PA Day Agendas

Format: Full-day, in person

Description: School teams will review policy requirements and supports for safe schools regarding the Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, violent incident reporting and debriefing, gender-based violence and the Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol. The content will include the role of police in providing high-quality, age-appropriate educational public safety presentations to students on subjects such as cybercrime, human trafficking, road safety and more. Information will be provided about the role of police in the school community, to support trust building between educators, policing services, students and parents/guardians. For schools currently in the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, a summary of the program's structure and objectives will be reviewed. Suicide prevention and intervention will also be reviewed. 

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/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work

Format: Full-day, in person

Description: 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.

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/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work

Format: Full-day, in person

Description: Teachers and DECEs will meet with parents/guardians to discuss student progress.  Education Assistants will engage in role-specific learning focused on supporting Neuodiverse students and supporting staff and student well-being.

Format: Full Day

Description: 

• Educators will be engaged in work related to the assessment and evaluation of student learning, in preparation for the completion of Term 1 Report Cards

• Resources to support this work have been provided by the Ministry of Education and the School Programs Department of the Halton District School Board

Faciliators: 

• There is no facilitation for this PA Day, work is completed independently or in small groups

Timing/Format:

• Full instructional day of learning 9:15 - 3:35 PM
• Whole group and small group

Facilitators: ​

• Administrators and school staff

Learning Materials:

Professional learning will be dedicated to three parts of the Multi-Year Strategic Plan. We will begin the morning with a collaborative deep dive into our Math Common Tasks, followed by targeted work in Literacy for each grade level. Then to conclude the day, we will focus on the implementation of our student well-being plan with all school staff.