The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schools across the nation and contributed to a general sense of uncertainty and anxiety. Join Ricky Robertson as he discusses ways to care for our well-being and support others through this challenging time.
"Recent studies show self-regulation has been identified as a key factor in a child’s long-term physical, psychological, behavioural, and educational well-being.
Presenters Sara Richardson and Natasha Marston explored the importance of relationships and adult expectations and how better self-regulation skills in early childhood lead to better social skills and better mental health throughout life."
What are the top challenges teachers are encountering as they design and facilitate PBL online? Learn practical solutions for the stickiest problems of practice. Join us to engage in a highly interactive webinar with PBLWorks.
Webinars that will support the administration of the Early Years Evaluation (EYE).
A short video and overview on how to approach weeding and maintaining a library collection. Used for another organization, but contains information applicable to weeding in any library collection
This video is for new librarian or media specialist. The focus of this video is the process of weeding a library collection. Several good strategies are described as to why, when and how to begin with weeding a library collection
The following webinar was given on April 3rd. The focus of this webinar is using the new Learn at Home Hub to it's full potential.
Welcoming Families from Day One
Two ways to kick off the school year with strong family-teacher partnerships
The Well-Being & Well-Becoming in Schools in Canada Research Initiative brings to you a collection of readings and resources that can help educators promote teacher and student mental health and well-being during the pandemic. In this page, you can also find helpful links to organizations and institutions which have also put similar initiatives in place, and the contacts of scholars who are willing to provide talks for professional development in the area of teacher and student well-being.
Learning what affects/impacts our overall wellness
In this mini unit, students will develop the knowledge and understanding of factors that can affect their overall wellness. They will work in groups to become experts on a topic related to the outcomes (i.e. nutrition, physical activity, relationships, mental health, environment) and present their findings to the rest of class. They will need to make the connections between their topic and the elements of the wellness wheel, and come up with strategies to improve overall wellness/balance the wheel.
This amazing resource from http://www.ehwc.ca/ Elsipogtog Health & Wellness Centre examines staying well as it connects to the medicine wheel with a FNMI perspective.
This video series from The Sun West DLC examines several simple tips and tricks that students, parents, and teachers can use to assist with their emotional, physical, intellectual, spirtual and social wellness. Each video is approximately five minutes in length.
This informational text explores the characteristics of blue whales and a simple food chain of the Southern Ocean. This text is at a reading level appropriate for a reading level of Kindergarten through first grade. It is a full-color pdf file that can be printed, cut, and folded to form a 2 1/8" by 2 3/4" book. It contains color photographs and illustrations.
This informational text explores the characteristics of blue whales and a simple food chain of the Southern Ocean. The text is at a reading level appropriate for a reading level of Kindergarten through first grade. It is a pdf file that includes only the text and a glossary.
The attached document has 14 ideas for things students can do when their classroom work is done. Download the list below. For younger or older students you can modify the list if needed.
This tutorial will explain what Open Educational Resources or OER are.
This video explores...
"When educators take on the challenge of improving achievement in writing, a common starting point is to search for a robust writing curriculum. While an investment in a boxed curriculum may offer important guidance on what to teach, the curriculum alone will not improve writers.
A better starting point is to focus on how writing is being taught.
Regardless of the curriculum used, the real learning occurs during a daily writer’s workshop, where teachers commit to providing three components: direct instruction, writing time, and differentiated feedback. By focusing on how writing is being taught, educators create an optimal teaching environment for students to learn essential writing skills and standards."
This one page document provides an excellent explanation in brief of what PeBL is. This is a great place to start when learning about the PeBL philosophy at Sun West.
What is a Mentor?
Information adapted from Powerful practices of really great mentors: how to inspire and motivate anyone