August 28, 2023 – Board Priorities Day
Theme #1: Board/School Improvement Planning for Student Achievement and Well-Being Topic: School Improvement Planning School staff will focus on determining their key school priorities that tie to RRDSB's Board Improvement Plan and Strategic Plan. The areas for school improvement planning will include literacy, numeracy, and equity for all students (Culture of Caring - RRDSB Strategic Plan pillar).
Theme #2: Occupational Health and Safety Training
Topic: Student Safety and Occupational Health and Safety Training
School administrators will review health and safety protocols for their schools: fire/safety plans, lockdown procedures, PPM 161 regulations, and all other health and safety considerations for their schools. Teachers will be provided a portion of the afternoon to complete three on-line modules: WHMIS training, Work Refusal Training, and Incident Reporting Training.
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August 29, 2023 - Provincial Priorities Day
Theme #1: Literacy and Mathematics (Provincial Priority)
Topic: Reading and Literacy
The RRDSB Literacy Lead and school administrators will work with school-based staff to review the revised Language, Grades 1-8 curriculum (The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8, Language, 2023). In addition, school teams will review practical and effective strategies in virtual group sessions, per division, to support student learning with a focus on structured literacy (systematic and explicit instruction of foundational skills including, word recognition/decoding and oral language skills and higher-level literacy skills including, reading comprehension and written expression).
Theme #2: Student Well-Being, School Safety, and Violence Prevention
Topic: Crisis Prevention Intervention Training for ESP workers
Description: Non-violent Crisis Prevention Intervention Training provides educators with the skills and strategies to safely recognize and respond to both crisis and non-crisis situations. These strategies focus on the care, welfare, safety, and security of all students and staff with evidence-based, trauma-informed behaviour management and crisis prevention approaches. All Educational Assistants will be recertified annually with CPI training.
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