WVTA Professional Development Committee
The WVTA ProD Committee meets regularly and includes representatives from each school site. A focus of these meetings is for ProD reps to share what is occurring at each site, and to support ProD reps in acquiring leadership skills to facilitate and support the school-based professional development at their school.
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019 Professional Development Opportunities
2019 Summer Institutes - Professional learning programs at UBC
UBC Faculty of Education is announcing the lineup of 2019 Summer Institutes and professional learning programs designed specifically for educators. Courses include:
Introduction to School Mental Health Literacy
Jul 02 to Jul 03, UBC Campus Vancouver
This summer institute will introduce you to The Mental Health Curriculum Guide. The Guide provides a complete set of educational tools and classroom-ready lesson plans shown to increase understanding of mental health issues among both students and teachers alike. The Guide empowers users to share this knowledge with their students through a feely available, modularized curriculum.
$200+GST. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/mental-health-literacy/ Deadline to register: May 28
Institute de Fancais, UBC in Quebec
Jul 1 to Jul 19, Quebec City
This program is intended for school teachers interested in improving their French language skills and experiencing Quebec culture. Morning classes, afternoon workshops and field trips concentrate on improving the teacher-participant’s ability to converse in French. Communicative methods are used to encourage active student participation. Visits within the community are an integral part of the program, and the program is offered during the Quebec City Summer Festival, a chance to experience street musicians, concerts, plays, parades and fireworks on the St. Lawrence River. $3400 including non-refundable $300 registration fee. Bursary for BC Teachers available. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/quebec-2019/ Book soon!
SOGI Vancouver - Safe is Not Enough: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Jul 02 to Jul 03, Vancouver
Following the addition of gender identity and expression to the BC Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Human Rights in 2017, the BC Minister of Education directed all schools, both public and private to ensure that all students would be safe and included regardless of sexual orientation or gender indentity/expression. While educational leaders are recognizing that SOGI-inclusive policies and practices benefit all students by creating a more positive and accepting school climate from Kindergarten through to university, many say they don’t have the training or resources to support the work.
This program will address this gap by developing and presenting inclusive pedagogical approaches that recognize, and intervene to transform, the impacts of systematic discrimination towards sexual and gender minorities.
$120+GST. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/sogi-vancouver/ Deadline to register: May 28
The next Provincial PSA Day is October 25th, 2019. Many of the PSA conferences being offered can now be previewed on the BCTF PD Calendar link: Provincial PSA Day 2019
myPita.ca Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers' Conference
October 25 & 26, 2019, Rick Hansen Secondary, Abbotsford
Featuring speakers Gary Anaka, Diana Cruchley, Bryan Gidinski, and many more. Altogether there are over 60 workshops in all subject areas for grade 4-9 teachers and EAs. Early bird registration ends September 30th. This conference is limited in attendees and usually sells out. For more information and registration, go to http://www.mypita.ca
2019 Summer Institutes - Professional learning programs at UBC
UBC Faculty of Education is announcing the lineup of 2019 Summer Institutes and professional learning programs designed specifically for educators. Courses include:
Introduction to School Mental Health Literacy
Jul 02 to Jul 03, UBC Campus Vancouver
This summer institute will introduce you to The Mental Health Curriculum Guide. The Guide provides a complete set of educational tools and classroom-ready lesson plans shown to increase understanding of mental health issues among both students and teachers alike. The Guide empowers users to share this knowledge with their students through a feely available, modularized curriculum.
$200+GST. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/mental-health-literacy/ Deadline to register: May 28
Institute de Fancais, UBC in Quebec
Jul 1 to Jul 19, Quebec City
This program is intended for school teachers interested in improving their French language skills and experiencing Quebec culture. Morning classes, afternoon workshops and field trips concentrate on improving the teacher-participant’s ability to converse in French. Communicative methods are used to encourage active student participation. Visits within the community are an integral part of the program, and the program is offered during the Quebec City Summer Festival, a chance to experience street musicians, concerts, plays, parades and fireworks on the St. Lawrence River. $3400 including non-refundable $300 registration fee. Bursary for BC Teachers available. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/quebec-2019/ Book soon!
SOGI Vancouver - Safe is Not Enough: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Jul 02 to Jul 03, Vancouver
Following the addition of gender identity and expression to the BC Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Human Rights in 2017, the BC Minister of Education directed all schools, both public and private to ensure that all students would be safe and included regardless of sexual orientation or gender indentity/expression. While educational leaders are recognizing that SOGI-inclusive policies and practices benefit all students by creating a more positive and accepting school climate from Kindergarten through to university, many say they don’t have the training or resources to support the work.
This program will address this gap by developing and presenting inclusive pedagogical approaches that recognize, and intervene to transform, the impacts of systematic discrimination towards sexual and gender minorities.
$120+GST. http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/sogi-vancouver/ Deadline to register: May 28
The next Provincial PSA Day is October 25th, 2019. Many of the PSA conferences being offered can now be previewed on the BCTF PD Calendar link: Provincial PSA Day 2019
myPita.ca Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers' Conference
October 25 & 26, 2019, Rick Hansen Secondary, Abbotsford
Featuring speakers Gary Anaka, Diana Cruchley, Bryan Gidinski, and many more. Altogether there are over 60 workshops in all subject areas for grade 4-9 teachers and EAs. Early bird registration ends September 30th. This conference is limited in attendees and usually sells out. For more information and registration, go to http://www.mypita.ca