Learning Opportunities

“Supporting the Leaders to Support the Leaders”

ERLC is pleased to offer sixteen sessions on Wednesday & Thursday designed around many of our current initiatives and provincial priorities: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; Mathematics/Numeracy; Literacy; Inclusive Education; Learning Commons; Welcoming, Caring and Safe Schools and Bill 10 Implications; Critical Thinking; Lesson Study; Supporting French Immersion programs; CTS/CTF; and Communities of Practice.

Each of the 75-minute sessions during the two-day symposium include a formal presentation, opportunities for dialogue and time to provide feedback and input to the ERLC for next steps and future supports needed. Session facilitators have been asked to highlight big ideas, strategies and community resources that will be helpful to bring back to the leaders in your districts.

On Friday, we will offer a full day session for Zones 2 & 3 Inclusive Education advisory committee members. 

District leaders and advisory committee members are invited to attend as few or as many sessions as they would like, but pre-registration is required. Each session has a limited maximum capacity of 40 participants so please register early.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

8:30 - 10:00

• Learner-centered Education Needs a Learning Commons by Louise Osland, ERLC
• Effectively Leading Education Change by Warren Woytuck, Director of Partner Relations and Communications The Critical Thinking Consortium

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break and Networking

10:15 - 11:45

• To What Extent is Lesson Study an Effective PD Model? by Diane Lander, Curriculum Facilitator, Parkland School Division
• LGBTQ Awareness: Supporting Diversity in our Schools by Melinda McNie, University of Alberta, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services

11:45 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 2:00 

• Learning through Competencies with Effective (and Free!) Resources by Patricia Shields-Ramsay, InPraxis Consulting
• Preparing for Numeracy Across the Curriculum by Keith Van De Keere, ERLC

2:00 - 2:15 Coffee Break and Networking

2:15 - 3:30 

• MakerSpace Teacher by Aaron Ball, Edmonton Catholic Schools
• Numeracy - Elementary Math Professional Learning Opportunities (for Administrators) by Ulana Soletsky, ERLC

Thursday, January 21, 2016

8:30 - 10:00

• Literacy Leadership by Lisa Jones and Kathleen Durance, Edmonton Public Schools
• Building French Immersion Teacher Competency by Corey Haley, Parkland School Division, Sherri Johnston and Carmen Mykula, ERLC 

10:15 - 11:45

• What's New in the School Act: Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning Environments by Caroline Missal, Alberta Education
• Supporting French Immersion Programming by Samira ElAtia, University of Alberta, Sherri Johnston and Carmen Mykula, ERLC 

11:45 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 2:00 

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit Instructional Support Wheel by Julia McDougall, Fort McMurray Public Schools
• Why Career and Technology Foundations? by Dennis Pratt, Edmonton Public Schools

2:00 - 2:15 Coffee Break and Networking

2:15 - 3:30

• Deepening our Understanding of First Nations, Métis and Inuit by Jennifer Ward, EPSB and Sherri Johnston, ERLC
• Community of Practice for Principals by Corrie Ziegler, ERLC

Friday, January 22, 2016 Inclusive Education Day - Focusing on Positive Behaviour Supports: Working with Students who Present Challenging Behaviour in the Regular Classroom Setting by Charlene Roberge, Teacher Consultant, Inclusive Learning, Edmonton Public Schools, Ian Crichton, School Family Liaison with Inclusive Learning, Edmonton Public Schools and Meghan Cox, Learning Supports Program Facilitator, Parkland School Division

Target Audience

By invitation only - ERLC District Leaders and Advisory Committee Members