HDSB PA Day Agendas

Topic: Provincial Education Priorities - Keeping Schools Safe and School Resource Officer Program

Format: Full-day, in-person

Description: School teams will review policy requirements and supports for safe schools regarding the Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, violent incident reporting and debriefing, gender-based violence and the Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol. The content will include the role of police in providing high-quality, age-appropriate educational public safety presentations to students on subjects such as cybercrime, human trafficking, road safety and more. Information will be provided about the role of police in the school community, to support trust building between educators, policing services, students and parents/guardians. For schools currently in the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, a summary of the program's structure and objectives will be reviewed. Suicide prevention and intervention will also be reviewed. 

Facilitators: Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education.

Learning/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work

Timing/Format

• Report Card writing day for teachers 

Facilitators: ​

• Teachers

Learning Materials:

• Report Cards

Timing/Format

• 9:00 am -  Guest Speaker, Dr. Andrew B. Campbell at Rattlesnake P.S.

Back at P.L. Robertson Public School

• 1:00 pm - SIPSA Work 

• 2:00 pm - Mental Health & Well Being Presentation

• 2:30 pm - Technology Presentation

Facilitators: ​

• The learning will be led by Dr. Andrew B. Campbell, school administrators, and school-based staff. 

Learning Materials

• Whole group presentations and small group work.​

Additional information:

Description: Dr. Campbell comes with the expertise and skills to create safe spaces for teaching professionals to have critical dialogue on unconscious biases and diversity.

Elementary educators will work collaboratively to review actions related to the School's Literacy and Numeracy School Improvement Plan. Educators will also listen to a Presentation on Mental Health & Well-Being, as well as Technology in Schools. 

Timing/Format

• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Social Cognition Learning 

• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Numeracy Learning

Facilitators: ​

• The learning will be led by school administrators, an Instructional Program Leader, and school-based staff supported with materials and guidance from the School Programs Department.

Learning Materials

• Whole group presentations and small group work.​

Additional information:

Description: Elementary school teams will engage in learning related to effective practices and strategies for student well-being and mathematics learning and growth. 

Elementary educators will also work collaboratively to develop a greater understanding of high-impact instructional strategies for mathematics as detailed in the curriculum, as well as the HDSB Math Achievement Action Plan​. 

Timing/Format

• Report Card writing day for teachers 

Facilitators: ​

• Teachers

Learning Materials:

• Report Cards

Timing/Format

• Meetings as schedule with Teachers and Parents with students in attendance 

Facilitators: ​

• Teachers

Learning Materials:

• Student portfolios, Progress Reports

Timing/Format

• 9:00 am - 10:00 am - Literacy Learning 

• 10:15 am - 12:00 pm - Numeracy Learning 

• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Inquiry Learning through the UN Sustainable Future Schools Development Goals 

Facilitators: ​

• The learning will be led by school administrators and school-based staff supported with materials and guidance from the School Programs Department.

Learning Materials

• Whole group presentations and small group work.​

Additional information:

Description: Elementary school teams will engage in learning related to effective practices and strategies for student literacy and mathematics learning and growth. Educators will engage in learning focused on implementing the revised 2023 Language/Francais Grade 1-8 curriculum. They will learn about principles and requirements for early reading screening as described in PPM 168: Reading Instruction and Early Reading Screening.

Elementary educators will also work collaboratively to develop a greater understanding of high-impact instructional strategies for mathematics as detailed in the curriculum, as well as the HDSB Math Achievement Action Plan​. School teams will also engage in learning related to making connections to skilled trades, transferable skills and apprenticeship, guidance and career education. ​