HDSB PA Day Agendas
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 2024-2025
PA Day Agendas
2024-2025 School Year
2024-2025 School Year
For a detailed description of what our school will be focusing on please see the following information.
October 11th 2024
PA day Agenda Oct. 11, 2024
These sessions will be facilitated by our lead teachers within the school.
Literacy
Our K - Grade 6 staff will engage in professional learning focused on implementation of the revised 2023 Language Grades 1-8 curriculum. Kindergarten to Grade 2 staff will engage in learning related to using information from early reading screening to inform literacy instruction. Grade 3 to 6 staff will participate in learning to support the use of diagnostic assessment data to inform responsive literacy instruction.
Mathematics
Our K- Grade 6 staff will be focussing on the collaborative analysis of student work, diving into student work samples.We will be learning about key monitoring strategies, reflections, and guiding questions to support with the collaborative analysis process and considerations for intentionally planning responsive instruction based on student data.
EQAO
Our K- Grade 6 staff will be diving into our EQAO results and discussing evidence based strategies to build on our scores in all areas.
French
Ms. Sawatzky will be attending a core French symposium.
Student clubs and extracurricular activities
Our K- Grade 6 staff will be building upon the clubs and groups that have been created, discussing how to further engage our students in their school culture.