Date: November 15, 2024
Elementary
Length: Full Day
Location: All schools - In-person
Presenters: School Administrators and Educator Staff
Topic 1: AM - Bullying and School Safety
Description: Staff will review safe school policies, violent incident reporting procedures, and bullying prevention and promotion strategies. Strategies to support a positive school climate will also be highlighted.
Topic 2: AM - Mental Health and Well-Being
Description: Staff will review Social Emotional Learning resources that will focus on six competencies and skills identified by School Mental Health Ontario. Teachers will have an opportunity to discuss classroom practices for students related to curriculum expectations.
Topic 3: AM - Student Achievement Plan - Literacy
Description: Staff will review the Literacy Student Achievement Plan and discuss how classroom practices relate to fidelity of curriculum and teacher content knowledge. The Literacy block will be reviewed as well as a discussion of Literacy Look Fors in the classroom.
Topic 4: PM - Mathematics
Description: Staff will review the Math Achievement Action Plan and discuss how to maximize High Impact Instructional Practices. Teachers will review and reflect on how to implement resources to support a balanced approach in the Numeracy block.
Secondary
Length: Full Day
Location: All schools - In-person
Presenters: School Administrators and Educator Staff
Topic 1: AM - Bullying and School Safety
Description: Staff will review safe school policies, violent incident reporting procedures, and bullying prevention and promotion strategies. Strategies to support a positive school climate will also be highlighted.
Topic 2: AM - Artificial Intelligence - AI : Your Ai(d) in Education
Description: Staff will learn about the power of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and how it is reshaping the educational landscape. Educators will delve into critical evaluation techniques for AI-generated content, enabling them to identify potential biases and ensure responsible implementation. Through hands-on exploration, staff will discover how AI can serve as a valuable assistant, aiding them in various aspects of your teaching practice, such as curriculum planning, implementation and assessment.
Topic 3: PM - Artificial Intelligence - AI in Action
Description: Teachers will get hands-on and explore different tasks and tools that can enhance their lives in education. Within subject disciplines, teachers will work with various AI and relate them to teaching tasks relevant to their practice, such as meeting the needs of all learners, assessment, lesson planning, and curriculum delivery.
Topic 4: PM - Guidance and Career Education
Description: Guidance counsellors, Student Success Teachers and Co-op Teachers will make connections between their roles and local employers/labour market, with a focus on high-demand economic sectors. The session will be facilitated by representatives from Workforce Windsor-Essex.
Topic 5: PM - Empowering Multilingual Learners in the Content Areas
Description: This session will equip high school teachers across all content areas with practical, asset-based strategies to support multilingual learners in building language skills while learning content. Teachers will also explore technology and AI tools that can assist teachers to enhance language support and differentiate instruction.