HDSB PA Day Agendas

Timing/Format

• 9:00-3:35 pm at Silver Creek Public School

Facilitators: ​

• The administrative team

Learning Materials:

• Our Agenda

• Resources: United Nations' Sustainability Goals, HDSB's One Page that Matters Environmental Leadership and Sustainability, Be a Good Ancestor by Gabrielle and Leona Prince, and Natural Dilemmas from The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Additional information: 

Please see HDSB's website for further information about the PA Day

Topic: Learning and Growth: Student Literacy, Mathematics, and AI Enhanced Pedagogy

Format:

• ​Full-day, in-person-teachers and DECEs, at Silver Creek Public School-Agenda 

Description: 

Elementary school teams will engage in learning related to effective practices and strategies for student literacy and mathematics learning and growth. Educators will engage in learning focused on implementing the revised 2023 Language/Francais Grade 1-8 curriculum. They will learn about principles and requirements for early reading screening as described in PPM 168: Reading Instruction and Early Reading Screening.

Elementary educators will also work collaboratively to develop a greater understanding of high-impact instructional strategies for mathematics as detailed in the curriculum, as well as the HDSB Math Achievement Action Plan​. 

Facilitators: ​

• The admin team and lead teachers/Student Success Leadership Committee

Learning Materials:

• Materials to be provided by HDSB's Programs department 

• The titles of any resources that will be used as part of the activities and publication information in respect of those resources

Additional information: We will also be investigating how educators can use A.I. to enhance lesson planning, assessment and reporting; and we will be reviewing Progress Report expectations. AGENDA linked here

Format:

• Full-day

• Elementary: In-person or remotely

Description: Elementary school teams will engage in student/parent/guardian/teacher conferences focused on Student Growth and Progress Reports.

Facilitators:

• Elementary programming will be led by teachers

Learning/Delivery Method:

• ​Elementary: Small group conferences with students and parents

Format:

• Full-day

• Elementary: In-person or remotely

Description: ETFO Assessment and Evaluation day for teachers to support Report Card Writing

Facilitators:

• Self-directed

Learning/Delivery Method:

• Self-directed

Format:

• Full-day

• Elementary: In-person 

Description: We will begin the day as a whole school sharing the Land Acknowledgment and a Reflection and doing a community building activity.

Elementary teams will engage in targeted work on their SIPSA goals and actions to support the success and achievement of students who are not yet meeting expectations in the areas of  reading and mathematics. K-2 teams will break out and focus their work on reading improvement and grade 3-8 teams will break out and focus their work on math improvement. All teams will be analyzing marker student data, placing it on a developmental continuum, determining actions and next steps to move the student and educator learning forward, and time to plan those actions and next steps. Staff will consider how they will embed Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy by having high expectations for all students to succeed, and uplifting student voice, choice and agency.

Facilitators:

• Co-facilitated by teachers and administrators

Learning/Delivery Method:

• ​whole group, small group

Learning Materials:

• ​common math tasks provided by HDSB's Programs Department

• Acadience/Mesmer Screeners

• numeracy developmental continuums (Lawson, HDSB's, Landscape for Learning)

• scope and sequence (Wilson Fundations, Mesmer)