Congratulations on completing all the report card comments! Now that we have a little more head space, we would like to officially announce the PD with Tania Lattanzio on February 8, 9 and 10. Tania Lattanzio is an experienced international educator. Previously a teacher, coordinator, and manager with the International Baccalaureate, she is now Director of Innovative Global Education(IGE). In this role she works as a consultant extensively in Asia Pacific and in other parts of the world. A passionate educator Tania works closely with educational institutions to specifically meet their needs in supporting school reform, making significant shifts in pedagogy and curriculum in both local and international settings.
Our purpose is to expand our existing knowledge of inquiry and student-centred instruction while working towards the strategies set out in our Action Plan. Within the visit schedule, we have tried to make planning sessions for all grade groups and for specialists with Tania. In addition, there will be three labsites/demonstration lessons which everyone is encouraged to attend - KB, G3 and G5. Please check the draft schedule to make sure the times allotted for your teaching teams are correct and to see the flow of the workshop over the three days. For those teams requiring cover, I will speak to those teams individually. Please contact Trevor with any feedback on the schedule.
There will be three big events during the visit. We will have a whole staff introduction to the workshop on Monday morning, a Parent Coffee on Wednesday morning, and a full staff inquiry workshop during the Wednesday PD session.
