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Attention grade 7/8 Administrators and Secondary Administrators
Please see message & the slide deck presentation HERE
LN16 - Upcoming Meeting
LN16 - Upcoming Meeting
Tuesday, January 26th
3:30-4:30
ACTION! For Our LN14/16 Equity Meeting on Thursday January 28th - 10:45-11:45
Equity Case Scenario & Guiding Questions
Equity Case Scenario & Guiding Questions
View the Case Scenario HERE
The case scenario guiding questions:
1. Name the issue(s) presented in the case scenario.
2. What are the operational considerations? (PPMs, Policy, Safe and Caring)
3. What is the impact and how would it be addressed with student(s), school, staff, community?
Reminder: please respond to your outlook meeting invitation
Ongoing - Call Out!
Real Equity Case Scenarios
Real Equity Case Scenarios
The equity committee is looking for submissions of real equity case scenarios. These will be (anonymously) shared during our LN meetings together. If you have an experience from your school that would be valuable for our collective learning, we welcome the submission. Please email it to my attention violet.mari@tdsb.on.ca
Submissions can be ongoing,as our committee work with happen monthly.
Thank you
Bell Let's Talk - Supporting Mental Health & Well Being in The TDSB
Bell Let's Talk - Supporting Mental Health & Well Being in The TDSB
Getting Started
Introductory videos and slide presentations about mental health and well-being are available:
For elementary students: Talking Mental Health
For secondary students: Promoting Mental Health Finding a Shared Language.
A classroom lesson about mental health for middle and high school students:Mental Health Discussion Jan 2021 .
Check out these Class Conversation Starters to start these important discussions about mental health and well-being with your students.
Suggestions for daily classroom announcements, activities and mental health and well-being resources for elementary, secondary and complex needs students are below.
Administrators and education staff are encouraged to review Curriculum Considerations -a short document written by TDSB school-based mental health professionals to address important considerations about supporting mental health and well-being during Pandemic learning and beyond.
Share information with your families: Noticing Mental Health Concerns for Your Child from School Mental Health Ontario & Your Child's Mental Wellness and Remote Learning from Children’s Mental Health Ontario.
Share information with your students about accessing Culturally-Responsive Mental Health Supports
Mental Health professionals are available to support TDSB students. Please reach out to your school administrator(s) for more information.
Resources to support staff mental health and wellbeing are available here: COVID-19: Mental Health Resources | OTIP RAEO Morneau Shepell Employee Family Assistance Program TDSB Staff Resources BounceBack Staff Wellness Workout Mornings Calendar (VPN required)
Transitions, Course Selection and Optional Attendance
Transitions, Course Selection and Optional Attendance
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021
Please join us for this special event – a Canadian premiere and launch of “The Tattooed Torah”, exclusively for TDSB students in Grades 4-8.
Based on a true story, this short film (21 minutes) has won numerous awards at film festivals across the US and is even a contender for the Academy Awards!
This is presented by the TDSB‘s Jewish Heritage Committee, Liberation75, and the USC Shoah Foundation.
For more information– shari.schwartz-maltz@tdsb.on.ca - 416-518-5551
Congratulations to Kavinaya from LN16's Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI for winning the heritage month poster contest!
Tamil Heritage Month at the TDSB – January 2021
Tamil Heritage Month at the TDSB – January 2021
Tamil Heritage Month is recognized nationally since October 2016, provincially since March 2004 and by the Toronto District School Board since January 2016. The month of January was chosen as it coincides with one of the most important celebrations for Canadians of Tamil heritage, the Thai Pongal harvest festival. Millions of Tamil people around the world irrespective of their religion celebrate Thai Pongal and offer thanks for an abundant harvest.
This year, the chosen theme selected by the volunteer planning committee is உண்மை - உரிமை – ஒற்றுமை: Truth - Rights – Unity. Unmai (உண்மை) recognizes that our lived experiences are our truths and these truths shape our understanding of the world around us. Urimai (உரிமை) examines our right to flourish and shine. Otrumai (ஒற்றுமை) emphasizes our shared lived experiences with other marginalized communities and our shared humanity.
Toronto has the largest Tamil population outside of the South Asian subcontinent with thousands of TDSB students and staff members heritage identified as Tamil. The importance of building awareness, creating a strong self identity and understanding one's own roots and rights are important objectives of the Tamil Heritage Month volunteer planning committee.
Should additional information be required please contact Tamil Heritage Month volunteer planning co-chairs: Veni Rajkumar, Vice-Principal at veni.rajkumar@tdsb.on.ca or Thirumahal Kumarappah, Secondary Teacher at thirumahal.kumarappah@tdsb.on.ca
Greetings at The Door
Greetings at The Door
Please take a moment to view the video below. It was shared with me by Macklin PS teacher Lori McGrath, and goes a long way to making our students feel welcome! Please share with your staff as appropriate. A couple of thoughts: 1. when we return to school, it will be more important than ever to engage our students and make them feel welcome in class, but also with you as the VP/P AND 2. Is there a way of using this in our remote classrooms?
Below is another video submitted by Lori. The students are given the option of how they want to be greeted.
This is what we do at Macklin (something similar to this) and the wellness student leaders created the decals with the vinyl cutting machine.
Below are the actual decals that the students created.
Upcoming Committee Meetings
Upcoming Committee Meetings
The Toronto District School Board is committed to developing opportunities for our wider school community to connect and engage in conversations about education issues. Meetings will be broadcasted live to the public. Click HERE at the start time to view.
Special Planning and Priorities Committee
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
4:00 PM
Bylaws Review Ad Hoc Committee
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
12:30 PM
Program & School Services Committee
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
6:30 PM
Worth Repeating...
Worth Repeating...
Virtual Schools Staff Directories
Virtual Schools Staff Directories
Please note that Virtual School administrative team directories are available online and are updated on an ongoing basis. A number of new staff have been welcomed to the teams this week. Please continue to refer to the links shared below for the latest directories:
Learning Centre 1 Virtual Elementary School
Learning Centre 2 Virtual Elementary School
Learning Centre 3 Virtual Elementary School
Group for Tamil Parents & Caregivers
Group for Tamil Parents & Caregivers
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
Topic: Autism Ontario-Interim One Time Funding Session With Tamil speaking interpreter
Request Support
Request Support
As we work together to further serve students and families, the Equity, Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression Team continues to offer central supports to school communities. To connect with the Equity, Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression Team, please complete the referral form.
Referral Forms are analyzed to identify areas of need that are tied to SIP goals, collaborative teams, actions and next steps.
The school will be contacted after the request has been reviewed.
The Equity, Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression Team will make arrangement for initial conversation with the school administrator and school team for planning. The school team might consist of the Administrator(s), Lead teacher(s), Wrap-Around Support (if applicable), and Central Team (if applicable).
Ward 22 Trustee Update!
Ward 22 Trustee Update!
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