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Daycare J. Levac• With the start of a new year, Daycares were busy preparing

to receive the students on the first day of school.Communication with parents is essential at this time of year.

• The first Daycare meeting took place on Thursday September11th; Anne Tetro from Food Services was present.

• A celebration was held on September 11th for the 2nd groupto graduate from the AEP – Daycare Educator’s course.

• “Play it Fair” workshop was given by Equitas on September16th to Daycares that had not participated before.

English Language Arts A. Scott• Workshops were held for new teachers in August.• Several teachers received help to develop literacy plans for

the year.• The first meeting of the Leadership Committee for English

Language Education in Quebec was held on September 19th.• Plans are underway for Battle of the Books Junior (B.O.B.

Jr.) This will involve elementary cycle 3 students.• Two schools have received in-service workshops on

Running Records and Curriculum Planning.

Elementary Mathematics R. Binet & C. Brunet• Promote Mathematics Curriculum Mapping using Learning

and Evaluation Situations (LESs) throughout the year as partof best teaching and learning practices to develop the 3competencies

• Introduced the Evaluation Tools Spiral Booklet thatconsolidates the understanding of the QEP’s mathematicscompetencies and knowledge acquisition: evaluationcriteria, essential knowledge, progression of learning andframework for evaluation for each cycle.

• Working on the development and the organization of thisyear’s Math Olympics

• Support new Teachers, in-school visits and new teachers’workshops

• Implementation of “Numerik”, cycle 1 Math in French &Tamtam, cycle 2 Math, Français Plus:Numerik and TamTam are offering interactive lessons usingvirtual manipulatives to develop a better understanding ofmath concepts through the use of the Smart Board: 16schools received their Numerik subscription and training, 3Français Plus received their TamTam subscription andtraining

Français langue seconde, préscolaire/primaire H-A Denton• Workshops were held for New Teachers in August• Individual support was given to teachers needing help with

curriculum planning, classroom organization, balancedliteracy, etc.

• School in-service sessions were delivered on “Évaluation enlecture” GB+

• Attended the Language Network sub-committee meetingto establish this year’s focus

• First stages in developing the “Qui lira vaincra junior”project, which will target cycle 3 elementary FSL classes

Français langue seconde, préscolaire/primaire M. AugerBonjour et bienvenue à cette nouvelle année scolaire!

• Les premiers mois de la rentrée ont surtout été orientés versl’accompagnement individuel des nouveaux enseignants oude ceux qui ont changé de niveau.

• La planification séquentielle des apprentissages en françaislangue seconde-immersion s’avère une resource aidantepour les enseignants de français.

• Également, des rencontres portant sur l’interventionprécoce en littératie à titre de modèle efficace en lectureauprès des élèves à risque ont été demandées par desenseignants de soutien en français

• Plusieurs autres projets intéressants de français sont endéveloppement: détails à venir dans les prochains mois.

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MichaelChech ileandLiseCharlebois

T he month of September was a busy one withmany of our consultants visiting schools to

provide professional development. Special attentionwas given to our new teachers. ESD is part of theNew Teachers Committee and contributes to thedesign and planning of workshops throughout theyear. We are consulting and producing lists ofvaluable educational digital resources to enrichteaching and learning in the classroom. The Highschool board wide workshops held on September 20were a success. Some of our teachers attended the (Youth Cegep Transition Conference) YCT to discussvarious transition issues from social adaptation toacademic success. Preparations are underway for theOctober 4th workshops for our elementary teachers.

Univers Social, Science & Technologie S. Lussier• Worked with different school teams for the integration of

the program “Éclairs de sciences”.• Offered Workshop on Robotic and animated classroom

activities. We now have 3 NXT classroom kits and 3 WeDoclassroom kits that can be borrowed. If you are interestedplease, contact me.

• Working on a new pilot project to integrate theSmarterScience framework as a teaching approach insciences and to increase the level of inquiry in “science-technologie”

• Creating and organizing in collaboration with KatherineDavey a series of tutorials on “science-technologie”. Thevideos are accessible via the Innov@tion Center YouTubechannel.

WOTP, Projet Particulier and EXPLO P. Gilson• The WOTP teachers met on September 20th for a morning

of Professional Development.• This year we have four schools offering Projet Particulier:

Beurling Academy, Horizon, Macdonald H.S. and PierrefondsComprehensive

• EXPLO, a course which focuses on vocational trainingprograms, is offered to the students in Projet Particulier.

Nutrition Education R. Chiappetta & M. Cardin• Provided a teacher at Dawson Alternative with materials for

her cooking classes and helped her plan for the year.• Developed and posted eight new recipes in the portal for

the “Cooking for Autonomy” program. Recipe testingunderway to add additional recipes.

• Developed a starter-kit for high school teachers of cookingclasses. Kit includes nutrition and food safety materials,recipes and websites.

• WOTP cooking classes have started at Lakeside with thesemi-skilled and pre-work students.

Information Communication Technology B. Hannah• Edmodo presentation to elementary Physical Education &

Health teachers • Working with parents of Evergreen elementary school

students in 1-1 iPad program to set up their child’s iPads• Set up of PCHS 1-1 project students MacBooks• Tour of Morgan Arboretum with GPS devices to set up

future “Learning Activity” with science consultants• Google Apps For Education presentation to senior

administrators• Attended LEARN, MaST, & Montreal area RÉCIT meetings

Digital Citizenship & Educational Technology S. Connery• Supported the grade 3 iPad initiative at Evergreen• Continued support of Quantum at Lindsay Place HS• Supported technology at Birchwood, Terry Fox, Clearpoint

& Mac HS• Continued work on the DCP with Tanya Avrith and Kim

Meldrum• Delivered a Social Media Safety workshop to Grades 5 & 6

students at Beechwood

Digital Citizenship & Educational Technology T. Avrith• Attended the Apple Distinguished Educator Institute in

Austin Texas• Worked with Beurling and Lakeside Academy students

from the Google Chromebook 1:1 grade 7 initiatives atboth schoolso Worked with teachers from both schools on digital

citizenship and social studies units.• Continued to work with Beaconsfield High School Infinity

Program.• Presented to:

o Senior Administration on Google Apps For Education o YCT Conference on “Disrupting Learning, A case for

mobile devices in the classroom.”

Pearson Community Partnership N. Battet• Six elementary schools, cycle one, will take part in a program

with our partner, Canadian Centre for Architecture, entitled“ABC of Architecture”.

• Lindsay Place High School will be one of five high schoolsin Canada to take part in a “Let’s Talk Science” program toinspire students to appreciate careers in STEM.

• Beaconsfield High School, cycle one, will visit the VanierWildlife and Environment program at the Vanier FieldStation in Lachute on October 3, 2013.

• ESD Pearson Partnership program will be launching a newEntrepreneurship form for entrepreneurial projects for 2013-2014. Deadline for projects will be December 15, 2013.

• LBPSB is working in partnership with Bombarier aerospaceto develop Science curriculum.

Physical Education and Health P. Gilson• Some of our Physical Education Teachers attended a CPR

training course on the September 20th Professional Day.• Plans have been finalized for the annual Ultimate Frisbee

Tournament which will be taking place at 3 differentlocations (Dorset, Greendale and St. Anthony) on TuesdaySeptember 24th.

• Plans have been finalized for the annual HandballTournament, which will be held on October 8th and 9th atDorset and Westpark school.

• The Elementary Physical Education & Health teachers willmeet on Friday October 4th for a morning of ProfessionalDevelopment being given by some of our own teachers.

• Plans have been finalized for the annual Cross Country Run,which will be held on October 22nd, and 23rd at theMorgan Arboretum.

POP, Entrepreneurship, Lab Safety, Work-PlacementC. Pratt

As a new addition to the ESD family, I am learning fastwithin my role in order to support your staff.

• Two POP workshops and one EN workshop have beenoffered. To follow up with teachers, brief emails will be sentout with information and resources for use in theirclassrooms. I hope to have the opportunity to support allPOP and EN teachers individually as needed.

• On October 4th Science and Technology lab technicianshave been invited to a meeting to discuss professionaldevelopment needs and upcoming workshop opportunities,along with contributing to the systemization of safetyprotocol and procedures in classroom (labs and workshops).

• Work Placement Animators met on September 25th anddiscussed how to find appropriate student work placementsand how to collaborate for the success of students.

Community Liaison/Action Lasalle M. Albert• Action Perseverance Program has expanded into the

Pierrefonds-Roxboro Area. We will be working withThorndale, Greendale, Sunshine, Springdale and Riverdaleon programs with community partners to help our studentspersevere.

• Beurling Academy, Lakeside Academy and LCCHS will betaking part in the “Clip ton 514” film festival. Students fromeach of the schools will be filming 3-minute videos that dealwith multiculturalism and diversity in the Montreal area.Students will attend a red carpet event in April at CinemaQuartier-Latin.

• Lakeside Academy will be joining the First RoboticsCompetition as a rookie team.

• McGill/LBPSB Homework Zone will be starting again atOrchard, Verdun and Riverview. 56 McGill students will bevolunteering in the schools this year.

School & Professional Libraries, Cultural & InterculturalPrograms, 4Arts S.Nesbitt

• Offered workshop for new teachers to the Arts and gavein-school support

• Prepared, publicized and offered in-school and helpsessions to facilitate the process

• With the city of Pointe-Claire, facilitated Journées de laculture for St John Fisher Sr. and other cultural mediation tocome

• Organized All Intergenerational with PCHS; Libres commel’art with writer-in-residence, Monique Polak at Riverdale

• With school librarians planned events for National SchoolLibrary Week: stay tuned!

• Sat on TRAIM, CGSTIM tender for art supplies, table deconcertation des bibliothécaires scolaires, MAD2 andSpotlight on the Arts.

School Libraries, Cataloguing, REGARD, InformationLiteracy R. Dixon

• Presented a workshop to teachers on how to use socialmedia tools for organizing online research.

• Presented a workshop to teachers at St. Thomas on theGoogle search engine and evaluating websites.

• Gave three workshops on REGARD and cataloguing tolibrary technicians.

• Trained new library technicians at Birchwood andEvergreen.

• Trained volunteers at St. Edmund, St. Paul, and Terry Foxon using the library software, REGARD, for loaning books.

School Libraries, Cataloguing, Information Literacy,Digital Reousrces M. Sinclair

• Coordinated the design of the board-wide 15th anniversaryLester B. Pearson research project with the Social StudiesConsultant, Rosanna Riccardi

• Created support documents for the L.B. Pearson project;project launch is the end of September.

• Designed and produced a new online eResource posterand an infographic with other librarians; to be distributedto all schools for posting in libraries, computer labs,hallways and staff rooms

• Coordinated the team to distribute the Digital ResourcesGrant information for 2013-2014

• Orientation and training for library technicians for somenew members of the library team

Social Studies R. RiccardiThe school year has just started and several projects arealready off the ground:

• I am involved with the Chrome Book initiative at LakesideAcademy and Beurling Academy, providing teachers withguidance for the Social Studies component.

• In September I led a workshop on Accessing PriorKnowledge: Making the Past Relevant to the Present. It wasvery well received by teachers.

• Coordinated the design of the board-wide 15th anniversaryLester B. Pearson research project: Glimpses of Lester B.Pearson, with the Digital Resources Specialist and BoardLibrarian, Meg Sinclair.

• Developing a Special Project with two teachers to create aVirtual Museum in their Sec. III History and Citizenship class.

Evaluation/Sanction des études M. Mazzarelli• Support to Summer school administration re: organization

and transmission of August 2013 exam results• Continued collaboration with MELS to update student

achievement records • Data collection and analysis of June and August 2013 MELS

exam results• Updated reporting procedures for students with special

needs• Coordination of program information sessions for home

schooling parents

DCP, Ethics & Religious Culture, Francisation, PELO,LUMIX Support K. Meldrum

• Worked with Beurling and Lakeside Academy teachers onDigital Citizenship and language arts, (Chromebook initiative)

• As part of the DCP team worked on redoing the DCPwebsite; it will be dynamic and easy to navigate

• At the end of August I met with teachers new to ERC andshared information such as LESs, blogs and materials

• Supported a presentation to senior administration onGoogle Apps for Education

• Completed the distribution of the digital resourcespurchased in June

A few highlights from our school libraries• School librarians are busy planning National School Library

Week and loads of activities for this school year.• St Paul & St Edmund are getting ready to start their year as

newly automated schools & have had French book fairs• Lakeside has their cameras at the ready to catch you

reading for Get Caught Reading • Grade 8 students at Westwood Jr. are running a Manga

Club in the library• PCHS students are helping out with their Library fundraiser

at Chapters• Dorval is enjoying its cool revamped library!• School librarians are gearing up for author visits & planning

Culture in the School projects.

English Language Arts J. Le Blanc• Welcomed new teachers to Secondary ELA – gave “New

Teacher” workshop• Validated a new Sec 5 LES for MELS to be released mid-

year• Planned and led ELA “cracker-barrel” discussion group at

the Youth-CEGEP Transition Conference (YCT) with a VanierEnglish professor

• Prepared Sec 5 ELA teachers for changes to the writtenresponse in the upcoming June MELS uniform exam

Leadership J. Le Blanc• Coordinated the release of leadership advisors to attend

the annual Canadian Student Leadership Conference inMontague, PEI

Mathematics F. Redivo• Gave 2 New Teacher workshops, updated the Portal

community and created an Edmodo group for our teachers• Built an understanding for LUMIX in preparation for training others• Prepared for and facilitated at the LCEEQ YCT conference• Conducted data analysis on June 2013 results and

prepared reports for sharing• Worked with teachers in a school in support of a Chantier 7 project

Science & Technology K. Davey• New teachers in Science and Technology were provided with

an overview of the curriculum and available resources throughAugust information sessions and one-on-one meetings.

• Five workshops were offered on the September 20thBoard-Wide Pedagogical Day: o a training session for the Explore Learning Gizmos o two workshops on Mechanical Engineeringo a workshop for the Practical Component in cycle 1 o a workshop providing an overview of a new Evaluation

Situation• Work has begun to further develop and improve the study

guides for secondary 4 Science & Technology and AppliedScience & Technology.

French M. Delsemme• Offered one information session on August 27 to new teachers.• Met with parents of secondary home-schooled students on

Sept. 10th.• MELS training session on information related to FSL dossier

on Sept. 13th• Offered two training workshops on Mon portfolio d’écriture

and Mon portfolio lecture en FLS (Sept. 17th and Sept. 25th).• Prepared several requests from MELS for the funding of

French projects. Initiated our FSL teachers to SLAM andstarted our tour across the School Board.

• Initiated the shipment to all High Schools of materialnecessary to undertake the second data collection relatedto our longitudinal study, aiming at measuring the progressof grade 7 students in their writing process.