Timing/Format
The PA Day will run from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitators:
Trustee Robbie Brydon
Trish Clark, Principal
Blaire Houde, Vice Principal
Crystal Sitzer, School Social Worker
Secondary Program Leaders & Intermediate Lead Teachers
Learning Materials:
Learning will take place in large group setting followed by smaller, collaborative break-out groups.
School Programs - Assessment Practices
Reviewing behaviour plans, safety plans, IEPs, Student Success Profiles & ELL Profiles
Additional information:
Lunch will be a barbecue format with staff from Central Public School to encourage broader community connections between the two schools.
Timing/Format
The PA Day will take place from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitators:
Trish Clark, Principal
Blaire Houde, Vice Principal
Jim Mackenzie, Vice Principal
Members of BCS Staff Learning Team
Learning Materials:
Learning will be completed in large group setting followed by various collaborative break-out groups. The whole staff will be together in the morning. Secondary and intermediate staff will work separately on school goals in the afternoon.
Topics to be covered: Supporting students in the classroom with wellbeing and sense of belonging; supporting MLL students, asset-based assessment, department-led discussion of assessment & evaluation practices.
Intermediate staff will spend the afternoon looking at literacy and numeracy goals for the 2024-2025 school year.
Timing/Format
Intermediate - Intermediate teachers will be conducting Student-Led Conferences.
Secondary - The PA Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School
Facilitators:
Trish Clark, Principal
Blaire Houde, Vice Principal
Jim Mackenzie, Vice Principal
Members of BCS Staff Learning Team
Members of HDSB School Programs
Learning Materials:
Learning will be completed in large group setting followed by various collaborative break-out groups.
Topics to be covered: Asset-based Assessment Practices to support student achievement.
Timing/Format
Secondary - The PA Day will take place from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Central.
Facilitators:
Trish Clark, Principal
Jim Mackenzie, Vice Principal
Members of BCS Staff Learning Team
Members of BCS Destreaming & CBYWT Team
Learning Materials:
Learning will be completed in large group setting followed by various collaborative break-out groups.
Topics to be covered: Introduction of the school's Graduation Coach for Black Students; Asset-based Assessment Practices to support student achievement; Anti-Black Racism and how to combat it in the classroom; Review of IEPs, SSPs, MLL Portfolios and Safety & Behaviour Plans in preparation for Semester Two.