Professional Learning Communities Chart

Mia Ference

Date Title Details Learning

April 4, National A reconciliation project - Reconciliation is not an Indigenous

2024 Healing called the National brings problem; we are all responsible for
Forests together education, reconciliation.
Initiative reconciliation, climate - What is a Healing forest? Creating an
change, and activism. outdoor green space to reconnect
people to nature and to honour
residential school victims, survivors,
and their families, MMIWG2S+, and
children who have been or were
removed from their families.
- Relationship Building: Work with
Indigenous peoples to create the vision
for a healing forest.

April 4, Keynote: Emma Bidder will be talking - We need to be intentional about how
2024 Trees , about the many ways we and where we are planting trees,
Climate can get to know the trees questioning trees in concrete, and
Change, and around us, how trees can thinking before trees are cut down.
Climate make us feel and what can
Activism be accomplished when we
harness those feelings for
change.

March 21, ETFO - K-8 Learning about your union, - ETFO is the biggest teacher union in
2024 elementary ETFO. the country
teachers in - QECO tells you your salary level.
the public
board

March 7, Engaging Working with parents is one - Establishing Positive Relationships:

2024 Parents of teachers' responsibilities.
As the primary educators in
their children’s lives and as
partners in education,
parents contribute to a
holistic understanding of
our students.
Parents, guardians, and other family
members can be decisive allies in
supporting student learning.
- Managing and Resolving Conflicts:
maintain professionalism in all contact
with parents, be transparents and
explicit about communicating
expectations, avoid using jargon,
presume positive intentions on the part

Novembe Panel Dealing We are all affected by
r 16, 2023 with current world events and
challenging as educators we are called
issues in the upon to address social
classroom justice within our
classrooms. This panel of
educators will provide an
opportunity for Year 2
candidates to explore ways
in which current challenging
issues can be addressed in
the classroom in a sensitive
and respectful manner.
Novembe Ontario This session provides
r 9, 2023 Provincial foundational information
Report Cards about the Ontario report
card, how reporting fits into
the assessment process,
and how to calculate
grades and write
comments.
October Consent in the Increase the awareness
19, 2023 Classroom and understanding of how
to create safer spaces in
classroom discussion about
healthy relationships,
gender-based violence
prevention and consent
aligned with the Health &
October Teaching This Professional Learning
19, 2023 Strategies Community (PLC) will focus
and on teaching
Approaches resources/strategies that
might prove helpful over
the next year and beyond.
of caregivers, suspend judgment and
focus on listening openly, anticipate
potential conflicts or issues and be
proactive.
- Make space for these conversations
when students bring them up
- The primary purpose of assessment is
to improve student learning
- Use a variety of assessment means
(e.g., observations, discussions,
learning conversations, questioning,
conferences, group tasks, projects,
portfolios, etc.)
- Write effective comments
- Consent: voluntary agreement of the
complainant to engage in the sexual
activity in question
- You have the right to have these
conversations in the classroom.
- Create space for uncomfortable
conversation
- Duty to report
- 5 categories of exceptionalities: (1)
behaviour, (2) communication, (3)
intellectual, (4) multiple, (5) physical.
- Types of Placements: (1) Regular
Classroom with Indirect Support, (2)
Regular Classroom with Indirect
Support, (3) Regular Classroom with
Withdrawal Assistance, (4) Special
Education Class with Partial Integration,

October Trauma In today's class, you are
12, 2023 Informed asked to examine the role
Practice of trauma-informed
practice in teaching and in
your responsibilities
required under the
Standards of Practice;
commitment to student
learning.
October 5, Voices of This session will provide
2023 Experience - participants with an
Ministry opportunity to go deeper
Presentation - into some of the following
Supporting topics: Assessment and
student evaluation in Kindergarten,
learning Equitable Assessment
Strategies in Secondary,
Providing Meaningful
Descriptive Feedback,
Support Students
Self-Assessment Skills and
Designing Assessment
Tasks.
Septembe Planning for To start to prepare yourself
r 21, 2023 Year 2 and for the interview and hiring
Beyond, process, the first step is
Presentation knowing yourself and
by OCT continuing to learn how to
speak about you as a
(5) Special Education Class Full-Time.
- The Tiered Approach: (1) Good for all
students (i.e., UDL), (2) Additional
support necessary for some (i.e., UDL,
DI), (3) Intensive support specific for a
small group of students.
- The IEP Process: Gather data, set the
direction, develop the IEP, implement
the IEP, review and update the IEP.
- Why should we be talking about
trauma in schools?: 50% of kids
experience at least one ACE, trauma
affects behaviour and learning, there
are long-term effects.
- As educators we have a role in being
trauma-informed to allow our students
to be successful in the classroom.
- Responses to Trauma: Fight responses
(yelling, swearing, crying), flight
responses (anxiety, restless, refusing to
talk, avoidance, substance use,
withdrawal), freeze responses (spacing
out, disconnected, confused).
- Making Report Cards Meaningful
- Involving students in the reporting
process, take the expectations from the
curriculum and turn them into learning
goals for students, create success
criteria with students
- Using report cards to inform
instructional decisions
- Descriptive Feedback: identifies what
the student is doing well, what needs
improvement and next steps
- Do not attach a mark to descriptive
feedback because that defeats the
purpose.
- Steps to apply to OCT:
- Create an account
- Pay the fee
- Fill in the information
- Get criminal record check and
transcripts sent
 teacher. The OCT criteria
list has the vocabulary that
you should know. It is good
to start collecting a list of
common terms from
curriculum and Ministry
Documents- share with
your colleagues.
February Mental Health Focus on an introduction to
14, 2023 and Well socio-emotional learning,
Being and mental health and
well-being strategies in the
classroom.
January Creating and Discuss evidence of
31, 2023 Managing responsive or adaptive
Environments teaching/learning and
for Learning challenges in addressing
diversity in classrooms.
Identify the components of
positive environments for
learning.
January Diversity and Tools for increasing
18, 2023 Inclusion 2SLGBTQ+ allyship and to
Workshop discuss the concept of
identity and
intersectionality,
terminology related to
gender and attraction, and
ensuring feelings of
support and belonging in
the classroom as
educators.
January Creating a Look at strategies,
17, 2023 Safe and approaches, policies, and
Equitable resources to create a safe
Environment and positive classroom
for Learning environment for learning.
- Complete the Sexual abuse
prevention program
- Ethical Standards: integrity, care,
respect, trust
- Standards of Practice: ongoing
professional learning; commitment to
students and learning; professional
knowledge; professional practice;
leadership in learning communities
- Important to use the resources that are
given from the school board to help
your students
- It is important to do things in the
classroom like morning meetings to aid
students' mental health as they will not
be able to learn subjects if they are not
heard.
- When managing challenging
behaviours it is good to establish
routines and expectations for them to
follow.
- Be present in the classroom when the
students walk in and when they leave
to help show a sense of belonging.
- Connect with students.
- I now have an increased knowledge of
2SLGBTQ+ identities and terminology.
- Learned ways to better support
students as part of 2SLGBTQ+.
- Ways to improve school cultures to
increase student success.
- Individual or group body breaks are an
important tool that can be used to help
keep students focused.
- Students need to be taught how to
handle bullying as this is not being
 taught
- Students need to be taught how to deal
with negative feelings

Novembe Creating Be Introduced to culturally - Use icebreakers and positive

r 15, 2022 Equitable responsive and relevant classroom management strategies to
Learning pedagogy. get to know students and make
Environments Be Introduced to the students have a sense of belonging,
for All Ministry of Education’s - Get to know students and use their
Equity and Inclusive interests in lessons and activities to
Education strategy. make them more engaged and excited.

Novembe Federation Organized by our local - It is important to set professional

r 1, 2022 Day teacher federations and the boundaries.
TELC (Teacher Education - The power of self talk
Liaison Committee). - Take care of yourself

October Student Review the Ministry of - SATE (Students achievement through

11, 2022 Achievement, Education’s vision for equity)
Equity and Ontario schools. - SATE wants to implement culturally
Wellbeing Be introduced to the relevant curricula that has an
Ministry of Education’s anti-racist framework which will help
Equity and Inclusive make a more welcoming student
Education strategy. environment.
Be introduced to Board
Equity strategies.
Be introduced to culturally
responsive and relevant
pedagogy.

Septembe Partners in OCT Presentation & - Take initiative in practicum

r 27, 2022 Education AT/Principal Panel - Changing the way we teach reading
(right to read)

Septembe Teaching Inquiry into Practice and - The ontario curriculum

r 13, 2022 Resources will focus on teaching - How to use transferable skills
resources that might prove
helpful over the next two
years.