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Self-Regulation in the BC Classroom
It’s being described as a watershed moment in B.C. education.
Six school districts have embarked on a project that views self-regulation as the key to addressing the mental, physical and psychological diversity in classrooms that sometimes disrupts learning and creates a stressful environment for teachers.
Leaders in those districts have embraced the philosophy of York University professor Stuart Shanker, that teaching children to self-regulate — in other words, remain calm, focused and alert — is the best way to help them learn. It’s a theory backed by education ministry officials.
Surrey superintendent Mike McKay, who is leading the B.C. project, says the goal is to apply brain research in designated classrooms while working with Shanker’s research team. The districts — Surrey, West Vancouver, Coquitlam, Victoria, Bulkley Valley and Nanaimo-Ladysmith — are simply the “first wave” of an effort McKay hopes will spread provincewide.
Re-Imagining and Indigenizing the Library’s Role in Educating New Teachers: Tuesday September 25
You are cordially invited to re-imagine the role of libraries – specifically the Education Library, First Nations House of Learning Xwi7xwa Library, and more broadly, school libraries will be examined.
The re-imagined teacher education program has inspired revision in the role Education librarians play to respectfully and meaningfully integrate First Nations history, content, and world-views; commit to inquiry and research oriented education; and emphasize diversity and social and ecological justice. Our libraries can support teacher candidates as they acquire theoretical understandings for teaching and apply those theories in their practice. We bring teacher candidates and ideas together in library spaces that offer unique learning environments, where inquiry, collaboration, the role of Indigenous Knowledge, relationships and ways of knowing are celebrated. This session will be interactive: we present our re-imagined roles and seek feedback and ideas to further ensure our relevance for faculty and teacher candidates.
Presented by:
Sarah Dupont
Aboriginal Engagement Librarian, First Nations House of Learning—Xwi7xwa Library
Jo-Anne Naslund
Instructional Programs Librarian, Education Library
Danielle Winn
Reference and Instruction Librarian, Education Library
Scarfe Building, Education Library Room 155, 12:30pm
10th Annual Field Trip Fair for Teachers
Your one stop shop for field trip information!
Date: Monday, October 1, 2012, 3:00 – 6:00pm (arrive when you can)
Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden – 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver BC
- Meet the educators from over 50 field trip sites
- Opportunities to win a free field trip for your class
- Bus bursaries for charter transportation
- Refreshments for pre-registered guests
- Free parking – draw for those who can show a transit ticket!
TEACHER REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Click here to register.
Advanced registration is required to attend. This is an adult only event due to liquor licensing.
Bring a colleague to the event. Print a poster for your staff room (see below).
field_trip_fair_for_teachers.pdf
~text from the B.C. Field Trips Website
The BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association Conference October 18 and 19
The conference program features a range of sessions that will interest teacher-librarians and educators from all levels, and anyone interested in improving their teaching skills in literacy (e.g. visual, critical, etc.), research, and technology. Please contact Heather Daly if you have questions: hdaly@sd43.bc.ca or 604-937-6380.
Keynotes include: Dr. David Loertscher, San José State University School of Library & Information Science and Chris Kennedy, CEO / Superintendent of Schools, School District #45 West Vancouver. Featured speakers include: Dr. Joanne de Groot, Dr. Ann Ewbank, Adrienne Gear, Judith Comfort, and over thirty other amazing educators.
October 18 and 19
Riverside Secondary School, Port Coquitlam
Detailed program information and registration is now available here.
~text from the BCTLA Coquitlam 2012 Website
Open Education Conference – October 16-18 – Robson Square
Open Education has come of age. The tiny movement that began in the late 1990s as a desire to increase access to educational opportunity has blossomed into requirements in national grant programs, key strategies in state legislatures and offices of education, content sharing initiatives at hundreds of universities and high schools, and a wide range of innovation and entrepreneurship in both the commercial and nonprofit sectors.
For over a decade the focus of the open education community has been on open educational resources. As we celebrate the success of that work the Open Education 2012 Conference will also lay out a road map for the next decade where open education moves beyond content.
OpenEd12, the ninth annual Open Education Conference, will frame the conversation about the future of open education. Come be part of the discussion – we need your energy, brains, passion, and dedication!
Join us for the “annual reunion of the open education family,” spanning three stimulating days in Vancouver, BC, October 16-18.
~from the Open Education: Beyond Content Website. Further information and registration here.