New Teachers Orientation, Day 2

Today was day 2 of our new staff orientation session.  Each of the presentations shared over the past two days have been provided here for your reference.  I hope that you may find them useful.

Today's Hot Topics:

Getting to Know your Students

A Framework for Thinking about Assessment

Procedures and Routines

Classroom Management and Restitution

SJASD New Teacher Orientation, Day 1

What a wonderful day! 

Thank you to all of our new professional staff for spending the day at our Professional Staff Development Center.   The day was full of events, somewhat of a cornucopia of all things teaching and learning.

We hope that through today's discussion and collaboration, most of our new staff were able to walk away with a sense of excitement and calmness.  There are many things to consider when starting your new teaching assignment and we hope that we were able to facilitate some of that thinking.

Today's Hot Topics

Professional Learning Communities & Networks

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Digital Learning and its presence in the classroom

Classroom Community Building

How to establish and maintain Procedures and Routines in the first weeks of school

Classroom Management and Restitution
Always consider this:  Will what I am about to do or say bring me closer to the person with whom I am communicating—or will it push me further away?" 
Larry Ferlazzo

Enjoy your evening.  We look forward to tomorrow's opportunity for continued learning and professional collaboration.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to all my fellow educators! 

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The 2012-2013 school year marks the second year of the St.James Assiniboia School Division's New Teacher blogspot.  

I anxiously look forward to a new year of learning and collaboration with both our New Professional Staff and our incredibly dedicated and passionate experienced staff.   

Last school year, I was given the opportunity to participate in various inspirational professional learning institutes of which I will share some of my reflections in the next few posts.  I have made a personal commitment to becoming a better blogger.  This space will become my place for personal reflection, learning and sharing. 

I believe that we are learners, always!  As educators we must be clear on our purpose and the importance of our work.  We must have a shared commitment to improving and upgrading our practices in order to meet the needs of all of our learners.  

Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting all of our  New Professional Staff.  We will spend two days getting to know one another, learning, laughing and preparing for that first week of school.  I will share our work as the days proceed.

Any comments, feedback or reflections on my upcoming posts are greatly appreciated:)

Enjoy the last few days of summer break!

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