Gulf Islands Professional Development
Professional Development Opportunities for 2020/2021
Calendar: Provincial Oct 23; School based Nov 27, Jan 15 & April 23; District ProD Day Feb 26
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fall 2020
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:
October 23, 2020
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.
October 2020 conferences.pdfWild Mind Poster Oct 2020[5218].pdfWild Mind
ProD Opportunity at Camp Thunderbird
Oct 23, 2020
8:30am -3:00pm
$80
POPEY After-School Workshops Flyer.pdfProvincial Outreach Program for Early Years
Fall 2020 After-School FREE Online Literacy Workshops
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
Mandt Sept 2020 training flyer[3399].pdfThe Mandt System Training
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
Summer 2020
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
Joyful Literacy Summit (K-5)
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.
Ongoing/Available anytime
This is a free course on racialized trauma that can be taken at anytime.
Science World On-Going Workshops for Educators
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.
Spring 2020
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).
A-New-Digital-Literacy Online Conference.pdfOrganized by Lets Talk Science
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.
April 24th Pro-D - Karmen Krahn[1611].pdfKarmen Krahn
Janice Novakowski
Connecting with SD64 Teachers
Friday April 24th 10:30am - 12:30pm
via Zoom
To register please email jwillows@sd64.org
Janice April 24.pdfPaul Johnson and Marc Wright
This is a sign up for a workshop on April 24 or April 28 from 1:30-3:30pm
District ProD Day
February 28, 2020
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)
Setting Foundations for Literacy
April 17, 2020
Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria, BC
8:30am - 4:30pm
February 2020
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
Desmos Workshop Flyer[3940].pdfFeb 20-21, 2020
Sheraton Hotel, Vancouver
Crosscurrents 2020 Poster.pdfJanuary 2020
A New Digital Literacy for Teachers
University of Victoria, BC
Jan 25th 9am - 3pm
Janice Jan 17.pdfJanice Novakowski
Connecting the Dots in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Elements of BC's Redesigned Curriculum
POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 24th, 2020
Brooke Moore
Goal Setting and Learning Targets Workshop
January 17, 2020
Galiano Island Community School
9am - 3:45pm
Register by Jan 7 by emailing Megan Cameron mcameron@sd64.org
Jan 17th Pro-D - goal setting & learning targets.pdf
January 25th in Richmond
May 23 in Nelson
No cost to new members!
November & December 2019
Enhancing Personal and Professional Well-Being
GISS, Salt Spring
December 6th
One Day workshop VIHA.pdfSET-BC Nov. 22 Pro-D poster.pdfSet BC Workshop on Book Creator and Comic Life
Salt Spring
November 22
Vancouver Island Technology for Learning Summit
Victoria, BC
November 22
Child Honouring Workshop
University of Victoria
November, 22
October 2019
Full list of all BCTF Provincial Specialist Association Conferences for 2018-2019
Most conferences take place on the October 25th Provincial Professional Development Day
psa conferences.pdf
Northwest Math Conference
Tacoma, Washington
October 10-12
Vancouver Island Learning Network
ADST, Design Thinking, Computational Thinking, Coding and More Conference
Nanaimo, BC
October 18 and 19
VILN Tech Workshop.pdf
Primary Teachers Association
October 24 & 25
Nanaimo, BC
BCTELA-2019-brochure.pdfBC Teachers of English Language Arts Conference
Surrey, BC
October 25
Summer 2019
Saint Michaels University Junior School
Victoria, BC
August 22 & 23
Science Camp for Teachers on Galiano Island!
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.
SavetheDatePoster.pdfConference at UNBC August 28-29