Facilitated by our District Numeracy Coordinator: Susan Robinson!
April 11, 2025
Session 1: 9am-12pm
Session 2: 1-2pm
GISS room N205
Please email srobinson@sd64.org if you are interested in attending.
The water taxi may be running, please email Sue before March 11 to confirm you will need to ride the water taxi to attend!
This season’s 3-part series focuses on assessment practices in math education guided by Indigenous pedagogies and perspectives such as Indigenous Storywork, teachings from the land, and culturally responsive mathematics education.
Jan 22, Feb 26, April 15, 2025; 3:30-5:00pm
Meet twice to discuss the book over dinner:
Wednesday, Feb 19th (Chapter 1 and parts of 1 & 2)
Wednesday, April 26 (part 3)
Sign up here
Presented by Dr. Lori Brown
Friday, November 8th, 2024
Virtual Interactive Event
10am-5pm AST (7am-2pm PST)
Our district is fortunate to be one of only four districts selected to receive this generous offering from POPEY of a four-part, in-person professional learning series: Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction in Your Primary Classroom.
The goal of this learning series is to build district and teacher capacity for evidence-based literacy instruction and learning in K-3 classrooms. Between sessions, there will be four optional opportunities (dates TBD) to participate in a half-day collaboration/reflection group with ECE and early primary colleagues.
Each full-day Friday session will take place at the SD64 Learning Hub on Salt Spring Island. A water taxi will be available for educators from other islands for the first session on October 11th, and the four collaboration sessions and remaining 3 full-day sessions will be offered in a hybrid format.
Pension plan seminars will be held every Wednesday, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., in November, starting November 1, 2023.
Members may access the live seminars via Zoom using the link below:
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87344950598?pwd=YWVqNkVvN25mRDBJTTA4aUJSZ1h3QT09
If members are not able to attend the live seminars, the pre-recorded full webinars and mini-seminars will be available on the BCTF YouTube channel.
Members can call 604-871-1949 if they have any questions related to the Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan, and/or Old Age Security
Opportunity to be apart of a collective highlight of actions teachers are taking to address Truth and Reconciliation Day (Sept 20, 2023).
Simple email your name, what you teach, and one idea for what you are doing for Sept. 30, 2023 send to Sunjum Jhaj (sjhaj@bctf.ca) before the end of July.
April 28, 2023
9-11:30am walk and talk; 11:30-12:15 lunch and chat
WEN, NA, NEC (Beaver Point Indian Reserve) Salt Spring Island
Sponsored by GITA; CUPE and Admin $30
Ministry of Education and Child Care
Participants in the series will listen to NCSM podcast #68 "#DeleteDeficitThinking: How changing beliefs can transform our mathematics classrooms"
before the discussion on March 8th.
Then, join us 4:30-5:30pm via Zoom to discuss how the ideas in the podcast can contribute to inclusion in our own math classrooms.
The session will be hosted by Jess Kyle and Darcy House of the BCAMT executive.
To register and receive the Zoom link, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/TkyfvWv6yTRTwgBt7.
Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers' Association
February 10th, 2023
At GISS On Salt Spring
For more information and to register click here
January 20 & 21, 2023
Salt Spring Island: Learning HUB
8:30am-3:00pm
To register: email Cathy Walker before January 6th, 2023, at cwalker@sd64.org
from the BC Retired Teachers Association
The important decisions that will determine your retirement lifestyle should not be made at the last minute as you fill out your forms. This seminar will prepare you to confidently make choices that are right for you.
The workshops are free and online. You get great planning materials along with answers to questions you have about your retirement.
Please pre-register at https://bcrta.ca/workshop.
The agenda includes: Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, and voluntary group benefits. Information about choosing your group benefits (dental, extended health and travel). We show some of the differences between the plans and help equip you to select the plan that best suits your needs.
November 5 & 12
9am-2pm
Online
Free
University of British Columbia (UBC)
For the upcoming Provincial Professional Development Day October 21st, check out all of the many offerings taking place throughout the province:
You’ve likely heard of culturally responsive math education (CRME). But what about culturally responsive math assessment! How can we assess students’ mathematical knowledge and competencies through the practices of CRME?
Date: Wednesday, November 2
Time: 3:30pm - 4:45pm (PDT)
Format: Virtual
Audience: Teachers
Cost: Free
Register by: Friday, October 31
Upcoming PRO D options with an Inclusive and Early learning lens
Curated by Cathy Walker and Megan Cameron
The Well Teacher Group provides educators the time and space to work with their colleagues and a trained wellness facilitator to work on their wellness. This new program was developed by Wade Repta, author of the book The Well Teacher, on which the program is based.
Every Thursday beginning November 3 to December 8, 2022
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Presented by the Greater Victoria Down Syndrome Society in partnership with DSRF
Cost: October 21, 2022
Location: Mary Winspear Centre
Time: 9am - 4:30pm
Cost: $150
The Assessment Consortium of British Columbia is hosting a series of free, virtual, drop-in conversations on assessment:
No link to a website, etc.; all information is on image
For the next five Tuesdays, starting May 31 and ending June 28, Sarbrinder (Sarb) Singh Lalli will be presenting an online pension seminar to help members learn about their pension plan, their pension options, and factors to consider when planning for retirement.
All seminars are at 4 pm Pacific time and via Zoom.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87344950598pwd=YWVqNkVvN25mRDBJTTA4aUJSZ1h3QT09
Post-Degree Diploma
Camosun College
Beginning July 2022
Advance your French language skills quickly in UBC's immersive Summer Institutes
Science World is running a free professional development session on Wednesday, May 25 to explore how mathematics can be taught through the block-coding platform Scratch from 5–6:30 pm. In this session you will:
· Learn the basics of Scratch
· Look at a variety of issues related to mathematics education
· Create fun and engaging classroom math projects
See https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tech-up-teaching-math-with-scratch-professional-development-tickets-330825667477 for more information and to register for this session.
The Past is a Guide to the Future: Teaching Indigenous History in School District 64
SD64 Teachers, Galiano Conservancy, Dr. Juliana Negreiros, Marcia Burton, Robin Jenkinson, and more!
The link to register is on the District PD Day website, but also here: District PD Day 2022 Registration
Please register by Friday, January 28th as that is when we will report numbers to our presenters and any low attendance workshops might be cancelled at that point. Registration will continue until Feb 11th, but with possibly less workshops to choose from.
All of the Zoom links will be posted on the home page of our District PD Day website Feb 11 to access the keynote and workshops.
Huge thank you to our District PD Planning Committee for their thoughtful planning, coordination, and enthusiasm: Cheryl Boland, Jess Willows, Megan Cameron, Elaine Jacobson, and Jessica Reveley!!
January 24 - March 14
Teachers: Barb Regasz & Marcia Burton
Please contact Marcia for registration: marciaburton369@gmail.com
BC Teachers' Institute on Parliamentary Democracy
February 15-19, 2022
(Application deadline Dec. 15, 2021)
2-day Advanced Training Workshop: Collaborative and Proactive Solutions
Feb 24-25, 2022
9am-4pm
Online
Fernwood is organizing a session with Lauren Maclean and we are all invited!! (See your PD rep for more information)
January, 11, 2022
9-12 on Zoom
To register email: jwillows@sd64.org
November 25-26, 2021
Online
This is a FREE learning series proudly presented by the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, in collaboration with UBC Press and their authors as part of TRC Call to Action #57. The series will be recorded and available for ongoing educational purposes and deeper learning.
Friday, Oct 22, 2021
9am-3pm
all are welcome, LGBTQI2S, BIPOC and persons with disabilities email to register: outdoorwellnessandleadership@gmail.com
Location: Peter Arnell Park (and beyond) on the unceded territory of the Hul'q'umi'num' and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples (Salt Spring Island).
Cost: $75
Friday, October 22, 2021
10am -12pm
Join master carver Doug LaFortune and elder Kathy LaFortune alongside weaver Deb George and elder Ron George in conversation with UVic Department of Indigenous Education professor Carmen Rodriguez de France as they discuss how to bring Coast Salish teaching and practices to K-12 students through partnerships with artists and Indigenous cultural workers. This Zoom session will be interactive so bring your questions!
Free and limited to 20 people | Register here
Friday, Oct 22, 2021
9am-3pm
To register click here
Location: Camp Thunderbird (Sooke)
Cost $85
Online
(All online)
April 23rd, 9-12 on Zoom
To register contact your School ProD Rep or email Jess Willows jwillows@sd64.org
April 23, 8am-3pm on Zoom
To register contact Cathy Walker (cwalker@sd64.org)
Please pre-register at https://bcrta.ca/workshop
April 21 4-5:30pm
May 12 4-5:30pm
May 26 7-8:30pm
June 2 4-5:30pm
Organized by the Gulf Islands Teachers Association Professional Development Committee
Contributing sponsor: CUPE
Please register before February 19th.
Questions? Please email jwillows@sd64.org
*Note date change from original calendar date of Feb 26; this is to accommodate speakers' schedules.
Two renowned Keynote Speakers will present on Indigenous issues – John Lagimodiere and Dr Shauneen Pete
Two sessions of 25 workshops (a total of 50 workshops) on a great variety of topics including Health and Safety, Know Your Rights, Aboriginal Education, French Education, Social Justice, and many more.
An exhibitors’ hall presenting high quality and updated teaching resources.
Wellness activities during lunch break with Yoga and Zumba led by professional instructors.
Prizes! There will be fabulous prizes to win!
Jan 15, 2021
1-3pm
On Zoom
Contact Janice Parker: jparker@sd64.org to register
Jan 15, 2021
9-11:30am
On Zoom
This is a school-based ProD on the Math Daily 3 framework (target focus K-5)
For more information and to register, contact Myriah Michaux: mmichaux@sd64.org
This is a school-based ProD entitled: "Seeing Through the Watcher's Eyes"
For more information and to register, contact Kim Kucille: kkucille@sd64.org
The link above takes you to PSA Day 2020, a website with links to all of the BCTF Provincial Specialist Associations and their planned events for our Provincial Professional Development Day:
All conferences and workshops will be held virtually. I've also created a document (to the right) with all of the conferences listed, described, and including links to the conference websites.
Oct 23, 2020
8:30am -3:00pm
$80
Oct 23, Nov 13, Nov 27
3:15-4:15pm
Safety, Wellbeing, and Learning: Uplifting Parents, Colleagues, and Children
A day with Barbara Coloroso and more!
October 23, 2020
9am-3pm
Friday, October 23, 2020
8:30am - 3:00pm
Changing the Culture 2020
September 2, 2020
September 1, 2020 8am - 3pm
Facilitated by Joni Van Ommen, Tom Langdon, Sue Anne Donaldson and Cathy Walker
Please email Cathy Walker (cwalker@sd64.org) to register
St Michaels University School (SMUS) and Future Design School (FDS) have collaborated to offer our first Future Skills Institute to respond to the needs of students and teachers in a remote learning setting.
August 26, 2020, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Cost: $295
Includes:
3 hours of synchronous and 3 hours of asynchronous professional development
Downloadable material
Debrief and summary notes
The Global Centre for Pluralism, in partnership with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, is offering two-hour virtual professional development sessions for Canadian teachers on how to have conversations about race in the classroom.
These sessions will be available at the beginning of July and end of August. To register for a 2-hour session, please contact: education@pluralism.ca.
The NCTM is offering 100 days of professional learning via webinars.
You can view previously recorded sessions or sign up for upcoming sessions through May - July.
We are hosting weekly sessions for educators on Fridays at 2pm PDT featuring different topics and we have professional development workshops scheduled on Mondays and Friday mornings through to the end of the school year. The sessions are free; interested teachers can register for sessions through this link. We also have a dedicated portal for educators on our website available here.
If we want to be ready for evaluation and reporting, we need to make sure we are Getting to Reliable and Valid Evidence of Learning.
Friday, May 8, 2020 at 10am
Including a number of keynote speakers, workshop presenters and panelists. You can sign up for as many or as few events as you would like. Registration is free. One of the keynote speakers is Trevor McKenzie (local teacher and writer on inquiry approaches) and another is Jo Boaler (U of Stanford professor and founder of YouCubed).
This summit is designed for Canadian educators; registration is free.
Open the above document, then click on any sessions you are interested to register. You can sign up for as many or as few as you would like.
Friday April 24th 10:30am - 12:30pm
via Zoom
To register please email jwillows@sd64.org
This is a sign up for a workshop on April 24 or April 28 from 1:30-3:30pm
Salt Spring Island Middle School
Keynote and workshop with Terry Small
Morning and afternoon workshops with: Gulf Islands Teachers, Science World, the Galiano Conservancy, and more!
Register by Feb 19*: email Cheryl Boland (cboland@sd64.org) with your workshop selections and any dietary restrictions.
(*Note: registration fee is $50 for colleagues not in GITA)
Date: February 14, 2020
Location: Surrey School District Office
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Presenters: Eli Luberoff (CEO and founder of Desmos - via live video), Patty Stevens, Marc Garneau, Sue Robinson, Josh Giesbrecht
Feb 20-21, 2020
Sheraton Hotel, Vancouver
POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 24th, 2020
January 17, 2020
Galiano Island Community School
9am - 3:45pm
Register by Jan 7 by emailing Megan Cameron mcameron@sd64.org
January 25th in Richmond
May 23 in Nelson
No cost to new members!
GISS, Salt Spring
December 6th
Salt Spring
November 22
Most conferences take place on the October 25th Provincial Professional Development Day
ADST, Design Thinking, Computational Thinking, Coding and More Conference
Nanaimo, BC
October 18 and 19
October 24 & 25
Nanaimo, BC
Surrey, BC
October 25
Saint Michaels University Junior School
Victoria, BC
August 22 & 23
August 16-18, 2019
It’s three days of workshops, collaboration, and outdoor fun for teachers who specialize in the science curriculum. Through guest speakers, hands-on workshops, group discussion (and, of course, hiking, exploring, and eating together) we will share ways to bring the science curriculum to life.
Conference at UNBC August 28-29