ODYSSEY 2014
Staff Development Day Friday, February 21 Langley Secondary School
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ODYSSEY 2014 Superintendent’s Message
Langley School District is committed to life-long learning and I appreciate and applaud the efforts of all our staff that make the time and take the effort to continue to renew and update their knowledge, skills and expertise. Once again our Professional Services department has put together an outstanding program for SD35 staff featuring many of our colleagues and peers as presenters and facilitators. Administrators, Instructional Services staff, LTA members, CUPE staff and management staff are all represented in the long list of those willing to share their expertise with others as we all strive to meet the ever-changing needs of our students. As a district we have undertaken a new vision for the future, a vision to become an innovative, inspiring, and unified learning community. Our mission is to inspire all learners to reach their full potential and create a positive legacy for the future, and the Odyssey 2014 program is one step on the road toward our goals for Langley staff and students.
Suzanne Hoffman, Superintendent of Schools
Welcome Message Another great day planned to learn and exchange ideas with colleagues! Providing educators with opportunities to reflect upon and improve professional practice is the key to raising student achievement. The Odyssey professional development sessions include numerous workshops to further enhance the skills of educators to improve student learning. This year, several sessions will also focus upon middle school philosophy and pedagogy to align with the opening of the new middle school in Willoughby for September 2014. Thank you to all of the staff members that have offered to share their expertise with colleagues on this day – there is certainly a wealth of knowledge in the Langley school district. In addition, I would like to extend my appreciation to the Professional Services department for their commitment to consistently provide Langley with outstanding professional development offerings. We look forward to seeing you on February 21st.
Gordon Stewart, Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Thank You Special thanks to all who made contributions to put this program and guide together: Odyssey Program: Production & Design: Data Entry & Registration:
Ngaire Leaf & Nick Ubels Nick Ubels & Ngaire Leaf Denise Begg
Many thanks to all those who made suggestions for workshops, and to those who involved themselves in planning. If you have any ideas for staff development workshops please contact Professional Services (604-530-4060) or via email at thinklangley@sd35.bc.ca.
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Planning your learning journey Odyssey pre-registration in five easy steps
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New to Odyssey? Looking for a refresher on pre-registration? Our simple, step-by-step guide will provide you with the knowledge you need to make the most of your pro-d day. If you have any questions or concerns email thinklangley@sd35.bc.ca or call 604-530-4060.
1. Browse our workshop offerings by using
our convenient schedule at-a-glance spread on page 22 and looking at our more detailed descriptions throughout the booklet. Workshops are listed according to the schedule, not topic, so you may have to do a little digging to find the sessions right for you. You’ll find information about the speakers too, including a biography as well as websites or Twitter handles if presenters have elected to include them. Hopefully this will help you find the best presenters for you.
2. Note the sessions that interest you most. Use
Know Your Icons! Next to each session description, you will find icons intended to make it easier to decide which workshops are a good fit for you. They indicate workshops that require advance preparation, have a trades focus, or deviate from the usual speaker-directed format.
- Bring your own device
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- Active workshop—bring your gym strip
3. Decide on your first, second, and third
- Roundtable discussion
choices for each time block. If a session is cancelled or the workshop you want to register for is already full, we will be able to move you to another workshop of your preference.
- Focus on trades
4. Register online at thinklangley.com or using the form on page 43 of this booklet (the inside back cover). Not only is online registration more convenient, it also ensures that your registration is processed instantly, ensuring you make it into your preferred workshops. You’ll need the registration number listed on the far right.
5. Tweet about the conference using the hash tag #odyssey2014 to connect with presenters and other attendees. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Friday, February 21 All-Day Session School Board Office • 4875 222 Ave. • Langley, BC All Day: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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First Aid -OFA Level 1 - School Board Office Valley First Aid Audience: SD35 staff only Learning tasks: • Priority action approach; • Primary survey - conscious patient /unconscious patient; • Cervical spine control; • Airway and breathing interventions; • Hemorrhage control; • One person CPR; • Minor injuries which require medical aid; • Management of soft tissue injuries; • Records and reports; You must bring two pieces of identification, at least one of which is photo I.D. to the class. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your own lunch. Be prepared to spend a great deal of time on your knees, consider bringing something to kneel on (yoga mat, towel, knee pads). Manual included. Space is limited please register early if you require this training or recertification. SD35 employees $80. Available to SD35 staff only.
Friday, February 21 “Rise and Shine” Session: 6:45am – 7:45am Hari Om Yoga • 20230 64 Ave • Langley, BC
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Rise and Shine Yoga Hari Om Yoga hariomyoga.com Audience: All Interested Start your pro-d day at Hari Om with Rise and Shine Yoga! This sessions is for all levels, those who have never tried yoga before to those who practice in a yoga studio. Plus you will receive a 20% off discount card to come use for retail therapy for your favorite brands. New members can also sign up for one week of unlimited yoga for $10 +hst as a great way to try out a wide variety of yoga class styles to see what type of class best suit your own needs. If it is your first time at Hari Om, please try to arrive about 15 to 20 minutes early as you will need to fill out a waiver form. By arriving early, you will not be stressed out about being rushed. As a multi-styles yoga studio, Hari Om Yoga offers a wide variety of yoga classes ranging from the more physically intensive (hot flow, core yoga fusion and ‘prana’ – energy flow classes) through to the more relaxing / or with a particular focal point (restorative, relax deeply, hatha, luna yoga - all about hips and lower back classes) and in-between (yin/yang - half the class movement oriented with the second half deeper stretching lengthening out, flow into yin heart & soul, shakti flow, beginners’ hot yoga with alignment, form of the pose and yin yoga classes) and preregistered series like their our popular beginner series as well as pre-natal yoga. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Friday, February 21 Session ABC: 8:30am-1:40pm D.W. Poppy Secondary • 23752 52 Ave • Langley, BC Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Supporting Students in Technology Dave Hetherington, Ross Gill & Wayne Loewen - D.W. Poppy Audience: SEAs, TOCs & All Interested Teaching assistants and teachers teaching on call are often called upon to work with students in tech classes, a difficult and often intimidating undertaking. Yet, with some knowledge and experience that job can be a rewarding experience for the student and the aide. This four hour workshop will offer sessions in both a wood and metal shop with the participants making a project to take home! The emphasis will be to demonstrate and use the tools and processes required for a shop situation while also giving important information about the limitations and responsibilities of the adult in the shop situation. Dave Hetherington has been teaching technology in the Langley School District for over 25 years. He is a trade trained technician and has worked in numerous jobs and locations throughout the world. He is currently the president of the Langley Teachers Specialists Association.
Friday, February 21 Session ABC: 8:30am – 1:40pm Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Self-regulated Learning in 21st Century Classrooms Dr. Allyson Hadwin - University of Victoria @AllysonHadwin | allysonhadwin.wordpress.com Audience: All Interested Self-regulatied learning (SRL) is a set of 21st century competencies relevant across one’s lifespan, extending beyond school to work, social, and recreation contexts. Self-regulated learners are engaged, thinking, proactive, responsive, and reflective. These are the students who adapt when faced with new challenges. However, many learners struggle with aspects of self-regulated learning. Figuring out where students go wrong is critical for successful intervention. This workshop will focus on exploring and constructing answers to two main questions: (1) What is SRL and why is it important for learners in my school? (2) How can we help learners to recognize where they may be struggling in terms of self-regulation? The session will involve small group discussion and collaboration. The goal is to lay a foundation for exploring features of classroom environments that might support self-regulated learning. Dr. Allyson Hadwin is an associate professor in educational psychology at the University of Victoria, co-director of the Technology Integration and Evaluation (TIE) research lab, and a founding member of the Canadian Consortium for Self-regulated Learning in Classrooms (www. srlcanada.ca). She teaches courses on self-regulated learning, learning theories, research methods, and learning strategies. Allyson began her training with a B.Ed. in junior-intermediate mathematics. Her research focuses on promoting adaptive regulation for the 21st century with a particular focus on collaborative processes. In particular, she examines tools and technologies for supporting learners to strategically and successfully adapt behaviour, cognition, motivation, and emotion in the face of challenge. She currently teaches and coordinates an institutionwide course called ED-D101: “Learning strategies for university success” that has been very successful in terms of improving academic performance and retention. She is currently past president of the Canadian Association for Educational Psychology and serves on the editorial board of Metacognition and Learning. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Kurzweil Introductory Overview
The Classical Art of Egg Tempera Painting
SET-BC Consultant setbc.org Audience: All Interested
Susan Gorris - ACSS Audience: All Interested
This hands-on session will introduce teachers and SEAs to the features of Kurzweil 3000 and demonstrate how it can support diverse learners working toward literacy goals across the curriculum. A SET-BC consultant will walk participants through the software program’s three key support areas — reading, writing, and study skills — which include reading the internet and worksheets out loud to students, word prediction, a fill-in-the-blanks feature for completing worksheets and assignments online, and tools to virtually annotate e-texts (highlighters, sticky notes, voice notes, and more). Learn about the wide range of features Kurzweil offers to students across the upper elementary, middle, and high school grades. This program benefits students who have visual, cognitive, and/or physical challenges that might limit their access to standard course materials (textbooks, novels, written assignments) in the curriculum.
Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Introduction to Lacrosse Naomi Walser - Langley Aboriginal Program Darcy Rhodes - Ten Feet Sports and Entertainment Dave Showers - BC Lacrosse Association Audience: All Interested This workshop is designed to share introductory lacrosse teachings with present teachers and educators. The session starts with brief storytelling about the history of lacrosse and sport in Canada (detailed samples provided for various age ranges). Learn the four basic skills of playing lacrosse: picking up the ball, cradling, passing, and catching, and discover tips and tricks to learn how to explore the game further every time students pick up a stick. Naomi Walser is from the Beausoleil First Nation in Georgian Bay Ontario. She has coached all disciplines of lacrosse from box, boys’ field, women’s field and inter-crosse, and is the development coach for the BC Lacrosse Association. Her experience sharing lacrosse is a culmination of studying the game as a student, competing in four World Cup competitions as a player, and coaching grassroots to high-performance programs. She has learned that all ages and abilities can enjoy learning and exploring through lacrosse.
Egg tempera is a time-honoured painting technique that originated in the Middle Ages and lasted into the Early Renaissance as a precursor to oil painting. Using farm fresh eggs mixed with finely ground pigments, this challenging medium yields a rich lustre of colour that is unparalleled. Egg tempera will tempt those who enjoy a more traditional approach on a smaller scale. Experience with colour-mixing an asset but not required and beginners are welcome! From my chickens to your painted impressions, the process of painting with egg tempera is relaxing and rewarding! Susan Gorris has been teaching for over 30 years in the United States and Canada on the elementary, secondary and university levels. Her passion for painting and ceramics has included a professional career of exhibiting in both private and public venues. Recently she was selected for inclusion into the 2011 and 2013 Fraser Valley Biennale Exhibitions. She is teaching visual art and ceramics full-time at Aldergrove Community Secondary School and has continued summer art sessions for youth and adults in the Art in the Country program offered in her private country studio in Aldergrove.
Session ABC: 8:30-1:40
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Play, Projects, and Technology in the 21st Century Chris Janzen & Jason Proulx - SD35 Audience: Grades 8-12 Teachers This workshop is for those educators interested in incorporating play, projects, and technology into their everyday practice. If you are curious about how traditional class projects can be infused into 21st century pedagogy, then please join us for a day-long excursion into the theory and practice behind inquiry-based learning. You will gain access to truly helpful practical resources and information to begin transforming your classroom into a hands-on and experience-based environment. Chris Janzen is the lead computer teacher at D.W. Poppy. He is looking to tackle 21 st century education head-on. Taking his previous project-based learning and technology experience as a foundation, Chris has invigorated his teaching practice with inquiry and problem-solving through play”models to better serve students’ contemporary challenges and needs in education. Jason Proulx has been teaching in Langley for 12 years and currently teaches grade three French immersion at Ecole Belmont Elementary. He has shared his passion for woodworking with his students for three years and has found that it is an excellent way to ignite the children’s passion for learning. In his spare time, he enjoys turning wood into beautiful, useful objects.
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Friday, February 21 Session AB: 8:30am – 11:50am Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Making History Meaningful
Fundamental Movement Skills
Tom Morton - Historical Thinking Project and BC Heritage Fairs bcheritagefairs.ca Audience: Grades 4-12 Teachers
Roberta Smith - Action Schools! BC actionschoolsbc.ca Audience: K-7 & Middle School Teachers
As William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Every aspect of the world we live in today is the product of yesterday. This applies not just to the world around us but also ourselves: our bodies with last week’s flu virus that has its origins when humans first domesticated animals or the DNA in our cells left by our parents. And yet our students often do not see the connections of the past to the present, do not see the meaning and purpose of our subject area. How best can we make these connections? Historical thinking concepts like significance and evidence and practical teaching strategies for growing curiosity, creating real products and sharing them with a wider audience can help make history alive and meaningful for our students. Tom Morton taught for more than 30 years in Sierra Leone, Montréal and Vancouver before becoming the provincial coordinator of BC Heritage Fairs. He has received the Social Studies Teachers’ Association Teacher of the Year award, the Governor-General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History, and the Kron Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education. He and Dr. Peter Seixas of UBC recently completed the teacher’s guide The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts.
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This workshop focuses on the basics of physical activity and movement. Learn about and try easy to implement physical activities that emphasize the development of fundamental movement skills, such as jumping, catching, throwing and balance. This workshop demonstrates a variety of activities from the Physical Activity Action Resource including Chinese jump, dance, playground games, brain energizers, tai chi, as well as several circuits and station ideas that can be implemented in the classroom, gym, outdoors or alternative spaces. Resources will be provided and upon participating in a workshop, teachers will qualify their schools for Action Schools! BC Physical Activity Action Bins filled with resources and equipment to implement the activities in the Physical Activity Action Resource. Your presenter is excited to be an advocate and Regional Trainer for Action Schools! BC, an initiative designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living while achieving academic outcomes. As a local educator for many years, your trainer is passionate about bringing Action Schools! BC to schools throughout British Columbia and providing more opportunities for more children to make healthy choices more often.
Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Bringing Global Education into Your Classroom Shannon Tito - Hillcrest Elementary School/BCTF Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers Are you looking for new ways to energize how you teach existing units? Introducing a global perspective into your classroom can be challenging, but exciting. Bring your existing ideas, a current unit, or theme to this workshop and let us show you how to integrate, infuse, and deliver it from a global perspective at any grade level. A global education approach activates student interest as it increases personal engagement and involvement in the classroom, the surrounding community, and our world. Shannon Tito started his career in education in Langley school district as a child care worker in the late 1980s. He started teacher in Surrey School District after he completed his teacher training from UBC in 1993. By 2000 he had graduated with a master’s degree in educational leadership and counselling from San Diego State University. He was seconded to Simon Fraser Faculty of Education as a faculty associate in the PDP program between 2006 and 2008. Shannon just competed his doctorate in Educational Leadership in 2013 from Simon Fraser University. Shannon has been a facilitator for BCTF for the last five years. He facilitates peace education, poverty, global education, and antiracism workshops. He currently teaches at Hillcrest Elementary School in Surrey.
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Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Classroom Management for TTOCs
Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Behaviour 101
Brenda Stewart - BCTF Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers TTOCs must establish rapport with students quickly and use management strategies that work immediately. The workshop will explore the basics of classroom management and how TTOCs can adapt them for their work. Practical strategies for creating a positive environment and taking constructive action with individual students will be explored. Brenda Stewart is a TTOC in Nanaimo where she was previously the vice president of the NDTA. This is her 6th year on the BCTF TTOCAC and she is presently the co-chair. She is in her 4th year as a facilitator for the BCTF, training facilitators and presenting almost exclusively to TTOCs. Her teaching career has taken her to Africa, France, and England in subjects as various as math, physics, French immersion and ESL. In BC, she taught in Houston and Topley (with Jim Iker), Ladysmith, and Nanaimo.
Diana Wilk & Monika Tarampi - Learning Support Services @dianawilk1 Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers, Resource Teachers, SEAs, Youth Care Workers, Administrators Why do kids act that way? Join Diana and Monika to learn the process of functional behaviour assessment and positive behaviour support planning. Find out why students act the way the do and strategies to support behaviour change. Leave with practical tools and ways to support their students with challenging behaviour. Come with a student or students in mind to begin the process in a meaningful way. Monika Tarampi is a district support teacher for Positive Behaviour Supports (PBS). Diana Wilk is the district vice-principal for learning support services. They each have 22 years of diverse teaching experience in many roles (classroom, resource, district, university). They have extensive training in the area of challenging behaviour and PBS.
Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Kwantlen Tech Campus Tour
Session AB: 8:30-11:50
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Indigenous Perspectives
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Audience: All Interested
Jacqueline King - BCTF Audience: All Interested
Explore future trades careers for your students with a tour of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Tech campus in Cloverdale. This state-of-the-art trades training facility is home to Kwantlen’s welding, automotive, and plumbing programs among other offerings. Kwantlen partners with the Langley School District on the Junior Trades initiative, which provides hands-on opportunities for students of all ages to learn more about the trades.
This workshop will explore some of the impacts of colonization on Aboriginal/Indigenous education. What is Indigenous education? What are the paradigms, and where can we shift?
Round-trip transportation from LSS will be provided for this workshop.
Jacqueline King is a teacher with the Surrey School District who has been presenting for the BCTF as a facilitator for the last 3 years. She specializes in sharing in conversations about aboriginal issues with all stakeholders. She is Cree from the Peepeekisis Band, Saskatchewan.
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Friday, February 21 Session A: 8:30am – 10:00am Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Anxiety Overview
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Improving Cognitive Functioning in Children with Learning Disabilities
Lynn Miller - University of British Columbia anxietybc.com/Lynn-D-Miller Audience: All Interested Anxiety disorders are the most common form of psychological problems reported by children, adolescents, and adults, and can interfere significantly in people’s lives. An anxiety disorder is a level of anxiety that interferes with daily functioning, either with peer relationships, academic performance, or in family routines. Children and youth with anxiety disorders are shy, inhibited, and avoidant: families and school personnel are typically very good at identifying anxiety in children but may not use the most effective interventions to support students. This talk will help to increase awareness of the anxiety disorders, understand etiological and developmental aspects of anxiety, identify basic behavioral indicators of anxiety in children and youth, and understand the success of psychological treatment. Lynn D. Miller, Ph. D., R. Psych., is an associate professor in the education and counseling psychology, and special education department at UBC. She started her career as a classroom teacher, and then worked as a school counselor K-12. She has conducted research on many models of anxiety prevention programs in schools, including FRIENDS, Taming Worry Dragons, Skills for Social and Academic Success, Cool Little Kids, as well as an enhanced program for Aboriginal children. As the Myrne Nevison Prevention Research professor, she is currently investigating anxiety at the entry to school in grades kindergarten and one. She is president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada, 2010-2014, and was the president of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors from 2004 to 2006.
Howard Eaton - Eaton Educational Group & Patrick Boschman - H.D. Stafford eatoneducation.com Audience: All interested The collaboration between education and neuroscience is bringing the knowledge of brain functioning into classrooms and altering our awareness as to the possibilities of student achievement. The concept of neuroplasticity is reshaping our understanding of learning disabilities and attention disorders from the paradigm of thinking these were life-long disorders to the idea that these disabilities are alterable or in fact temporary conditions of the human brain. Join Howard Eaton as he discusses the future of education in light of the most current findings in neuroscience. Where are we now in educational neuroscience and where are we going in the next two decades? The possibilities are endless! Howard Eaton is the founder and director of the Eaton Educational Group. Howard has worked as an elementary and middle school teacher and educational assessor. In 2005, Howard started the first school in British Columbia that focused on improving cognitive functioning in children with learning disabilities. Currently, Howard is working with the Brain Research Centre at UBC, collaborating on brain imaging studies on children with learning disabilities that are improving cognitive functioning. He is the author of, Brain School: Stories of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders Who Changed Their Lives by Improving Their Cognitive Functioning. Patrick Boschman has taught Special Education and Social Studies at H.D. Stafford high school and Langley Secondary for the past 20 years.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Tips, Tricks, and Organizational Strategies for SEAs Andrea Brassington - Learning Support Services Audience: SEAs This is a build-a-binder workshop! You will take away tips, tricks and graphic organizers to assist you in working with students. Bring a 2” binder to fill up during the workshop. Andrea Brassington is a district teacher for integration support from the Langley School District with K-12 classroom and resource experience in both the U.S. and Canada. Her professional and educational interests include: inclusive practices, differentiated instruction, and self-regulation.
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Effective Instruction in Middle Years French Beth Cairnie - James Kennedy Elementary Audience: Grades 5-8 Teachers Come learn more about the communicative-experiential approach, and explore activities to create a dynamic, interactive second language experience for your students. Our activities will focus on the theme La Pizza and teachers will leave with ideas for promoting speaking, listening, reading, writing and culture. Beth Cairnie has been teaching for over 20 years and is currently teaching grade three French immersion. Beth holds additional qualifications in primary, music, curriculum design, French teaching methodologies and special education. Recently, she completed her Master of Educational Practice from SFU. She is passionate about supporting teachers in their professional growth.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Inspiring Technology: Raspberry Pi
Daily 5: Question and Answer Session
Ann Pimentel - Lynn Fripps Elementary School mrspimentel.wordpress.com Audience: All Interested
Amanda Slade, Bonnie Wiebe, Dorte Kuhr, Kathie Wilkins, Angela Mandel & Kathy Nelson - SD35 Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Be inspired by the Raspberry Pi! Around the world, children as young as five are using the Raspberry Pi (a credit-card-sized-singlecircuit computer) in creative ways from designing video games to controlling robots. During this hands-on workshop, you will learn about the amazing educational potential of the Raspberry Pi in the classroom. No prior experience needed. Stacey Bernier’s Scratch workshop (Block C) would be an excellent follow-on from this workshop.
Do you have questions about The Daily 5? If so, please come to this session and have the opportunity to ask questions and get answers. You may be well-seasoned with the structure or just beginning. It is your chance to participate in discussion and ask and answer burning questions you may have. Come prepared with some questions you have already or come to listen and ask questions as the discussion flows during the workshop. It will be lead by a group of Langley teachers with Daily 5 Cafe training and experience.
Ann Pimentel is currently a learning assistance and resource teacher at Lynn Fripps Elementary School in the Langley School District. Ann and her team were awarded a SET-BC (Special Education Technology of BC) grant to explore the use of Raspberry Pi in a grade 7 class. She has a master’s from the University of London and has engaged in special education internationally for over a decade. She enjoys exploring the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, especially the role technology can play in shaping future generations.
Amanda Slade (GR. 1/2), Bonnie Wiebe (Gr. 3), Dorte Kuhr (K/1), Kathie Wilkins (GR. 2/3), Angela Mandel (Gr. 5) and Kathy Nelson (district literacy teacher) have been using Daily 5 Café in their classroom at varying levels and degrees. They have also attended the Daily 5 and Café workshops by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. Their experience and expertise varies and they will answer questions based on how these programs are implemented in their classrooms.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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iMovie Trailers for Learning
Developing Literacy Using Clicker 6
Katherine Mulski - Alex Hope Elementary @teachinginthe21 | teachinginthe21.weebly.com Audience: All Interested
Kathleen O’Hanley & Lindi Rae - SD 35 @KOHLangley Audience: All Interested
Explore and play with the use of iMovie trailers in the classroom. Rubrics and handouts provided for participants. Use of trailers can extend to showcasing student learning, open houses and further extensions of classroom activities and units. Laptops, iPhones, and iPads welcome! Please ensure that iMovie ‘11 or the newest version of the app has been downloaded to your device prior to participation.
Clicker 6 is the award-winning literacy tool that enables pupils of all abilities to significantly develop their reading and writing skills. Participants will have the opportunity to look at Clicker 6 materials that are available for download from ARC-BC as well as use the software to design their own activity. People who have the software already are welcome to bring their own devices with the software pre-loaded. Laptops will be provided for those who need them.
Katherine Mulski is currently working as a grade six late French immersion teacher and a digital literacy coach for Langley School District. She works a mentor in the SFU cohort integrating technology for the digital age. Having completed her graduate diploma through a French immersion cohort at SFU she is currently researching mentoring colleagues in the facilitation of inquiry in the MEd EP program.
Kathleen O’Hanley is a district integration support teacher in the Learning Support Services department in the Langley School District. She is the district partner for SET-BC in Langley and has experience integrating assistive technology to support students with learning difficulties. Lindi Rae is a speech and language pathologist in the Learning Support Services department. She has extensive experience with using visual supports and assistive technology to support students with ASD to develop their communication and self-regulation skills.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Move Over, Van Gogh! Artistic Learning with Everyday Curriculum Karra Harvey - Mission School District Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers, SEAs, Special Education Teachers Have you ever wondered how to incorporate art into your social studies, science and language arts? Embrace the exciting world of discovery and exploration through integrated and artistic learning! There are so many things that students can learn from art. Many feel that these are so difficult to incorporate these into their curriculum and often move them aside. In this workshop, Karra will provide practical examples of how to present learning experiences through art. Using broad topics and learning outcomes, Karra will show how she helps learning come alive for students! Karra Harvey is so thankful for the teachers in her elementary school years who unveiled the magic of books! Karra teaches in School District #75 (Mission) and is currently embracing the joys and challenges of being a teacher and mother of three. It was her own children’s delight in reading that inspired her to create more lifelong readers—children passionate about books and learning.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Effective Assessment Can Be Easy! Brenda Barlow - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers Assessment and data collection should not be an onerous, overwhelming task in spite of its major importance. Learn a variety of quick, easy methods to gather assessment data that will give accurate information about each student’s achievement levels and which, in turn, can be efficiently and effectively communicated to both students and parents. Attendees will be able to reduce the time spent doing assessment and increase its effectiveness! Based on the current classroom practices of experienced elementary school teachers and on the publications of several esteemed education authors, you will be provided with ideas that you will be able to implement in your classroom easily and quickly. Brenda Barlow has been teaching in the Langley School District for the past 33 years. Although the past ten years have been in the upper intermediate grades, she has taught grades two to seven. Before coming to British Columbia, she taught FSL from K to grade 8. Her current placement is as a grade seven teacher at James Kennedy Elementary. In addition, she is working in Instructional Services one day per week as the district teacher in charge of the Teacher Mentorship Program.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
Vocabulary Instruction - Bringing Words to Life
Beginning Experiences in Flipping Your Classroom
Karen Beatty - ELL/SWIS Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers, All Interested
Andy Miller - Walnut Grove Secondary School @teacheramiller | teacheramiller.wordpress.com Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
Do you want to help your students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words? Learn how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension. The activities in this workshop are based on the highly practical and research based book, Bringing Words to Life. These activities can help to enrich your instruction and help students to boost the academic vocabulary they need to be successful in school. Karen Beatty is currently the district vice-principal ELL/SWIS for the Langley School District. She has taught ELL and international students in the Langley School District for a number of years. Karen’s previous position was in the role of ESL coordinator/ district teacher providing support for ELL teachers and classroom/ subject area teachers in their delivery of instruction to English language learners. Her specialist skills in both ESL pedagogy and practice have led to consultations with other school districts, ministry personnel, professional organizations, and community organizations.
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In this presentation, participants will learn what it is like to start a flipped classroom. Topics will include how and why to flip, teaching strategies that work, teaching strategies that don’t work, technology implementation and troubleshooting, student results, analysis, and future plans. This presentation is perfect for those who are new to flipped classroom instruction, or for those who don’t flip but want to learn more about flipped classrooms Andy Miller was once an elite pole vaulter, ranked as high as #1 in Canada. He represented Canada twice internationally. Now that he is retired from the sport, he has dedicated himself in a similar way to teaching. His passion for teaching and technology were the perfect ingredients to start flipping his classroom. This is Andy’s second year of classroom flipping. He presents in a very open and honest way, sharing the good, the bad, and future directions of his classroom instruction.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
iPads for the Classroom
Mastering the Multiplication Facts
Greg Anslow - ACSS Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
Deanna Lightbody - Langley School District @lightbody_d | 35mathk8.weebly.com Audience: Grades 3-8 Teachers, All Interested
It is September and you have just been given 15 iPads to use in your classroom. Now what? I will share my experiences with how I have integrated the iPad into my world of teaching in the science classroom at the high school level. Lots of examples of student work, what apps worked the best, how the video camera was used, tips, demos, etc. Suitable for all teachers who just love to use iPads in the classroom! Greg Anslow has been teaching for 31 years with experience in Saskatchewan (Dog River of Corner Gas fame), Alberta, and BC. He is currently teaching physics and science at ACSS. He has an interest in all aspects of science, health and fitness.
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Learning the multiplication facts is more complicated than just memorization. In order for students to truly master the facts, they need to understand and recall them. We will explore different strategies, lessons, and games that can help students build fluency and conceptual understanding of multiplication. Deanna Lightbody works in the Langley School District as a district teacher for numeracy, K-8. She has 25 years teaching experience and loves teaching math to both students and teachers.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Jewellery and Metal Art in the Classroom Stuart Mitchell - H.D. Stafford Audience: Grades 6-12 Teachers Jewellery and metal art is a great way of engaging all students! You don’t need a shop to do it and setting up the tools and materials is not expensive. Try it out and leave with a nice bit of jewellery and the knowledge to build your own course in just about any space you can find. Stu Mitchell has been teaching in the shops of LSS and H.D. Stafford for 16 years and has settled on wood and metal at Stafford with the middle school students. Stu has found that metal art and jewellery has been a great draw for students of all ages and teaching it outside of the traditional shop is something that he wants to share with other teachers.
This session is repeated in block B
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
Promoting Multiculturalism: Teaching about Diwali
It’s Not About the Device, It’s About the Learning
Kavita Hoonjan - James Kennedy Elementary Audience: All Interested
Shawn Davids - West Langley Elementary @sdavids51| leadershipwithpurpose.net Audience: All Interested
In this workshop, participants will get concrete ideas with which to teach about the celebration of Diwali and its history. The Lower Mainland is becoming more and more multicultural and Diwali is a festival and celebration of the utmost importance to a good chunk of our population. Learn how to employ a change of context, engage interest through story, and help students make connections with a deeper understanding of this festival and how it is celebrated amongst families in our community. Kavita Hoonjan is a French immersion teacher with 19 years experience teaching all grades at the elementary level with a focus on primary. She is currently working on her master’s in imaginative education at Simon Fraser University.
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So you’ve got access to an iPad or two but now what? One of the keys to successful learning for students is authentic and timely formative assessment. See how you can use simple apps on the iPad for quick and easy self, peer and teacher feedback that is descriptive and meaningful. Note: participants must bring their own iPad. Shawn Davids has been an administrator in Langley for the past 11 years; his current position is proud principal of West Langley Elementary. The school, whose mission is to “engage students in authentic learning empowered by technology,” is currently piloting two 1:1 iPad classes along with a school-wide focus on inquirybased learning.
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It’s Not Digital Citizenship, It’s Citizenship for Today’s World
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Restorative Action in Action - Primary Dan Basham - Community Justice Initiatives & Renee Frayne - Topham Elementary Audience: Grades K-4 Teachers, All Interested.
Sandra Averill - Langley School District @Av3rill | Av3rill.com Audience: All interested There are many opportunities and challenges to growing up in a off/ online world. Digital Citizenship is not about the current digital tools, it is about developing respectful, ethical citizens who are able to navigate through the complexities of a digital life. During this session we will define what exactly digital citizenship is, strategies for including parents in this learning, excellent website resources and ideas you can use in your classroom on Monday. Sandra Averill is the district teacher responsible for digital literacies K-12. Sandra has developed her skills with technology through her fine arts and humanities background.
We all want classrooms full of respectful children who can solve problems in peaceful ways. Restorative action is a set of principles that gives both children and those who care for them words and ideas to solve conflicts and work together collaboratively. In this interactive, hands-on workshop participants will look at the application of restorative action at the primary level. They will walk away with activities, strategies and tools that can be used immediately in the classroom. Dan Basham is a major advocate for restorative justice throughout British Columbia. As Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) school program coordinator, Dan handles referrals for conflicts within the Langley School District, as well as training students, staff, and parents in various restorative processes including mediation, conferencing, and peace circles. Renee Frayne has been teaching primary for 17 years in both Abbotsford and Langley. She has been teaching restorative action in her class for the last several years and is excited about the way students learn to solve conflicts with growing independence and better understanding for each other.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Leadership Sharing Session Lara Petrie - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers Need time to share and explore leadership resources? This session provides you with a chance to look at new resources, sample leadership activities, explore volunteer contact lists and network with other leadership teachers across the district. Open to both secondary and elementary teachers currently teaching leadership or with an interest to start new leadership courses for the future! Lara Petrie is a secondary specialist with a background in leadership, post secondary planning, DL and French immersion. Lara has been working in Langley Schools since 1993 and is currently working at the School Board Office with Instructional Services as the district teacher for transitions and leadership.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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PREZI: An Engaging Way for Teachers and Students to Present Powerfully Darren Ng - Brookswood Secondary whatyouvebeenuptod.blogspot.ca. Audience: All Interested Many of us have experienced slide overload from a plethora of Power Point slides during an in-class presentation. Come learn how to best use Prezi for classroom instruction and student projects. Prezi is an exciting and engaging alternative that zooms organically in non-linear fashion. Students can direct the order of presentation based on their curiosity instead of being confined to traditional slide order. Prezi’s can be easily created online and offline with seamless transition. Best of all, the program is free with inexpensive upgrades for teachers. To see Prezi in action check out www.prezi.com. Prior to working with SD35, Darren Ng worked as a teacher-trainer with in-service English teachers and as a high school English teacher in South Korea. He has incorporated Prezi into his daily instruction and observed a marked increase in student engagement. Frequently after lessons fellow teachers and students would comment “What program did you use for that lesson? It’s amazing!” In response to the overwhelming interest Darren put together a Prezi workshop that is always well received. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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iBook, You Book, We All Book!
Can We Try an Advisory Block?
Sam Muraca - Langley School District @MrMuraca Audience: All Interested
Scott Johnson, Tamara Pudlas & Mundeep Bhamra - H.D. Stafford staffordsoars.com Audience: Grades 6-8 Teachers
How can you get students to demonstrate their learning in an interactive and collaborative method that supports modern learning? By the end of this workshop, you will have created or collaborated on an iBook that can be published on the iBook store. Learn how to use this tool with your students. Find out how easy it can be and how few tools are required. Sam Muraca is the district vice-principal of special projects and is a secondary representative on the BCAMT.
Tamara Pudlas, Mundeep Bhamra, and Scott Johnson all have middle years experiences from other lands and they continue to grow while at Stafford Middle. Their latest challenge is to incorporate their experiences, the needs of the students and what they learned at the AMLE conference in Minneapolis into an advisory class that as a positive impact on students and the school culture.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Challenges and Possibilities in Secondary Assessment Jane Gill - Langley Secondary School @jane_gill Audience: Grade 8-12 Teachers This session addresses issues in assessment, evaluation, and grading practices in secondary schools, such as the use of balanced assessment, the use of zero as a mark, marks deductions for late work and other work habit issues, grading group work, and averaging marks across the semester or year. This session will present participants with the issues and participants will decide on which issues they want to focus on for the session. The facilitator will provide authentic examples of ‘what it looks like’ in the classroom setting. This session will not be prescriptive but will ask teachers to reflect on their current practices and consider making meaningful changes that will improve student learning. Direct and honest, Jane Gill is an English teacher in the Langley School District. Over the past several years, along with the support of several of her department members, she has transformed the assessment practices in her class. This transformation has resulted in increased student engagement as well as more accurate reporting of the learning outcomes. The journey has not always been easy but the results have trumped the challenges.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Building Creativity with Bricks 4 Kidz Gabriel Hernandez & Stephanie Bueso - Bricks 4 Kidz Audience: All Interested You already know how to build with LEGO® bricks, but with a little coaching you can learn how to use them to teach about engineering, architecture, physics, and math using specialized components. When lessons are related to something participants enjoy, like building with LEGO® bricks, participants are more motivated and retain what they learn. Working with a partner fosters teamwork and cooperation. Completing a new challenge builds self-esteem. Designed and created by teachers, architects and engineering professionals, Bricks 4 Kidz® introduces children age 3–13+ to concepts of engineering, architecture and mechanics using LEGO® bricks. Lessons from math, science, language arts, and social studies are integrated and discussed. Themes such as transportation, space, inventions and machines, robotics and more provide variety and ensure a high level of interest and enthusiasm amongst students. In our after-school classes, students are able to design and construct machines, buildings, and other models using LEGO® bricks and our proprietary designs and plans. All materials will be provided.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Countdown to Retirement
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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SAMR: A Technology Integration Model for Educators
Travis Forman - Investor’s Group investorsgroup.com/en/travis.forman Audience: All Interested Countdown to retirement will teach you commonly employed financial planning strategies designed to increase net worth and decrease taxes. Specifically this course will focus on: 1. Tax-free savings accounts - How and why to use them 2. RRSP catch-up strategies 3. Investment account management 4. Making your mortgage interest effectively tax deductible 5. Pension maximization strategies 6. Insured retirement strategy 7. Case study Travis Forman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and philosophy from Simon Fraser University. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designated through the Financial Planning Standards Council and a Financial Management Advisor(FMA) through the Canadian Securities Institute. His commitment to education led him to create the corporate workshop series in 2001. Through the corporate workshop series, Travis presents financial planning concepts to employees across the Lower Mainland including city governments, health boards, school districts, and private businesses.
This session is repeated in block B
Victoria Olson - West Langley Elementary School @MsVictoriaOlson | techteacheronamission.com Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
Integrating educational technology in a meaningful way can be a scary endeavour. The SAMR model is a framework that can help you identify where technology fits in and works with your practice. The model is a continuum with four different phases where technology can be included in increasingly purposeful ways. Victoria will outline each of the phases of the SAMR Model, some tools and apps that fit in within them, and how you can begin to focus on meaningful technology integration in your area of education. This is a great workshop for digital literacy coaches to attend as the SAMR Model serves as an excellent foundation when working as a technology coach with colleagues. Whether you’re exploring the substitution phase or redefining your pedagogical practice through technology, be sure to check out the SAMR model workshop! Educators should come with specific lessons, units, or areas in mind where they currently and/or would like to integrate technology in a more meaningful way. Victoria Olson is a grade 3/4 and technology teacher at West Langley Elementary School. She is a graduate student in the Master of Educational Technology program offered through the University of British Columbia. Victoria co-founded #bcedchat on Twitter in the summer of 2013 in a hope to connect BC educators and to enrich the focus on professional development and educational discussions within the province. She is an active member of her personal learning network and an advocate for online sharing of best pedagogical practices. Victoria believes in meaningful tech integration and innovation in schools and uses the SAMR model as a basis for helping teachers reach their professional goals with technology.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Drinking from a Fire Hose Joanie Proske & Allison Hewitt - Langley School District Audience: All Interested Trying to locate quality information using a Google search can be a challenging prospect – rather like trying to get a drink of water from a fire hose! Have you explored the amazing collection of online resources available on the Langley District website? These teacher librarian first responders will guide you through an exploration of a variety of online resources that can inspire and support your lesson planning and inquiry projects. Easily locate current articles from world newspapers, find timely Canadian debate topics from Arctic drilling to genetically modified foods, design a lesson using our collection of eBooks, access historical articles to use as primary resources, or peruse the latest issue of your favourite educational journal. Learn manageable strategies guaranteed to access quality digital resources, extinguish your frustrations, and save you hours of time. Joanie Proske is the teacher librarian at Walnut Grove Secondary. Joanie learned about databases firsthand whilst completing her recent master’s coursework. Alison Hewitt is currently the teacher-librarian at R.E. Mountain Secondary, where she also teaches IB French. Prior to this, she was the teacher-librarian at LSS and has taught French immersion, core French, ESL and worked as the district teacher for modern languages. Alison has offered professional development workshops at the district and provincial levels in the fields of library, inquiry, technology and languages.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Learning Through Inquiry
Red is Best!
Julia Henrey - RC Garnett Audience: Grades 1-7 Teachers
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley - Creative Circle Time creativecircletime.com Audience: Grades Pre-K-2 Teachers, All interested
Teachers who offer students the opportunity to learn through inquiry often find the students are more engaged in the material and are excited about their discoveries. Inquiry involves designing tasks that are challenging and authentic and offer the students opportunities to learn that are personally meaningful, collaborative and reach beyond the walls of the classroom. We will look at some examples of inquiry and compare them to other styles of teaching. Julia Henrey is currently teaching grade three at R.C. Garnett Demonstration Elementary. She has taught grades 1-7 in Langley over the past 13 years. She is a network leader with the Provincial Network of Inquiry and Innovation, and offers her students a variety of ways to learn through inquiry.
Did you attend Creative Circle Time’s workshop in the fall with Heather and Darcie? Want to see more published books turned into felt stories? Attend this workshop and we will be turning the book Red is Best into a felt story! Come and see this beloved book come to life in felt! Please bring SHARP scissors and a flat surface (cookie sheets or pop can flats work well) to carry home your wet felt pieces. Heather Purcell is a Strong Start facilitator in Abbotsford school district. She has been in the ECE field for 25 years. Darcie Yardley is a preschool teacher in the Langley area. She too has been in the ECE field for 11 years. Heather and Darcie have been presenting circle time workshops throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island since 2007. Circle time is a passion in both of their ECE classrooms and they are thrilled to have the opportunity to share that passion with others!
This session is repeated in block B Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Inquiry Buddies
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Learning About Learning: The Trades as a Vehicle for Personal Development
Nadine Keyworth & Bonny Kelly - Willoughby @mrskeyworth Audience: Elementary/Middle School Teachers
Jeff Dickson - Langley Secondary School Audience: Middle and Secondary Teachers
Looking for a fun, collaborative way to integrate Inquiry into your classroom? Come and join us as we talk about our inquiry buddies project. Learn how we create multi-age groupings where students pursue their curiosities and passions! Nadine Keyworth and Bonny Kelly are both teachers at Willoughby Elementary. Nadine has been teaching intermediate for over 13 years and Bonny has taught both intermediate and primary for over 11 years.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Biology 12: A New Resource, A New Approach
Trades and piping ACE IT teacher Jeff Dickson has helped many willing but unsuccessful learners to find success in a post-secondary program. Along the way he’s found creative ways to teach his students how to learn. This session will provide strategies and examples of research that may change the way you think about thinking. Jeff Dickson teaches the district piping and plumbing program at LSS. He holds the rare distinction of having a master’s degree and plumbing Red Seal.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Social Scripts: Tips and Tricks Meena Sangha - Langley School District Audience: Resource Teachers, SEAs, Classroom Teachers
McGraw Hill Ryerson Audience: All Interested Join us for this engaging hands-on workshop on Biology 12. Explore the new BC Bio. 12 resource and experience first-hand, refreshing approaches to teaching biology. Leave with ready-toimplement ideas on labs and activities to engage students.
Social scripts are a useful individualized tool to support students in the classroom and other environments. They teach the multiple components of a social situation as children are directed towards the desired behaviour. We’ll explore the features of the app, Pictello, as you write a social script for one of your students. Bring an iPad with the app, Pictello, installed. Meena Sangha is the district teacher for autism spectrum disorders with 17 years of experience in the general education classroom, alternate settings and overseas.
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Foil Art - The Importance of Animals Janet Crockford - Langley Aboriginal Program Audience: Grade 2 Teachers, All Interested Janet Crockford will discuss the importance of animals to Aboriginal people in BC, demonstrating how they show respect to animals by using every part of the animal possible and returning unused parts to the earth in a respectful manner. This will include a discussion of how the different parts of the animal were used, such as using hides for clothing, bones and antlers for tools, games, jewelry, trading, etc. Participants will then make an Aboriginal foil art project of a modified ovoid and u-shaped design. Janet Crockford is a cultural presenter for the Langley Aboriginal Program. She lives in her ancestral home on Katzie First Nation located in Langley. Traditionally, her nation lived in long houses on the shores of Pitt Lake in the northwest area of Pitt Meadows. Katzie people are located on both sides of the Fraser River as well as the shores of Barnston Island.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Teaming in Middle School
Early Literacy Initiative
Vanessa Goetzke - Langley Fine Arts Zoltan Bako - Topham Elementary Dawn Driver - Langley Meadows Elementary Audience: Grades 6-8 Teachers, All Interested
Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie - Langley School District Audience: Early Literacy Initiative Participants
Teaming is an important part of teaching at all levels and an especially integral part of middle school. Working together for the benefit of students in a positive, successful and fun way is essential to making the middle school experience one where both teachers and students thrive. We will talk about effective communication strategies and how to make your teams at any grade level work well. Dawn, Vanessa and Zoltan have had diverse experiences and roles working with middle school-age students within elementary, secondary, and middle schools. Dawn is the vice-principal at Langley Meadows Elementary, Vanessa teaches middle and secondary school at Langley Fine Arts and Zoltan is the principal at Topham Elementary.
Small group support for struggling readers requires a team approach. Teachers involved in this initiative collaborate with grade one teachers in order to focus their instruction and deliver effective instruction. In this session you will learn how to systematically observe students’ literacy progress, base your teaching on your assessments, structure effective group lessons, and collaborate with other teachers. Ruth Hodgins is the district teacher for early learning and reading recovery in the Langley School District. She is a reading recovery teacher leader and early literacy specialist who works with both teachers and students. Irene MacKenzie is currently a district teacher, Learning Support Services. She is a literacy specialist and reading recovery teacher leader who works with both teachers and students.
Session A: 8:30-10:00
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Violence Prevention Brian Campbell - BCFED Occupational Health & Safety Centre @BCFEDYWSAFETY | healthandsafetybc.ca/ Audience: All interested We will explore legislation and best practices around the issue of violence prevention in a workplace setting. The BCFED Health & Safety Centre was first established to help train workers and workplace representatives so they could act with confidence and competence on their considerable legal rights and responsibilities as provided by occupational health and safety law. Meeting and exceeding this legislation remains a focus for the Centre. In the face of unchecked occupational hazards and much suffering, full implementation of these rights and responsibilities is an absolute necessity, socially and morally. Since 2001, we have supported the efforts of workplace representatives in their pursuit of hazard-free workplaces. This support has ranged from the development and delivery of occupational health and safety training to answering health and safety concerns posed over the phone. Completely funded by the BC WCB, the BCFED Health & Safety Centre has evolved into a centre of excellence for occupational health and safety training in British Columbia. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Friday, February 21 Session BC : 10:20am – 1:40pm Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session BC: 10:20-1:40
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Work-Life Balance: A Day in the Life of a TTOC Tanya Kerr - BCTF Audience: TTOCs Cell phones are attached to TTOCs! Callouts from the board can happen at any time. Callout is uncertain, the grade/subject that TTOCs will be called out for on any day is uncertain. This workshop is designed specifically for TTOCs and offers strategies for maintaining work-life balance in a particularly stressful role. Setting attainable and realistic goals are a feature of this workshop.
Session BC: 10:20-1:40
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EnCADRons L’apprentissage des Langues Elise Maskell - BCTF Le CECR est très utile à tous ceux concernés par l`enseignement des langues et par l`évaluation des compétences en langue. Il permet de définir, en connaissance de cause, les objectifs à atteindre lors de l’apprentissage et de l’enseignement d’une langue et de choisir les moyens pour y parvenir.
Tanya has been teaching on call in Langley since 2008. Her experience is mainly teaching in secondary or middle school with a specialty in science. Teaching on call requires flexibility and adaptability as you teach across all grades and subjects; not just your speciality. She has taught everything from automotive to German language, art and band to calculus. Tanya has been on the TTOC Committee for the Langley Teachers’ Association since 2009 and a BCTF TTOC Facilitator since 2012. She balances her professional life as a volunteer ski patroller and a Girl Guide leader.
Friday, February 21 Session B: 10:20am – 11:50am Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Governance & Treaties Mercy Thomas - Langley Aboriginal Program Audience: Secondary Social Studies, Social Justice 12, First Nations 12 Teachers, All interested Aboriginal governance has a distinct and unique place in our society. While governance structures vary from one Aboriginal community to another, all are rooted in long-established traditions. In this workshop, Mercy will discuss the governance structure of Aboriginal communities before the impact of European and other cultures in BC and Canada. Mercy is a Nisga’a person and, as part of this presentation, students will learn about the Nisga’a social organization, administration, and laws under Ayuuk’lth Nisga’a. Included will be a discussion around clans, traditional roles, feasting, and customs around birth, marriage, pre-impact, etc. Mercy Thomas (Nisibilada) was born in Kincolith (Gingolx) and raised in a traditional home, growing up immersed in her Nisga’a language and culture. She attended two residential schools. Mercy has six children (one deceased, one adopted), eighteen grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She plays the saxophone, piano, and the mouth organ.
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Learn to Woodwork and Teach Your Students Jason Proulx & Brenda Makaroff - Belmont Elementary @japroulx1 | lasagessedesmains.weebly.com Audience: All Interested Give your students the opportunity to take risks and to make mistakes in a safe and supportive environment. Woodworking isn’t just for your active boys, girls love it too. Bring woodworking to your class and watch your students become more engaged. Don’t know the first thing about woodworking? No problem. In this introductory session on woodworking, you will learn how to use hand tools. Through a series of projects, you will gain the skills necessary to effectively support your students to do the same. You will learn how to safely introduce woodworking to your class, enabling you to incorporate a hands-on approach to your curriculum. Jason Proulx has been teaching in Langley for 12 years and currently teaches grade three French immersion at Ecole Belmont Elementary. He has shared his passion for woodworking with his students for three years and has found that it is an excellent way to ignite the children’s passion for learning. In his spare time, he enjoys turning wood into beautiful, useful objects. Brenda Makaroff has been teaching in Langley for 20 years and currently teaches Grade 4/5 English at Belmont Elementary. Her background is in special education. Quite recently, in 2010, she completed her P.E. specialist diploma at Douglas College. Her passion is to find a variety of ways to help and motivate students who struggle with social and personal responsibility skills, or academic learning challenges. It has been an exciting journey using woodworking as a unique and appropriate medium to teach academics and social skills.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Formative Assessment: Feedback that Optimizes Learning
Draft Curriculum for French Immersion
Beth Cairnie - James Kennedy Elementary Audience: Grades 3-7 Teachers
Amy McCallum - ACSS Audience: Grades K-12 - French Immersion
Today’s classrooms have changed. We no longer teach, mark and move on, but rather work alongside students to show them where they are in their learning and how they can improve. Formative assessment informs our own work as teachers, allowing us to plan to meet the specific, personal needs of our students. Moreover, assessment during learning invites students to be active participants in their own learning story. This workshop will explore the importance of formative assessment at the elementary level and present a variety of practical tools and methods for assessing during learning. Teachers will explore efficient ways to communicate feedback, engaging students in the process of learning.
A new BC curriculum is on the horizon for French immersion. Come and familiarize yourself with the draft, see what’s in (and out), discuss, critique, and prepare feedback to send to the Ministry. This is an opportunity to share ideas or address concerns, and above all, to make your voice heard. Que pensons-nous de cette nouvelle direction? Familiarity with the new BC Education Plan will allow participants a fuller understanding of our discussion. The following link is to the French language version: http://www.bcedplan.ca/ assets/pdf/bc_edu_plan_french.pdf Please bring your laptop or tablet in order to provide personalized feedback on the curriculum.
Beth Cairnie has been teaching for over 20 years and is currently teaching grade three French immersion. Recently, she completed her Master of Educational Practice from SFU. She is passionate about supporting teachers in their professional growth.
Amy McCallum is a teacher of French immersion, core French and sciences humaines at the secondary level. She is also the district teacher of modern languages for Langley, and has spent a decade teaching here. She has also taught in Yellowknife and France, and has an MA in French literature from McGill University.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Twitter for New Tweeps! Katherine Mulski - Alex Hope Elementary @teachinginthe21 | teachinginthe21.weebly.com Audience: All Interested Come join the exploration of Twitter as a means to expand your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Lurk, read, and chat! Come learn the basics from signing up, privacy, hashtags, chats, and connecting with fellow district members and beyond to help enhance your learning. Teachers, SEA’s, everyone’s welcome! Participants can download the app to their phone/ tablet ahead of time should they wish to see it on different devices other than the web. Katherine Mulski is currently working as a grade six Late French Immersion teacher and a Digital Literacy Coach for Langley School District. She works a Mentor in the SFU cohort Integrating Technology for the Digital Age. Having completed her Graduate Diploma through a French Immersion cohort at SFU she is currently researching mentoring colleagues in the facilitation of inquiry in the MEd EP program. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Sexual Exploitation in Langley Derian Julihn & Danny Ferguson - Langley Youth Unlimited @proyouthworker | youthunlimited.com proyouthworker.com Audience: All Interested Did you know the average age that children report being recruited into the sex trade in Canada is around 12? Most Canadians do not understand the bigger picture of what’s really going on or recognize exploitation’s subtle forms. For this reason it will continue to go unidentified until it’s too late. This lack of understanding allows victims to remain unseen and their perpetrators to stay hidden. Because we do not see it, we cannot comprehend that it might be happening in our community. But it is happening. Whether it is a teen being recruited into the sex trade or being blackmailed with compromising pictures, it is exploitation. It is a crime. Derian Julihn is youth worker with 15 years experience. He is often describe as a connector (like a piece of LEGO) in that he is passionate about connecting people & ideas together in order to serve youth and the issues they face better. Danny Ferguson is the director of Langley Youth Unlimited. He has worked with teens for over 18 years. He likes to ride motorcycles, watch movies and discuss comic book philosophy..
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Working Together for Successful Inclusion Anne Midzain & Kathleen O’Hanley - Learning Support Services @AnneMidzain | @KOHLangley Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers, Learning Support Teachers, SEAs & CYCWs Teachers and para-professionals all play key roles in programs for students with special needs. By working together supporting purposefully, they can better encourage students to become independent learners and meaningful members of the classroom and school communities. This workshop will provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities that are both unique and shared between classroom teachers and support team members and is intended to assist colleagues in developing and maintaining positive, professional relationships. Participants will take away a variety of strategies that emphasize helpful ways they can work together to facilitate the successful inclusion of all students. Anne Midzain and Kathleen O’Hanley are district teachers for integration support with Langley School District’s Learning Support Services department. They have a wealth of classroom teaching and learning support experience at elementary, middle and secondary levels. They are passionate about collaborative practice that ensures successful inclusion for students with diverse needs of all ages.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Using Pearltrees to Increase Student Engagement and Learning Amanda Slade - Lynn Fripps Elementary @a_manda_slade | aslade.weebly.com Audience: All Interested Are you trying to find ways to increase student engagement through the use of technology? Amanda has been using Pearltrees in her grade one and two classroom to help the students increase literacy skills while learning about what interests them. Pearltrees is a way of connecting to others and organizing information of varying interests. Pearltrees can be used to create personal networks with those of similar interest, bookmark websites, organize thinking and make notes. Pearltrees can be used at any grade level with the potential to explore a subject more in depth as skill levels increase. See how to set up Pearltrees for classroom use, add Pearls and leave notes for learners. Samples of individual student inquiry and parent involvement will also be provided. Note: please bring your own laptop. Previously from the Richmond School District, Amanda Slade is a teacher in Langley and has presented at Odyssey many times. Her interest in finding ways to engage her students in learning has lead her on a collaborative journey to differentiate and help each student find success. Currently, she is finding interesting ways to use technology to support literacy in her classroom.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Mastering the Addition Facts Deanna Lightbody - Langley School District @lightbody_d | 35mathk8.weebly.com Audience: Grades 1-4 Teachers, All Interested Learning the addition facts is more complicated than just memorization. In order for students to truly master the facts, they need to understand and recall them. We will explore different strategies, lessons and games that can help students build fluency and conceptual understanding of addition. Deanna Lightbody works in the Langley School District as a district teacher for numeracy K-8. She has 25 years teaching experience and loves teaching math to both students and teachers. View the schedule-at-a-glance
Session A: 8:30-10:00am Anxiety Overview Lynn Miller (5014-14)
Improving Cognitive Functioning in Children
Schedule At A Glance
Howard Eaton & Patrick Boschman (5015-14)
Tips, Tricks, and Organizational Strategies for SEAs Andrea Brassington (5016-14)
Effective Instruction in Middle Years French Beth Cairnie (5017-14)
Inspiring Technology: Raspberry Pi Ann Pimentel (5018-14)
Daily 5: Question and Answer Session Daily 5 Leaders (5019-14)
iMovie Trailers for Learning Katherine Mulski (5020-14)
Developing Literacy Using Clicker 6 Kathleen O’Hanley & Lindi Rae (5021-14)
Move Over, Van Gogh! Artistic Learning with Everyday Curriculum Karra Harvey (5022-14)
Effective Assessment Can Be Easy! Brenda Barlow (5023-14)
Vocabulary Instruction -Bringing Words to Life Karen Beatty (5024-14)
Beginning Experiences in Flipping Your Classroom Andy Miller (5025-15)
iPads for the Classroom Greg Anslow (5026-14)
Mastering the Multiplication Facts Deanna Lightbody (5027-14)
Jewellery and Metal Art in the Classroom Stuart Mitchell (5028-14)
Promoting Multiculturalism: Teaching About Diwali Kavita Hoonjan (5029-14)
It’s Not About The Device, It’s About The Learning Shawn Davids (5030-14)
It’s Not Digital Citizenship, It’s Citizenship for Today’s World Sandra Averill (5031-14)
Restorative Action in Action - Primary
Dan Basham & Renee Frayne (Topham Elementary) (5032-14)
All-day sessions: 8:30-1:40pm Supporting Students in Technology - D.W. Poppy
PREZI: An Engaging Way for Teachers and Students to Present
Self-Regulated Learning in 21st Century Classrooms
iBook, You Book, We All Book!
Kurzweil Introductory Overview
Can We Try an Advisory Block?
Dave Hetherington, Ross Gill, & Wayne Loewen (5001-14) Allyson Hadwin (5002-14)
SET-BC Consultant (5003-14)
Darren Ng (5033-14)
Sam Muraca (5034-14)
Scott Johnson, Tamara Pudlas, and Mundeep Bhamra (5035-14)
The Classical Art of Egg Tempera Painting
Challenges and Possibilities in Secondary Assessment
Introduction to Lacrosse
Building Creativity Bricks 4 Kidz
Susan Gorris (5004-14)
Naomi Walser, Darcy Rhodes, Dave Showers (5005-14)
Play, Projects, and Technology in the 21st Century Chris Janzen, Jason Proulx, (5006-14)
Jane Gill (5036-14)
Gabriel Hernandez & Stephanie Bueso (5037-14)
Countdown to Retirement Travis Forman (5038-14)
SAMR: A Technology Integration Model for Educators Victoria Olson (5039-14)
AB sessions: 8:30-11:50am AB Making History Meaningful
Drinking from a Fire Hose
Joanie Proske & Allison Hewitt (5040-14)
Learning Through Inquiry
Tom Morton (5007-14)
Julia Henrey (5041-14)
Action Schools! BC Regional Trainer (5008-14)
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley (5042-14)
Shannon Tito (5009-14)
Nadine Keyworth and Bonny Kelly (5043-14)
Fundamental Movement Skills
Bringing Global Education into Your Classroom
Red is Best!
Inquiry Buddies
Classroom Management for TTOCs
Learning About Learning: The Trades as a Vehicle for Development
Behaviour 101
Biology 12: A New Resource, A New Approach
Kwantlen Tech Campus Tour
Social Scripts: Tips and Tricks!
Indigenous Perspectives
Foil Art - The Importance of Animals
Brenda Stewart (5010-14)
Diana Wilk & Monika Tarampi (5011-14) Kwantlen Representative (5012-14) Jacqueline King (5013-14)
Jeff Dickson (5044-14)
McGraw-Hill Ryerson (5045-14) Meena Sangha (5046-14)
Janet Crockford (5047-14)
Teaming in Middle School
Vanessa Goetzke, Zoltan Bako, Dawn Driver (5048-14)
Early Literacy Initiative
BC sessions: 10:20-1:40pm BC Work-Life Balance: A Day in the Life of a TTOC
Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie (5049-14)
EnCADRons L’apprentissage des Langues
Leadership Sharing Session
Tanya Kerr (5051-14)
Elise Maskell (5052-14)
Violence Prevention
Brian Campbell (5050-14) Lara Petrie (5105-14)
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Session B: 10:20-11:50am Governance & Treaties Mercy Thomas (5053-14)
Learn to Woodwork and Then Teach Your Students Jason Proulx & Brenda Makaroff (5054-14)
Session C: 12:10-1:40pm What’s Horticulture Got to Offer?
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Representative (5092-14)
Using Peace Circles as a Way of Building Community
Dan Basham & Christy Watson (Langley School District) (5093-14)
Formative Assessment: Feedback that Optimizes Learning
Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 2 Running Records
Draft curriculum for French Immersion
Apprenez à Travailler le Bois pour Ensuite l’Enseigner à Vos élèves
Twitter for New Tweeps!
Visual Supports - Boardmaker Plus
Beth Cairnie (5055-14)
Amy McCallum (5056-14)
Katherine Mulski (5057-14)
Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie (5094-14) Jason Proulx (5095-14)
Kathleen O’Hanley & Lindi Rae (5096-14)
Sexual Exploitation in Langley
Analyzing Fountas & Pinnell Comprehension: A Closer Look
Working Together for Successful Inclusion
And Now for Something Different: Skill-Based Assessment
Using Pearltrees to Increase Student Engagement and Learning
Calm, Focused, and Alert!
Mastering the Addition Facts
Minds On Reading
Celebrating the Joy of Reading!
Suicide Prevention and Self Harm
Vocabulary Instruction that Works
Supporting Gender-Varient and Transgender Students
Managing Classroom Management
Working with Refugee Students
MyFitnessPal
Anxiety Strategies for Counsellors
Honeybees: An Imaginative Education Approach
Creating Movement Sentences with P.S.A.P.
Derian Julihn & Danny Ferguson (5058-14)
Anne Midzain & Kathleen O’Hanley (5059-14) Amanda Slade (5060-14)
Deanna Lightbody (5061-14) Karra Harvey (5062-14) Karen Beatty (5063-14)
Brenda Barlow (5064-14)
Greg Anslow & Cindy Pederson (5065-14) Kavita Hoonjan (5066-14)
Writing Boot Camp: What’s In, What’s Out Linda O’Reilly (5067-14)
Kathy Nelson (5097-14)
Nancy Walton (5098-14) Kim Heber (5099-14)
Lynie Tener (5100-14)
Kim Leifso & Karin Mattu (5101-14) Lukas Walther (5102-14) Lisa Sadler (5103-14)
Lynn Miller (5104-14)
Action Schools! BC Regional Trainer (5106-14)
Digital Projects
Michelle Allen (5107-14)
Suicide Prevention and Self Harm
Hands-on Themed Collage on Canvas Board
Anxiety in the Classroom K-12
Using 21st Century Approaches to Engage Students in Global Issues
Digital Projects
Sexual Exploitation 2: What Can I Do About It?
Kim Leifso & Karin Mattu (5068-14) Lynn Miller (5069-14)
Michelle Allen (5070-14)
Online Resources for Intermediate and Middle Grades Marilyn Richardson & Deb Cowland (5071-14)
Rosemary Wallace (5108-14) Erin Leckie (5109-14)
Derian Julihn & Danny Ferguson (5110-14)
Teaching Astronomy
Tim Stephenson (5111-14)
Help! I’m Teaching French and I Don’t Speak It
There’s an App for That
Understanding Apprenticeship
Computer Programming from Scratch
Differentiating Writers Workshop
Pillars of Middle School
Kelly Evans (5072-14) Pat Rosen (5073-14)
Shelley Rolston (5074-14)
Celebrating Success Through Blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Social Media Shawn Davids (5075-14)
Sam Muraca (5112-14)
Stacy Bernier (5113-14)
Tim Everson, Kevan Reeve, & Shawn Davids (5114-14)
So You Want To Mystery Skype? Victoria Olson (5115-14)
Jewellery and Metal Art in the Classroom
Math Games for Middle School
Restorative Action - Moving Beyond Discipline
Implementing Leveled Math in a Middle School
iTunes Me to iTunes U
The Power of Story: Integrating First Nations Culture into Primary
Digital Literacy Coaches
Bugs, Butterflies, and Frogs
Stuart Mitchell (5076-14) Carol Griffiths (5077-14) Sam Muraca (5078-14)
Sandra Averill (5079-14)
Countdown to Retirement Travis Forman (5080-14)
Dawn Driver (5117-14)
Kurt Reynaud & Conrad Frisse (5118-14) Fiona Morrison (5119-14)
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley (5120-14)
Teaching Romeo and Juliet Melissa Walter (5121-14)
Explain Everything! - Screencasting on Your iPad
iPads in the Classroom K-5
Math Games
Health & Safety Nuts and Bolts: What You Need to Know
Red is Best!
Using Books as Learning Tools in the Classroom
The Power of Video Modeling
Getting Graphic: Comics for Elementary
Victoria Olson (5081-14) Julia Henrey (5082-14)
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley (5083-14) Meena Sangha (5084-14)
Instilling Empathy into Digital Literacy Victoria Woelders (5086-14)
Karm Connolly (5122-14) Candice Roffe (5123-14)
Chantelle Saumier & Vanessa Steunenberg (5124-14) Susan Ma (5125-14)
Tech Ed Teachers Round Table
Pat Rosen & Sherri Silcox-Burk (5126-14)
Getting Graphic: Comics for Middle & Secondary
Reading: From Levelling to Lovin’ It!!
Interconnected Literacies and The Boy Who Paints
From Dynasties to Communism: An Integrated China Unit
Susan Ma (5087-14)
K. Jane Watt & Richard Cole (5088-14)
Inquiry and Assessment in the Middle Years
Nadine Keyworth, Vern Mainman, Melissa Lee, Joan McGivern, Dawn Driver (5089-14)
Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 1 Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie (5090-14)
OHS Rights and Responsibilities Brian Campbell (5091-14)
Jennifer King (5127-14)
Nadine Keyworth (5128-14)
Woodworking for Kids
Donald Thomson (5129-14)
Differentiated Theme Kits
Monika Tarampi & Andrea Brassington (5130-14)
Podcasting with Garageband: Developing Oral Language Lara Lacroix (5131-14)
Destiny Users Group
Marilyn Richardson & Deb Cowland (5132-14)
Interconnected Literacies and The Boy Who Paints K. Jane Watt & Richard Cole (5133-14)
Residential Schools - A Survivor’s Story Mercy Thomas (5134-14)
Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace Brian Campbell (5135-14)
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Celebrating the Joy of Reading!
Vocabulary Instruction that Works
Karra Harvey - Mission School District Audience: Grades K-6, Teachers, SEAs, Special Education Teachers
Karen Beatty - ELL/SWIS Audience: Grades 4-10 Teachers, ELL Teachers, All Interested
Come join this interactive session, where participants will journey through literature as Karra Harvey shares some of the passion that she has for making books come alive for students. As a classroom teacher, teacher-librarian and mom, Karra uses energy and excitement to make stories live in the minds of her students. Engaging kids in reading is one of her life’s passions. Her desire is to share with other teachers how we can all help to create lifelong readers! In this session, she will share some of her experiences, some of her favourite books and will provide inspiration for all of us who journey with her to share the magic in books and the joy that reading brings. Teachers will be challenged to be creative in their approach when it comes to teaching and promoting a love for reading and will leave with a vast selection of inspiring ideas and important tips that will motivate students to read!
Vocabulary and its strong relationship to comprehension have been well verified. Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read as well as reading to learn. This vocabulary-focused presentation is designed to broaden your ability to support effective academic vocabulary instruction for all students. The strategies outlined will also assist to maximize English Language Learners’ exposure to and mastery of the academic vocabulary while enhancing the background knowledge they need to comprehend text. Explore research-based strategies that can guide effective vocabulary instruction and help students to be more successful in school.
Karra Harvey is so thankful for the teachers in her elementary school years who unveiled the magic of books! Karra teaches in School District #75 (Mission) and is currently embracing the joys and challenges of being a teacher and mother of three. It was her own children’s delight in reading that inspired her to create more lifelong readers—children passionate about books and learning.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Karen Beatty is currently the district vice-principal ELL/SWIS for the Langley School District. She has taught ELL and international students in the Langley School District for a number of years. Karen’s previous position was in the role of ESL coordinator/ district teacher providing support for ELL teachers and classroom/ subject area teachers in their delivery of instruction to English language learners. Her specialist skills in both ESL pedagogy and practice have led to consultations with other school districts, ministry personnel, professional organizations, and community organizations.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Managing Classroom Management
MyFitnessPal
Brenda Barlow - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Greg Anslow & Cindy Pederson - ACSS Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
Learn a variety of practical tips to help you to manage your classroom, including organizing the room, setting expectations, establishing procedures and routines, involving students, and maintaining control. In a well-managed classroom, the students are involved with their work and they know what is expected of them. There is relatively little wasted time, confusion, or disruption. The climate of the classroom is work-oriented, but pleasant and relaxed. Consequently, students’ success levels rise.You will receive a handout of ideas, many of which you will be able to implement on the first day back in your classroom.
Did you eat enough calcium today? Did you have too much salt? This session will showcase the world’s best nutrition tracker on the planet! It is multi-platform, (iPhone, android, computer, tablet) and syncs beautifully between all your devices. And best of all absolutely free! Come and use MyFitnessPal, and try out all it’s amazing features. Do you want to see if you have a good diet? Do you want to lose 5 lbs? This program will help you do it. Come to this session and practice the scan feature using your phone! This session is appropriate for all teachers, and well suited for those who teach Foods, PE, and Sciences at all levels.
Brenda Barlow has been teaching in the Langley School District for the past 33 years. Although the past ten years have been in the upper intermediate grades, she has taught grades 2 to 7. Before coming to British Columbia, she taught FSL from K to grade 8. Her current placement is as a grade seven teacher at James Kennedy Elementary. In addition, she is working in Instructional Services one day per week as the district teacher in charge of the Teacher Mentorship Program.
Cindy Pedersen has been teaching for the past 20 years for Langley School District. Her current speciality is math. She has a keen interest in health and fitness, and is a qualified spin (cycle) instructor. Greg Anslow has been teaching for 31 years with experience in Saskatchewan (Dog River of Corner Gas fame), Alberta and BC. He is currently teaching physics and science at ACSS. He has an interest in all aspects of science, health, and fitness.
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
5066-14
Honeybees: An Imaginative Education Approach
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Writing Boot Camp: What’s In, What’s Out Linda O’Reilly - Nelson Literacy BC Audience: Grades 3-8 Teachers, Resource Teachers
Kavita Hoonjan - James Kennedy Elementary Audience: All Interested You will receive a brief overview of the cognitive tools children are using to engage with and make sense of their world at the primary level. We will then explore how to tap into these tools in teaching about Honeybees. Learn how to create wonder, explore story, use binary opposites, employ games and use humor among other cognitive tools. It is the hope of the presenter that you will leave with a bit of an understanding of Imaginative Education principles within the context of the honeybee unit, but also with the ability to apply these to teaching in general. Kavita Hoonjan is a French immersion teacher with 19 years experience teaching all grades at the elementary level with a focus on primary. She is currently working on her master’s in Imaginative Education at Simon Fraser University.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Boring writing got you in a spin? Do your kids think revision is just a hunt for errors with a 50/50 chance of getting it right? Then you are a prime candidate for this fun-filled writing boot camp to learn strategies to help improve your students’ writing fitness. We will look at levels of revision including micro, macro, and global, as well as techniques such as sentence branching, image grammar and postit-note revision. Here is the chance to buckle down and boost your students’ bottom writing line. Sign up today and receive a CD with ready to go writing craft, revision, and editing techniques. Linda O’Reilly is passionate about literacy and brings a wealth of knowledge and insights to her workshops. She has a rich background as a classroom and resource teacher, educational coach, university instructor and workshop presenter. Linda spends her time consulting with school districts throughout BC and the NWT. She is the literacy consultant for Nelson Literacy BC, Grades 3-6 and BC Science Probe, Grades 8-10.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
5069-14
Suicide Prevention and Self Harm
Anxiety in the Classroom K-12
Kim Leifso & Karin Mattu - Speras Counsulting @kimleifso | sperasconsulting.com Audience: All Interested
Lynn Miller - University of British Columbia anxietybc.com/Lynn-D-Miller Audience: K-12 Teachers, SEAs, Counsellors
Kim and Karin will provide an engaging session which will help to increase one’s awareness of suicide prevention and self harm. Kim and Karin are very experienced counsellors (Certified Clinical Counsellors) working with medium to high risk children and youth. Topics covered will include facts about suicide, signs and symptoms of suicide, how to appropriately and effectively ask about suicide and how to seek additional help. Information about self harm, including types of self harm, incidence rates, and basic assessment will also be covered. There will be time for questions, so bring your questions, concerns and comments!
The workshop will help participants to: -Be aware of techniques that are useful to implement immediately with an anxious student; -Understand how teachers can manage anxious kids in classrooms; -Differentiate between episodic and chronic anxiety; -Develop strategies for helping kids with test anxiety; -Become aware of resources in our community.
Kim Leifso and Karin Mattu have a wealth of knowledge on this topic through their work counselling children and teens who are at moderate to high risk for suicide. Kim and Karin have offered support to our district for years through SPEAC (Suicide Prevention Education and Counselling), but have also formed their own consulting firm called SPERAS Consulting. Kim and Karin are both Certified Clinical Counsellors. Both have presented to a variety of audiences including: Corrections Canada, 911 Operators, RCMP, both Langley and Surrey School Districts and quite recently, a Ministry of Education’s Safe Schools coordinators meeting.
Lynn D. Miller, Ph. D., R. Psych., is an associate professor in the education and counseling psychology, and special education department at UBC. She started her career as a classroom teacher, and then worked as a school counselor K-12. She has conducted research on many models of anxiety prevention programs in schools, including FRIENDS, Taming Worry Dragons, Skills for Social and Academic Success, Cool Little Kids, as well as an enhanced program for Aboriginal children. As the Myrne Nevison Prevention Research professor, she is currently investigating anxiety at the entry to school in grades kindergarten and one. She is president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada, 2010-2014, and was the president of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors from 2004 to 2006.
This session is repeated in block C
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Digital Projects
5071-14
Online Resources for Intermediate and Middle Grades
Michelle Allen - Brookswood Secondary @m35allen | thesequeltoeducation.com Audience: All Interested How can technology enhance our lessons to engage students in a way we never thought possible? Through the use of the internet, web quests and networking, our classrooms can extend far beyond the school walls. Ever wonder how to develop projects that utilize technology in a practical way? Bring a topic or subject area, and your creative thoughts to be guided through the development of inquiry-based projects that focus on student-lead learning. Michelle Allen is a computer sciences teacher at Brookswood Secondary. Along with regular classroom instruction, she works with teachers and other staff to develop 21st century teaching techniques, with a focus on inquiry and the implementation of technology. Her strategies include projects that encourage selfguided learning, through the use of technology in a practical way, as well as the development of problem solving and critical thinking amongst students. She is an advocate to online interactive learning, through networks, videos, tutorials and web quests. To accompany her work in professional learning, Michelle also blogs topics that range from technology to modern learning. Her blog looks at big and small issues in education today, technology tips for the classroom, global perspectives and Canadian education.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
Session B: 10:20-11:50
5072-14
Help! I’m Teaching French and I Don’t Speak It
Marilyn Richardson - Lynn Fripps Elementary @MarilynLibrary | lflearningcommons.weebly.com Deb Cowland - Richard Bulpitt @ DebCowland | lflearningcommons.weebly.com Audience: Intermediate and Middle School Teachers Save time for yourself and increase your students’ success. Find out more about the amazing collection of online databases and research resources available to Langley students, including encyclopedias, magazines, video, eBooks, organizers and citation creators. Help your students find the digital world beyond Google and Wikipedia Learn how to ask the right questions, access and gather the information and cite sources with these online tools. Marilyn Richardson is the teacher librarian in the learning Commons at Lynn Fripps Elementary. Deb Cowland is the teacher librarian at both Richard Bulpitt and Dorothy Peacock Elementary Schools. She is the recipient of the 2013 Diana Poole Memorial Award for BC Teacher Librarian of the Year. Together Marilyn and Deb have decades of experience in using online resources, inquiry based learning, and collaborative teaching.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Understanding Apprenticeship Pat Rosen - SD35 Career Education @SD35careered Audience: All Interested
Kelly Evans - Belmont Elementary Audience: Grade 3-7 French Teachers You don’t need to be fluent in French to teach a successful FSL program - but some basic vocabulary and expressions paired with a bank of language-learning strategies and activities will ensure a level of teacher confidence and student success. Come learn about some outstanding resources that are free and easily accessible. Kelly has been working for the Langley School District for over ten years and currently teaches French immersion Kindergarten at Belmont Elementary. She holds a master’s in French Education and enjoys researching and sharing new ideas with colleagues and fellow educators.
You have likely heard of the skilled trade worker shortage in the province of BC - this has resulted in a lot of demand for certified trade workers. Senior high students are able to begin pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs while still in high school, getting a head start on their trades training. Come to this workshop to find out about trades and apprenticeship training in BC and of the excellent early entry trades training opportunities available to our students. Pat Rosen is a career education teacher with over 15 years of experience with the district’s Career Education department. Part of her responsibilities include coordinating the Secondary School Apprenticeship program, trades work experience opportunities and the automotive service technician ACE IT program.
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Differentiating Writers Workshop Shelley Rolston - Richard Bulpitt Elementary @shelleyrolston1 | theperksofteachingprimary.blogspot.ca Audience: Grades 1-5 Teachers So you’ve got your writer’s workshop up and running (or do you?) and there are students at all different levels throughout your classroom working on the same assignment. How do you engage all your writers while supporting the needs of gifted or learning disabled students so that everyone can be an author? This practical workshop will give you tips and pointers on creating a differentiated writer’s workshop. We will discuss author studies and using an interactive writer’s notebook along with using the Write Traits as a springboard. Shelley Rolston teaches grade two at Richard Bulpitt Elementary. She has taught in Langley for 23 years. Shelley is passionate about teaching writing and always enjoys the challenge of the reluctant writer.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Celebrating Success Through Blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Other Social Media Tools Shawn Davids - West Langley Elementary @sdavids51| leadershipwithpurpose.net Audience: All Interested If we don’t tell the stories of our students, classes, and schools, then who will? The media? The congregation on the soccer field? A friend of a friend of a friend? Learn how to harness the power of blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media tools to share the successes that occur in your class everyday and begin to write a positive pedagogical narrative for your school. Shawn Davids has been an administrator in Langley for the past 11 years; his current position is proud principal of West Langley Elementary. The school, whose mission is to “engage students in authentic learning empowered by technology,” is currently piloting two 1:1 iPad classes along with a school-wide focus on inquirybased learning.
Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Jewellery and Metal Art in the Classroom
Restorative Action – Moving Beyond Discipline
Stuart Mitchell - H.D. Stafford Audience: Grades 6-12 Teachers
Carol Griffiths - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers, All interested
Jewellery and metal art is a great way of engaging all students! You don’t need a shop to do it and setting up the tools and materials is not expensive. Try it out and leave with a nice bit of jewellery and the knowledge to build your own course in just about any space you can find.
Restorative action is an approach to discipline that focuses on healing. It is based on a set of values and principles. In this workshop participants will gain an understanding of these values and principles and how they can assist students in resolving problems peacefully.
Stu Mitchell has been teaching in the shops of LSS and H.D. Stafford for 16 years and has settled on wood and metal at Stafford with the middle school students. Stu has found that metal art and jewellery has been a great draw for students of all ages and teaching it outside of the traditional shop is something that he wants to share with other teachers.
Carol Griffiths is the district teacher of restorative action and has worked in the role of district coordinator of behavioural services for over 20 years. Carol brings to restorative action a perspective and understanding which will assist others in moving beyond traditional responses to conflicts and harm in a school setting.
This session is repeated in block A Session B: 10:20-11:50
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Session B: 10:20-11:50
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iTunes Me to iTunes U
Digital Literacy Coaches
Sam Muraca - Langley School District @MrMuraca Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers
Sandra Averill - Langley School District @Av3rill | Av3rill.com Audience: Digital Literacy Coaches
Are you interested in developing a course for Langley School District’s iTunesU? Are you interested in making one of your courses available as an iTunesU course? The district is interested in supporting teachers creating course content. This session will provided an overview of iTunesU as well as discuss the type of content that could be made available on the district’s iTunesU.
During this session digital literacy coaches will have an opportunity to build on concepts and skills from their Apple workshop. Sandra Averill is the district teacher responsible for digital literacies K-12. Sandra has developed her skills with technology through her fine arts and humanities background.
Sam Muraca is the district vice-principal of special projects and is a secondary representative on the BCAMT. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Countdown to Retirement
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Explain Everything! - Practical Uses and How-Tos For Screencasting on Your iPad
Travis Forman - Investor’s Group investorsgroup.com/en/travis.forman Audience: All Interested Countdown to retirement will teach you commonly employed financial planning strategies designed to increase net worth and decrease taxes. Specifically this course will focus on: 1. Tax-free savings accounts - How and why to use them 2. RRSP catch-up strategies 3. Investment account management 4. Making your mortgage interest effectively tax deductible 5. Pension maximization strategies 6. Insured retirement strategy 7. Case study Travis Forman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and philosophy from Simon Fraser University. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designated through the Financial Planning Standards Council and a Financial Management Advisor(FMA) through the Canadian Securities Institute. His commitment to education led him to create the corporate workshop series in 2001.Through the corporate workshop series, Travis presents financial planning concepts to employees across the Lower Mainland including city governments, health boards, school districts, and private businesses.
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Victoria Olson - West Langley Elementary School @MsVictoriaOlson | techteacheronamission.com Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers Screencasting? What’s that?! Screencasting is the video capture of the manipulation and annotation of text, images, videos, and objects on the screen of your device while simultaneously recording with your voice. Learn the ins and outs of screencasting and how you can use this powerful technological tool as a way to make your students’ learning increasingly visible in the classroom. Create, learn, and play while creating sample presentations and recordings in this session. You must purchase the Explain Everything application prior to the session, which is $2.99 and can be found on the App Store. Learn how to Explain Everything in your classroom! Please purchase Explain Everything from the iTunes App Store ($2.99) before the session. Victoria Olson is a grade 3/4 and technology teacher at West Langley Elementary School. She is a graduate student in the Master of Educational Technology program offered through the University of British Columbia. Victoria co-founded #bcedchat on Twitter in the summer of 2013 in a hope to connect BC educators and to enrich the focus on professional development and educational discussions within the province. She is an active member of her personal learning network and an advocate for online sharing of best pedagogical practices. Victoria believes in meaningful tech integration and innovation in schools and uses the SAMR model as a basis for helping teachers reach their professional goals with technology.
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Math Games
Red is Best!
Julia Henrey - RC Garnett Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley - Creative Circle Time creativecircletime.com Audience: Grades Pre-K-2 Teachers, All interested
Students at every level of mathematical development can benefit from playing math games to improve their skills. In a game setting, they are doing math problems over and over, and because they want to win they work to get better at the skill they are practicing. They also watch the other players to make sure their math is correct as well! Come prepared to play some games that require only cards, dice, counters, and the occasional paper game board. We will look at how to make the games more challenging as students acquire new skills and understanding of math. Julia Henrey is currently teaching grade 3 at R.C. Garnett Demonstration Elementary. She has taught grades 1-7 in Langley over the past 13 years. She has been involved in looking at ways to improve math instruction at the school, district and provincial level, and is currently inquiring into how the use of math games can help students acquire and improve their math skills.
Did you attend Creative Circle Time’s workshop in the fall with Heather and Darcie? Want to see more published books turned into felt stories? Attend this workshop and we will be turning the book Red is Best into a felt story! Come and see this beloved book come to life in felt! Please bring SHARP scissors and a flat surface (cookie sheets or pop can flats work well) to carry home your wet felt pieces. Heather Purcell is a Strong Start facilitator in Abbotsford school district. She has been in the ECE field for 25 years. Darcie Yardley is a preschool teacher in the Langley area. She too has been in the ECE field for 11 years. Heather and Darcie have been presenting circle time workshops throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island since 2007. Circle time is a passion in both of their ECE classrooms and they are thrilled to have the opportunity to share that passion with others!
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The Power of Video Modeling Meena Sangha - Langley School District Audience: Resource Teachers, SEAs, Classroom Teachers Video modeling is a powerful tool to teach a variety of skills to students with a developmental disability. We’ll review the steps to making a video model, along with possible apps and you’ll leave with one composed on your iPad. Please bring an iPad with one video model app pre-installed to the workshop. Contact me at msangha@sd35.bc.ca before the workshop if you have any questions. Meena Sangha is the district teacher for autism spectrum disorders with 17 years of experience in the general education classroom, alternate settings and overseas.
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Instilling Empathy into Digital Literacy
Getting Graphic: Comics for Middle & Secondary
Victoria Woelders -James Hill Elementary @vwoelders | mykidslocker.com Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Susan Ma - Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature & Art Audience: Grades 6-12 Teachers
Do you want your students to develop empathy and compassion through digital literacy? This user-friendly workshop is meant to delve educators into using digital literacy to foster empathy and compassion. Many problems with today’s technology, such as cyberbullying, call for educators to face the challenges head on. This practical workshop is user-friendly and meant for any teacher at any technology level. Learn about ways to foster empathy and compassion through apps, websites and lessons. In addition, I will be talking about the new digital literacy curriculum draft, and how you can meet the new prescribed learning outcomes through some simple ways. All attendees will walk away with educational materials, stickers and promotional codes to paid educational apps from the Apple Store. Victoria Woelders is a Grade 3/4 teacher and technology teacher at James Hill Elementary. She has been teaching 13 years in the district. During her master’s at the University of Oregon, she specialized in piloting a technology GIS (Global Information Systems) project. In the last decade, she has worked creating educational resources through companies such as ESRI, Quizam and Canadian Geographic. She currently networks with educational app companies around the world through her website www.mykidslocker.com which provides teachers and parents with an online resource for educational apps and digital literacy video tutorials.
How can comics contribute to the development of multi-modal literacy in our students? How do we encourage students to reflect on the importance of reading image in a world saturated with visual media? Explore the possibilities this ever-emerging medium has to offer. This presentation is meant to inspire, empower and even challenge you, touching on a scope of subjects ranging from great graphic novels and inter-disciplinary extensions to engaging students in visual-textual interplay and making connections to literacy skills. Susan Ma is a comics researcher. At Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature & Art she continues to develop and teach the Alternative Literature Club, the youth program that explores expression, creativity and narrative through comics. She has been facilitating classroom workshops and professional development opportunities for educators at all teaching levels, from kindergarten to university, for over eight years on the topics of graphic novels, manga and visual literacy. Currently, Susan is the education director at Dr. Sun YatSen Classical Chinese Garden.
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Interconnected Literacies and The Boy Who Paints K. Jane Watt - Fenton Street Publishing fentonstreet.ca Richard Cole - Cole Studios colestudio.ca Audience: All interested. Artists use paint to describe the world. Writers use words. And out of blobs of ink and strokes of paint, they make people see the world in new ways, ask them to notice what they haven’t noticed before. But how do writers help readers visualize? How do artists describe? We believe we live in an exciting era in which interconnected literacies — both word-based and visual — are part of the everyday context of human life and interaction. Join us for our describing the land hands-on landscape painting workshop based on our new children’s book. Paint a landscape and create a conceptual bridge of language to viewers as you consider strategies to marry the teaching of these interconnected literacies from K to 12. Our workshops are welcoming places -- please join us even if you don’t consider yourself an artist. K. Jane Watt, principal of Fenton Street Publishing House, was awarded her PhD in English from the University of Alberta in 1997. Since then, she has made her living as a writer, researcher, editor, and book producer. Jane is the book review editor for British Columbia History and has written coffee-table style regional histories such as Milk Stories: A History of the Dairy Industry in British Columbia (2000) and High Water: Living With the Fraser Floods (2006), for which she was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing. In 2010 she was commissioned to write Places of Her Heart: The Art and Life of Barbara Boldt. In 2012 she collaborated with painter Richard Cole to create a children’s book, The Boy Who Paints (2013). Richard Cole was born in Edmonton and did his art training in Alberta. A few years ago, he moved to Fort Langley’s Bedford Landing and turned his eye to capturing the look and feel of our local area on canvas. He continues to sell his paintings in galleries in Vancouver, Banff, Victoria, Whistler, Edmonton, Seattle, New York, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. “I am inspired by the wonders of the changing landscape,” Richard says. “And I try to paint the intangible.” His work celebrates the natural beauty of BC’s West Coast and the vast spaces of Alberta’s prairie lands. It also captures small moments that mark the changing of seasons: a lady’s slipper in bloom, the emergence of a fiddlehead, apple blossoms on a wintry branch.
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Inquiry and Assessment in the Middle Years Nadine Keyworh,Vern Mainman, Melissa Lee, Joan McGivern & Dawn Driver - Langley School District Audience: Grades 4-8 Teachers Come and learn new and engaging ways to implement inquiry in your classroom. Discover ways to reframe old lessons in new engaging ways using relevant questions to guide learning in a unit. In addition, we will discuss how to effectively assess students learning. Formative and summative assessment strategies will be shared, and the value of formative assessment doe middle year students will be stressed! Walk away with some practical inquiry mad assessment ideas you can implement on Monday! Come and learn new and engaging ways to implement inquiry in your classroom. Nadine Keyworth is a grade 7 teacher at Willoughby, Vern Mainman teaches grade 7 at Lynn Fripps, Melissa Lee teaches Grade 7 at Langley Fine Arts, and Joan McGivern is an ELL teacher at WGSS. The four of us recently attended the AMLE (Association of Middle Level Educators) annual conference in Minnesota and are excited to share some of our learning.
The future of pro-d is yours Have an idea for a pro-d workshop? Would you like to present to your colleagues after school or at one of our annual conferences? Email professional services at thinklangley@sd35.bc.ca with your feedback! View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 1 The Observation Survey of Early Literacy Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-2 teachers, LA/Resource teachers, TTOCs, All interested Using the Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement, find out what students can do in early reading and writing. The tasks of the Observation Survey are representative of literacy that young children undertake in their daily lives, making teachers’ observations a basis for their students’ literacy learning. In this hands-on session you will learn how to: -administer the tasks of Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (letter identification, word reading, writing vocabulary, concepts about print and hearing and recording sounds in words); -score and interpret the results in reliable ways; -use this systematic observation to guide your teaching. You may take Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 1 by itself or in tandem with Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 2 in Block C. Ruth Hodgins is the District Teacher for Early Learning and Reading Recovery in the Langley School District. She is a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and early literacy specialist who works with both teachers and students. Irene MacKenzie is currently a district teacher, Learning Support Services. She is a literacy specialist and reading recovery teacher leader who works with both teachers and students.
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OHS Rights and Responsibilities Brian Campbell - BCFED Occupational Health & Safety Centre @BCFEDYWSAFETY | healthandsafetybc.ca Audience: All interested Brian Campbell will guide you through an overview of due diligence in regard to health and safety in the workplace. The BCFED Health & Safety Centre was first established to help train workers and workplace representatives so they could act with confidence and competence on their considerable legal rights and responsibilities as provided by occupational health and safety law. Meeting and exceeding this legislation remains a focus for the Centre. In the face of unchecked occupational hazards and much suffering, full implementation of these rights and responsibilities is an absolute necessity, socially and morally. Since 2001, we have supported the efforts of workplace representatives in their pursuit of hazard-free workplaces. This support has ranged from the development and delivery of occupational health and safety training to answering health and safety concerns posed over the phone. Completely funded by the BC WCB, the BCFED Health & Safety Centre has evolved into a centre of excellence for occupational health and safety training in British Columbia.
Friday, February 21 Session C: 12:10pm – 1:40pm Kwantlen School of Horticulture •20901 Langley Bypass • Langley, BC Session C: 12:10-1:40
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What’s Horticulture Got to Offer You and Your Students Other Than a Living Curriculum, Healthy Food, Fantastic Flowers and a Rewarding Career? Gary Jones, PJ Burns, Shelley Murley (Kwantlen University), and Guests kpu.ca/hort Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers, All Interested The school of horticulture at Kwantlen, together with other partners such as Fraser Health, has been working with several Langley schools to help develop school gardens and the Farm-to-School project. In this session, come tour the community garden then get down to doing something fun in the greenhouses – picking cucumbers, planting bedding plants ready for spring sales, training the new season pepper plants or whatever else is on the cards that day. Then we’ll get together to hear the experiences of your peers in building their Farm-toSchool project and encouraging kids to grow their own food in living, breathing school gardens. It’s not just gardening – come find out how horticulture brings all elements of the school curriculum together in exciting experiential learning situations. You never know, your school might be the next to win a golden carrot! To quote Geoff Lawton: “all the world’s problems can be solved in a garden.” (Well, many of them, anyway) View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Friday, February 15 Session C: 12:10pm – 1:40pm Langley Secondary School • 21405 56 Ave. • Langley, BC Session C: 12:10-1:40
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Using Peace Circles as a Way of Building Community
Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 2 Running Records
Dan Basham - Community Justice Initiatives Cristy Watson - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers, All Interested
Ruth Hodgins & Irene MacKenzie - Langley School District Audience: Grades K-2 Teachers
Peace Circles are being used in elementary classrooms to build community and learn about different aspects of human relationships. In this highly interactive and fun workshop, come and experience a community building circle and receive resources and skills to bring back to your school.
Running records demonstrate children’s problem-solving during reading. They capture the how beginning readers look for and work with information in texts and are the basis for effective instruction.
Dan Basham is Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives’ school program coordinator. Working in the Langley School District for the past seven years he has trained students, staff and parents in all aspects of restorative action. He is also called on to mediate serious conflict situations referred by schools. Dan volunteers in Ferndale Federal Institution with the Favour Group, exploring restorative justice issues in a dialogue circle format. He has presented at numerous international conferences on restorative action and criminal justice issues. Cristy Watson is a district restorative action teacher who helps support classroom teachers with community-building peace circles and mediations at both elementary and secondary school sites. She worked with teacher candidates for the past three years in a social emotional learning cohort at UBC and has been a district contact for social responsibility and school-wide behaviour support.
In this hands-on session you will learn how to: • Take a running record; • Use standard conventions; • Quantify a running record; • Assess oral fluency. You may take Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 2 by itself or in tandem with Authentic Assessment for Early Literacy: Part 1 (Block B). Ruth Hodgins is the district teacher for early learning and reading recovery in the Langley School District. She is a reading recovery teacher leader and early literacy specialist who works with both teachers and students. Irene MacKenzie is currently a district teacher, Learning Support Services. She is a literacy specialist and reading recovery teacher leader who works with both teachers and students.
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Apprenez à Travailler le Bois pour Ensuite l’Enseigner à vos élèves en classe Jason Proulx - Belmont Elementary @japroulx1 | lasagessedesmains.weebly.com Audience: All Interested Voici une excellente façon d’offrir à vos élèves une opportunité de prendre des petits risques et même de faire des erreurs dans un environnement sécure et créatif. Filles et garçons raffolleront d’apprendre à travailler le bois. Après quelques projets seulement, vous verrez que vos élèves deviendront fiers de leurs succès et plus engagés dans votre classe.Vous ne connaissez rien en menuiserie? Pas de problème. Cette introduction à la menuiserie vous apprendra à utiliser les outils de base en toute sécurité. Avec chaque projet, vous développerez vousmêmes la compétence technique nécessaire pour supporter vos élèves dans leurs projets. Cette session vous démontrera comment présenté la menuiserie à votre classe et comment incorporer l’expérience du travail manuel dans votre curriculum. Jason Proulx enseigne à Langley depuis 12 ans et, présentement, enseigne la 3e année, immersion française, à l’école élémentaire Belmont. De plus, il assiste ses collègues dans l’usage des appareils électroniques de leur salle de classe. Dans ses temps libres, il aime travailler le bois pour en faire des objets aussi utiles que remarquables.
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Visual Supports - Boardmaker Plus
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Analyzing Fountas & Pinnell Comprehension: A Closer Look
Kathleen O’Hanley - Langley School District @KOHLangley Lindi Rae - Langley School District Audience: All Interested
Kathy Nelson - Langley School District Audience: Grades 4-6 Teachers
Boardmaker Plus is a software program that is used extensively to design visual supports for students who require them. Boardmaker templates are also used to design boards for assistive communication devices such as the Go Talk or Boardmaker Activity Pad. Kathleen O’Hanley is a district integration support teacher in the Learning Support Services department in the Langley School District. She is the district partner for SET-BC in Langley and has experience integrating assistive technology to support students with learning difficulties. Lindi Rae is a speech and language pathologist in the Learning Support Services department. She has extensive experience with using visual supports and assistive technology to support students with ASD to develop their communication and self-regulation skills.
“Nothing enhances our understanding more than talking about what we are reading and learning.” - Stephanie Harvey, Harvey Daniels During this workshop teachers will view a comprehension assessment being done with a student from the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Asssessment Kit then look at analyzing it. From there we will look at key questions to ask students when trying to delve deeper into their understanding of a piece of fiction or non-fiction text. Finally, we will finish with a discussion around resources and ideas to teach comprehension and move our students forward in their thinking. Kathy Nelson has been teaching in the Langley School District for the past 33 years. Most of her teaching has been in the primary grades. Kathy has taught around the district from Nicomekl to Aldergrove Elementary to the Walnut Grove area and more recently at R.C.Garnett. Presently, she is working in instructional services as the district literacy K-7 teacher.
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Skill-Based Assessment Nancy Walton - Brookswood Secondary Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers Participants will be introduced to a radically new formative system of assessment that can be used at any level and with most subjects. Nancy Walton first discovered this skills-based assessment when her daughter was taking pre-calculus 11 at Earl Marriott Secondary in Surrey. She changed all of her math classes over to the system in September 2013. Nancy will share her experiences in using the system and then participants will discuss the possible merits and pitfalls of embracing formative assessment. Nancy Walton is has been a mathematics teacher in the Langley school district for 24 years. Her experiences range from double block remedial math 8 to pre-calculus 12. She has a MA in Curriculum Design and Development and did her thesis on teachers making change in their practice using action research. As a mother of two teenage children, Nancy always takes a look at both sides of the coin when dealing with her students.
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Calm, Focused, and Alert!
Minds On Reading
Kim Heber - Learning Support Services Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Lynie Tener - Langley School District Audience: Grades 7-12, Teachers, SEAs
Too often our students are struggling to keep it together while falling apart. Their disruptive behaviours overshadow their strengths and abilities. Success in school depends on the child’s ability to control unexpected responses and behaviours. Come to this workshop that will enhance your understanding of self-regulation and your repertoire of strategies.
Do you have students who struggle with comprehension while reading texts, viewing videos, and researching? You aren’t alone. Students need to be engaged, strategic readers to understand nonfiction sources. Learn easily incorporated reading strategies in the context of the reading process. Comprehending means thinking, so let’s get every student’s brain engaged.
Kim Heber is a district teacher for integration support, with experience both in regular classroom and alternate settings at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels. She believes that explicit teaching of self-regulation strategies is essential for student success in our increasingly complex classrooms.
Ms. Lynie Tener has taught at the primary, intermediate, and secondary levels. She is passionate about engaging students in the learning process.
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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Kim Leifso & Karin Mattu - Speras Counsulting @kimleifso | sperasconsulting.com Audience: All Interested Kim and Karin will provide an engaging session which will help to increase one’s awareness of suicide prevention and self harm. Kim and Karin are very experienced counsellors (Certified Clinical Counsellors) working with medium to high risk children and youth. Topics covered will include facts about suicide, signs and symptoms of suicide, how to appropriately and effectively ask about suicide and how to seek additional help. Information about self harm, including types of self harm, incidence rates, and basic assessment will also be covered. There will be time for questions, so bring your questions, concerns and comments! Kim Leifso and Karin Mattu have a wealth of knowledge on this topic through their work counselling children and teens who are at moderate to high risk for suicide. Kim and Karin have offered support to our district for years through SPEAC (Suicide Prevention Education and Counselling), but have also formed their own consulting firm called SPERAS Consulting. Kim and Karin are both Certified Clinical Counsellors. Both have presented to a variety of audiences including: Corrections Canada, 911 Operators, RCMP, both Langley and Surrey School Districts and quite recently, a Ministry of Education’s Safe Schools coordinators meeting.
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Supporting Gender-Varient and Transgender Students and their Families Lukas Walther - Gender Identity Matters Audience: All Interested Students of all ages are exploring their gender identity, and how they express it. Some are actually changing their bodies to better match their gender identity. Even in elementary school we have students who insist they’re in the wrong body, or simply do not conform to common expectations of gender-appropriate behaviour or presentation. How can we as education professionals support these students and their families? Most important first is to understand what’s going on here. This discussion-based workshop will provide relevant insights into this complex topic, as well as cover terminology, respectful language, safety and disclosure concerns, practical approaches to coming out issues and gender transition, what support should look like at different ages and stages, ways to support parents, and finally, useful resources and materials. Bring your questions! Lukas Walther is a gender diversity specialist working with BC’s transgender population, and their families, care providers and schools for over 15 years, providing information, resources and customized support and education services. He helped create the province’s Transgender Health program, where he served for many years first as its community counselor and later as its coordinator. He is a longtime member of World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and plays a unique role alongside the local clinical team in supporting BC’s transgender youth, their families, and their schools.
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Working with Refugee Students
Anxiety Strategies for Counsellors
Lisa Sadler - Immigrant Youth In Schools Program Audience: All Interested
Lynn Miller - University of British Columbia anxietybc.com/Lynn-D-Miller Audience: Counsellors
Refugee students face many barriers to education in Canada including language, poverty, culture, and challenges arising from extended refugee camp experiences like malnutrition and lack of previous education. This workshop will provide an overview of information and resources to help teachers and staff working with refugee students, and highlight current refugee issues around the world and in Canada. Particular focus will be on the background of Karen refugee students, the largest group of refugees in Langley. Community programs and projects will be highlighted, and some Karen students will present a digital storytelling project that shows their families’ experiences as refugees and their journey to Canada. This workshop will be of interest to anyone globally minded, or anyone interested in learning more about refugees. Lisa Sadler has been working with refugees for more than 7 years and currently works in Langley’s Immigrant Youth in Schools Program. Lisa wrote her MA thesis project on increasing access to post-secondary education for refugee youth and the barriers the face in the Canadian education system.
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Overview of cognitive behaviour techniques will be presented, with opportunities to practice five basic steps. Lynn D. Miller, Ph. D., R. Psych., is an associate professor in the education and counseling psychology, and special education department at UBC. She started her career as a classroom teacher, and then worked as a school counselor K-12. She has conducted research on many models of anxiety prevention programs in schools, including FRIENDS, Taming Worry Dragons, Skills for Social and Academic Success, Cool Little Kids, as well as an enhanced program for Aboriginal children. As the Myrne Nevison Prevention Research professor, she is currently investigating anxiety at the entry to school in grades kindergarten and one. She is president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada, 2010-2014, and was the president of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors from 2004 to 2006.
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Creating Movement Sentences with P.S.A.P.
Digital Projects
Roberta Smith - Action Schools! BC actionschoolsbc.ca Audience: K-7 & Middle School Teachers
Michelle Allen - Brookswood Secondary @m35allen | thesequeltoeducation.com Audience: All Interested
Kids will love creating their own movement sentences with simplified gymnastics moves like the pike, the tuck, and the straddle. This session will guide participants through the newly updated Premier’s Sport Awards Program (P.S.A.P.) Gymnastics Manual, which complements the Gymnastics BC Kids CanMove program. The manual offers a safe progression of basic skills, requiring minimal equipment or gymnastic instruction experience. Designed to support teachers in providing quality fundamental movement skill development and assessment framework, P.S.A.P. Teaching the Basics manuals, posters, and skill level crests support the needs of generalist teachers, ensuring both teachers and students have positive physical activity experiences in physical education.
How can technology enhance our lessons to engage students in a way we never thought possible? Through the use of the internet, web quests and networking, our classrooms can extend far beyond the school walls. Ever wonder how to develop projects that utilize technology in a practical way? Bring a topic or subject area, and your creative thoughts to be guided through the development of inquiry-based projects that focus on student-lead learning.
Your presenter is excited to be an advocate and Regional Trainer for Action Schools! BC, an initiative designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living while achieving academic outcomes. As a local educator for many years, your trainer is passionate about bringing Action Schools! BC to schools throughout British Columbia and providing more opportunities for more children to make healthy choices more often.
Michelle Allen is a computer sciences teacher at Brookswood Secondary. Along with regular classroom instruction, she works with teachers and other staff to develop 21st century teaching techniques, with a focus on inquiry and the implementation of technology. Her strategies include projects that encourage selfguided learning, through the use of technology in a practical way, as well as the development of problem solving and critical thinking amongst students. She is an advocate to online interactive learning, through networks, videos, tutorials and web quests. To accompany her work in professional learning, Michelle also blogs topics that range from technology to modern learning. Her blog looks at big and small issues in education today, technology tips for the classroom, global perspectives and Canadian education.
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Hands-on Themed Collage on Canvas Board Rosemary Wallace - Langley Arts Council Audience: All interested. You will leave with a completed collage which will take away the skill and thoughts of how to put a themed piece of art work together. A themed collage could relate to any subject and the materials used are of mixed media. The transparent medium is what affixes the materials onto the board (printed photographs, words, string and other varied objects). Acrylic paint is what bring the piece together. If you want to take part in the workshop, you can bring printed photographs, magazines and printed words (photocopied photographs and words). Paint, canvas board and transparent medium will be included. Rosemary is a mother of seven and has been an artist for many years. Her studio is in the Langley Arts Council Center. Rosemary’s involvement in the arts has included many years volunteering in the Langley and Vancouver School districts facilitating workshops and mural projects for all ages. She has also helped with many of Langley Secondary Schools set designs and decorating. Rosemary is passionate about the arts and has been a president and member of the Langley Arts Council and has presently become the program director where she oversees the Gallery Centre, Artist In Residence program and the developing of programming to include the very young to seniors. Her philosophy is that art is for everyone!
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Using 21st Century Approaches to Engage Students in Global Issues Erin Leckie - Be The Change Earth Alliance @BTCEA | bethechangeearthalliance.org Audience: Grades 7-12 Teachers Do you want your curriculum to inspire students to engage critically with current global issues? Sustainability challenges of the 21st century are increasingly being addressed by engaged teachers and students. This cross-curricular workshop will explore 21st century pedagogical approaches used by SLS: Student Leadership in Sustainability that can empower students and teachers to understand global issues and respond with local actions. Get hands-on experience using SLS teaching tools for project based learning, community-based research, collaborative leadership, and communication skills. Activities will demonstrate how educators can utilize these technologies to foster a social-emotional learning environment where new world views are formed and acted upon. Last year progressive educators in 24 BC schools used SLS, reaching over 4,000 students through integrated learning and courses such as Social Justice, Social Studies, Science, Planning and Home-Ec. Learn more about SLS at BeTheChangeEarthAllliance.org and meet other like-minded teachers on February 21, 2014. Erin Leckie is the Program Manager for the SLS Curriculum at BTCEA. As a Bachelor of Adventure Tourism Management and a graduate of Redfish School of Change, Erin is an outdoor, environmental, experiential and passionate educator who has lead and facilitated many adventures, workshops and lessons for secondary and post-secondary classes.
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Sexual Exploitation 2: What Can I Do About It?
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Teaching Astronomy
Derian Julihn & Danny Ferguson - Langley Youth Unlimited @proyouthworker | youthunlimited.com proyouthworker.com Audience: All Interested This the second workshop in our series and therefore will focus less explaining how sexual exploitation works and more on practical ways to address the issues facing our world, our nation and our children. This is another chance to ask questions, to wrestle with the complex issues and hopefully to come away with something practical that you can implement in your context within the schools. Derian Julihn is youth worker with 15 years experience. He is often describe as a Connector (like a piece of LEGO) in that he is passionate about connecting people & ideas together in order to serve youth and the issues they face better. Danny Ferguson is the director of Langley Youth Unlimited. He has worked with teens for over 18 years. He likes to ride motorcycles, watch movies and discuss comic book philosophy..
Tim Stephenson - Walnut Grove Secondary School @astrostephenson | wikispaces.wikistronomy.com Audience: Grades 4-12 Teachers Everyone has some interest or curiousity about space. But how does the teacher with no background or coursework teach an effective unit on space? If you need resources, ideas, strategies, insight or questions about space answered, then join Tim. He will answer your questions, give you websites and programs to use, teach you how to use them, and provide lesson ideas. Mention space to your students and they are hooked...now get hooked yourself! Bring your laptop and be ready to experience the visual sensation of space! Tim Stephenson has taught in Langley for 20 years. For much of that time, he has been known as the astronomy teacher, the space guy. It all started when Tim approached his principal 10 years ago about teaching a course in astronomy to grade 11 students. In 2004, he began doing so and his course has become one of the most popular courses at his school. Tim is a story teller and an engaging speaker who mixes facts with laughs. Tim is often told he should be a drama teacher, but make no mistake: astronomy is his passion and he wants it to be yours too.
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There’s an App for That Sam Muraca - Langley School District @MrMuraca Audience: All Interested Bring your favourite iPhone app suggestions and pick up a few good recommendations. Check out some utilities for your personal and professional life and discuss some of the latest productivity apps that will help you organize your mobile life. Just got an iPhone or are you a ‘power user’? Either way, there is something for you. Please bring your iPhone and join in the conversation! Sam Muraca is the District Vice-Principal of Special Projects and is a secondary representative on the BCAMT. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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Computer Programming from Scratch
Pillars of Middle School
Stacey Bernier - Topham Elementary @bernier_mr Audience: Grades K-7 Teachers
Tim Everson - Yorkson Middle School @Teverson21 Kevan Reeve - Betty Glibert @kevanreeve Shawn Davids - West Langley Elementary @sdavids51| leadershipwithpurpose.net Audience: Grades 4-12 Teachers
Scratch is a free computer programming language developed by computer scientists and educators at MIT. In this session, you’ll learn how to get started with Scratch in your classroom and develop enough confidence to share it with your students. Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games - and share those creations online. This unique programming language will open doors for your students to create, remix, edit, explore, and engage with subjects across the curriculum. Please download Scratch 1.4 (http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4/) or Scratch 2.0 (http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch2download/). It is also strongly recommended that you sign up for a Scratch Educator account at http://scratched.media.mit.edu/. Stacey Bernier currently teaches Grade 5/6 at Topham Elementary. He holds a master’s degree in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia and is the digital literacy coach at Topham. Mr. Bernier enjoys working with technology and finding ways to connect students with new ways of learning and creating through technology.
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Langley is increasing its number of middle schools with Yorkson Area Middle School opening next September. Find out why middle schools exist, what characteristics they share, and how you might fit into the staff of one of the existing schools, or into the plans for the new one. Discover collaboration, teaming, explorations, advisory and more. Ask the questions you need answered to plan your career. Shawn Davids has worked in the Langley School District for 16 years teaching grades 5 through 12. In addition he has been an elementary and high school vice-principal and an elementary principal. He is an educational leader in implementing technology. Tim Everson has been educator for 32 years teaching grades 1 through 9. He has been a teacher, vice-principal and principal at the elementary, middle and district levels. Kevan Reeve started teaching in 1995, becoming a high school vice-principal in 2008. As well as being the principal of Summer Session for two years, he has served as a vice-principal of Betty Gilbert Middle School and is currently the principal. Together they believe that middle schools benefit adolescents socially, emotionally, physically, and academically. Plus they rock.
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So You Want to Mystery Skype? Victoria Olson - West Langley Elementary School @MsVictoriaOlson | techteacheronamission.com Audience: Grades K-12 Teachers Looking for cool classroom ideas that integrate both technology and inquiry? Look no further! Mystery Skype is an incredibly engaging activity where classrooms around the world connect with one another to communicate and solve critical thinking challenges. This activity is low-tech (requires minimally one device) and is centred around student questions and responses. In this session, you will learn about different types of mystery Skype calls, how to connect with classrooms around the world to set up mystery Skypes, and how to facilitate student questioning, discussion, and roles. We will even be participating in our very own mystery Skype call during our session so you can experience the challenge for yourself! Please ensure you have signed up for your free Skype account before attending the session at Skype.com. Victoria Olson is a grade 3/4 and technology teacher at West Langley Elementary School. She is a graduate student in the Master of Educational Technology program offered through the University of British Columbia. Victoria co-founded #bcedchat on Twitter in the summer of 2013 in a hope to connect BC educators and to enrich the focus on professional development and educational discussions within the province. She is an active member of her personal learning network and an advocate for online sharing of best pedagogical practices. Victoria believes in meaningful tech integration and innovation in schools and uses the SAMR model as a basis for helping teachers reach their professional goals with technology.
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Math Games for Middle School Dawn Driver - Langley Meadows Community School @pddriver Audience: Grades 6-9 Teachers Math Games help students to practice important math skills in a fun and engaging way. Come play and learn some great ways to keep your students engaged as they learn and practice math. Dawn Driver has taught math at elementary, middle and secondary levels. She has been part of the BCAMT and provincial curriculum teams. She is currently a vice-principal at Langley Meadows Community School.
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Implementing Leveled Math in a Middle School or Any School with Multiple Divisions Kurt Reynaud - H.D. Stafford Conrad Frisse - Betty Gilbert Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers Meeting the individual needs of all students is a difficult task in an individual classroom. By organizing students from an entire grade level into more homogeneous groups, we are able to begin to close the learning gap for struggling students as well as provide enrichment for high achieving students. What are some considerations to be made? How does this happen within a school? What are potential pitfalls, and logistical challenges? What questions do you have about creating this learning opportunity in your school? Kurt Reynaud is a grade 6 resource teacher from H.D. Stafford. He has been teaching and supporting students in the Langley School District for ten years. After supporting students with both behavioural and academic needs at Apex Secondary, he is now supporting students in middle school. He is also a teacher within the Math Missile program at H.D. Stafford. This program helps students improve their foundation skills in math, help improve their attitudes towards math and ultimately prepare them for high school math. Conrad Frisse is a grade seven middle school teacher with 20 years of teaching experience. He has participated in a tiered math program for the past three years and can speak to some of the benefits and challenges to its implementation.
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The Power of Story: Integrating First Nations Culture into Primary Classrooms
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Bugs, Butterflies, and Frogs
Fiona Morrison - Nelson Education Audience: Grades K-4 Teachers
Heather Purcell & Darcie Yardley - Creative Circle Time creativecircletime.com Audience: Grades Pre-K-2 Teachers, All interested
Celebrate the tradition of storytelling and Canada’s First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) cultures with authentic stories,illustrations and art from FNMI authors, and artists. Join our hands-on, interactive workshop, to better understand how to integrate authentic Aboriginal resources into your classroom. Exciting new resources from Nelson Education will be shared and links to the new English language arts curriculum will be explored.
Join Heather and Darcie for a very full 90-minute workshop on all things bugs. Discover new stories about a butterfly and a frog’s metamorphosis, familiar songs and stories about ladybugs and bees as well as unique and original stories about bugs that are a bit more unique and original! Please bring sharp scissors and a flat surface (cookie sheets or pop can flats work well) to carry home your wet felt pieces.
Fiona Morrison has more than 35 years experience working with young children and families in a variety of contexts. Most of her career was spent in the Langley School District. She has been a classroom teacher,teacher-librarian,faculty associate, district coordinator and college and university instructor in the areas of literacy and early childhood education. Fiona co developed PALS (Parents As Literacy Supporters) with Jim Anderson from UBC. Fiona recently retired and remains a passionate supporter of play based,joyful learning!
Heather Purcell is a Strong Start facilitator in Abbotsford school district. She has been in the ECE field for 25 years. Darcie is a preschool teacher in the Langley area. She too has been in the ECE field for 11 years. Heather and Darcie have been presenting circle time workshops throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island since 2007. Circle time is a passion in both of their ECE classrooms and they are thrilled to have the opportunity to share that passion with others!
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Teaching Romeo and Juliet
iPads in the Classroom K-5
Melissa Walter - University of the Fraser Valley Audience: Grades 9-12 Teachers
Karm Connolly - Richard Bulpitt Elementary @karmconnolly Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers
Love Shakespeare? Hate Shakespeare? This workshop is for you. Reading key scenes from Shakespeare’s play of love and hate, we will use playful techniques to enjoy the language and ignite discussions of the play’s characters and themes (including but not limited to love, gangs, and suicide). Techniques and strategies discussed here can be applied to other works by the bard. Melissa Walter is a professor at UFV. She was inspired to study Shakespeare at the graduate level by her experiences as a high school teacher in California, where she taught grades 9-12 for five years. She finished her Ph.D. on Shakespeare and the Italian novella in 2004 and since then has taught at universities in Arizona, Oregon, and Saskatchewan, before returning “home” to southwestern BC.
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This workshop aims to enhance your professional practice by giving you strategies on how to effectively manage, integrate, and implement the use of iPads within your classroom. We will examine a few apps that support the digital learning outcomes and learn how to share ideas that are created on this digital device. Note: please bring your own iPads. Karm Connolly is a Grade 5 teacher passionate about seamlessly integrating technology into the classroom. She completed both her B.Ed. and master’s in Technology at UBC.
Session C: 12:10-1:40
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Health & Safety Nuts and Bolts: What You Need to Know Candice Roffe - Langley School District Audience: All Interested So what is workplace Health and Safety all about anyway? Attend this session and find out! Whether you are familiar with workplace health and safety or you have never had much involvement, this session is for you. We will be reviewing key components of the District’s Health and Safety program and how they apply to you. Gain information and ask your questions relating to the nuts and bolts topics of health and safety from how and when to report a work-related incident to what processes are in place to provide you and others with a healthy and safe workplace. Candice Roffe is the health and safety coordinator for the district. Her educational background is in occupational health and safety and risk management. Prior to coming on board with us she worked for health and safety consulting firms, the Fraser Health Authority and the city of White Rock. Ms. Roffe’s strives to assist organizations in ensuring a healthy and safe workplace through collaborative partnerships with staff, supervisors, administrators, and managers. She provides direction, guidance and assistance to the district in occupational health and safety.
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Using Books as Learning Tools in the Classroom
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Getting Graphic: Comics for Elementary Susan Ma - Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature & Art Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers
Chantelle Saumier & Vanessa Steunenberg - R.C. Garnett @csaumier_books | chantellesaumier.com Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers Come share Chantelle and Vanessa’s newly published children’s books and be introduced to the different ways that these books can be used in the classroom as tools towards a balanced literacy program. Learn how to use the books in ways that are fun and engaging for students and take away some ideas that can be transferred to the use of other books. If you love author studies, then this is a good workshop for you. Chantelle Saumier is a grade one teacher who has 16 years experience in the Langley School District and who has a definite passion for literacy. This passion has recently lead her to accomplishing her life-long dream of writing two children’s books. Vanessa Steunenberg has been teaching in the Langley School District for 3 years. Vanessa has a flare and a passion for art and loves incorporating art into her teaching. She has recently teamed up with her colleague, Chantelle Saumier, to illustrate two, newly published children’s books.
How can comics contribute to the development of multi-modal literacy in our students? How do we encourage students to reflect on the importance of reading image in a world saturated with visual media? Explore the possibilities this ever-emerging medium has to offer. This presentation is meant to inspire, empower and even challenge you, touching on a scope of subjects ranging from great graphic novels and inter-disciplinary extensions to engaging students in visual-textual interplay and making connections to literacy skills. Susan Ma is a comics researcher. At Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature & Art she continues to develop and teach the Alternative Literature Club, the youth program that explores expression, creativity and narrative through comics. She has been facilitating classroom workshops and professional development opportunities for educators at all teaching levels, from kindergarten to university, for over 8 years on the topics of graphic novels, manga and visual literacy. Currently, Susan is the Education Director at Dr. Sun YatSen Classical Chinese Garden.
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Tech Ed Teachers Round Table
Reading: From Levelling to Lovin’ It!
Pat Rosen & Sherri Silcox-Burk - SD35 Audience: All Interested
Jennifer King - James Kennedy Audience: Grades K-4 Teachers
Here’s a chance for Tech Ed teachers to discuss and share in some of the many learning opportunities, resources, and developments emerging via career education. Tech Ed teachers’ interests will steer the direction and discussions in this session. Possible topics could include work experience opportunities for students, employer and post-secondary connections for teachers, new Skills Canada initiatives, the new MoE Skilled Trades Exploration course, ITA new initiatives and partnerships, best practices and ideas for new direction. We look forward to working with you!
Current research suggests that in order to be proficient readers and promote a sense of joy, children need to have choice and access to high quality texts that are relevant to their lives. Every child needs to read and write something meaningful everyday. In this session, we’ll explore the balance between guided reading with levelled texts and promoting voice and choice in the classroom. Come and join Jen for a meaningful discussion about what we’re doing well, and where we want to go from here!
Pat Rosen and Sherri Silcox-Burk have been involved with Langley’s Career Education programs for many years. Pat takes care of the district Secondary School Apprenticeship Program and Sherri currently does much of her work related to Langley’s Dual Credit ACE IT Trades Training programs.
Jennifer King is a grade one teacher who is passionate about teaching reading. She has taught in the Langley School District since 1997 and has enjoyed being a part of many professional learning communities. Jennifer is excited about current research that promotes the joy of reading. Over the years, she has presented many workshops on balanced literacy in the classroom as well as promising practices for parent involvement.
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From Dynasties to Communism: An Integrated China Unit Nadine Keyworth - Willoughby @mrskeyworth Audience: Grades 6-8 Teachers Walk away with a combined ancient/modern China unit which easily solves the daunting task of planning units for a 6/7 split class. The unit includes differentiated lesson plans for language arts and social studies as well as lessons for science and art! Highlights include two novel study options and a modern/ancient ABC research project. Nadine Keyworth has been a teacher in Langley for over 13 years. Currently she teaches grade seven at Willoughby Elementary.
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Woodworking for Kids
Differentiated Theme Kits
Don Thomson - DonCol Nature Products Audience: All Interested
Monika Tarampi & Andrea Brassington - Learning Support Services Audience: Grades 2-7 Teachers
If you have never pounded a nail, then this is the workshop for you. Woodworking for kids introduces basic carpentry to children in a safe and rewarding manner. Since 1995, DonCol Nature Products has been providing simple to assemble nature kits to a wide variety of customers including: schools, community groups, governments and retailers across B.C. In addition, the workshop will cover a wide range of other woodworking projects suitable for children of all ages. Don Thomson is in his third year of retirement from Langley, after 32 years in the classroom. Don is spending his retirement time: fishing, traveling, fitness, playing with his grandchildren, and of course wood working. Don is frequently heard to say “retirement, there is no such thing... you simply redirect your energy in another direction.”
Do you struggle to include your challenged learners in classroom unit planning? Come and see some differentiated publisher materials targeting learners at a range of reading levels. As well, come and see an adapted social studies unit on Canada (appropriate reading level for primary students, or for ELL students and students with developmental disabilities in the intermediate grades). Look through a wide variety of power-point books and hands-on materials. Bring a USB memory stick to receive the Canada Kit materials for yourself! Monika Tarampi is a district teacher with over 22 years experience as a classroom teacher and a resource teacher working with a wide range of diverse learners. Monika has an interest in students’ literacy development, as well as, in supporting student access to classroom curricular content. Andrea Brassington is also a district teacher with experience as a resource teacher in elementary to secondary as well as a classroom teacher. Andrea’s interests include assisting classroom teachers with curriculum adaptations, specifically in the area of math and literacy.
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Podcasting with Garageband: Developing Oral Language
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Destiny Users Group
Lara Lacroix - Langley School District @llacro1x Audience: Grades 3-7 Teachers Engage! Collaborate! Motivate! Podcasting allows students to become content producers rather than consumers and provides them with a sense of purpose. Students are able to illustrate and communicate original ideas and stories through inquiry, analysis and articulation. Podcasting promotes communication, collaboration, critical and creative thinking, innovation as well as a sense of social responsibility. Students are able to produce media-rich digital stories about significant events or global issues or even practice other languages.
Marilyn Richardson - Lynn Fripps Elementary @MarilynLibrary | lflearningcommons.weebly.com Deb Cowland - Richard Bulpitt @DebCowland | lflearningcommons.weebly.com Audience: Teacher Librarians and Library Technicians for SD35 Learn the latest about Follett’s Destiny Library Manager program, and the importance of consistency within our district. Share your best tips and learn from others, while we explore the latest version. This session is open only to SD #35 employees who are current Destiny users.”
Lara Lacroix is a Grade 5/6 teacher, a digital literacy coach as well as a district teacher for K-12 digital literacies and safe schools. With a specialist degree from ON in Incorporating Technology into the Classroom, Lara provides hands-on opportunities for learning and brings a wide range of experience in both primary and intermediate grades to her workshops. Lara is passionate about digital literacy and is always looking for new ways in which to engage and motivate students and make learning fun.
Marilyn Richardson is the teacher librarian in the Learning Commons at Lynn Fripps Elementary. Deb Cowland is the teacher librarian at both Richard Bulpitt and Dorothy Peacock Elementary Schools. She is the recipient of the 2013 Diana Poole Memorial Award for BC Teacher Librarian of the Year. Together, Marilyn and Deb have decades of experience in using online resources, inquiry-based learning, and collaborative teaching.
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Interconnected Literacies and The Boy Who Paints K. Jane Watt - Fenton Street Publishing fentonstreet.ca Richard Cole - Cole Studios colestudio.ca Audience: All interested. Artists use paint to describe the world. Writers use words. And out of blobs of ink and strokes of paint, they make people see the world in new ways, ask them to notice what they haven’t noticed before. But how do writers help readers visualize? How do artists describe? We believe we live in an exciting era in which interconnected literacies — both word-based and visual — are part of the everyday context of human life and interaction. Join us for our describing the land hands-on landscape painting workshop based on our new children’s book. Paint a landscape and create a conceptual bridge of language to viewers as you consider strategies to marry the teaching of these interconnected literacies from K to 12. Our workshops are welcoming places -- please join us even if you don’t consider yourself an artist. K. Jane Watt, principal of Fenton Street Publishing House, was awarded her PhD in English from the University of Alberta in 1997. Since then, she has made her living as a writer, researcher, editor, and book producer. Jane is the book review editor for British Columbia History and has written coffee-table style regional histories such as Milk Stories: A History of the Dairy Industry in British Columbia (2000) and High Water: Living With the Fraser Floods (2006), for which she was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing. In 2010 she was commissioned to write Places of Her Heart: The Art and Life of Barbara Boldt. In 2012 she collaborated with painter Richard Cole to create a children’s book, The Boy Who Paints (2013). Richard Cole was born in Edmonton and did his art training in Alberta. A few years ago, he moved to Fort Langley’s Bedford Landing and turned his eye to capturing the look and feel of our local area on canvas. He continues to sell his paintings in galleries in Vancouver, Banff, Victoria, Whistler, Edmonton, Seattle, New York, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. “I am inspired by the wonders of the changing landscape,” Richard says. “And I try to paint the intangible.” His work celebrates the natural beauty of BC’s West Coast and the vast spaces of Alberta’s prairie lands. It also captures small moments that mark the changing of seasons: a lady’s slipper in bloom, the emergence of a fiddlehead, apple blossoms on a wintry branch.
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Residential Schools - A Survivor’s Story Mercy Thomas - Langley Aboriginal Program Audience: All Interested In this presentation, participants will learn about residential schools and the legacy inherited from this problematic period of our history. A sobering account of Mercy’s experiences in residential school will be shared with participants. This presentation ties into learning outcomes in various subject areas in secondary classrooms. Mercy Thomas (Nisibilada) was born in Kincolith (Gingolx) and raised in a traditional home, growing up immersed in her Nisga’a language and culture. She attended two residential schools. Mercy has six children (one deceased, one adopted), eighteen grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She plays the saxophone, piano and the mouth organ.
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Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace Brian Campbell - BCFED Occupational Health & Safety Centre @BCFEDYWSAFETY | healthandsafetybc.ca/ Audience: All interested Emerging trends and issues around ever growing subject. The BCFED Health & Safety Centre was first established to help train workers and workplace representatives so they could act with confidence and competence on their considerable legal rights and responsibilities as provided by occupational health and safety law. Meeting and exceeding this legislation remains a focus for the Centre. In the face of unchecked occupational hazards and much suffering, full implementation of these rights and responsibilities is an absolute necessity, socially and morally. Since 2001, we have supported the efforts of workplace representatives in their pursuit of hazard-free workplaces. This support has ranged from the development and delivery of occupational health and safety training to answering health and safety concerns posed over the phone. Completely funded by the BC WCB, the BCFED Health & Safety Centre has evolved into a centre of excellence for occupational health and safety training in British Columbia.
Friday, February 21 “Relax and Unwind” Session: 2:15pm – 3:15pm Hari Om Yoga • 20230 64 Ave • Langley, BC 2:15-3:15
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Relax and Unwind Yoga Hari Om Yoga hariomyoga.com Audience: All Interested End your pro-d day and start your weekend at Hari Om with Relax and Unwind Yoga! This sessions is for all levels, those who have never tried yoga before to those who practice in a yoga studio. Plus you will receive ‘a 20% discount card’ to come use for retail therapy for your favorite brands. New members can also sign up for ‘one week of unlimited yoga’ for $10 +hst as a great way to try out a wide variety of yoga class styles to see what type of class best suit your own needs. If it is your first time at Hari Om, please try to arrive about 15 to 20 minutes early as you will need to fill out a waiver form. By arriving early, you will not be stressed out about being rushed. As a multi-styles yoga studio, Hari Om Yoga offers a wide variety of yoga classes ranging from the more physically intensive (hot flow, core yoga fusion and ‘prana’ – energy flow classes) through to the more relaxing / or with a particular focal point (restorative, relax deeply, hatha, luna yoga - all about hips and lower back classes) and in-between (yin/yang - half the class movement oriented with the second half deeper stretching lengthening out, flow into yin heart & soul, shakti flow, beginners’ hot yoga with alignment, form of the pose and yin yoga classes) and pre-registered series like their our popular beginner series as well as pre-natal yoga. View the schedule-at-a-glance
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