HDSB PA Day Agendas

Timing/Format

• Full day, in person at Rolling Meadows Public School

Facilitators: ​

• The learning will be led by the principal and vice principal and school-based staff, including our Child and Youth Counselor, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education

Learning Materials:

• Rolling Meadows staff will review effective practices, policies/procedures and resources prepared by central departments to support student and school safety. The content includes violent incident prevention, bullying prevention and intervention strategies, prevalent medical conditions, vaping resources, cellphone use and PPM128. Emergency safe schools procedures, safe schools incident reporting, accident reporting and special education health and safety procedures will be reviewed. 

Additional information:

• Staff will also work together to set directions for the school year and engage in learning focused on creating equitable spaces, using the resource "Unearthing Joy" by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. 

Timing/Format

• Full day, in person at Rolling Meadows Public School

Facilitators: ​

• The learning will be led by the principal and vice principal and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including the School Programs Department. Additional school-based learning will be in collaboration with the Indigenous Rights and Education Department.

Learning Materials:

• Rolling Meadows staff will engage in professional learning focused on the implementation of the revised 2023 Language/Francais, grades 1-8 curriculum. This learning will include principles and requirements related to early reading screening as described in PPM 168. Additional learning will be focused on supporting student Math Achievement with a focus on fidelity of curriculum implementation, knowing the mathematics learner, content knowledge, identifying and collecting key performance indicators to measure improvement in student math performance, and high impact instructional practices. 

Additional information:

• The Indigenous Rights and Education Department team members will take staff through learning about Indigenous Rights and pedagogical practices through connections to the literacy curriculum as well as cross curricular connections.  

Timing/Format

• Half day, in person at Rolling Meadows Public School

Facilitators: ​

• Teaching staff will facilitate Student-Led Conferences with students and their families throughout the week and during the morning of the PA Day. 

Learning Materials:

• NA 

Additional information:

• NA.