This podcast is part of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board's commitment to the professional growth of our beginning teachers. It offers content from our NTIP Meetups as well as conversations with various educators in our board.
We hope the New Teacher Induction Podcast becomes a source of learning for our beginning teachers as they make the first important steps on their journey of life-long learning!
If you have ideas for future episodes, please contact matthew.figueiredo@wcdsb.ca
For individual episodes, look below. For the the full list of episodes, click here.
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Petra Le Duc is one of our Math Consultants at the WCDSB. Her diverse experiences in education and numeracy - in our board and at the Ministry of Education - give her great insight into how to plan the Math curriculum for the year.
If you're looking for some high-impact strategies for Math, click here. Some of what we mention is on that site. Also, check out the EduGains website to find TIPS4Math and other great resources.
Derrick Stryker, the WCDSB Athletics Coordinator, invited me to listen to 4 of our board's teacher-coaches: Jeff Haller, Jennifer Tyszka, Kristen Cassidy, & Steve Bedic. We discuss how coaching can benefit our relationships with students and colleagues in and out of the classroom, and how you can start coaching today!
Kim DeGasperis is the Student Achievement Consultant for Early Learning and Literacy/Numeracy K-3 in the WCDSB. With such a long title, no wonder she is so knowledgeable about a balanced literacy program and running records. In this episode, Kim refers to these slides as well as some resources found in this folder.
Erin Lemak is the Principal of Section 21 and Student Services at the WCDSB. Together with Special Education Liaisons, Carol Sullivan and Nada Offak, they take beginning teachers through the basic processes and documentation for students with special education needs. Listen to find out more about proper documentation and supports for students! Click here for their slides with more detailed info.
Rosie Currie and Matt Anderton of St. Benedict CSS discuss their experience with co-teaching and how they developed their method of collaboration. How do we build a culture of collaboration? What does it look like? How does it benefit you and your learners? Listen to find out!
Lorrie Temple, Principal of St. Benedict CSS sits down to discuss Parent Teacher Conferences. We learn how to be proactive and productive in our conversations, what parents want to see, and how to involve student voice. Click here for Lorrie's slides with more info.
Tammy Sica (Principal of Christ the King) and Chris Woodcroft (Principal of Resurrection) discuss their thoughts on report card comments. What are principals looking for in comments? What will get comments sent back for edits?
Led by Jacqueline Wettlaufer, Principal of St. Gregory C.E.S. in Cambridge
Led by John Klein, WCDSB Superintendent
Led by Beth Wolf, WCDSB Literacy Consultant