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Procedure for ÉC Franco-Supérieur and ÉSC de La Vérendrye

Themes :

• Universal design for learning
• Framework programs
• Planning and evaluation
• Wellness and Mental Health

Organizing entity : Board administration

Face-to-face 

Presentation, guest speaker or organization :

Team of pedagogical advisors :

• Cédrick Jeanpierre
• Caitlin Guarasci
• Emily Drouin
• Véronique Morin
• Stéphane Lachance
• Émilie Brochu
• Star-Michelle Lepage, Safe School Coordinator
• Denise Dumais, Attendance Advisor
• Kate Massicotte, mental health worker
• Danielle Bobrowski, Social Work Technician
• Brooke Van Dyk, Social Work Technician

Description (learning methods, topics covered) :

• "Quand l'intelligence s'amuse": Using students' uniqueness as an engine for learning - a.m.
  The heterogeneity of student groups is often identified as a challenge to achieving learning targets and developing learners' skills. What if, instead of seeing it as a hindrance, we used it as a lever, a driving force? This conference will take you on an exploration of the creative potential of this diversity, from the perspective of universal design for learning. Staff will be encouraged to reflect on the challenges facing their own environment, and to identify solutions that are truly applicable, all in a creative, collaborative and innovative exercise.
• Workshop series afternoon (choice of 2 - 30 minutes each)
  • Copilot (all)
    Teachers and support staff will learn more about how Microsoft Copilot can make their lives easier! From annual and weekly planning to lesson plans, evaluation grids, correction and feedback, they'll discover how Microsoft Copilot can become an indispensable tool in their teaching practice.
  • Diagnostic resources - Knowledgehook (K-6/7-10)
    Discover Knowledgehook, an innovative mathematics diagnostic assessment platform for K-10 teachers. This powerful tool effectively assesses students' prior learning and instantly provides a detailed analysis of their strengths and challenges. Based on this data, the platform proposes targeted intervention strategies to close the identified gaps. This tool will enable you to better target your interventions and help you improve your students' performance.
  • EAV/Padlet PACIC and Intranet (all)
    This workshop introduces the new resource-sharing tool in EAV, adapted to different learning domains. Participants will explore the PACIC Padlet to familiarize themselves with its content and operation. The workshop will also enable participants to discover the Intranet's functionalities, organization and various pedagogical uses. Essential training for mastering these collaborative tools and optimizing their use in an educational context.
  • Take Action Kit
    This workshop presents the Taking action for reconciliationA tool available in schools for integrating Aboriginal perspectives into teaching. The resources, designed in a magazine format for students, offer a variety of inquiry-based learning approaches that can be adapted to the specific needs of learners. Essential training to enrich teaching practices in Aboriginal education.
  • Well-being and school attendance (all)
    This workshop will enable staff to explore the essential role of school personnel in promoting school attendance. Concrete strategies and tools to support students with attendance difficulties will be presented. Participants will also discover the resources available on the attendance web page of the Board's website. A relevant training session for developing effective approaches to regular attendance.
  • Digital awareness toolkit (all)
    Come explore how École branchée offers resources to help meet today's challenges of digital integration in the classroom (cybersecurity, AI, screen time, etc.). All French schools in Ontario subscribe to École branchée magazine.
  • Assessing in 2024: tips and challenges (7th to 12th)
    Collecting learning records, competency-based assessment, artificial intelligence, educational differentiation... It's not always easy to assess in 2024! Yet a host of sometimes unsuspected uses for your digital tools open up a whole new world of possibilities. The aim of this workshop is to provide you with food for thought, as well as concrete solutions to help you advance your vision of assessment. You'll also find out how you can do this in your own particular context. 

     

  • Response to intervention and assistive technology (all)
    In this hands-on workshop, there will be an exploration of essential digital tools to facilitate reading and writing for students:
    • the Lexibar tool for its free word prediction and text-to-speech features
    • Microsoft Word's immersive reader for more comfortable, personalized reading of documents
    • Word's Dictation function to transform speech into text
    • Edge's immersive reader, a practical tool for reading web pages

• • Identifying and supporting students with mental health difficulties
    Schools are often the first point of access to help for young people in Ontario. This workshop aims to equip school staff to identify and support students facing mental health challenges.