October 6th Professional Development at CDS
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:
Co-Instruction and Collaborative Teaching Contexts
In the afternoon, faculty will explore the benefits of co-instructional and collaborative teaching contexts – those where more than one teacher assumes responsibility for teaching part or all of a course. Faculty will explore the obstacles and rewards of collaborative teaching, share success stories on “opening the doors” to their classrooms to colleagues and establish next steps to re-defining our practices of collaborative teaching.
In the afternoon, faculty will explore the benefits of co-instructional and collaborative teaching contexts – those where more than one teacher assumes responsibility for teaching part or all of a course. Faculty will explore the obstacles and rewards of collaborative teaching, share success stories on “opening the doors” to their classrooms to colleagues and establish next steps to re-defining our practices of collaborative teaching.
Introducing the Portrait of a Learner Portal (PLP)
CDS is committed to Supporting, Knowing and Inspiring all its students. To this end, we have created a digital portal that provides teachers, advisors, learning strategists, councellors and administrators with helpful information in one user-friendly location that will enable them to better understand the learners in their charge. Archived reports and CORE certificates, IEPs, student surveys on learning and student life preferences and goals, along with other pertinent data provide faculty with a snapshot of the whole student that will aid in their efforts to develop teaching and learning strategies that meet the needs of all their learners. In this afternoon session, faculty will be introduced to the PLP and have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with its operation and how it can best be employed.
CDS is committed to Supporting, Knowing and Inspiring all its students. To this end, we have created a digital portal that provides teachers, advisors, learning strategists, councellors and administrators with helpful information in one user-friendly location that will enable them to better understand the learners in their charge. Archived reports and CORE certificates, IEPs, student surveys on learning and student life preferences and goals, along with other pertinent data provide faculty with a snapshot of the whole student that will aid in their efforts to develop teaching and learning strategies that meet the needs of all their learners. In this afternoon session, faculty will be introduced to the PLP and have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with its operation and how it can best be employed.
Professional Learning Committees
This year, many CDS faculty have volunteered to participate in a wide range of professional learning committees, tasked with exploring and creating action plans on topics important to CDS: university and inter-school transitions, critical and global thinking, and online learning. The last session of the day will provide time for these groups to meet and develop next-step strategies.
This year, many CDS faculty have volunteered to participate in a wide range of professional learning committees, tasked with exploring and creating action plans on topics important to CDS: university and inter-school transitions, critical and global thinking, and online learning. The last session of the day will provide time for these groups to meet and develop next-step strategies.
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Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
