{"id":9436,"date":"2026-10-06T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2026\/10\/06\/monday-october-26-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:08:32","slug":"monday-october-26-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2026\/10\/06\/monday-october-26-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, October 26 is a PD Day for all WRDSB students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, October 26, 2026, 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 Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) 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>Monday, October 26, 2026 &#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>Monday, October 26, 2026 &#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 and technology<\/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>Monday, October 26, 2026, is a professional development (PD) day for elementary and secondary school staff. Students will not attend school, in person or virtually All Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) operated Extended Day and Youth Development programs will be closed About Professional Development (PD) Days PD days are held throughout the school year [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2026\/10\/06\/monday-october-26-is-a-pd-day-for-all-wrdsb-students\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Monday, October 26 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-9436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436","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=9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}