosophy of Competency-Based IEPs, the difference between Inclusive IEPs and CB IEPs, and the implications for classroom practice.

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

 

EXTERNAL STUDENT/STAFF OPPORTUNITIES and LEARNING RESOURCES

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Reconciling History – more info
The Faculty of Education at UBC is pleased to partner with the Janusz Korczak Association (JKA) of Canada in presenting the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. The distinguished lecture series highlights the ongoing work of those who seek to advance children’s rights in Canada and is presented in partnership with the JKA as a way of continuing the legacy of Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor and educator, who in 1942 perished in Treblinka along with nearly 200 orphans in his care.

Following the Distinguished Lecture, Directors of the JKA will present the Janusz Korczak Scholarship in Children’s Rights and Indigenous Education, Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Statuette, and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Medal.

Environmental Education:  Take Me Outside Day:  October 18-22 – an opportunity for BC schools to help support and advocate for the importance of outdoor learning, joining over 225,000 students and teachers across the country. Dr. Jane Goodall will be part of this week, as well as a focus on Indigenous Knowledge, Health and Wellbeing, and Environmental and Climate Change Education. Learn more at https://takemeoutside.ca/tmoday/.
October 20 – Take Me Outside Day 2021
October 22-23 – Classrooms to Communities 2021 Conference

Outdoor Learning Resource from EdCAN Network – more info
Outdoor learning spaces are rich learning environments that can help students appreciate nature and biodiversity before being introduced to bigger environmental issues (e.g. pollution and deforestation). Tips for teachers

Environmental Learning 

  1. Oct 14: Outdoor Learning in the Early Years virtual workshop with Christina Pickles
  2. Oct 15: Deadline for schools & organizations to register for the Every Child Matters Year-long Learning Challenge
  3. Oct 18-22: Take Me Outside Day & Week, featuring Dr. Jane Goodall
  4. Oct 22: PSA Day Classrooms to Communities 2022 Conference
  5. Nov 4: Place-based Education: Finding the good in the pandemic virtual workshop with David Sobel
  6. Nov 5: Deadline to register for the KBEE Take Me Outside for Learning School Year Challenge 
  7. Nov 18: Game of Groans – Winter is Coming virtual workshop with Dave Quinn
  8. Nov 24: CBEEN AGM & Legacy Event (with plenty of prizes!)
  9. Dec 2: Get Outside: Outdoor Learning in Winter virtual workshop with Pamela Gibson
  10. Dec 9: Outdoor Winter Gathering for Educators with CBEEN & Take Me Outside

Also view the new Indigenous Biodiversity Book Bundle  just released. Find out more: https://outdoorlearningstore.ca/product/new-we-are-all-connected-series-bundle/

SFU’s Graduate Diploma in Education Information Sessions – more info
Are you a prospective student interested in learning more about graduate programs in Education?

Join SFU at an Online Information Session to learn more about our diverse range of graduate program offerings. Events are added to this page throughout the year, so be sure to check back often. We look forward to meeting you!

Language, Literacy and Learning in the Early Years (In-person) – more info
Join SFU for an Online Information Session on October 27 to learn more about our Language, Literacy and Learning in the Early Years program that is designed for for K–3 educators interested in deepening their understanding of early learning pedagogical practices, literacy, and holistic development of learners aged 4-8.

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