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8:15am Doors Open 8:15am – 8:45am Coffee and goodies 8:45am – 11:15am Morning session 11:15am – 12:00pm Lunch (sandwiches provided) 12:00pm – 2:30pm Afternoon session (with a few exceptions)

Registration Deadline: Sunday, February 14th, 2016

FULL DAY SESSIONS

StÓ:lō Cultural Experience 8:45am – 2:30pm Presenters: StÓ:lō Nation (Rose Greene)

This session is an interactive, station-based tour hosted by StÓ:lō Nation. The day will be centered around Cultural activities that will broaden educators’ understanding of the history and culture of the StÓ:lō people. Teachers will come away with a deeper understanding of StÓ:lō culture and available resources at StÓ:lō Nation. This is an ideal session for educators interested in authentic place-based experiences for their students. The session takes place at StÓ:lō Nation on Vedder Road and lunch will be provided. Target Audience: Teachers, Education Assistants and Administrators

Boardmaker Online Training 8:45am – 2:30pm Presenter: Stacey Harpell, SET-BC

Boardmaker Online is a complete system for delivering personalized instruction and therapy while also measuring student progress. It is also the one special education solution that supports your entire team. It’s designed to benefit entire districts, departments and individual classrooms, as well as the unique needs of the students within them. This session will introduce participants to Boardmaker Online. Participants will leave with increased awareness and capacity for utilizing this program. Target Audience: RTs and LATs

Presented by: SD 33 Chilliwack, Learning Services Department

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Power Over Stress: Neuro-Physiological Techniques to Decrease Stress and Increase Energy and Happiness

8:45am – 2:30pm Presenter: Dr. K. Nedd, Vancouver Medical Doctor and stress expert

Dr. Nedd’s captivating and inspirational seminars are delivered with humour and are focused on how to use your brain in new ways to become happier and more motivated in these stressful times. Dr. Nedd is consistently described as a dynamic, inspirational, energetic and passionate speaker. Target Audience: All Staff

Storytelling and Self Expression through First Nations Art 8:45am – 2:30pm Presenters: Anastasia Hendry, Art Educator and Christine McKenzie, First Nations Artist

Be prepared to be engaged! This workshop will give you at least 5 activities that you can bring to your classroom/students immediately. We will be using simple materials available to any school and will teach you the techniques to be able to share this with your students. In this session, you will

See First Nations artifacts and learn how to analyze them

Use the Draw and Tell technique to share a traditional NW Coast story (can be adapted to other nations)

Learn how to do interactive storytelling

Learn how to create a story using pictographs

Create a simple paper mask using animal symbolism

Learn a traditional First Nations game – “Stick Dice”. Target Audience: All Teachers and Education Assistants

Exploring Place-Based Learning with the Chilliwack Museum and Archives 9:00am – 2:30pm Presenters: Stephanie Clinton, Education and Engagement Coordinator at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives, Shannon Bettles, Archivist at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives and Jane Lemke, Curator at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives

The morning portion of this session will begin at the Chilliwack Archives in Evergreen Hall. The Chilliwack Museum and Archives’ Archivist and Curator will take you on a tour of the archival and artifact collections. Come and learn about Chilliwack’s past through artifact interpretation and find out how to use your local archives as a resource for classroom teaching. As a group, you will then walk over to the Chilliwack Museum where you will spend the afternoon. This part of the day will consist of breakout groups focusing on different local history themes. Using primary and secondary sources, groups will explore lesson plan development using the new social studies curriculum and focus on place-based learning. Groups will also have a chance to explore the current Chilliwack Museum exhibits. Lunch is provided at the museum. Please dress accordingly as you will be walking between the Evergreen Hall and the Chilliwack Museum. Target Audience: All Teachers

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FUN FRIENDS 8:45am – 3:15pm Presenter: BC FRIENDS Trainer

Fun FRIENDS is an ‘early years’ version of the FRIENDS program for K-1. This one day training session provides teachers with an overview of anxiety, an introduction to the FUN FRIENDS skills and concepts taught in the classroom, a step-by-step leader’s manual, a sample parent guide/workbook and other supplementary material and the eligibility to deliver FRIENDS and order additional program materials. Target Audience: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Teachers, School Counsellors and other K-Grade 1 School Personnel who will directly implement the program with K and Grade 1 students in a classroom.

Please note: FRIENDS has asked us that this session be for those who work directly with Kindergarten and Grade 1 students only and the registration deadline for this session is FEBRUARY 5th, 2016.

CPI Training: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention 8:45am – 2:30pm Presenter: Glenda Gaudette, SSS Special Ed. Department

CPI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) focuses on early intervention and non-physical methods for preventing and managing disruptive behaviour. The goal of the program is to teach participants how to intervene in a way that provides for the care, welfare, safety and security of all who are involved in a crisis situation. Target Audience: Teachers, EAs, Child and Youth Care Workers, Administrators

First Aid (Red Cross: 3 year certification) 8:30am – 4:30pm Presenters: Work SafeT Solutions

Basic First Aid for Clerical, Supervision Assistants, Education Assistants, Chef Assistants and any other job description that requires First Aid. This session is facilitated by WorkSafeT Solutions. CASUAL STAFF who require First Aid are welcome to attend (cost is $80.00). Please send your cheque to the SDO Attn: Cheryl Moore. Cheques are payable to SD 33 Chilliwack.

Target Audience: Staff as per session description

MORNING SESSIONS: 8:45 – 11:15

Operation Alphabet: Play-Based Kindergarten Literacy Presenter: Ann George, Kindergarten Teacher with the Greater Victoria School District

This session will provide an overview of Ann’s Kindergarten program, focusing on practical ideas and strategies to incorporate literacy activities into play-based learning. Topics to be addressed include literacy centres and reading and writing at the Kindergarten level. Classroom organization and scheduling ideas will be shared, as well as a variety of resources and literacy activities which can be used in a play-based setting. Target Audience: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Teachers

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What’s New in Microsoft Office 2016?

Presenter: Josh Bouthot, Software Support Technician

Come and take a look at the new features of the brand new Microsoft Office suite…Office 2016! This session will include an overview of the new suite and cover the additions Microsoft has made to improve the suite. We will also be spending a bit of time on the whole suite, discuss how it can be used in the workplace and it’s availability for SD33 staff through the home use program. Target Audience: Clerical

MyEducation BC: Elementary Report Cards – Refresher Workshop Presenter: Jason Kemp, MyEducation BC Helping Teacher

This will be a session focused on using MyEducation BC to create Elementary Report Cards. Target Audience: Elementary Teachers

Introduction to Kurzweill Presenter: Merrill Gray, SET-BC

Kurzweill is an Assistive Technology text to speech software that offers proven, research-based, literacy solutions that enable learners to address their own unique learning challenges and build the skills and confidence to succeed in academically rigorous environments. This session will give participants an overview of the functions and features of Kurzweill. Target Audience: Teachers, EAs, RTs and LATs

Promoting Social Emotional Learning with Mindfulness Practice (Elementary) Presenter: Molly Lawlor, Primary Author of the MindUP program and Director for Curriculum and Research for Taxi Dog Education Programs

Research has revealed schools to be one of the primary settings to promote social-emotional learning (SEL). Increasingly, school-based primary prevention efforts are incorporating mindfulness-based practices to foster attention, resiliency, and well-being. Both SEL and mindfulness-based initiatives emphasize the development of positive self, moral, social, and emotional understanding. This session presents a conceptual framework that describes how mindfulness practices may deepen SEL within K-12 educational contexts. Concepts will be expanded to explore practical tools for educators. Target Audience: Elementary educators

Deconstructing Myths Presenter: Rick Joe, Aboriginal Support Teacher

In this workshop, participants are submerged into the depths of the mistruths that have made up the belief systems of mainstream Canada for far too long. Participants will be challenged to dig deeper through research, which must include historical documentation and oral testimony as opposed to acceptance of archaic misinformation and hidden fabricated narratives. In a commitment to the continuation of the work that teachers started with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, BCTF invites all teachers to join in the effort to seek truth through the deconstruction of myths in curriculum. Target Audience: Anyone working with Aboriginal students

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Embedding Indigenous Worldviews and Authors into Secondary Classrooms Presenters: Brad Baker, Administrator in North Vancouver, Stephanie Maki, Eng/SS Teacher in North Vancouver and Jennifer Tieche, Teacher Librarian in North Vancouver

Participants will gain a stronger understanding of the reasoning as to why we need to embed Indigenous Worldviews in meaningful and relevant ways for all learners and educators. Participants will be guided through the process of understanding the historical significance of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and how the historical piece must be understood prior to moving forward. After this introduction, participants will be given concrete examples of how to embed Aboriginal Worldviews in the secondary classroom across the curriculum. For example, the use of Authentic Authors in mainstream classrooms and incorporating authentic Indigenous voices in a library resource collection will be explored. Target Audience: Secondary Teachers

MyEducation for Elementary Clerical Presenters: Niki Wiens, MyEducation BC Project Manager and Kelly Thiessen, MyEducation Implementation Assistant

Topics that will be covered in this session include reporting, navigating, queries and filters as well as new registration/pre-registration forms and pre-transition of a student. Target Audience: Elementary Clerical

Every Door the Right Door Presenters: Karen Steegstra, Chilliwack Child and Youth Coordinator and Dr. Rob Lees

Join this interactive session that follows the journey of Chilliwack Youth and Families needing support services. This session will be presented by the Children and Youth committee’s coordinated service delivery initiative. Learn how to access resources for families and youth while being guided through a typical family accessing services. Target Audience: EAs, K-12 Teachers, LATs, RTs and Administrators

Art and Activism: As Seen through the Eyes of George Littlechild Presenter: George Littlechild, internationally acclaimed artist and author

In this session, George will lead teachers through his own experiences and will show how his art and activism has evolved. George also talks about his sessions with students and how he integrates Indigenous content and art. Target Audience: All Teachers and EAs

Mindfulness, Children and Happiness Presenter: Ven. Yin Kit (Sister Jessie), Po Lam Buddhist Association

With deep insight, understanding, warmth and humour, Sister Jessie will help shed light on why mindfulness in the workplace and our classrooms have begun to sweep across the continent. If you have ever been curious about how mindfulness works, this workshop is for you. If you have started using a program like Mind Up, this workshop allows you to hear a master meditator speak and demonstrate the practice of mindfulness.

Using direct experience, Sister Jessie will explore the intersections of mindfulness, self-care and care of the students in your classroom. Demonstrating the use of simple things like popcorn, our own human bodies and every day classroom experiences, Sister Jessie will guide participants through mindfulness exercises that teachers, EAs and parents can use to support children in becoming more grounded, happier and harmonious members of their families and our school communities. Target Audience: Teachers and EAs

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Building Thinking Classrooms – Rich Tasks, Vertical Surfaces and Random Grouping

Presenter: Annette Rouleau, studying mathematics education under Peter Liljedahl at SFU

In this session, participants will engage in problems worth solving – problems that encourage thinking, perseverance, collaboration and risk-taking. You will have the experience of working at vertical, non-permanent surfaces, on rich tasks and in collaboration with others – a few of the necessary elements for building a thinking classroom. Target Audience: Math Teachers (K-6)

Office Ergonomics Presenter: Karl Brysch, WorkSMART Ergonomics Inc.

The topics that will be covered in this session are common musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in office environments, stages of MSD development, how to identify physical hazards (workplace and personal factors) and the importance of microbreaks and stretching. Target Audience: Clerical

Meeting Anxiety with Ease Presenter: Steve Woolf, Counsellor at Turning Towards Essence (private practice)

In a time and place where the pace of life seems to be going faster and faster, anxiety ensues. This session is intended to provide respite and practices that lead from an angst ridden time famine to the spaciousness of the present moment. Target Audience: Anyone who would like to find more ease of being in their classrooms or homes, who has an interest in mindfulness, or who would like more time for being over doing.

Thinking Classrooms Presenter: Michael Pruner; High School Math Teacher, North Vancouver and President for the BCAMT

Are our classrooms populated by students who are engaged in the mathematics and deep thinking for the duration of class? This session will explore what a thinking classroom looks like and how to create a thinking classroom in mathematics. We will learn about some changes that you can apply right now to shift the culture of your classroom towards one where students are engaged, enthusiastic and independent in their learning. Target Audience: Math Teachers (gr. 6-12)

Effective Literacy Interventions for Primary Students Presenters: Lisa Watson, Teacher Consultant for the Provincial Outreach Program for Early Intervention

POPEI’s Teacher Consultant, Lisa Watson, will provide K-3 educators with practical, research-based strategies to support primary literacy learners that include: the keys to effective literacy interventions, routines and structures that allow for small-group and one-to-one support in the classroom and considerations for collaborative planning and instruction. Target Audience: Educators who support primary literacy learners

Moving and Learning Presenter: Robyn Holmgren, Fraser Valley Child Development Centre

This presentation will focus on the benefits of exercise and the effects of exercise on the brain. There will also be discussion about the importance of crossing midline and its implications in learning. The session will end with strategies that participants can incorporate in the classroom to help students optimize their potential for learning. Target Audience: Teachers, EAs and Administrators

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Fractions and Grid Paper Go Well Together

Presenter: Jim Mennie, International Conference and Workshop Presenter and an In-Service Course Designer and Consultant, Author and Editor of Mathematics Textbooks

Fraction concepts often prove difficult for students to grasp. In this session, come and learn how grid paper and diagrams can be used as a resource that can provide a pictorial, easy to understand, introduction to fractions and fraction operations. Target Audience: Math Teachers (gr. 5-9)

Supporting Students to Reach Their Live 5-2-1-0 Healthy Living Goals Presenter: Danielle Edwards, Community Coordinator, Healthy Kids Initiative (Live 5-2-1-0)

This session will provide an overview of Live 5-2-1-0, with the majority of time devoted to a hands-on workshop. This workshop will be focused on helping students to set weekly personal healthy living goals, how to complete the Live 5-2-1-0 adapted to the Medicine Wheel template to encourage balance and healthy living with students, How Much Sugar is In Popular Drinks game (increasing awareness about sugary drinks and providing tasty, alternative beverage options) and ideas for creating a Live 5-2-1-0 friendly classroom. All topics will have corresponding handouts. Target Audience: Teachers and Administrators

AFTERNOON SESSIONS: 12:00 – 2:30

Promoting Social Emotional Learning with Mindfulness Practice (Secondary) Presenter: Molly Lawlor, Primary Author of the MindUP program and Director for Curriculum and Research for Taxi Dog Education Programs

Research has revealed schools to be one of the primary settings to promote social-emotional learning (SEL). Increasingly, school-based primary prevention efforts are incorporating mindfulness-based practices to foster attention, resiliency, and well-being. Both SEL and mindfulness-based initiatives emphasize the development of positive self, moral, social, and emotional understanding. This session presents a conceptual framework that describes how mindfulness practices may deepen SEL within K-12 educational contexts. Concepts will be expanded to explore practical tools for educators. Target Audience: Secondary educators

What’s New in Microsoft Office 2016? Presenter: Josh Bouthot, Software Support Technician

Come and take a look at the new features of the brand new Microsoft Office suite…Office 2016! This session will include an overview of the new suite and cover the additions Microsoft has made to improve the suite. We will also be spending a bit of time on the whole suite and discuss how it can be used in the workplace and it’s availability for SD33 staff through the home use program. Target Audience: Clerical

Operation Alphabet: Play-Based Kindergarten Literacy

Presenter: Ann George, Kindergarten Teacher with the Greater Victoria School District

This session will provide an overview of Ann’s Kindergarten program, focusing on practical ideas and strategies to incorporate literacy activities into play-based learning. Topics to be addressed include literacy centres and reading and writing at the Kindergarten level. Classroom organization and scheduling ideas will be shared, as well as a variety of resources and literacy activities which can be used in a play-based setting. Target Audience: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Teachers

REGISTER online at PD Place

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 14th, 2016

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Using MyEducation to Communicate with Parents and Students

Presenter: Jason Kemp, MyEducation BC Helping Teacher

This will be a session focused on using MyEducation BC’s Gradebook and other built in features to communicate student learning. Target Audience: All Teachers

Interactive Games Presenter: Drew Ann Wake, Live Wires Design Ltd.

In this session, Drew Ann will present a series of interactive games they have designed to help teachers explore the issue of sexual exploitation. The following games will be discussed:

Missing – A mystery game based on a Vancouver police case where a teenage boy was lured to the US by a pedophile he met on-line.

Mirror Image – Based on a New Brunswick incident in which a group of cheerleaders were lured by a man pretending to be a modelling agent.

Get Eddie – A soon-to-be released game that illustrates how teenagers can find themselves in the thrall of a high school bully who uses the threat of physical violence to coerce them.

Betrayed – This program invites teachers to explore and discuss the stories behind images from Sierra Leone, Bangladesh and Mexico.

Target Audience: Middle/Secondary Teachers

Infusing Aboriginal Content in Grades 10-12 Presenter: Rick Joe, Aboriginal Support Teacher

This new BCTF workshop is designed for teachers who wish to incorporate more Aboriginal content in their classrooms. This workshop is designed to create awareness around integrating Aboriginal perspectives and quality Aboriginal resources in the classroom through hands on activities. Target Audience: Teachers (gr. 10-12)

Embedding Indigenous Worldviews and Authors into Elementary Classrooms Presenters: Jessica Johnson, Heather Myhre and Kristen Gill, Teachers with North Vancouver School District

Participants will gain a stronger understanding of why we need to embed Indigenous Worldviews in meaningful and relevant ways for all learner and educators. Participants will be guided through the process of understanding the historical significance of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and how the historical piece must be understood prior to moving forward. After this introduction, participants will be given concrete examples of how to embed Aboriginal Worldviews in the Elementary classroom across the curriculum. For example, delivering BC Residential Schools Curriculum and incorporating authentic Indigenous voices into the K-7 classrooms will be discussed. Target Audience: Teachers (K-7)

Successful Small Group Literacy Instruction: Simple Steps to make it Happen!

Presenters: Jane Ullyot, Early Intervention Coordinator and Hollie Redden, Literacy Helping Teacher

In this practical session, Hollie and Jane will share three simple steps for setting up small group literacy time. Then, they will walk you through how to plan a lesson for your small group literacy instruction. At the end of the session, you will have an opportunity to plan (or co-plan) some small group lessons that you can use right away. Target Audience: Kindergarten and Grade 1 Teachers

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Students and Teachers Love Solving Interesting Math Problems Presenter: Jim Mennie, International Conference and Workshop Presenter and an In-Service Course Designer and Consultant, Author and Editor of Mathematics Textbooks.

The Math Curriculum includes a requirement that students develop the ability to solve non-routine math problems. It is important, therefore, that teachers provide interesting math problems that will excite students and motivate them to further study. This session will look at some interesting problems and discuss ways in which problem solving can be integrated into lessons. Target Audience: Math Teachers (gr. 5-9)

My Education for Elementary Clerical Presenters: Niki Wiens, My Education BC Project Manager and Kelly Thiessen, MyEducation Implementation Assistant

Topics that will be covered in this session include reporting, navigating, queries and filters as well as new registration/pre-registration forms and pre-transition of a student. Target Audience: Elementary Clerical

Glucagon Training Presenter: Heidi Beckerleg, Chilliwack Public Health

Glucagon Training for professionals working with children with Diabetes. Target Audience: EAs, RTs, LATs, Administrators

Resume Writing and Interview Skills

Presenter: Nadine Clattenburg, District Principal of Human Resources

Come and learn tips on resume writing and how to prepare for interviews. Target Audience: Clerical and Education Assistants

21st Century Approaches to Empowering Student Leadership in Sustainability

Presenter: Erin Leckie, Program Manager/Human Resources at Be The Change Earth Alliance

Here’s an opportunity to investigate leading edge curricular and pedagogical tools to engage student inquiry, both in and outside the classroom, on global environmental sustainability. Participants will explore the SLS: Student Leadership in Sustainability values-based approach that enables global sustainability education to be integrated into a wide variety of courses.

Be The Change Earth Alliance is a BC based charitable organization and has co-developed the SLS curriculum materials through a consortium of educators dedicated to bringing global sustainability issues into BC classrooms. SLS also fulfills the new Ministry guidelines to develop student competency in Critical & Creative Thinking, Communication Skills and Personal/Social Responsibility. Target Audience: Teachers (gr. 5-12)

Art and Activism: As Seen through the Eyes of George Littlechild

Presenter: George Littlechild, Internationally Acclaimed Artist and Author

In this session, George will lead teachers through his own experiences and will show how his art and activism has evolved. George also talks about his sessions with students and how he integrates Indigenous content and art. Target Audience: All Teachers and EAs

REGISTER online at PD Place

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 14th, 2016

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Facing the Facts Presenter: Annette Rouleau, studying mathematics education under Peter Liljedahl at Simon Fraser University

Looking for new ways to help students recall basic facts without relying on timed drills, flashcards and tears? Join this hands-on session to explore engaging activities that help students work towards fluency while avoiding the pitfalls of rote memorization. Target Audience: Math Teachers (K-6)

Desmos Presenter: Michael Pruner; High School Math Teacher, North Vancouver and President for the BCAMT

In this session, we will explore how the online graphing calculator, Desmos, can be used to support specific content areas in Math 9-12. We will also explore the activity builder in Desmos as a means for students to experience mathematics by doing mathematics. It is recommended that participants have tablets or large smart phones to be able to participate in the session activities. Target Audience: Math Teachers (gr. 8-12)

Effective Literacy Interventions for Primary Students Presenter: Lisa Watson, Teacher Consultant for the Provincial Outreach Program for Early Intervention

POPEI’s Teacher Consultant, Lisa Watson, will provide K-3 educators with practical, research-based strategies to support primary literacy learners that include, the keys to effective literacy interventions, routines and structures that allow for small-group and one-to-one support in the classroom and considerations for collaborative planning and instruction. Target Audience: Educators who support primary literacy learners

REGISTER online at PD Place

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 14th, 2016

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