The SSTA PD Committee proudly presents: Now What?! Connecting Aboriginal Ways of Learning to the New Curriculum SSTA PD Day 2016 - Friday, April 15th Howe Sound Secondary 38430 Buckley Ave, Squamish BC ONLINE REGISTRATION - Please visit our website: www.bctf.ca/ssta Sea to Sky Teachers’ Association Suite 104-40775 Tantalus Road, Squamish, BC V8B 0N2 Phone 604-892-3056 Fax 604-892-2296 . . . . . Please visit our website at: www.bctf.ca/ssta . . . . keynote speaker Monique Gray Smith Keynote: Theme 1 - Workshop: Ripple Effect of Resilience and the Power Fostering Resilience with of One Indigenous Students Each of us, no matter what our role is in the school system, has the This workshop is an extension to the ability to influence and foster the resilience of students. Keynote Address and will begin with an This engaging and inspiring Keynote will explore resiliency from overview on how stress & trauma impact an Indigenous perspective. It will provide a unique opportunity to a student’s wellness and why we may see reflect on the importance of resilience and identifying our role in behavioural disruptions, challenges in fostering the resilience of the students we work with. We will briefly connection and learning. Monique Gray Smith is a mixed heritage woman of Cree, explore Canadian history from an Indigenous perspective and the We will delve further into the 4 Blankets Lakota, and Scottish descent and is the proud Mom of twelve critical role resilience has in both our history and our future. Through of Resiliency, spending time exploring year old twins. She is an award winning author, international an introduction to the 4 Blankets of Resiliency: Strong sense of self; how each blanket might be used in your speaker and sought after consultant. Monique has been family; community; culture, language and connection to the land, class/school/program. running her business, Little Drum Consulting since 1996. Her participants will leave with new tools to support their work with career has focused on fostering paradigm shifts that emphasize students. the strength and resiliency of the First Peoples in Canada. Monique’s strong understanding of education has led her to work as the Executive Director for Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC and the National Aboriginal Advisor for Roots of Empathy. Her leadership in the field of Aboriginal Education led her to create a resource called The Ripple Effect of Resiliency: Strategies for Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children. Monique’s first published novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience won the Canadian 2014 Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature. Her first children’s board book, My Heart Fills with Happiness has just been released by Orca Books and is receiving starred reviews. Monique is being touted as one of the up and coming Canadian authors to read. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience. Monique has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 23 years. Lineup of Workshops Theme Keynote Theme 1 Presenter Monique Gray Smith Monique Gray Smith Theme 2 Adrienne Gear Theme 3 Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme 4 5 6 7 8 Theme 9 Theme 10 Cory Hartling, Brittany Carter, Alexandra Norris Lisa Sigurgeirson Maxx BCTF Presenter - Christie Weigel Margaret Paxton Henry Verbeek Stewardship Pemberton Society Workshop Title Ripple Effect of Resilience and the Power of One Fostering Resilience with Indigenous Students Nonfiction Reading Power – Linking Thinking to Reading in the Content Areas Project Based Learning Literacy through Music Education Change: The Big Picture Tribes Learning Communities Adobe Photoshop in the Classroom Nature Education in the Sea to Sky Corridor Creating and Using Visual Supports with Our Students, for Sorcha Masterson & Diana Lonergan Education Assistants (EAs) Collaborative Learning/Self-Directed Theme 2 - Nonfiction Reading Power – Linking Thinking to Reading in the Content Areas Theme 3 - Project Based Learning Ad r i e n n e G e a r has been a teacher in introduce participants to aspects of PBL and UbD that have been utilized at Learning Expeditions. Participants can expect to learn, and the Vancouver School district for over 18 years apply, fundamental aspects of PBL and UbD, including: big ideas, essential questions, critique and various protocols. Cory Hartling, Brittany Carter, Alexandra Norris This workshop will take participants through the PBL process as it has been implemented at the Learning Expeditions Program. We will working as a classroom teacher, ESL teacher, Theme 4 - Literacy through Music teacher librarian and District Literacy Mentor. She is currently teaching two days a week at Sexsmith Elementary. Adrienne developed Reading Power Lisa Sigurgeirson Maxx almost 10 years ago and has been since working with teachers in many Lisa is also a professional singer-songwriter and brings her enthusiastic passion for music and lyrics to districts throughout the province. She has also presented workshops in the her presentations. Lisa loves to inspire and encourage teachers to remember that children can learn United States in Atlanta, Kansas and Pennsylvania. the educational curriculum joyfully through music and movement. And, through learning joyfully stu- Adrienne is the author of several books, Reading Power – Teaching Students dents will develop the most important thing we can offer them: the love of learning. How to Think While They Read (Pembroke, 2006), Nonfiction Reading Power – Teaching Students How to Think While They Read All Kinds of Information Literacy through Music (Pembroke, 2008) , Writing Power (Pembroke, 2011) and Non-Fiction Writing Literacy through Music will offer a backbone of supportive, brain-based information about how children learn literacy in these Power (Pembroke, 2014) . body-engaging ways, being the eager, kinaesthetic learners they naturally are. This information will provide teachers’ some peace- Nonfiction Reading Power - Linking Thinking to Reading Reading Power is a reading comprehension approach which focuses students’ attention on their thinking, enabling them to interact more meaningfully with the text. Based on research, Reading Power is a practical approach to comprehension being implemented in many districts across the province. This session is an introduction to the key concepts, including meta-cognition, common language and levels of understanding text. Adrienne will share practical lessons to help students read more thoughtfully and interactively in the content areas as well as share how Reading Power links to the new curriculum. Strategies she will highlight include Making Connections, Questioning, Inferring and Transform. As always, Adrienne will link her lessons to recommended anchor books and share her favorite Non-fiction “Top Picks”. of-mind about imparting the curriculum to their students. As well, it will give educators a body of information they can share with parents who are eager for their children to be “learning the 3R’s.” Literacy through Music will be a hands-on – and voices joined! – workshop, offering interactive, experiential learning that teachers can take directly into their teaching environments and watch the joy begin to radiate in the faces of their young learners. Theme 4 - Education Change: The Big Picture BCTF Presenter - Christie Weigel Education Change: The Big Picture This BCTF workshop provides teachers with the “big picture” issues in education change including the importance of: • the school community and the values that are fundamental to public education. • the teacher’s professional voice, autonomy, and collective agreement rights related to education change. • resources, support, and working conditions necessary for the successful implementation of education change. • a thorough understanding of the many elements of the government’s education change plans, including revised curriculum. Theme 6 - Tribes Learning Communities Theme 8 - Nature Education in the Sea to Sky Corridor Margaret Paxton Stewardship Pemberton Society Margaret has been an educator since 1992, and was a Sea to Sky teacher, literacy The workshop is brought to teachers by Stewardship Pemberton Society coordinator and principal until June 2015. Margaret has been a Tribes District in partnership with, Squamish River Watershed Society, South Coast Trainer since 2006, as well as a Roots of Empathy and Ruler Method for Emotional Conservation Program, Cheakamus Centre, BC Green Games, Science World and local outdoor educators. Literacy teacher. Margaret loves to learn and share ideas about how addressing Stewardship Pemberton Society is a volunteer based not for profit charitable organization connecting students’ social emotional development can lead to greater academic success. community and nature. They encourage the protection, restoration, and long term sustainability of the Tribes Learning Communities “Tribes is a process to create a culture that maximizes learning and human development.” In this session, participants will learn some ways to explicitely teach the competencies through cooperative and collaborative activities. We will discuss the power of group dynamics to facilitate deeper learning, and will use a variety of reflection questions to “make learning sticky.” We’ll share some ways to help students become more independent problem-solvers and create a positive class climate. natural environment through education, cooperation, and community involvement. Nature Education in the Sea to Sky Corridor This workshop will provide teachers with a sampling of why nature education matters, ways to incorporate nature based and environmental learning into the classroom, and insight on how organizations can help you to achieve your nature based environmental education goals. To provide regional insight on opportunities for teachers and staff within School District 48 to engage in nature based environmental learning and teaching initiatives. This workshop will specifically provide information on: Theme 7 - Photoshop in the Classroom Henry Verbeek Henry Verbeek has been teaching for 28 years in a variety of subjects but is most passionate about Information Communication Technology. He has been the ICT Teacher and CRT at DRS/DRM for the past eleven years and has been using the Adobe Suite for over ten years in the classroom. He uses a flipped classroom with all assignments on video so students can learn technical processes at their own rate. Photoshop in the Classroom This Pro-D opportunity will not be aimed at teaching you how to fully use Photoshop but coming up with one lesson that can be used in your next class on Monday. A lesson that will get students excited about learning. An opportunity for students to present something in a different way. Three examples will be used. Each of these lessons was made not for IT class but for another teacher to use in their class at DRM. The goal will be to create a lesson designed specifically for your classroom. • benefits of nature based participatory learning • introduction to local Sea to Sky and regional environmental and science organizations, their programs and their leaders • current collaborative learning initiatives • accessible and easy grant opportunities • outdoor games and activities in action • resource materials including applicable funds and handout material on games, activities and • local Sea to Sky non profit environmental organizations links • building a foundation - keeping open lines of communications to achieve our collective goals Theme 9 - Creating and Using Visual Supports with Our Students, for Education Assistants (EAs) Sorcha Masterson & Diana Lonergan A long time learning support teacher in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Sorcha Masterson is a member of the Low Incidence Support (LIST) and Mulch-interdisciplinary support (MIST) Teams for SD#48, helping support school teams around their students with low incidence and behavioural designations. Sorcha is also our District Partner for the Provincial Outreach Programs for Autism and Related Disorders (POPARD), and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (POPFASD), as well as Inclusion Outreach BC (formerly PISP). Diana Lonergan is a long time Special Education Assistant (SEA) with SD#48. She is also on the MIST team, supporting school teams and students with behaviour challenges. Besides her SEA certification, Diana is also a certified Early Child Educator (ECE), has her Orton-Gillingham certificate and has Provincial Autism training. Creating and Using Visual Supports with Our Students, for Education Assistants (EAs) Visual supports are tools that are used to increase the understanding and retention of language, environmental expectations, and to provide structure and support for our students. Research has determined that the majority of students in a regular classroom need to see information in order to learn it, this is particularly important for many of the students that Education Assistants (EAs) support due to their academic, attention and/or behavioural challenges. This workshop will lead EAs through how to use a variety of visual supports with their students, and how and where to access them. Opportunity will be provided for participants to create visual supports for the students they work with. Theme 10 - Collaborative Learning/Self-Directed This option is a great opportunity for those who would like to collaborate on a learning project or work on a self-directed plan but would still like to network with their colleagues from all over the District! ONLINE REGISTRATION - Please visit our website: www.bctf.ca/ssta