With ideas from EfficienTEACH you can teach better and save time for what matters most.

This project provides you with research-based teaching practices you can use in class tomorrow to save time AND teach better.

Explore ideas to help you with:
- student engagement
- communication
- memorization
- practice/activities
- assessment
- material/content
- feedback
- routines and habits
- discussion
- teacher tasks
- reflection
- community and relationships
- lesson planning
- teacher wellness

The following resource contains everything participants need for the PD Workshop "For the Love of Reading: Engaging ALL Readers" (Grades 6-9).Included:  PPT slide deck, note-taking organizer, Jigsaw article, resources for reading engagementIf you are interested in attending a live presentation of this workshop please contact melissa.lander@sunwestsd.ca  

Please find the required PowerPoint presentation below.  This workshop has been developed as part of the course Parents in Teaching and Learning (ECUR 823) at the University of Saskatchewan with professor Debbie Pushor.This workshop is meant to be personalized.  Select the activities you wish to discuss, and spend as much or as little time on the concepts that speak fully to your school.  As you select activities and where to put your focus think of what needs to be done as a school and as a classroom teacher before school begins, during school, and over the summer.  Pick and choose the activities that best fit your school and your school’s needs.If you have any questions, feedback, or require clarification please feel free to call or email Melissa.lander@sunwestsd.ca. 

This site offers free resources for all educators from teachers to instructional coaches and counselors to principals.

Topics include: Assessment & Evaluation, Brain-Based Teaching & Learning, Literacy, Mathematics, Education Leadership, English Language Learners, Emotional Intelligence, Equity & Diversity, Instructional Technology,
Science/STEM, Lesson Plans, Lessons & Strategies, and more!

This interactive notebook can walk teachers and students through the process of doing a Genius Hour project.

Students should download a copy and complete it with their own ideas.

This webinar will explore best practices around feedback and how it can best be utilized to impact student learning.

Presented by John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey.

This course is good for anyone over 13 years old!

"The How to Make a Comic Book online course is a project-centered course designed for all-age learners (ages 13+) who are brand new to the comic-making process. The course features a bevy of resources for new comic-makers including tutorials, models, comic industry guest speakers, and exercises.

The course walks participants through the full process of comic creation, starting at brainstorming and covering scripting, thumbnailing, penciling, lettering by hand, inking, and final assembly. The course culminates in the creation of a final 4-page comic."

Enroll in the course and the materials will be emailed to you.
The course is free, self-paced and should take 8-20 hours.

"In this e-mail based course, you will explore essential aspects of project-based learning design while also considering strategies for creating accessible and equitable online project-based learning experiences.

This course culminates in you creating an outline and planner to design and facilitate PBL in online spaces and for distance-learning."

This course is free and email based.
It should take teachers 4-10 hours to complete.

Come out ready to get your PBL rolling!

This information could also be applied to student book clubs.
A great read full of great ideas!

This is a free course to help you learn about your biases.
You will learn ways that you can develop your advocacy skills in your school/community from experts in education.
The course is built on three principles:
The Power of Preparation- Discover ways to develop a plan to address inequities in schools.
The Power of Persuasion- Gain an understanding of the art of influence and create a sense of urgency towards change.
The Power of Persistence- Recognize how to endure challenges as they may arise.

Integrating Computational Thinking and Coding in a Middle Years Classroom. A look at some resources and activities used in the classroom of Clint Hayes, a teacher in Eaton School in Eatonia.

-PD
-Playlists
-Writing Prompts
-Maker and Design Ideas
-Best Practices
& More!

"In this self-paced email-based course you will learn the basics of learning mindsets, and the important role they can play in your own academic environment. Learn what they are, how to properly identify them, and what you can do to integrate them into your teaching, classroom, and school."

Change your mindset, change your life!

This website provides short support videos by grade level for:
*readers have different voices
*readers make inferences
*readers retell/summarize
*readers question and predict
*readers track details
*readers juggle multiple texts
*SEL

The following resource contains all the materials and supporting documents used for our Math Professional Learning. This includes the actual PPT presentation as well as the supporting handouts and checklist.

The following resource contains all the materials and supporting documents used for our Math Professional Learning. This includes the actual PPT presentation as well as the supporting handouts and checklist.

In the first session of the Mind the Gaps series, intervention expert Mike Mattos will discuss the three essential academic outcomes of an effective multitiered system of support and four critical actions that leaders should take to embed these supports in the school’s master schedule.

Given months of remote or distance learning, this webinar will challenge participants to consider how to begin to prepare now for the critical targeted instruction that takes into consideration the impact of the recent disruption in face-to-face learning.

Assessment sits at the center of instructional decisions and multitiered systems of support that ensure student success. This webinar, featuring assessment expert Nicole Dimich, will provide guidance in how to design meaningful assessments and set up information that empowers teachers to be instructionally agile and students to be invested in their learning.

The Writing Alignment PLC has created a short video sharing the "Narrative Writing Lessons and Resources" resource that they created this year! The video explains their PLC goal and then takes viewers through the resource bank to view the lesson descriptions, as well as the elements of the resource itself. A must see video for ELA teachers grades 1-12!