PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP MENT
OCTOBER 23, 2015
Professional Development brought to you by the Central Okanagan Teachers’ Association
What’s New?
Dr. Knox Middle School
121 Drysdale Blvd.
Kelowna, B.C.
OTHER Workshop Locations:
Hollywood Road Education Centre • McWilliams Centre Central School • Rose Valley Elementary
Ellison Elementary • Mar Jok Elementary • Okanagan Military Museum
FEES:
COTA Members: NO FEE
SD #23 Support Staff: $ 35 - charged to your Pro-D account
TTOC’s: $ 35 - charged to the COTA – TTOC Pro-D account
Parents: $ 35 - please call the COTA office to register
All other districts/participants - $ 90 full or part day
Click here to Register for the Keynote and All Workshops
Click here to view our Presenters
Special thanks to our October Professional Development Day Planning Committee:
Tobias Blaskovits, Tricia Labrie, Patti Ostrikoff, Kevin Kaiser, Chris Ovelson, and Janelle Zebedee
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Keynote Speakers
8:30 am – 9:45 am
PLEASE REGISTER
1 – Keynote Speakers (please register)
BCTF President, Jim Iker
BCTF Teachers’ Involvement in the Revision Process
Professional Development Chairperson, Joe Jamison
What’s New – What’s The Same
Aboriginal Education Consultant/Resource Teacher, Kevin Kaiser
Aboriginal Perspective Interwoven Throughout The Curriculum – District Plan
ALL Day Sessions – Dr. Knox – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
2 - IQ vs EQ: Increasing Students' Emotional Intelligence
Presenter – Adrian Zuyderduyn
Part of the new BC curriculum centers around personal awareness, particularly students' ability to regulate their emotions. This
workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to take a deep look at the new Competency Profiles through the lens of
Daniel Goleman's research on emotional intelligence. Weaving together the theoretical and the practical will help teachers gain
valuable tools to increase students' ability in this domain of learning.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
3 - iMovie: Planning, Shooting, and Publishing Movies For Teachers
Presenter: Corey Mazurat
Participants must bring an iPad with iMovie installed.
Teachers will learn how to integrate iMovie and videos into their practice and how to use the powerful but intuitive software with
their students. Using a workflow-based structure, teachers will plan, shoot, edit, and publish a complete and original iMovie.
Teachers will also learn how to use iMovie's voice-over capabilities to document learning which is then transferable to other
programs such as FreshGrade. No previous iMovie experience required.
Target Audience: Teachers
4 - Inquiry Based Learning in the MindUp Classroom
Presenter: Marianne Prins
Extra Charge: $35 includes Chime and Book - Grade Pre-K-2, Grade 3-5, or Grade 6-8
Submit your receipt to your schools Pro-D rep for reimbursement.
The Program has four main goals based on Scientific evidence, and teaching with a lens of Inquiry Based Learning: • to teach
mindful focused awareness; • to increase positive human qualities, such as empathy, perspective‐taking, helpfulness and
kindness; • to increase optimism and well‐being; and to • foster a cohesive, caring classroom climate that enhances learning.
Target Audience: Grades K-8
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ALL Day Sessions – Dr. Knox – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
5 - Gamification in the Classroom
Presenter: Lane Hardy
Learn how video game theory can help transform learning in your classroom. In this workshop, you will see and have hands-on
access to online examples of how you can further engage your students in different subject areas through online games. Get ready
to come play some educational video games! Note: Please bring your laptop to participate.
Target Audience: Grades 3-8
6 - Math in Action
Presenter: Sharon Foster
This workshop will focus on the new curriculum, the key competencies, and the instructional practices that build conceptual
depth. After an initial look at practices that can lead to misconceptions, we will investigate activities that build number sense, fact
fluency and a deeper, progressive understanding of math concepts. Some ideas for organizing a math lesson, structuring a math
block, and assessing students will also be shared.
Target Audience: Anyone interested in learning about math but mainly geared to K-5 teachers.
7 - Maker Education
Presenter: Tobias Blaskovits
This session will focus on the value of Human-Centered Design Thinking, as a pedagogical approach to support the teaching and
learning of the new curriculum and core competencies. With a focus on empathy, design, and hands-on learning, participants will
connect and collaborate with colleagues to explore and develop engaging, cross-curricular, hands-on, deeper learning
opportunities for students.
Target Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
8 – TTOCs and The New Contract: What’s In It For You?
Presenter: Charlotte Lighburn
NOTE Time: 10:45 am – 2:30 pm
This is a new workshop specifically designed for TTOCs by TTOCs so that TTOC contacts/chairs will become more familiar
with their local and provincial collective agreements. The workshop is intended to increase the confidence of TTOC
contacts/chairs in dealing with collective agreement issues. It is also intended to explore and identify collective agreement rights
that are missing from local language and the provincial contract.
Target Audience: TTOCs
9 - Creating a Culture of Thinking in a Math Classroom Through the Lens of the New Curriculum
Presenters: Marnie Birkeland and Lindsey Schroeder
An interactive session that explores ways to incorporate the Critical Thinking and the Creative Thinking Competencies into the
everyday culture of our math classes. Teachers will leave with strategies, thinking routines, and formative assessment ideas to
take back to their classrooms. The morning session will be more focused on examples from primary and intermediate classrooms.
The afternoon session will be more focused on examples from middle and high school classrooms.
Target Audience: Grades K-12 teachers who teach math
10 – Introduction to Encaustic Art: The “New” Old Medium
Presenter: Angela Hansen
This workshop will teach participants the basics of encaustic painting: the ancient wax-based medium making a modern comeback. Wax-based paint allows one to work very intuitively while experiencing great creative play, self-expression, and personal
satisfaction in creating an interesting piece of art. Participants will learn basic techniques, studio safety and come away with a
finished 8x10 painting completed in the encaustic medium.
Target Audience: anyone
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Morning Session for TTOCs – Dr. Knox - 9:00 am – 10:30 am
20 – Reality 101 – A Day in the Life of a TTOC
Presenter: Charlotte Lighburn
Note Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
This workshop is designed to support teachers on call with current teaching practices and resources, and to enhance their
confidence in their professional status.
Target Audience: TTOCs
Morning Sessions – Dr. Knox - 10:00 am – 11:45 am
21 - Teaching Theatrically
Presenter: Carolyn Hartman
Teaching Theatrically is a project that introduces high energy and enthusiasm-inspiring activities for elementary students.
Designed especially for visual learners and those who need to channel those vivid imaginations, Teaching Theatrically is a
dramatic approach to introducing anything from the water cycle to number operations and beyond.
Target Audience: Elementary teachers
22 - Poetry and Reflective Writing
Presenter: Vicki Den Ouden
Please bring a pen, journal/ notebook, and felt pens, etc. (if you like to embellish your writing).
Are you tired, stressed out, going through a difficult time, or just crave some peace and quiet? Come renew your spirit by slowing
down for a while and enjoying the beauty of words. You will be introduced to various poems, forms and poets, and given time to
write your own poetry or reflective piece. The purpose of this workshop is to explore your writing practice and have the
opportunity to "refill the vessel." However, the poems and activities could be adapted for use with middle and high school
students.
Target Audience: All teachers
23 - Core Competencies and Essential Questions in the New Curriculum
Presenter: Erika van Oyen
Spend a half day looking at the overarching core competencies in the new curriculum and then create essential questions based on
the big ideas focusing on what you want the students to "know", to "do" and who you want them to "be".
Target Audience: Grades K - 8
24 - myBlueprint for Education and Career Planning
Presenter: Chris Ovelson
Join this session to learn how to use myBlueprint Education Planner to engage your students while meeting many of the
curriculum learning outcomes in your course. Now implemented in schools across the province, myBlueprint B.C. Edition is an
interactive resource that is user friendly, practical and used effectively by 500,000+ students across Canada. We will explore the
features of myBlueprint, lesson plans and activities as well as best practices used by teachers and counsellors across Canada.
Target Audience: Teachers (grades 7-12), Counsellors
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Morning Sessions – Dr. Knox - 10:00 am – 11:45 am
25 - Mindful Lesson Planning: For the Present and For the New Curriculum
Presenters: Kelly Hanson, Melissa Harris ( Johnson )
Mindfulness is engaging at all age levels and enriches the classroom experience, both for the teacher and for the student.
Mindfulness addresses all three core competencies. The personal and social competency focuses on personal awareness and
responsibility, aspects that mindful classroom practice demonstrate. There is evidence based research that demonstrates a mindful
practice strengthens the ability for divergent thinking, which is a skill needed for critical thinking. With deep listening is also
being a mindful practice the mindful teacher ensures the supports are in place when referring to the competency of
communication. After we look at the how the related mindful research is related to the core competencies, we will introduce the
teacher to the how of planning mindful lessons from opening moment to reflective practice. The participants will also embody the
mindful experience throughout the workshop.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
26 - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Oboe And Bassoon
Presenters: Karmen Ingram and Juanita Gomes
Presenters Karmen Ingram and Juanita Gomes will guide you through the world of double reeds with tips and tricks on how to
get the best out of your young oboe and bassoon players.
Target Audience: Middle and High School Band Teachers
27 - Change the Lens, Change the Story: Using Standard Based Grading (Outcome Based
Assessment) To Make Sense of the Competencies (repeated workshop in the p.m.)
Presenters: Sarah Watson, Keely Flannigan, Carolyn Durley
Standards-based grading involves measuring students' proficiency on well-defined learning targets (or standards). Rather than
giving students one grade on a test that assessed multiple skills, this framework provides students with feedback that
demonstrates their proficiency in each of the skills assessed. The idea is that at the end of the class or unit, a student has mastered
the essential content necessary for the next level. The focus is on the knowledge and skills, rather than solely on points.
Leveraging the new B.C. core competencies to invigorate assessment practices, we will explore how we might use standardsbased assessment to create clear, student-friendly learning targets with which to create a meaningful snapshot that represents our
students’ strengths and passions.
In this session we will:
- Practice constructing learning targets written in student friendly language.
- Consider how we might use learning targets on a regular and ongoing basis with our students for self-assessment and feedback.
- Consider how we might communicate to parents in regards to the learning targets.
- Examine how we might use learning targets in personalizing learning for each of our students.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
28 - Supporting Students Who Thrive: Interweaving the Personal and Social Competencies with the
New Physical and Health Education Curriculum
Presenters: Shelley Dickie, Tricia Labrie, Janelle Zebedee
Engage in a fun-filled, interactive session that interweaves the Personal and Social Competencies along with the new Physical
and Health Education curriculum. Be prepared to leave this session with practical classroom strategies that support educating our
students to be healthy, resilient and empowered 21st Century learners.
Target Audience: Grades K-9 Teachers
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Morning Sessions – Dr. Knox - 10:00 am – 11:45 am
29 - Differentiation in the Classroom (repeated workshop in the p.m.)
Presenter: Cindy Bothe
The objectives are this workshop are to: explore what Universal Design for Learning is, discuss current brain research, outline the
principles of differentiation, reinforce the importance of getting to know your students and offer ideas about how teachers can
differentiate in the classroom. There will be opportunities for sharing and discussions.
Target Audience: All grade levels
Afternoon Sessions – Dr. Knox - 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
40 - Jump Rope in the Schools and Beyond
Presenter: Cathy Cunningham
My program is to teach 'teachers' the basics of teaching a successful jump rope session/unit in their PE classes. I discuss how to
start a jump rope team at their school. I have written a manual on the subject from my 10 years experience going into schools and
teaching this sport.
Target Audience: All teachers
41 - NEW K-12 Career Education Curriculum
Presenters: Patti Ostrikoff and Kelly McRae
Explore the new K-12 Career Education curriculum through this interactive workshop. The new framework will be presented,
where the three stages of Awareness, Exploration and Experience will be introduced, followed by small group sessions in
creating innovative ideas for using the new curriculum in your classroom and time for sharing of resources and ideas.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
42 - COPS- Creative Original Problem Solving
Presenter: Dr. Joyce Tait
COPS are highly engaging open-ended challenges that require innovative solutions to a variety of technical and performance
problems. Workshop participants will complete a few challenges first-hand as Learners to see how they foster all of the 4Cs of
Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical thinking.
Target Audience: Teachers grades 2-9
43 - Building Empathy Through 2nd Person Narration
Presenter: Kyla Bresch
Examining what empathy is and if we can cultivate it in the classroom. Creative writing exercise where participants write and
analyze anonymously 2nd person short stories (flash fiction) in order to look for relational experiences.
Target Audience: English teachers, leadership teachers
44 - Interweaving Technology into Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Presenters: Michelle Erickson & Graham Johnson
The new BC curriculum offers educators an opportunity to go deeper with their students through the three core competencies:
Thinking, Communication and Personal & Social. In this session educators will explore a pedagogy first approach to determine
appropriate and effective technology integration to support the core competencies. Participants will be at the center of the session
and will experience a number of Making Thinking Visible Routines that can be applied to their classrooms. Participants will
leave the session prepared to engage deeply with technology to support their growth in the new curriculum.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
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Afternoon Sessions – Dr. Knox - 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
45 - Grade 5 Residential Schools and Reconciliation Workshops
Presenter: Kevin Kaiser
Guest Presenter: Nicola Campbell , Author of Shi-shi-etko and Shin-chi’s Canoe
This workshop is designed to support educators (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) to teach about residential schools in a wellinformed and appropriate way. Using the new Teacher Resource Guides published by FNESC for grades 5, we will explore
materials that are designed to engage young people to take part in the journey of reconciliation.
Target Audience: Grade 5 teachers and librarians
46 - Change the Lens, Change the Story: Using Standard Based Grading (Outcome Based
Assessment) To Make Sense of the Competencies (repeat of a.m. workshop)
Presenters: Sarah Watson, Keely Flannigan, Carolyn Durley
Standards-based grading involves measuring students' proficiency on well-defined learning targets (or standards). Rather than
giving students one grade on a test that assessed multiple skills, this framework provides students with feedback that
demonstrates their proficiency in each of the skills assessed. The idea is that at the end of the class or unit, a student has mastered
the essential content necessary for the next level. The focus is on the knowledge and skills, rather than solely on points.
Leveraging the new B.C. core competencies to invigorate assessment practices, we will explore how we might use standardsbased assessment to create clear, student-friendly learning targets with which to create a meaningful snapshot that represents our
students’ strengths and passions.
In this session we will:
- Practice constructing learning targets written in student friendly language.
- Consider how we might use learning targets on a regular and ongoing basis with our students for self-assessment and feedback.
- Consider how we might communicate to parents in regards to the learning targets.
- Examine how we might use learning targets in personalizing learning for each of our students.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
47 - Differentiation in the Classroom (repeat of a.m. workshop)
Presenter: Cindy Bothe
The objectives are this workshop are to: explore what Universal Design for Learning is, discuss current brain research, outline the
principles of differentiation, reinforce the importance of getting to know your students and offer ideas about how teachers can
differentiate in the classroom. There will be opportunities for sharing and discussions.
Target Audience: All grade levels
48 - Fill Your Backpack with Table Tub Ideas
Presenter: Jan Fedun
Start your day with table tubs that promote early literacy, early numeracy and fine motor skills. Ideas for table tub activities,
establishing a table tub routine, and assessing learning will be covered. Participants will leave this session with ideas that can be
implemented the next morning! This is a high energy presentation!
Target Audience: Kindergarten and Grade 1
Click here to Register for the Keynote and All Workshops
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Other Locations - ALL Day
60 - Online Resources - Moodle for Blended Learning
Presenter: Brent Sawatzky
Location: Central School – 1825 Richter Street
Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
Bring your own computer
All SD23 teachers and students have free access to Moodle to provide online resources to your classes. You can do online
lessons, videos, games, quizzes, tests, discussion forums, peer assessment, etc... All in a secure environment. In this session, we'll
learn how to create online resources, enroll your students, and where to access other resources. You don't have to be a computer
genius to do this, but comfort with basic file management is needed.
Target Audience: Teachers (typically grades 6-12)
61 - Working Smarter Not Harder in the Classroom
Presenter: Ed Stuerle
Location: Rose Valley Elementary – 1680 Westlake Road, West Kelowna
Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
Participants should bring their school district laptops
This workshop will highlight various free or inexpensive websites that can be used to motivate students and cut down on teacher
time.
Target Audience: Intermediate and Middle School
62 - Virtual Field Trips – for SD #23 teachers only
Presenters: Mark Hauk and Merle Ross
Location: McWilliams Centre – 580 Doyle Avenue
Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
Would your students like speak with NASA scientists working on the ORION spacecraft, or talk to a live scuba diver as he swims
with sharks on Australia's Great Barrier Reef? How about speaking to a WWII Holocaust survivor, touring the International
Space Station, or going on a live dinosaur dig in New Mexico? These are all amazing experiences that classes in School District
23 have already experienced through our Virtual Field Trip Program. In this session we will introduce & demonstrate the
implementation of Virtual Field Trips in SD23 classrooms. Participants will be able to schedule a session for their classroom at
no cost.
Target Audience: Grades K – 12
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Other Locations - ALL Day
63 - Advanced SMART Board
Presenter: Sue Ito
Location: Ellison Elementary – 3735 Parkdale Road
Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
Participants will learn more advanced techniques (eg animations, reveals) on how to make their Notebook files more interactive.
Participants should have some experience with using SMART Boards before attending this workshop. The morning will be for
learning and the afternoon will allow for hands on practice.
Target Audience: Grades K-12
64 - Networking with Daily 5 : Part 2
Presenters: Michelle Apps & Michelle Newman
Location: Mar Jok Elementary – 2101 McDougall Road, West Kelowna – Rooms 211, 212, 114
Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
As a follow up to Differentiating Through the Daily 5 (Summer conference), participants will collaborate and share their initial
successes and challenges implementing the Daily 5 thus far. Grade groups will be given the opportunity to share effective
strategies and resources for each component of the Daily 5. Further discussion around using our data to plan specific and targeted
guided reading lessons will also occur. In the afternoon, we will further our understanding of implementing Daily 4 Math in both
primary and intermediate classrooms. Be prepared to bring your favorite math game or activity to share with our learning
community.
Target Audience: Participants from Differentiating through the Daily 5 (summer conference), Primary and Intermediate Teachers
65 - Military Museum for Social Studies 11 - MORNING ONLY
Presenters: Don Bingham and Okanagan Military Museum Staff
Location: Okanagan Military Museum - 1424 Ellis Street
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
No Lunch Provided
Part one deals with the museum visiting your classroom with military artifacts which are explained and passed around to the
students while a power point on Canada's military history is presented and discussed with the artifacts. Part two deals with the
field trip by your students to the military museum where the students in groups move through a scavenger hunt assignment
through the displays and artifacts. This alternates with a safe weapons and arms display put on by the museum staff. Both of these
encourage hands on activities with the students with the equipment, uniforms and weapons used by the Canadian Military.
Target Audience: Social Studies 11 and History 12
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Professional Development Opportunity for Athletic Directors!
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Deadline for registration is Friday October 16th, 2015
Visit www.ciaaa.ca or call 1-888-618-4530 for more Information
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