Professional Activity Days

Description of Professional Activity Day 

Date: September 18, 2023

Length: Full Day

 

Audience: Kindergarten - Grade 3 educators, elementary SERTs, Elementary PVPs & MLL Resource team

Topic 1: AM/PM - The Reading Brain (Science of Reading, Awareness of the Research on Reading), Reading Assessments and Resources, and the new Ontario Language Curriculum.

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Program Coordinators, Literacy Resource Teachers, Speech Language Pathologists

Description: The focus of this in-person professional development session is to provide learning opportunities on evidence-informed reading instruction based on Ministry of Education resources and the OHRC Right to Read report. Professional learning will also include a major focus on the new Ontario Language Curriculum to support implementation.

 

Audience: Kindergarten - Grade 3 educators, elementary SERTs, Elementary PVPs & MLL Resource team, FSL Teachers

Topic 2: PM – Health and Safety Training

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Self-guided modules hosted on online learning platforms

Description: All staff will review policies and procedures related to workplace violence prevention, bullying prevention and intervention, child abuse and protection policies, suicide prevention and interventions protocols as well as safety policies and procedures specific to certain employee groups.     

 

Audience:Grade 4 - 8 educators

Topic 3: AM - New Language 2023 Curriculum Overview, High Impact Math Strategies

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s):

Program Coordinators with responsibility for Numeracy and Special Education and Numeracy Resource Teachers

Description: Staff will be meeting in-person with Program department staff to review elements of the new Ontario Language Curriculum (including The Reading Brain for background knowledge), learn about high impact Math strategies, and strategies to support universal design for learning. 

 

Audience: Grade 4 - 8 educators

Topic 4: PM - Instructional Strategies & Thinking Classrooms

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Program Coordinators and Numeracy Resource Teachers  

Description: Educators will be learning, in-person, with members of the Program Department to learn about instructional classrooms which support academic success, promote inclusion, engagement and thinking. Teachers will be using resources created by Dr. Peter Liljedahl. 

 

Audience: Grade 6 educators

Topic 5: PM - Holocaust and Antisemitism Education (Gr. 6)

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies

Description: Teachers will attend a presentation hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Education. During this session, they will gain insight into valuable resources designed to support the implementation of the revised Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum.

 

Audience: FSL Teachers

Topic 6: AM – Inclusive FSL Classrooms

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): FSL Resource Teacher, Presenter B. Tinsley

Description: Educators will have the opportunity to gather, in person, for a presentation by Ben Tinsley focusing on strategies to promote inclusion of all students in the FSL classroom. Educators will also develop a deeper understanding about tiered instruction, and how tiered instructional approaches support all learners in the FSL classrooms.

 

Audience: Secondary Admin and Educators

Topic 7: AM – Building Thinking Classrooms Across Content Areas with Peter Liljedahl

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Program Coordinators and Resource Teachers

Description: Secondary educators and administrators will learn about the first five practices of Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms framework and how these practices support their work with inclusion and increasing student engagement, and align with the Ministry and Wellington Catholic’s commitment to de-streaming initiatives.

 

Audience: Secondary Admin and Educators

Topic 8: AM – Inclusive Practices & Tiered Instruction

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Program Coordinators, Resource Teachers, and Department Heads

Description: Secondary educators and administrators will explore and learn about tiered instruction, and how tiered instructional approaches support the inclusion and needs of all learners in their classrooms.

 

Audience: Secondary Admin and Educators

Topic 9: PM – School-based Department Instructional Improvement Planning

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Program Coordinators, Indigenous Resource Teacher, Instruction Resource Teachers

Description: Educators will work collaboratively with their school-based departments to co-create department goals to align with the school improvement and action plan with a focus on supporting academic success, student engagement and inclusion.

 

Audience:ALL -Secondary Admin and Educators

Topic 10: PM – Health and Safety

Entity Hosting: School board

Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Self-guided modules hosted on online learning platforms

Description: All staff will review policies and procedures related to workplace violence prevention, bullying prevention and intervention, child abuse and protection policies, suicide prevention and interventions protocols as well as safety policies and procedures specific to certain employee groups.     

Description of Professional Activity Day

Date: November 24, 2023

Length: Full Day

 

Audience: All Elementary and Secondary Staff

Topics: System Faith Day

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: School Chaplains, School Faith Animators, Principals, Michael and Marcel Jacques

Descriptions: Liturgy – School Chaplains, Faith Formation and Understanding Inclusion: Keynote Speakers - Michael and Marcel Jacques – Michael is the President of Community Living Ontario, Reflection Activity on the role of staff in supporting inclusion in schools, Learning Activities on Faith, Inclusion and Catholic Graduate Expectations and Closing Liturgy.

Description of Professional Activity Day 

Date: April 8, 2024

Length: Full Day

 

Audience: Custodians

Topics: Custodial Duties

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Custodians will be on site in the morning at their home job site locations. In the afternoon, custodians will be gathering for job-specific training at the Catholic Education Centre as well as annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training. Further information and details will be forthcoming about training opportunities for the day.

 

Audience: Kindergarten Teachers, Early Childhood Educators, and Grade 1-6 teachers

Topics: Literacy, Mathematics and Student Support

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions:  Educators will engage in a variety of professional learning sessions focused on Math Curriculum, Literacy Curriculum, implementation of the Universal screener, supporting students with universal accommodations, the Ministry and Board required Student Achievement Survey, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Grade 7-12 Teachers

Topics: Destreaming, Assessment and Evaluation Practices

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions:  Educators will engage in a variety of professional learning sessions focused on Destreaming, Assessment and Evaluation Practices, Tiered Instructional Strategies, the Ministry and Board required Student Achievement Survey, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Special Education Resource Teachers - Elementary Schools

Topics: Universal Screener, Language and Math Curriculum

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions:  Educators will engage in a variety of professional learning sessions focused on Destreaming, Assessment and Evaluation Practices, Tiered Instructional Strategies, the Ministry and Board required Student Achievement Survey, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Special Education Resource Teachers - Secondary Schools

Topics: Mathematics, Student Achievement Survey

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions:  Educators will engage in a variety of professional learning sessions focused on supporting students with Special Education needs with Mathematics, the Ministry and Board required Student Achievement Survey, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: French as a Second Language Teachers

Topics:  Curriculum

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will engage in a variety of professional learning sessions focused on curriculum, assessment and evaluation in French, the Ministry and Board required Student Achievement Survey, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Educational Assistants and CYW Staff

Topics:  SMHO Modules

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will be working on School Mental Health Ontario modules for the morning session, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: BCBA Staff

Topics:  Universal Support Protocols

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will present information to support Universal Support Protocols, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Secretaries

Topics:  Powerschool, ONSIS, Ontario Equity Action Plan

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will work through training on Powerschool modules, ONSIS verification, and Ontario Equity Action Plan, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Library Technicians

Topics:  Library Learning Commons

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will focus on Library learning Commons Guidelines, and annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.

 

Audience: Social Workers

Topics:  Mental Health Services PPM169

Length: Full Day

Facilitators: Wellington Catholic DSB Staff

Descriptions: Educators will be reviewing Mental Health Services PPM169 and completing annual Health and Safety Training and Privacy Training.