{"id":8893,"date":"2024-10-20T06:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T10:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/10\/20\/friday-november-1-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T06:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T10:36:34","slug":"friday-november-1-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/10\/20\/friday-november-1-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, November 1 is a PD Day for All WRDSB Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, November 1, 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, November 1, 2024 &#8211; Full Day Session<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus<\/strong>: Elementary Teachers&#8217; Federation of Ontario (ETFO)-led<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formats<\/strong>: In-person<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning delivery method<\/strong>: Self-directed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter(s)\/Facilitator(s)<\/strong>: Elementary Teachers&#8217; Federation of Ontario (ETFO)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools Participating<\/strong>: All Elementary schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Content of Staff Learning<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Elementary Teachers&#8217; Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members will be engaging in self-directed learning and professional activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Secondary Staff Are Learning<\/h2>\n<h3>Friday, November 1, 2024 &#8211; Full Day Session<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Subject-based professional development<\/li>\n<li>Ontario Secondary School Teachers&#8217; Federation (OSSTF)-sponsored Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format<\/strong>: In-person<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning delivery method<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Presentations and lectures<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated discussions<\/li>\n<li>Small and large group activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presenter(s)\/Facilitator(s)<\/strong>: Ontario Secondary School Teachers&#8217; Federation (OSSTF)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools Participating<\/strong>: All Secondary schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Content of Staff Learning<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment and evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Course planning and development<\/li>\n<li>Experiential learning and community partnerships<\/li>\n<li>Human rights responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Pathways and outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Subject-specific teaching strategies<\/li>\n<li>Teaching, technology and artificial intelligence<\/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, November 1, 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\/continuing-education\/2024\/10\/20\/friday-november-1-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Friday, November 1 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-8893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}