Today, Gabriel Dumont (Education officer from la Ministere d'Education d'Ontario) and I hosted a PD Session for the teachers of this school. Today is a holiday for teachers as they prepare for their annual Independence Day parade, mass and celebrations. Teachers took their own time to attend our session and we were fortunate to have 36 teachers show up for the session. At our session we reviewed the goals each teacher set last October for their classes and discussed their Special Education students. They reviewed how each class performed in a non-evaluative manner. We divided the teachers into 6 multi-grade groupings. Each group wrote reflections on successes and challenges they have faced throughout the year. After sharing, Soeur Vierginat provided us with a juice and biscuit break and then we returned to our discussions.
Gabriel and I asked each teacher to reflect on her own personal needs in the classroom and write us a list of items and programs of interest for them. Soeur Vierginat also shared her vision for the school and her dreams for the next school year. On her top 5 list of things to accomplish were:
1. Do a book study on students with special needs and differentiation in the classroom.
2. Acquire more laptop resources for the school.
3. Acquire more tools for students with special needs in the classroom (pencil grips, etc).
4. French software for special education resources.
5. Early Literacy Intervention training for targeted teachers to assist students learning to read.
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| Teacher anchor chart on successes and challenges |
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| Teacher anchor chart on successes and challenges |
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| Teacher anchor chart on successes and challenges |
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| Teachers collaborating about special needs students |
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| Teacher anchor chart on successes and challenges |
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| Teacher anchor chart on successes and challenges |
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