Pro D Opportunities
Nov. 22nd: Learning Stations
ddtech.sd62.bc.ca/pro-d-2/pro-d/
Devon and Dawn are hosting a professional learning day at WCLT on November 22nd. The link above will take you to the days details. To highlight, we will be providing sessions on the following: Universal Design for Learners, creating WordPress Blogs, podcasting, digital photography, SMART Board for intermediate and advanced users, SMART Board for Beginners, and Web 2.0 Projects in the classroom.
District Pro D Committee
District Initiatives
Each year the Districts Curriculum department creates a learning booklet that outlines curriculum focused initiatives that will be carried out throughout the course of the year. Most of these will occur on Professional development days or with release time.
Copies will be posted in the staffroom and teacher work room.
Please see Dawn if you have any questions.
Other Pro D Opportunities
BC Teachers of English Language Arts
BCTELA Conference: here
Professional Development Day at Metchosin Technical Centre
“What’s trust have to do with it, anyway? The Power of Relational Trust and how it can Change the way you teach.”
Friday, October 25th, 2013, 9:30 – 3:00
- The day will consist of hands on activities, simulations and theories regarding building trust and working in a collaborative teaching and learning environment.
- The goal of this professional development seminar is to help teachers develop relational trust by expanding community in and outside the classroom while fostering positive interpersonal skills and improving student’s personal self-knowledge.
- If a classroom teacher wants to improve classroom climate, student engagement, and relational trust then learning the methods in, “What’s trust have to do with it, anyway? The Power of Relational Trust and how it can Change the way you teach.” will provide some possible effective tools.
- Aspects of this seminar include: the AVID interactive notebook, outdoor education (wear comfortable clothes and have some outside footwear and raincoat), classroom instruction, intentional thinking and instruction, social networking, practical hands on experience and humour.
CEET Community of Expertise in Educational Technology
Created by the BC Ministry of Education in 2008
CEET offers numerous opportunities monthly for educators to learn and in multiple forms. For example, webinars, chats etc. Please have a look at their events page to see if there is something for you.
Mission: “an online community of practice fostering expertise in the use of educational technologies in K-12 education.”
CUE BC Computer Using Educators of BC
A PSA (Provincial Specialist Association) of the BCTF
Mission: “dedicated to promoting the educational uses of computer technology.”
Conference: October 25, 2013 (1 day) Vancouver, BC
IL4K12 (Innovative Learning for K12)
Created by ERAC (Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium) in 2012
Mission: “goal is to support quality education for public and independent K-12 students.”
(a member based organization working as a consortium with BC public school districts)
Date: November 14th and 15th, 2013
Theme: “Enabling Innovation in Teaching and Learning”
Location: Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport in Richmond, BC
Digital Learning (DL) Spring Conference
Created by the BC Ministry of Education / LearnNowBC in 2006
Mission: “to enhance distributed learning in B.C.”
Date: February 15th & 16th, 2013
Location: Coast Plaza at Stanley Park, Vancouver BC
CSELP Conference: Technology for Inquiry
Created by: SImon Fraser University
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Location: Segal Graduate School of Business, at 500 Granville Street
*More information coming on how to register . . .
Teacher Mentorship: A Provincial Conversation
Featuring Lois J. Zachary
Dates: April 10th, 2014 5-8pm & April 11th, 2014 9-3pm
Location: Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport, Vancouver, BC
IT4K12 (Information Technology for Kindergarten to Gr 12)
Created by ERAC (Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium) in 2012
Mission: “goal is to support quality education for public and independent K-12 students.”
(a member based organization working as a consortium with BC public school districts)
Conference: We will post the date as soon as it is released. The conference will potentially be in June, 2014.
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
Created by an American society in 1979.
Mission: “to advance learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology.”
With more than 100,000 members, ISTE considers itself to be ” the premier membership association for educators and education leaders committed to empowering connected learners in a connected world.”
Conference: June 29th to July 2nd, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Flipped Classroom Conference
Created in 2012 by teachers passionate about flipped classrooms.
Conference: June 19th & 2oth in Kelowna, BC