learning-forward-2016-annual-conference-program

SUMMIT SESSIONS | SET M
DECEMBER 7, 2016
WEDNESDAY
12:15 PM - 3:15 PM
M17 |
Enhancing Professional Learning
Through Collaborative Inquiry
Share in a yearlong inquiry-learning
journey to promote and support excellent
teaching within schools and across the K-12
system. Learn how a district committed
targeted professional development
funding and, with the involvement and
approval of multiple stakeholders, built
capacity using inquiry facilitation and
grassroots teacher participation. Become
knowledgeable about how this district was
able to work within its complex context of
continuous budget reductions, recurring
teacher job action, and professional
autonomy cultural practices to co-develop,
support, and sustain a teacher inquiry
professional learning model.
Denise Johnson, Vancouver School Board,
Vancouver, BC, Canada,
deniselynnjohnson@icloud.com
Mary Filleul, Vancouver School Board,
Vancouver, BC, Canada, mfilleul@vsb.bc.ca
Magdalena Kassis, Vancouver School Board,
Vancouver, BC, Canada, mkassis@vsb.bc.ca
Area of Focus: Learning Communities
M18 |
Youth Equity Stewardship: Full
Partners in School Improvement
Get ideas, tools, and strategies to support
the development of student stewards
of safe, respectful, inclusive, and soulful
learning environments. Come away with an
actionable process for building youth-adult
partnerships in support of school change
efforts. Gain a conceptual framework
for youth leadership and engagement
synchronized with the five phases of Gary
Howard’s Deep Equity process. Discover
arts-integrated tools and strategies to
engage historically marginalized youth.
Benjie Howard, New Wilderness Project,
Bellingham, WA, roughwater1@me.com
Wade Colwell-Sandoval, Counseling in
Schools, New York, NY, xochiyolotl@gmail.com
Area of Focus: Equity
M19 |
Facilitating a Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder-Informed
Approach to Teaching
Learn how to support students who live
with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Hear how a small provincial outreach
team utilizes an outreach service model,
technology, and action-research funds to
facilitate collaborative professional learning
across an entire province. Experience
the importance of understanding Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and how that
understanding affects efforts to shift
educator practice.
Stacey Wakabayashi, BC Ministry of Education,
Prince George, BC, Canada,
swakabayashi@sd57.bc.ca
Jodee Sayle, BC Ministry of Education, Prince
George, BC, Canada, jsayle@sd57.bc.ca
Meredith Keery, BC Ministry of Education,
Prince George, BC, Canada, mkeery@sd57.bc.ca
Area of Focus: Learning Designs
M20 |
Passion-Led Communities
Examine a passion-based professional
learning community (PLC) that was
organized by teachers from different
schools. Look at the power of PLCs that
extend over years and their evolution of
focus, relationship, and group structures
for collaboration and sharing. See how
members of this professional group used
their passion to refine teaching practice
and promote professional dialogue.
Consider optional ways of forming and
sustaining PLCs through the lens of
teacher-initiated inquiry beyond school
walls.
Denise Colby, Toronto District School Board,
Toronto, ON, Canada, denise.colby@tdsb.on.ca
Diana Maliszewski, Toronto District School
Board, Toronto, ON, Canada,
diana.maliszewski@tdsb.on.ca
Area of Focus: Learning Communities
M21 |
Leading Collaborative Learning:
What’s the Big Idea?
Focus on building collective efficacy
among staff and gain practical steps
on how leaders and teachers, working
together can build strong learning cultures.
Examine strategies such as co-planning, coteaching,
co-debriefing, and co-reflection
using an inquiry stance that has been
successfully used in improving professional
learning and student achievement. Learn
how building collective teacher efficacy
will minimize within school variance
between teachers.
Beate Planche, Newmarket, ON, Canada,
bmplanche@gmail.com
Lyn Sharratt, University of Toronto, Toronto,
ON, Canada, lyn@lyn.sharratt.com
Area of Focus: Leadership
M22 |
Investing in Education to Transform
Community
Hear about The Cmolik Foundation’s
investments in British Columbia youth
by providing substantial scholarships
and mentoring for students during their
first five years of university or college.
Learn about field trips and summer
school programs funded and organized
by Cmolik that provide enrichment for
elementary students in an inner city
school. Consider the lessons learned from
Cmolik’s investments as a way to improve
education. Identify and develop a plan for
your own community needs.
Ellen Cmolik, The Cmolik Foundation, Langley,
BC, Canada, ellencmolik@gmail.com
Area of Focus: Resources
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