Tuesday Morning Briefing, 6 September, 2022

 Dear colleagues,

Please follow the link/image to the morning session slides.

Heikki

Welcome Back Session # 1

Dear colleagues,

Thank you for the great start to the week!

Please follow this link to the Welcome Back Session 1 presentation.

Here is the link to the 9-day rotation calendar.

Erin, Trevor, and Heikki

Wednesday Learning: Next Unit Planning, Feb 9th, 2022

Dear Colleagues,

Here is our presentation. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to support you or your team(s). 

Your leadership team,

Heikki, Riana and Trevor

Wednesday Learning: Covid Updates, DL Tune-in, R&D Committee Update & Targeted Learning planning

Dear Colleagues,

Here is our presentation. For those who were writing curriculum or preparing for events, please remember to read the information on the R&D Committee Update.

January 11th Tuesday Faculty Meeting

 Dear Colleagues,

Here is the link to the slides from the January Tuesday Faculty Meeting for your reference.

Have a great week!

Trevor, Heikki & Riana

Wednesday Learning: PD Day Reflection on Inclusion & DEIJ, Wednesday Nov 25, 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Here is the presentation from last Wednesday. Thanks for your time and planning to put our PD into practice.

False Dichotomy of Disability and Inclusive Practices with Lee Ann Jung

Identity Centred Learning with Daniel Wickner

October Faculty Meeting

Dear Colleagues,

Here is the October Faculty Meeting presentation. It contains the following:

1. Parent-Teacher Conference Guidelines and Info
2. Service Learning Information
3. Assembly information
4. October events and announcements

Tuesday Faculty Meeting - June 1, 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Here is our presentation from our June Faculty Meeting.

May 7th Faculty Morning Meeting

 

Dear Colleagues,

Here is the presentation from this morning's May 7th Faculty Meeting. Have a great weekend!

Heikki, Trevor & Riana

Wednesday Learning - Assessment Processing Data & ManageBac March 17 2021

 Dear Colleagues,

This is Part 2 of the Art and Science of Assessment - Processing Data and the ManageBac introduction. 

If you missed the session and need help with ManageBac, please let Trev or Riana.

Wednesday Learning - Assessment March 10, 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you again for your whole-hearted participation in the Wednesday Learning. The collaboration within each of the groups help spread many assessment ideas throughout ES. 

Please remember to bring an assessment to next week's Wednesday Learning. Our focus will be on focusing data.

Here is the presentation. 

March Faculty Meeting - Tuesday March 2nd

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for joining the faculty meeting this morning. As we covered many important topics, here is the presentation for your reference.

Key Points:

1. Referral Process Update
2. Emergency Drill procedures
3. Covid Information

September Tuesday Morning Meeting

 

Thank you for joining us this morning. Please click on the image above (new feature!) to access the slideshow presentation and links within.

Heikki, Trevor & Riana

Weekly Updates, Monday, 15 June, 2020

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the last Weekly Updates of the school year 2019-2020. During the last two days of the school year, the youngest learners will pay a short visit to the school. Those who are not involved with the visitors may want to either continue planning for the start of the school year and completing all the end-of-year processes. 

Report cards will go through a final check on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning to be opened to parents on Tuesday afternoon. We may need to ask you to respond quickly should we find missing indicators, comments, or accidentally misplaced comments. 

On Monday afternoon, in our Zoom meeting, we will say goodbye to our leaving colleagues, wish everybody a wonderful summer break, and set the final expectations for planning in the afternoon.

On Tuesday, we will run the end-of-school-year assembly on Zoom starting at 10:00. All teachers are expected to join the meeting. It is important that we model to the students the proper online meeting expectations by having our videos on. The session will take about 45 minutes. 

Although we, (Riana, Trevor, Heikki, and Remi) are on campus on Tuesday, teachers do not have to come to the campus in person given that your classrooms/offices are organized and tidy and the end-of-year checklist is successfully completed.

We would like to thank you all for the successful and professionally completed challenging school year and wish you all a wonderful summer holiday!

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki

Last Four Days - protocol on the blogger 

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon 15 June	PreK/KA, KB Visiting (Schedule) Specialist Support Schedule Grades 1 - 5 Planning SY 20-21, Completing the End-of-Year Checklist	13:45 - 14:30 Farewells, holiday wishes, and planning expectations 14:30 - 15:30 Complete planning in teams
Tue 16 June	10:00 ES End-of-School Year Assembly 11:30 Happy Holidays!

Future Dates:

Mon. August 10th New Teacher Orientation begins

Mon. August 17th Returning teachers start

Thurs August 20th First day of classes

Fri August 21st Listening Conferences - Round 1

Fri August 28th Listening Conferences - Round 2

Thurs September 3rd Back to School Night

Professional Development

Author to Author (Matt Glover, Kathy Collins) A great teacher and parent resource

Link to Faculty Distance Learning site and online PD

Professional Summer Reading Suggestions:

The Power of Making Thinking Visible Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church

Contextual Wellbeing: Creating Positive Schools from the Inside Out Helen Street

Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live without Barriers Jo Boaler

Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms Jung, Frey et. al.

Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre Matt Glover

The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups R. Garmston

Elevating Co-Teaching Through UDL Elisabeth Stein

Two Teachers in the Room Elisabeth Stein

Co-Teaching for English Learners: 

A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection Dove M., Honingsfeld A.

Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management Smith, Fisher, Frey

How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms Carol Ann Tomlinson

Faculty Meeting 6 May - ES DL#13 The Final Countdown

Dear Colleagues,

Please find the slideshow from today's faculty meeting here. The final annotated PDF Report Card templates will be shared with you by end of Friday, May 15. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding report cards, class list creations or end of year procedures.

Resources that might be of interest:

Virtual Field Trips

Meme - check in

Trevor, Heikki & Riana

Faculty Meeting 22 April 2020

Dear colleagues,

Please find the slideshow from the 22nd of April Meeting here.

Tuesday Morning Faculty Meeting Slides

Dear colleagues,

Please find the slides from this morning here.

Wednesday Learning: Behaviour Intervention Committee & UOI#4 Planning Jan 22

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you to the Behaviour Intervention Committee for their presentation and for everyone's wholehearted participation in the Wednesday Learning.

Here is the presentation for your reference.

Wednesday Learning Jan 15 - UOI#4 and EL#10 Planning

Dear Colleagues,

Here is the link to yesterday's presentation.

• UOI#4
• EL#10 Planning

Faculty Morning Meeting slides, Tuesday 14 January 2020

Dear colleagues,
Please find the morning meeting slides.