HDSB PD Day Agendas

Areas of Focus / Topics: 

1. Vision Setting and Team Building; Setting the Tone for a New Staff, a New School and a New Year

2.  Provincial Education Priorities - Keeping Schools Safe and School Resource Officer Program

Format: 

• Full-day, in-person

Description: 

1. Our staff will reflect and build upon vision for our school. This will include determining ways in which we will foster relationships and connections with students and families as we work together to build foundation for Harvest Oak PS.

2. 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

Areas of Focus / Topics: 

1. Continuing to refine our vision and norms as Harvest Oak P.S.

2.  Provincial Education Priorities - Culturally responsive literacy and mathematics instruction, assessment and evaluation, integration of curriculum area, and sexual abuse prevention training.

Format: 

• Full-day, in-person

Description: 

1. Our staff will continue to refine the vision and norms for our school. These norms will continue to guide all our work supporting students in learning, achievement, and well-being.

2. School staff will facilitate learning on culturally responsive literacy and mathematics instruction, considering how learning tasks are planned and adapted to the students and families in the Harvest Oak Community.

3. Staff will engage in learning on sexual abuse prevention and intervention including OPHEA lesson plans, school resources, and HDSB policies and procedures.

4. Staff will reflect on their assessment and evaluation practices in connection to upcoming Progress Reports.

5. We will continue to build our understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in our pledge to be a Sustainable Futures School.

Facilitators: Learning will be led by the administrator team and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including School Programs and the Safe Schools Department.

Learning/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work.