Sun West school triads consist of an Administrator, PeBL mentor and Student Support Teacher. Materials found here will support the efficent development of school triads.
ESSP Level Three School Strategic Plan PeBL REORDER Template. This is the template to be used by the Sun West Triads.
This framework from the Government of Saskatchewan was developed by education sector partners based on feedback from public engagement sessions and an online survey. The framework will be used to help create an action plan for education in Saskatchewan from 2020 to 2030.
Establishing Norms for Meetings, PLCs, or a Classroom
Establishing norms helps set clear expectations that everyone in the class or learning community can build together and agree to.
This resource is from Queens University.
In this section you will learn about 20 active learning activities. Explore the Venn diagram below to find out which activities may work in small or large classes, and which ones may be appropriate for individual work.
The following is a collection of resources and strategies to help teachers connect with families positively and engage them in their child's learning. Use this resource to help ensure you have a family friendly school with parents involved in the school and their child's education.
Community connections are also explored.
Together the parents, teacher, student and community can work together to forge a positive and successful experience for all stakeholders involved.
"Humor, goofiness, joy, fun — these were actually vital to developing a creative classroom culture. When I taught middle school, we had a wordplay wall at the back with ridiculously bad dad jokes (things like “fire drill” and “slow jams” and “graduated cylinder”). We had Easter Eggs hidden throughout the classroom. We had our own version of a Rick Roll. If someone asked you to “share a link,” you had to “Cher a link” instead, sending them to a music video from Cher. "
This excellent resource includes videos, and some reading. It's very engaging - and fun! It's all about bringing joy to your classroom - which happens to spark community, creativity and foster risk taking! Win win win!
Access leadership and HR courses. You will need to sign up to enrol.
Courses offered include:
*Discovering and implementing core values
*Align your organization
*Build a 1 page strategic plan
*Personality testing
*How to delegate
*Assessing a team
*Performance reviews & More!
Educational Scavenger Hunts for the 21st Century!
This app helps you facilitate scavenger hunts, where teams of students compete to find items you assign (in the physical world), then take photo evidence at each point and post it on the app. The app then keeps track of team points so you know which team won by the end.
This tool could be used for teams to complete assessments, or to provide feedback and capture an snapshot of their current level of understanding of the material. Students could also CREATE these for summative assessments to share with their peers if centered around a topic of study in the classroom.
A better way to say sorry.
This article looks at how to personalize learning for secondary students.
Responsive Instruction Modules: Classroom Level Support
Module 1: School-wide Planning - Making Supports and Services a Priority
Module 2: Reading Instruction - Critical Elements
Module 3: Instruction in Mathematics - Effective Instructional Practices
Module 4: Written Expression - Effective Instructional Practices
Inclusive Education Modules
Module 1: School-wide Planning - Making Supports and Services a Priority
Module 2: Fostering Inclusion - Understanding the Classroom Teacher's Role
Module 3: Instructional Support - Engaging Students and Classroom Teachers
Responsive Instruction Modules: Targeted/Group Approaches
Module 1: Targeting Reading Instruction - Knowing Our Learners
Module 2: Targeting Mathematics Instruction - Knowing Our Learners
Module 3: Targeting Written Expression Instruction
Supporting Students with Intensive Needs in the Classroom
Intellectual Disability
Physical Health Impairment
Bipolar Depressive, Anxiety or Related Disorders
Substance Related or Addictive Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Orthopaedic Disabilities
Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated with Prenatal Substance Exposure
Blind or Visually Impaired
"Professor John Hattie and Raymond Smith will introduce mindframes that ensure that leaders at every level can select, implement, and evaluate high-impact interventions that result in systemwide success."
This is a great webinar for division leadership, school based administrators (principals) and triads (school leadership teams).
These high impact mindframes include:
*being an evaluator of my impact on teacher learning
*seeing assessment as informing impact and next steps
*collaborating about progress and impact
*being a change agent and believing all teachers can improve
*strive for challenge
*work with feedback - both giving it and ensuring it's understood by teachers, and also accepting and acting on it when given
*engaging in dialogue
*explicitly informing teachers what success looks like
*build relationships and trust; it's safe to make mistakes and learn from others
*focus on learning
This is a great activity to get people of all ages up and moving and talking about what they need to work best in a team.
The following resources are designed to support PeBL Mentors as they work in collaboration with their Triad and school staff to develop Level 4: Contingency Plans for Class/School closures.
This self-reflection tool is designed to ensure that teaching practices are aligned with Structure Literacy. The user is encouraged to note (by checking off the boxes) all areas they are currently putting into practice. The completed reflection can then be used with the principal or the leadership team to set targets for professional learning, professional growth, and/or a plan for Structured Literacy implementation. The goal is to ensure all areas identified are implemented within the classroom. Adopted from The Reading League’s Curriculum Evaluation Tool https://www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Curriculum-Evaluation-Tool-August-2020.pdf
"A 5 day help guide which outlines quick steps that can help shape thinking around the move to remote learning."
This site is full of excellent thinking tools to support learning.
Click Skills Area and then Problem Solving Skills to help guide your work in the collaborative learning cycle.
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.
"NACTATR provides communities in North America a system that strives to anticipate the threat of violence by individuals against others or themselves, and to reduce the impact of trauma. NACTATR is solely focused on preventing violence and trauma in North America using training, tools and technology."
The following list details items for PeBL Mentors to consider discussing with staff especially new teachers. Some items are to discuss ASAP while others can be discussed throughout the year.