The highest leverage strategy of educational improvement efforts is the development of staff capacity. In collaboration with the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers Association we are making significant investments in quality professional learning for educators in current, research-based practice to increase knowledge and confidence.
Some examples of the work of are:
- Shifting from one-off workshops to a robust learning series with successive professional development sessions and classroom learning rounds, time to practice and reflect in between, and a community of practice network to support one another
- Learning Series with exceptional BC, Canadian, and global leaders in numeracy, literacy, educational research, inclusion, resilience and trauma-informed practice.
- Common district assessments with support for learning how to administer them, analyze results, and use what is learned to plan for instruction
- District mental health plan
- Full program of support for new teachers in their first three years
Explore the ways we are LEARNING BETTER TOGETHER with support for professional learning in Cariboo-Chilcotin School District:
Pro-D Up Cycling
Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary
A staff member attended the A.D.S.T. workshop called Up-cycling for professional development. Here she learning to re-cycle old T-shirt to make yarn projects.
Pro-3D Workshop
Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary
February's Professional Development Day, one staff member attended a A.D.S.T. workshop on teaching students, K to 12, how to make 3-D projects using Tinkercad software. Here are a couple of samples of designs created at the workshop.
September 29th Pro-D
Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary
On September 29th, I joined some of my colleagues to continue developing my instructional capacities in outdoor education. Here, we are learning new ideas and strategies by combining Art with Natural Sciences. We are selecting natural objects to draw and share with a partner.
District PRO-D Day at Alexis Creek School
Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary
The staff at Alexis Creek School are gathered together to watch and listen to the School District's welcoming back and the setting of direction for the school year.
Learning About Collecting Pitch and the Tsilhqot'in World View About the Natural World Through Pro‑D
Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary
District Pro-D enabled principals and teachers the opportunity to learn about the Tsilhqot'in's world view of the natural world while making medicine from pitch.