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PA Day Agendas

2025-2026 School Year

On Professional Activity (PA) days, staff engage in professional development. Our school, along with all schools in the Halton District School Board (HDSB) have several Professional Activity (PA) Days throughout the school year. The purpose of these days is to enhance student success. Staff focus on professional development activities, participate in training or planning sessions. There are no classes for students on these days. ​ ​

To learn about what schools across the HDSB are focusing on during each PA Day, visit HDSB PA Days.

Timing/Format

  • Full Day

Description: 

  • TBD

Facilitators: ​

  •  Principal, Vice-Principal, Teachers

Learning Materials:

  • TBD

 

Timing/Format

  • Full Day

Description: 

  • Elementary educators will be engaged in assessment and evaluation activities including report card writing. This is time designated by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) collective agreement.  

Facilitators: ​

  •  Self-Directed Day for teachers 

Learning Materials:

  • Individual work time  

Timing/Format

  • Full Day

Description: 

  • Elementary school teams will engage in Student/Parent/Guardian/Teacher conferences focused on Student Growth and Progress Reports. 

Facilitators: ​

  •  Elementary programming will be led by teachers 

Learning Materials:

  • Small group conferences with students and parents.  

Timing/Format

  • Full Instructional day of learning 8:50am-3:45pm
  • Whole group and self directed learning 

Facilitators: ​

  •  Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Indigenous Rights and Education and Human Rights, Equity and Inclusive Education departments. 

Learning Materials:

  • School teams will engage in learning focused on how to create supportive classrooms and schools free from discrimination in any form. There will be a particular focus on antisemitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia and racism towards Indigenous communities. Learning will equip educators to uphold human rights, as required by the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Ontario curriculum program planning information on the instruction of Human Rights, Equity and Inclusive Education, which is applicable to all grades and disciplines, will be reviewed.
  • School teams will review practices, policies/procedures and resources to support Student and School Safety using resources prepared by central departments. The content includes: Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, bullying prevention and intervention, duty to report children in need of protection to the Children’s Aid Society, progressive discipline, violent incident reporting, gender-based violence, sex trafficking, the Provincial Model for a local Police/School Board Protocol, information about child sexual abuse prevention and reporting and the School Resource Officer program.

 

 

Timing/Format

  • Full Instructional day of learning 8:50am-3:45pm

  • Whole group and self directed learning 

Facilitators: ​

  •  Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education.

Learning Materials:

  • Community Building Learning 

  • Health & Safety slides as provided by the HDSB Departments