{"id":1327,"date":"2024-09-27T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2024\/09\/27\/friday-october-11-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:15:12","slug":"friday-october-11-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2024\/09\/27\/friday-october-11-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, October 11 is a PD Day for All WRDSB Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, October 11, 2024, is a professional development (PD) day for elementary and secondary school staff.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Students will not attend school, in person or virtually<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All board-operated Extended Day and Youth Development programs will be closed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Professional Development (PD) Days<\/h2>\n<p>PD days are held throughout the school year to provide learning opportunities for school-based staff. This professional learning focuses on providing educators and staff with the knowledge and skills needed to support and enhance student achievement and well being.<\/p>\n<h2>What Elementary Staff Are Learning<\/h2>\n<h3>Friday, October 11, 2024 &#8211; Full Day Session<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus<\/strong>: School Learning and Improvement Process with a focus on the implementation of the tiered instruction model<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format<\/strong>: In-Person and Online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning delivery method<\/strong>: Presentation group activities, and hands-on exercises<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter(s)\/Facilitator(s)<\/strong>: Waterloo Region District School Board<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools Participating<\/strong>: All Elementary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Content of Staff Learning<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In connection to the WRDSB Multi-Year Structured Literacy Plan:\n<ul>\n<li>All Kindergarten to Grade 2 teachers will continue to develop their knowledge in connection to universal reading screening tools.<\/li>\n<li>All Grade 3 to 8 educators will engage in online training for the implementation of the Oral Reading Fluency Assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>School Learning and Improvement Planning with a focus on:\n<ul>\n<li>Special Education<\/li>\n<li>Math Achievement Action Plan (MAAP) and the tiered instruction model in mathematics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Secondary Staff Are Learning<\/h2>\n<h3>Friday, October 11, 2024 &#8211; Full Day Session<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus<\/strong>: School Learning and Improvement Process connected to destreaming<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format<\/strong>: In-Person and Online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning delivery method<\/strong>: Presentation, group activities, hands-on exercises<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter(s)\/Facilitator(s)<\/strong>: Waterloo Region District School Board<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools Participating<\/strong>: All Secondary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Content of Staff Learning<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tier 1 supports for students, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Universal Design for Learning<\/li>\n<li>Differentiation<\/li>\n<li>Literacy Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tier 2 supports in the secondary classroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrdsb.ca\/our-schools\/teaching-standards\/professional-development-days-for-school-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professional Development for School Staff<\/a> on the WRDSB website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, October 11, 2024, is a professional development (PD) day for elementary and secondary school staff. Students will not attend school, in person or virtually All board-operated Extended Day and Youth Development programs will be closed About Professional Development (PD) Days PD days are held throughout the school year to provide learning opportunities for school-based [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/2024\/09\/27\/friday-october-11-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Friday, October 11 is a PD Day for All WRDSB Students<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}