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Dave Harvey
This week, all faculty returned to CDS in a mix of remote and onsite professional development activities. First up on Tuesday was a morning of Diversity training.
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Before our students return in September, CDS faculty typically participate in some type of professional development. This year, all faculty and staff took part in a full-day of diversity training led by Alden Habacon, one of Canada’s leading diversity and inclusion strategists. Born in Manila, raised in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Regina, and married to a Chinese Canadian, Alden now lives in Vancouver with his wife and two young sons.
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Leslie Colucci
Last spring, two members of the SSC had the opportunity to attend workshops presented by Lynn Lyons, an internationally renowned social worker and psychotherapist with a private practice in New Hampshire. Her presentation was entitled “Managing Anxiety at School & Home: Powerful Approaches for Breaking the Worry Cycle”.
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Jennifer Vipond
In May 2018, the Junior School Faculty were extremely fortunate to host a professional development workshop led by Mark Church, a consultant with Harvard University’s Project Zero Making Thinking Visible and Cultures of Thinking initiatives and co-author of the book “Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding and Independence for All Learners” (Jossey-Bass, 2011).
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During their June PD session, Middle and Senior School Faculty were treated to a keynote by philosopher, educator and author, Dr. Christopher DiCarlo, on critical thinking and how to teach it in the classroom.
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Tomorrow, our faculty will participate in a number of professional development sessions designed to further enhance life and learning at CDS. Here’s a brief glimpse of what’s in store for the day:
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On Friday’s Professional Development Day the Middle and Senior School faculty will be exploring the future of learning and of schools with a special focus on the increasing role personalization is playing in academic programming and teaching/ learning.
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Remaining current in terms of emerging practices and trends is important for any organization, and independent schools are no exception. To that end, our faculty and staff routinely gather to research, discuss and network amongst ourselves and with representatives from other schools.
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All School - October 2016
Kevin Brookhouser is a Google Apps Certified Trainer and a Google Certified Teacher based in Monterey, California. He spoke to our faculty about inspiring students using the thoughtful integration of technology and project-based learning. Kevin’s presentation was based on his new book, The 20time Project: How Education Can Launch Google’s Formula for Future-Ready Innovation.
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Dave Harvey, Director of Academics, Middle & Senior Schools
Acting on our new strategic direction to inspire, support and know all our learners, the Middle and Senior School Professional Development Day on October 7th was focused on the importance of relational teaching.
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Junior School - August 2016
During PD week in August, the Junior School spent a morning with
Peter Johnston, a Professor at the State University of New York at Albany. With more than 34 years of teaching experience, Peter has authored several books and research papers around the importance of oral language in the classroom.
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Middle/Senior School - August 2016
Following our long range plan commitment to support, know and inspire all of our students, the Middle/Senior School Professional Development activities in late August were decidedly focused on how we personalize learning in the classroom.
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All School - June 21-22, 2016
With the amazing opportunity to create a custom summit to specifically meet the needs of the faculty of The Country Day School, June 2016 brought the Google Apps for Education Summit to CDS.
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Select from All Divisions - March 2016
Last fall, 14 teachers from the Junior, Middle and Senior School divisions attended an inspiring and energizing Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Summit hosted at Greenwood College School. We left there ready to implement in our classes some of the many tools we’d encountered, and we were eager to share some of these pedagogy-enhancing, feedback-improving, and time-saving tools with our colleagues.
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All School – November 10, 2015
Every seven years, each accredited Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) school is inspected by a team of leaders from fellow CAIS schools. CDS will receive its inspection in fall 2016, and in preparation for the inspection, the School will spend considerable time and effort this year creating a thorough report contributed to by all faculty and staff members that highlights its strengths and areas for improvement in all aspects of school life.
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All-School – November 9, 2015
All CDS faculty read an article entitled “How to Make Your Questions Essential” before meeting in mixed-grade groups to explore why essential questioning should be an integral part of all teachers’ practices.
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Junior School – November 5 & 6, 2015
When Adrienne Gear visited the Junior School in August 2014, she left us wanting more. We were so very fortunate to have her return this year for two powerful days of professional development in our own classrooms. Alongside our students, the teachers tapped into the enthusiasm that Ms. Gear brings to the teaching of non-fiction writing. Adrienne reminded us that more than 80% of our engagements with language fall outside of narrative, and that teaching fictional narrative alone will not be enough to support our students through their life journeys.
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All School - October 24-25, 2015
Global Summits featuring Google for Education is a two-day, high-intensity event focused on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education (GAFE) to promote student learning.
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Junior School - October 9, 2015
Lisa Seward, a child therapist, spent time with our Junior School faculty demonstrating different tools needed to help lower anxiety in the children they teach.
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Junior School – September 3, 2015
During the first week of September, while CDS students and their families enjoyed one final week of summer vacation, their teachers were back on campus preparing for the upcoming school year. In the Junior School, faculty members attended meetings, organized classrooms, created dynamic and engaging bulletin boards and displays and planned curricular and co-curricular experiences – your faculty’s minds were busy at work – doing the things that help to define the CDS Education. At the conclusion of this busy, intense and energetic week, the teachers of the Junior School were invited to a meeting, held in the MPR.
Unlike the other meetings that week, we were unaware of the nature of this gathering.