Instructional Capacity

The 6 Minute Solution

150 Mile Elementary

Julie Knevel hosted "The 6 Minute Solution" literacy workshop today at 150 Mile. This literacy program is a hands-on student oriented literacy program that helps students concretely see their fluency and accuracy reading skills progress. I had 80% of my teaching staff attend and they are incredibly excited to begin this program in their classes.

Effective language arts teaching

Lac La Hache Elementary

taff participated in a workshop with Bryan Gidinski. Staff learned about methods to get students to think deeply about what they read and sharing their thinking. Topics covered included Double Entry Diaries and Reading Portfolios.<img src="/images/48d03c4f-95ff-4ddf-9b94-1e11a2be67d6" alt="Double entry journal workshop with Bryan Gidi todd routtu" width="423" height="317" style="width:423px;height:317px;display:inline-block">

Double entry journal workshop with Bryan Gidi todd routtu

ProD of POPARD at Chilcotin Road

Chilcotin Road Elementary

A team of us got together to learn more about Autism and young girls!. Super valuable information especially for this team of educators. Thank you Kristy Petroni for leading us this morning.<img src="/images/239fc7cd-27a4-4c6d-add2-b50780547c23" alt="IMG 3642 doug brown" width="362" height="271" style="width:362px;height:271px;display:inline-block">

Chilcotin Road Friend Visits Again

Chilcotin Road Elementary

Carole Fullerton has played a large role in helping to transform numeracy in Chilcotin Road. Big thank you to teacher Tarla-Rae Sayenchuk for her willingness to be vulnerable and allowing a fellow professional to come into her learning space and help guide instruction. 9 Educators from around the district came to observe the Fullerton Magic. <img src="/images/946b4665-1237-4994-a020-425fa3d3a046" alt="processed E5A659C8 4A2E 49B8 9BD8 53A71384335 doug brown" width="413" height="310" style="width:413px;height:310px;display:inline-block">

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FSA Team Comes Together

Cataline Elementary

Our Grade 4 teachers, supported by admin and our learning support department, met for a working lunch to collaborate and plan for a successful FSA season. This ensures all students can find success in the assessment and teachers can effectively use the FSA to guide their teaching and learning.<img src="/images/8f2cb7c9-3960-4d16-b0dc-fd0b32e4ba74" alt="IMG 0556 Tess Riley" width="458" height="343" style="width:458px;height:343px;display:inline-block">

Bryan Gidinski Visits Horse Lake

Horse Lake Elementary

Both students and teachers were treated to a morning of Literacy Learning thanks to literacy specialist Bryan Gidinski's visit to Horse Lake Elementary. Bryan led three of our primary teachers through a primary lesson with a class of grade 2 students, and then proceeded to design an intermediate lesson for grade 5 and 6 students with the help of two intermediate teachers. Bryan modelled his teaching strategies while keeping the students motivated toward writing their own stories. Our teachers are looking forward to incorporating these strategies into their lessons. <img src="/images/2e595fc3-f050-4fa1-9be3-623829c60c51" alt="Bryan 1 Murray Helmer" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Big Lake Rides

Big Lake Elementary

Students in K-7 at Big Lake School participated in the HUB Cycling Program. Even the adults learned new bike skills! Look forward to using this new learning in the local community and when visiting more urban centers. <img src="/images/90fd322d-9617-49cb-9b7b-bc0dadb5e3b7" alt="Big Lake rides 1 Sari Small" width="409" height="307" style="width:409px;height:307px;display:inline-block">

September 29th Pro-D

Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary

On September 29th, I joined some of my colleagues to continue developing my instructional capacities in outdoor education. Here, we are learning new ideas and strategies by combining Art with Natural Sciences. We are selecting natural objects to draw and share with a partner. Later, we learned interesting ways to teach scale drawing. It was a great work shop. <img src="/images/79470c20-decb-497c-8a71-79ee18ac57c9" alt="September 29th Pro D helen wight" width="498" height="373" style="width:498px;height:373px;display:inline-block">

Early Literacy

Cataline Elementary

During September 29 Professional Development Day, most Cataline Elementary School primary teachers focused their day around early literacy instruction and programming. Teachers used the morning to collaborate and learn about a phonics program (UFLI) that focuses on the systemic and explicit teaching of foundational literacy skills. The program is being used at Cataline to support our young readers and build the skills necessary for reading. During the afternoon, the primary teachers were introduced to the Story Walk program. Led by Ms. Lebourdais, teachers explored and developed literacy kits designed to foster creativity and spark imagination, increasing written engagement and communication.<img src="/images/de025fd6-1e6c-4719-9213-8bd07bda3a93" alt="IMG 3883 dwayne benvin" width="623" height="623" style="width:623px;height:623px;display:inline-block">

Art therapy supports self regulation and mindfulness

Outback Storefront

Water Color is an important tool in Social Emotional Learning for youth. It combines the calming effect of art with the development of essential emotional and social skills, such as self-regulation, and mindfulness. Water Color is a gentle and forgiving medium where mistakes are blended in the work which teaches youth resilience and acceptance.<img src="/images/8cbfed00-3883-4437-9f98-bd4584dc13d6" alt="IMG 3498 heather auger" width="309" height="668" style="width:309px;height:668px;display:inline-block">

Using drawing activities

Lac La Hache Elementary

Staff participated in a professional development workshop to learn how to use drawing activities to help teach. Learning included using drawing to develop speaking and listening skills, using observational skills, textures, using grids, magnification, and bringing the activities to the outdoors.<img src="/images/ba724b31-ab0d-4694-b0e3-72fd60f85555" alt="Learning to make observations with drawings todd routtu" width="602" height="801" style="width:602px;height:801px;display:inline-block">

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Learning Through Collaboration

Nesika Elementary

The French Immersion teachers at Nesika have spent the month of September collaborating on improving instruction in classrooms. Teachers are learning about new French Literacy Assessments and how to improve phonics instruction in the French Classroom.<img src="/images/d9ac1e28-9afd-4d55-905a-b628fee6bdbe" alt="Picture1" width="348" height="423" style="width:348px;height:423px;display:inline-block">

ProD - September's Intentional Learning

Mile 108 Elementary

Our first Professional Development Day of the 2025–2026 school year centered on moving our school goals forward: -Strengthening literacy skills and abilities for ALL learners -Building and maintaining a safe and positive school culture School teams deepened their understanding of foundational elements of literacy to refine instructional practices. The school principal also engaged in meaningful learning around restorative practices, designed to foster stronger relationships and a caring school community. We’re excited to bring these new strategies and shared learning back into our classrooms, creating a place where every student can thrive as a reader and a learner in a connected and caring community.<img src="/images/e78e057c-6e6c-4c7d-85ad-7327f216114b" alt="EPRA" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

PSO Restorative Justice

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary

For the September 29th Pro-D Day, PSO hosted a restorative justice workshop by the Williams Lake Restorative Justice Society. The workshop, open to all staff in all roles, visited restorative justice philosophy, case studies, and possible uses in classrooms and the school. <img src="/images/d5d4b9de-a396-4d1b-b97e-7d731054a892" alt="PSOPro DRestorativeJustice caitlin currie" width="605" height="453" style="width:605px;height:453px;display:inline-block">

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Learning Support Teachers Learning Together

The Learning Support Teacher meeting provided an opportunity for educators to learn together, focusing on strengthening their knowledge and practice around Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and inclusive education. Through shared discussions and collaboration, teachers explored strategies to better support diverse learners, deepen their understanding of effective IEP planning and implementation, and reflect on how inclusive approaches can enhance student success across the district. <img src="/images/560e7c1f-6f49-4d9e-b493-7fbbe16d7a3f" alt="IMG 1623 Kristina Beaulne" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Learning to teach in the great outdoors.

Horsefly Elementary/Junior

Educators learned to draw in nature.<img src="/images/6d880eaf-280c-499c-be62-4c4c7c826c0f" alt="IMG 1721 Calvin Williams" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Salish Quarter Bag Workshop

Columneetza Junior Secondary

Columneetza teacher Shannon McCartney led a hands on workshop on September 26, leading teachers to create a Salish quarter bag. Shannon taught about the Musqueam people and how they wove quarter bags. The quarter bags held quarters that would be given to people who helped during ceremonies and Potlatches. Quarters would be given to people who cooked or sang for the ceremony. A related numeracy activity for math classrooms can be found here: https://indigenous.mathnetwork.educ.ubc.ca/weaving-a-quarter-bag-instructions-anjeanette-dawson/ <img src="/images/9dac926d-792d-4baa-834c-60c6fe5fe3e2" alt="IMG 9802 holly zurak" width="480" height="480" style="width:480px;height:480px;display:inline-block">

New teachers engage in place-based Pro-D

Columneetza Junior Secondary

Columneetza Junior Secondary was abuzz with many local pro-d offerings on September 26. All of of our new Columneetza teachers engaged with SD57’s Glen Thielman in a session called “Place-Based Learning – Focus Group and Sharing”. We are excited to see this learning translate into (and OUTSIDE of) our classrooms! Thanks Glen!<img src="/images/8f046c92-2e1f-4e68-926b-8bc91e9c65f5" alt="IMG 9801 holly zurak" width="464" height="464" style="width:464px;height:464px;display:inline-block">

St. Joseph's Mission - Learning, Understanding, Feeling

Marie Sharpe Elementary

Ms. Katsura, Mrs. Campbell, Ms. Soichuk, and Ms. Campsall, along with many other educators from Cariboo Chilcotin School District, took part in a tour of the grounds where St. Joseph’s Mission once operated. Thank you to Whitney Spearing, Kendall Halfnights, and Danikka Murphy for hosting us at the site, sharing your abundant knowledge, and helping us all to deepen our understanding. The St. Joseph’s Mission Investigation, which began in 2021, is being led by the Williams Lake First Nation as part of the ongoing work to learn the truth about the children who never returned home from the Mission. The project brings together several approaches, including the use of ground-penetrating radar and other technologies, the careful study of photographs and historical records, interviews with Survivors, and conversations with families, community members, frontline staff, and leaders at many levels. During this workshop, we had the opportunity to walk the Mission grounds and connect directly with the history of this place. The experience encouraged us to link the physical site to the stories of those who lived through it, to see how science and technology are being used to support the search, and to understand the importance of oral testimony and archival work in building a fuller picture of truth and accountability. Thank you for answering all of our questions, for sharing your understanding not just of St. Joseph’s Mission but of other residential schools in British Columbia and across Canada, and for allowing us to take part in the offering, songs, and smudging led by Danikka. This experience was invaluable to our practice as educators and leaves us hopeful for the future of education in our area. Kukwstsétselp. <img src="/images/ae458b72-9976-4c5e-8acc-890a43c71025" alt="thumbnail IMG 6783 marina campsall" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Project Wet and WILD Workshop

150 Mile Elementary

Jessica and Roland from HCTF (Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation) spent the afternoon with staff teaching them about Project Wet activities which augment our WILD school activities. Topics such as the water cycle, properties of water and water on the Earth were covered in detail. This workshop will be followed up with students doing place based learning activities next week!<img src="/images/518b2d9a-fda2-42d7-95ff-8273edb0f9eb" alt="51 Craig Munroe" width="368" height="276" style="width:368px;height:276px;display:inline-block">

Advancing Instructional Capacity in French Immersion

100 Mile Elementary

French Immersion educators from École 100 Mile Elementary, Nesika, Lake City Senior Secondary, and Peter Skene Ogden recently engaged in a cross-school professional learning session designed to strengthen instructional practice. Opportunities for French Immersion staff to collaborate across sites are limited, making this gathering a valuable forum for connection and shared growth. The session emphasized the exchange of resources, strategies, and classroom innovations aimed at sustaining student engagement in French language learning within a minority-language environment. Educators highlighted effective practices in oral language development, cultural integration, and instructional design that contribute to high-quality learning experiences. This collaboration directly enhances instructional capacity across the district. By aligning approaches and leveraging collective expertise, French Immersion teachers are better positioned to provide consistent, engaging, and rigorous programming from the elementary level through to secondary graduation. The initiative underscores a district-wide commitment to professional excellence and to the long-term success of French Immersion education. <img src="/images/815af35a-b477-408c-8fb7-8cd01d4cc921" alt="Advancing Instructional Capacity In French Im crystaldawn langton" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

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Learning together while apart and exploring Restorative Practice

Forest Grove Elementary

Working with fellow principals on communications tools and joining in on the Restorative Practice presentation with Jim World. A great day of learning! <img src="/images/af8a2117-b7dd-4699-ad5b-08a1a0b05e65" alt="IMG 1378 Ty Lytton" width="427" height="569" style="width:427px;height:569px;display:inline-block">

Orange Shirts Symbolize Deeper Learning

Lake City Secondary

Staff and students wore Orange Shirts on October 26. The photo merely represents the deeper learning that occurred throughout the week, and that will continue to occur throughout the year, as educators work towards the 94 Calls To Action. Discussions around misrepresentation in movies, treaty processes, residential schools as well as cultural activities took place all week.<img src="/images/5b324bf3-43cc-4780-8924-5fecc6ed86f7" alt="Image Nara Riplinger" width="310" height="232" style="width:310px;height:232px;display:inline-block">

Assessment Workshop For Early Career Teachers

Horse Lake Elementary

Horse Lake Elementary played host to ten new and early career district teachers, six of whom teach at our school, who gathered for an Assessment Workshop presented by local educator Marlene Funk. This professional development opportunity focused on formative and summative assessment, and differentiated between Assessment Of, For, and As Learning. Participants took away valuable information to start their year in a productive way. We are fortunate to have Ms. Funk continue her involvement with our school's early career teachers in a mentorship role this year.<img src="/images/2f0deb22-e321-463d-9251-298e0343eb22" alt="Assessment 2 Murray Helmer" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Literacy Instruction

150 Mile Elementary

Many teachers at 150 Mile gathered to learn more about RTI (Response to Intervention) as it applies to the many facets of learning but specifically to literacy. Julie Knevel, with her vast knowledge in early literacy strategies and skill development, hosted the morning workshop. This workshop is a focal point for developing our school wide literacy program based on evidence based instructional practices supported by ongoing assessment. Truly a worthwhile workshop to attend, I am excited about the next steps for our school. <img src="/images/cc291f93-62ab-4ba3-84c9-16a25c23d662" alt="49 Craig Munroe" width="494" height="370" style="width:494px;height:370px;display:inline-block">

Building Instructional Capacity in French

Tatla Lake Elementary/Junior

To strengthen French instruction, staff are engaging in AIM Language Learning training. This approach uses gestures, stories, music, and movement to create an immersive environment that builds student proficiency in French in fun and meaningful ways. <img src="/images/626c9678-29a2-4ecc-bef5-933ae3aa31db" alt="Aim French Learning kimberley ikebuchi" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Learning Alongside for Success

Columneetza Junior Secondary

Columneetza teachers Colin O’Keefe and Matt Tyne, supported by new teacher program rep Dustin Hubner, recently led new Columneetza teachers through a workshop they put together using MyEducation tools for start-up success. As “learning alongside” teacher mentors within our school, they recognize the importance of supporting from the sides for both new teacher retention and future success. Thank you for sharing your skill set with our teammates!<img src="/images/392f92c8-649f-4c51-91c9-6aa46ee30bbb" alt="Learning Alongside 2" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Journaling

Skyline Alternate

Journaling is a therapeutic tool that helps to regulate us. The youth have developed amazing skills, regulation and appreciation of our world through journaling. Learning life long skills.

Strive for Five Conversations. Educators Collaborating

Marie Sharpe Elementary

Kaarina Fichtner, teacher from Marie Sharpe, is leading the primary collaboration group literacy book club this year. Over 20 teachers and administrators throughout Cariboo Chilcotin School District have enrolled to read Strive for Five Conversations, and will meet regularly to discuss each section of the book. Kaarina is excited to contribute to this collaborative effort once again, working alongside colleagues to strengthen instructional capacity and support literacy development for primary students. <img src="/images/e878c300-1908-42ab-b32b-02db355c39a8" alt="Strive For Five Conversations marina campsall" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

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Staff Learn Together

Horsefly Elementary/Junior

Staff discuss the indigenous history in the Horsefly Valley. <img src="/images/a15133ef-8144-4613-a8a9-fe53f09577e9" alt="IMG 1646 Calvin Williams" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Learning How to do Some Simple Circle Activities

Chilcotin Road Elementary

Staff gathered at the beginning of the year and we learned together how to easily do some fun circle learning outside. Thank Educo for teaching us some fun new handshakes that teachers could share with their classes. <img src="/images/02617c22-b8eb-402c-bf47-bad169a770b4" alt="IMG 3399 doug brown" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

New Teacher Sharing

Columneetza Junior Secondary

Manveer Kaur led an impactful aspect of the new teacher workshop organized by Nara Riplinger and Dustin Hubner, sharing about her experience last year and important cultural differences for teachers who may be new to Canada. Thank you for sharing with your new colleagues Ms. Kaur! <img src="/images/1ad3dd45-fade-4ed0-9114-de2b0a2fc973" alt="IMG 8891 holly zurak" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Lake City Educators Take Time to Learn Connection Activities

Lake City Secondary

Staff at Lake City Secondary spent part of the first day participating in some "Get To Know You" activities that they then used in their classrooms the first week of school. Teachers, EAs, office staff, and custodians also wore Orange Shirts the first day of class to remind everyone that "Every Child Matters." <img src="/images/710d76b6-9674-4d72-b253-f0e563876d2a" alt="IMG 0958a Nara Riplinger" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

District PRO-D Day at Alexis Creek School

Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary

The staff at Alexis Creek School are gathered together to watch and listen to the School District's welcoming back and the setting of direction for the school year. <img src="/images/cff50473-5a41-4bf0-a75a-56e2ef01bf9e" alt="District ProD at Alexis Creek School 2 helen wight" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

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Closing Circle

In July, two new CCSD PVP attended the BCPVPA Foundations for New School Leaders program at UBC. They met with other principals and vice principals around the province to connect and learn. Presenters included Dr. Dustin Louie, Carolyn Roberts, and Dr. Kristi Blakeway who talked about the importance of decolonization for equity and safe environments. Brooke Moore talked about effective decision making and communication. The course also featured small group discussion and case studies. It was a valuable experience emphasizing the role of principals in growing the capacity of self and others.<img src="/images/7645fcd7-03e5-48ca-add1-3e1ea99eb56c" alt="469" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

WILD School

150 Mile Elementary

150 Mile Elementary was recognized by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation in the WILD Schools Outdoor Education Program. 150 Mile was recognized for being the school putting in the most professional development hours for a school in the province! Over 80% of our dedicated staff have voluntarily put in 25 hours of professional development learning how to better educate students in the outdoors. <img src="/images/710411ff-73ef-4fc0-bdb1-97a5a8601613" alt="thumbnail image001" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block">

Teachers Collaborate on Student Literacy

Nesika Elementary

Teacher leader Melissa Therrien has been collaborating with teacher Marina Campsall demonstrating a new approach to unlocking content area literacy with older students. The teachers co-teach the whole group with reading long multisyllabic words and comprehending content area text. This explicit teacher-led instruction is helping our students focus on new strategies for success.<img src="/images/b60adc7a-f11d-40d6-8893-0f3db8318362" alt="Teachers collaborate on student literacy" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit">

Teachers collaborate on student literacy

From the Cariboo-Chilcotin to St. John’s Newfoundland

In ongoing recruitment efforts, Jennifer Loewen, Manager of Human Resources, travelled to St. Johns Newfoundland and attended Memorial University's (MUN) Teacher Recruitment Fair. MUN was selected as one of the in-person career fairs to attend this year due to previous hiring success. This is the last in-person career fair that staff will attend for the 2024/2025 school year. Plans for 2025/2026 recruitment are currently being developed. The recruitment team created new resources which made their debut at MUN. These include two new tabletop screens, a large screen and a brochure which highlighted key points of our region and district. The cascading message in all our resources is: Love where you live. Love what you do. Feel supported in your career.<img src="/images/4cad65ff-6789-4acf-a23f-bb52060b6966" alt="From the Cariboo-Chilcotin to St. John’s Newfoundland" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit">

Honouring our Roots, Nourishing our Connections - ECEBC Conference 2025

SD27 Early Childhood Educators joined colleagues from throughout the Province at the annual Early Childhood Educators of BC Conference (held for the first time in two locations simultaneously, Kamloops and Richmond BC). What an uplifting experience it was to join hundreds of educators who share a common passion for early learning. Educators participated in keynote presentations to the collective group and were able to connect with other educators in separate workshop offerings both Friday and Saturday. We extend gratitude to the entire ECEBC team for their efforts in creating an amazing learning opportunity closer to our community enabling our team from SD27 to attend. Educators appreciated the opportunity to connect with the newly appointed "ECEBC Ambassador for the North" Cari Rawling. In attendance from SD27 were StrongStart Educators; Elke Baechmann, Jennifer Jones, Suzanne Morin, Tara Flanagan, Norma Schindle, and Apryl Soichuk. Director of Instruction, Wendell Hiltz and Early Learning Coordinator, Beulah Smith.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/1e5a43f7-1a7a-48b9-9f01-20e299b89cb7" alt="Honouring our Roots, Nourishing our Connections - ECEBC Conference 2025" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/0656200d-5ab1-4daa-9105-9fd98653fd73" alt="Honouring our Roots, Nourishing our Connections - ECEBC Conference 2025" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div></div>

Lake City Student Vote 2025

Lake City Secondary

Mr. Fahoum's Model UN club organized the 2025 Canada Student Vote. Students learned the basics of the electoral system in Canada and participated by voting.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/8182e186-1e1c-4644-861a-628f5d4e319e" alt="Lake City Student Vote 2025" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/442269ae-4632-465a-a0ec-b98ade873fbc" alt="Lake City Student Vote 2025" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div></div>

Teachers Benefit from Collaboration

Lake City Secondary

French Immersion teachers, Mr. O'Keefe and Mme. Pritchard take time to plan for the coming year and how to incorporate more Indigenous resources into the French program. English aficionados Mr. Fahoum and Dr. Macwan observe a teacher candidate lead an English 12 lesson. Discussions during each of these sessions were professional, student-centered, and positive! <div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/9175cbf5-98c1-4bd3-951c-6ae608b74a8f" alt="Teachers Benefit from Collaboration" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/f555c4a3-4510-4239-990b-f1c1f2b09442" alt="Teachers Benefit from Collaboration" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div></div>

Marking and Anchoring Student Assessment

Cataline Elementary

Cataline teachers and helping teachers gathered to assess spring reading and writing activities. Anchoring our learning and reviewing examples ensures students are assessed accurately and teachers are growing their practice.<img src="/images/2a6fb860-2db3-4c9a-a99a-0c21a33fa0dd" alt="Marking and Anchoring Student Assessment" width="626" height="876" style="width:626px;height:876px">

Marking and Anchoring Student Assessment

Ms. McCoubrey Engages in Place-Based Learning to Bring Back to Columneetza

Ms. McCoubrey is an avid supporter of place-based learning and getting students outside to explore core and curricular competencies. What better way to learn new an inspiring ways to do this work, than to engage in this as a teacher and a learner! This year, Ms. McCoubrey had the opportunity to explore place-based learning with teachers from around the province supported by the Environmental Educators Professional Specialists Association, the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network, Classrooms to Communities and the Outdoor Learning Store. Looking for Ms. McCoubrey? You will most likely find her with her class outside exploring the natural world or walking in the community with a destination and activity in mind!<img src="/images/03626552-2523-4377-bee0-05aa369d4a04" alt="Ms McCoubrey Engages in Place-Based Learning to Bring Back to Columneetza" width="543" height="408" style="width:543px;height:408px;float:left"><img src="/images/91a8878e-335e-4ca0-98c3-0970f40db04f" alt="Ms McCoubrey Engages in Place-Based Learning to Bring Back to Columneetza" width="547" height="410" style="width:547px;height:410px;float:left">

Welcome TWINQ Teachers!

School District 27 has teamed up with Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to participate in the Teachers with International Teaching Qualifications (TWINQ) pilot project. The background of this program stems from an impending teacher shortage throughout Canada. Since TRU have approximately 250 international students in the M.Ed. in person program, many with teaching experience and credentials from their home country, TRU initiated this pilot project to bridge the connection between the M.Ed. Program and our schools. As this is a pilot project, only twelve students have been accepted into the project; our district is hosting four of these twelve students. Over the last three months these students were enrolled in a course titled Orientation to Canadian and BC Education which attempts to address the deficiencies outlined through the consultations with FISABC and our interior school districts. Kristina Beaulne and Taryn Aumond were presenters during the course.Please welcome our visiting international teachers - Tridipkumar Macwan, Jiu Zhang, Anila Joy, and Shilpa Rodriques. These students could be the future teacher employees in our BC schools.<img src="/images/517641fe-f688-4ac0-a9b1-f24336a26761" alt="Welcome TWINQ Teachers" width="808" height="602" style="width:808px;height:602px">

Student Teachers Building Capacity with Numeracy Consultant

Nesika Elementary

One of our Teacher Candidates Marie (TRU) led the learning, hosting well-known numeracy consultant Carole Fullerton in her grade 2/3 practicum classroom. Several of our primary teachers were able to take part as well! We are pleased to also be hosting Anila, who is an International Teacher Candidate. Nesika is a fortunate school to help build instructional capacity and share the learning with both candidates.<img src="/images/d4307c08-bae2-4312-92aa-c0d1a031f725" alt="Student Teachers Building Capacity with Numeracy Consultant" width="718" height="396" style="width:718px;height:396px;float:left"><img src="/images/9464b609-8d26-440d-bd49-f0d712b4c369" alt="Student Teachers Building Capacity with Numeracy Consultant" width="522" height="390" style="width:522px;height:390px;float:left">

Student Teachers Building Capacity with Numeracy Consultant

Literacy with Bryan Gidinski

Cataline Elementary

Cataline Elementary School had the pleasure of hosting Bryan Gidinski during the latest professional development day. As part of School District 27 Learning Series, Mr. Gidinski was welcomed to Cataline where he worked alongside the intermediate teachers, collaborating and practicing valuable and meaningful literacy instruction with Ms. Allan's grade 5/6 class. This session supported the positive literacy programming at Cataline while helping to foster and inspire our young writers.<img src="/images/ba8c74bb-31d1-4796-b48b-42bc4c9339e0" alt="Literacy with Bryan Gidinski" width="756" height="756" style="width:756px;height:756px">

Better Outside Than In – Outdoor Strategies for Primary

Some dynamic learning and collaboration took place at a recent professional development session titled Better Outside Than In – Outdoor Strategies for Primary, led by Kacie Young and Eileen Bennison at Scout Island. This half-day workshop emphasized how shifting our teaching environment to the outdoors can transform both instruction and student engagement. We explored a variety of Language Arts and Math strategies specifically designed for outdoor learning. Many of these were active and play-based, which naturally align with primary learners' needs for movement, exploration, and sensory engagement. One key takeaway was how responsive students become when given the space to move, explore, and learn through play. We also had a chance to collaborate with colleagues and share our favourite outdoor teaching strategies.<img src="/images/9505af21-d39a-4936-a5e6-3451fc1d9449" alt="Better Outside Than In Outdoor Strategies for Primary" width="800" height="601" style="width:800px;height:601px;float:left"><img src="/images/89901840-c463-4f4c-bc62-7a47cfa88b09" alt="Better Outside Than In Outdoor Strategies for Primary" width="448" height="597" style="width:448px;height:597px;float:left">

Building Trauma-Informed & Resilient Schools

SD27 staff joined Ronda Ziakris from the Calgary MNP office for a pair of 2-day sessions. Staff learned about how the human brain is affected by trauma then collaborated, discussed and learned about strategies to bring back to their school sites. With a focus on the Circle of Courage, staff are better equipped to build relationships and support the social and emotional development of all students.<img src="/images/2b9cad2f-093e-44eb-983e-432c1857b56e" alt="Building Trauma-Informed Resilient Schools" width="665" height="455" style="width:665px;height:455px">

Teaching with Intention

Marie Sharpe Elementary

Natalie Craig's class is working on setting goals for themselves to improve in our district's key focus areas of literacy and numeracy. Dedicated work by both the students and teacher have led to great growth and progress this school year.<img src="/images/e60d7811-aa1e-4a5f-8031-623d3463a7e3" alt="Teaching with Intention" width="680" height="906" style="width:680px;height:906px">

International Teacher Candidate Joins Nesika

Nesika Elementary

Anila Joy joined the Nesika team this week! Ms. Joy is originally from India and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Education program at TRU and is completing a practicum requirement as part of the new TWINQ Project (Teachers with International Teaching Qualifications). She will be spending a month with the team at Nesika, under the leadership and mentorship of Ms. Nasuszny in her grade 4/5 class. The Nesika community is grateful for Anila's contributions to our learning and we are looking forward to sharing this time with her!<img src="/images/5c30526e-375f-4039-bdc3-b075ed60b9b9" alt="International Teacher Candidate Joins Nesika" width="493" height="482" style="width:493px;height:482px;float:left"><img src="/images/1a6b62cc-52d6-40d6-bf98-6b42080bd048" alt="International Teacher Candidate Joins Nesika" width="543" height="623" style="width:543px;height:623px;float:left">

International Teacher Candidate Joins Nesika

Collectively Working on Literacy

Marie Sharpe Elementary

Mountview Elementary

This year our entire primary group has dedicated themselves to teaching literacy intentionally and purposefully. Students work in small groups with EAs, Indigenous Support Workers, and teachers to work on literacy skills that target their level. Staff also work behind the scenes learning new ways to teach literacy, and collaborating with each other to move all students forward.<img src="/images/f8499814-7d33-4434-987c-67f90c6e994a" alt="Collectively Working on Literacy" width="713" height="1082" style="width:713px;height:1082px">

Building Instructional Capacity through Physical Literacy

Tatla Lake Elementary/Junior

Tatla Lake School hosted a workshop focused on Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS), welcoming educators from Tsideldel School and Nagwuntal'oo School. Through the National Coaching Certification Program, participants engaged in learning designed to improve how we teach, adapt, and lead physical literacy activities for all students. This workshop equipped educators with the tools to detect and correct basic movement errors, promote inclusive and safe physical activity, and provide meaningful feedback to support student growth. Together, we are strengthening instructional capacity and empowering students with the skills and confidence they need to lead healthy, active lives.<img src="/images/df406382-c1ab-4167-8837-72eda4e9ac0b" alt="Building Instructional Capacity through Physical Literacy" width="704" height="405" style="width:704px;height:405px">

Building Instructional Capacity through Physical Literacy

WILD Schools

150 Mile Elementary

Staff at 150 Mile continued their WILD Schools learning with Jessica and Roland from HCTF Education. Focus was local plant identification and how to maintain native species on the school grounds and in the local area.<img src="/images/fdcda3e1-0a78-4de0-8fd4-a4d04388f2e3" alt="WILD Schools" width="732" height="549" style="width:732px;height:549px">

Building Literacy Skills Through Play

Early Learning Coordinator, Beulah Smith delivered an interactive workshop March 10, 2025 at Tatla Lake School. Educators from Tsi Del Del, Nagwuntl'oo, HeadStart and Tatla Lake joined us for "Building Literacy Skills Through Play". Learning together, being inspired and sharing a meal. What an incredible way to spend a Monday evening. Participants left the workshop with a set of animals and books, "Foxy and his friends", to take back to their classrooms to inspire story telling and writing with a play-based approach.<img src="/images/8ab54417-7c9f-4e48-9a9e-7de242a5794f" alt="Building Literacy Skills Through Play" width="713" height="950" style="width:713px;height:950px">

Québécois author Alexandra Larochelle

Nesika Elementary

La classe de Mme Jones had the privilege of a visit from Québécois author Alexandra Larochelle who shared her story of how she became an author at age 10, followed by a Q&A period. Tellement excitant!<img src="/images/de6bb16a-eee2-4829-a909-cc85223d06ab" alt="Author Alexandra Larochelle" width="676" height="507" style="width:676px;height:507px">

Bryan Gidinski Leading Literacy

Teachers from around SD27 have been working with Bryan Gidinski throughout the year in classrooms as well as on professional development days. Bryan has helped us find ways to get students writing more and thinking more using some creative yet meaningful strategies.<img src="/images/a4e107f0-22ca-4023-b215-043cd1de5955" alt="Bryan Gidinski Leading Literacy" width="706" height="494" style="width:706px;height:494px">

Writing Workshop

150 Mile Elementary

150 Mile Elementary had Bryan Gidinski from the Learning Series leading two writer's workshops. Mrs. Iverson's Grade 2/3 class and Mrs. Vath's Grade 5/6 classes learned key elements to expand the quality, and also quantity, of their writing efforts. Enthusiasm and desire for students in these classes to write and journal is now at an all time high! <img src="/images/64ca1f11-b4f3-4916-bea6-ed804f856627" alt="Writing Workshop" width="842" height="545" style="width:842px;height:545px;float:left"><img src="/images/17b5084d-cd32-4a29-b3c0-f9de89508176" alt="Writing Workshop" width="406" height="541" style="width:406px;height:541px;float:left">

Carole Fullerton Shares Numeracy Strategies For Multi-Grade Classrooms

Horse Lake Elementary

Carole Fullerton and Helping Teacher Alison Bos returned to Horse Lake Elementary and focused their efforts on strategies that could be used in multi-grade classroom situations. We combined students from our grade 1 / 2 class and grade 3 / 4 class and Carole and the teachers worked with manipulatives to progress from simple addition, to subtraction, and then to multiplication for the assembled group. The progression allowed students to participate with their peers and blurred the lines between grade expectations within the group.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/4911ed2c-c359-5fb0-a3d6-5021cb820735" alt="315eji79.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/8f6cdbef-c6a6-552b-b859-0a70482f0893" alt="f5tqbdr5.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Carole Fullerton Shares Numeracy Strategies For Multi-Grade Classrooms

Horse Lake Students and Teachers Get Introduction To Coding

Horse Lake Elementary

District Helping Teacher Allison Bos visited Horse Lake Elementary armed with iPads and robotic devices, and helped the grade 1 & 2 students in Ms. Armitage's class, and the grade 3 & 4 students in Mrs. Lum's class learn some key ADST components of coding. The teachers learned about the logistics of teaching ADST coding concepts, while students quickly learned how to control the movements of the robotic devices in and around the classroom.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/cf32ef3a-8a06-5ceb-bb29-556538552447" alt="skfu5ojn.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/0a346538-285c-550a-af86-38d8d9b24a24" alt="dai2xqqg.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Horse Lake Students and Teachers Get Introduction To Coding

PSO Staff Collaboration and Graduation Assessments

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary

PSO Staff working in department groups in our staff meeting to pull apart graduation assessments and support cross-curricular goals for students in skill development. Some good questions were asked as we did a deep dive into the assessments that started with trying to write one! Also powerful as table conversations involved teachers and support staff in a variety of roles.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/effc9f25-a6cd-506c-87ec-cc08be88ff11" alt="qn6i1uuf.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

PSO Staff Collaboration and Graduation Assessments

New Teacher Candidate HIRED!

Lake City Secondary

Our school was so pleased to welcome VIU teacher candidate, Mattias Aaslie. Robert Fahoum was the sponsor teacher for Mattias who is an English/Drama specialist. On his last 'official' day at Lake City, Mattias received word that he was hired on with SD27!<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/759f72bd-5d0f-5119-90ca-b0aac9af1306" alt="3r5angvf.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Mentorship is Alive and Well!

Lake City Secondary

Retired teacher, Barb Blewett, spends time helping new-to-us teacher, Maureen Newman-Buafo. The two have been partnered for a few months as part of the district's Learning Alongside mentorship program which matches new teachers with retired teachers.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/b989be10-a383-57d9-b92f-ce553199f68d" alt="1hcftwo6.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Students Succeed at Legion Remembrance Contest

Nesika Elementary

We’re pleased to share that several Nesika students placed in this year's Williams Lake Legion Remembrance Day poster and literary contest. Congratulations! The students will be invited to a ceremony in which they will be recognized for their achievements. The date of the ceremony is still to be determined. Thank you for supporting the Legion!<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/c2fd850d-71b9-5b81-bf64-9e3b2ad3e3dc" alt="2epzb0kl.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Students Succeed at Legion Remembrance Contest

Leadership Series

This week the leadership series with Dylan Wiliam continued for the CCPVPA and management. Participants reported back about using educational research to help inform our school plans and specific goals. Wiliam reminded us that de-implementation is hard but necessary to help restore balance in our staffs and schools. We are making room for impact!<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/94b72666-4bfc-52e5-9e35-137f7b70d05c" alt="ujicni6t.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Who Can Take a Box of Cheerios and Make Math FUN? Carol Fullerton Can!

Chilcotin Road Elementary

Carol Fullerton working with staff and students, helping to strengthen Numeracy at Chilcotin Road. As part of our School Plan for Learner Success, we believe that strengthening our teams capacity to engage students in new ways will increase and strengthen our students overall Numeracy scores and engagement. Who would of thought that all it would take was a box of Cheerios to make math fun.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/0e38bc1b-e48e-55ac-ba25-29d31851fac0" alt="ebh8k9zg.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/0a834ff2-ab26-5993-80c4-9ee8119e7fba" alt="sd3go1u2.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Who Can Take a Box of Cheerios and Make Math FUN

Carole Fullerton and Horse Lake Primary Teachers Join Forces to Teach Numeracy

Horse Lake Elementary

Horse Lake Elementary was fortunate to host Numeracy Consultant Carole Fullerton for the third time in recent years, with a focus this time on improving primary numeracy. Working progressively through classes of grade 1s through to grade 4s, our teachers were able to experience the sequencing and continuity of Carole's hands-on approach using manipulatives to teach primary numeracy concepts. District Helping Teachers, Marianne Okrainetz and Alison Bos, also participated in the lesson delivery to give them more strategies to use in their district role.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/1a09e30d-89b5-5e93-8235-6e8474312609" alt="ol926c7s.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/5b093ee2-91d4-599f-bbae-f3b63bba672f" alt="h71qhru9.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Carole Fullerton and Horse Lake Primary Teachers Join Forces to Teach Numeracy

Building Capacity at Nesika

Nesika Elementary

Teachers, with the support of helping teacher Natalie Ohlhauser, collaborated over an early dinner to assess the Nesika students' literacy work. DART, EPRA and SWW were all looked at and discussed in both English and French. Teachers will use the information gathered in this session to inform next steps in their teaching.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/5ce0dd01-fddd-5d6e-a403-d4c61c900cfb" alt="fxyy106e.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Changing Possibilities 4 Young Children

Community Early Childhood Educators, StrongStart Educators and SD27 Kindergarten teachers, joined by Changing Possibilities facilitator Jillian Lewis, Co facilitator SD27 Early Learning Coordinator Beulah Smith and Director of Instruction, Early Learning and Inclusive Education Wendell Hiltz gathered for our first in person "Changing Possibilities 4 Young Children" session of the year. We will be focusing on how we can support social emotional well-being of children in our classrooms. In our first session we reviewed the 7 faucets of SEWB, and took some time to explore identity. To end our session embracing our strength based approach, participants chose a word which resonated with them today and had some fun "jazzing it up" to complete the statement "I AM ". We are such a unique and talented group and we are excited to begin this learning journey together.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/740b391f-70f1-5b76-aabf-6a7b434a6fe4" alt="plizst5d.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/cd393358-db08-494f-b15e-56fd31ffb3ba" alt="Changing possibilities" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"> </div></div>

PSO Grows in Assessment and Communicating Learning

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary

PSO Staff collaborated at the November staff meeting to improve reporting practices by working on collective understanding of assessment and communicating student learning. Staff worked through scenarios of assessment of a variety of students, wrote shared comments on learning and editing each others work.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/f554c2b2-c5e4-5966-8372-3ac55eba69a3" alt="2eh1kjiw.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/ecc255d8-735b-519c-812f-d0171befb9a6" alt="8al7k496.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

PSO Grows in Assessment and Communicating Learning

Math Lessons Outdoors

150 Mile Elementary

On a wildly windy and rainy day the staff at 150 Mile Elementary went outside with the WILD School instructors, Jessica and Roland, to explore types of math lessons that can be done outside. Here we are learning how to approximate the height of trees.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/5273da0b-c5e7-56af-b274-edf6dfca06ae" alt="yykmt6hg.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Classrooms 2 Communities

Many of our SD27 colleagues travelled to Vancouver for the C2C Conference. Teacher Frances McCoubrey was a lead partner and facilitator and SD27 was a contributing sponsor. We made many connections inside and beyond of local colleagues, with many take home ideas to come back to SD27.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/38b9e4c0-04f7-5a92-af2f-ccdddb56c7bd" alt="rrcm029w.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/3146255c-a1a7-5184-ad83-9781fa4991ec" alt="9itjeaa9.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Literacy Assessment Dinner Session

Cataline Elementary

With the support of Helping Teacher, Marianne Okrainetz, Cataline teachers participated in a literacy benchmarking dinner session, where teachers got together to collaborate with their colleagues, bounce ideas off each other, while also sharing a few laughs. Conversations leads to learning; the sharing of questions and each others' expertise demonstrates the commitment these teachers have to help guide their instruction to improve their students’ achievements.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/d794c3c7-95fc-5c4c-be0c-e72bfefc59b2" alt="vjbxl85r.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Learning at the C2C Conference

Forest Grove Elementary

Exploring outdoor educational instructional strategies at the Classrooms 2 Communities conference. Great to have SD27 experts leading us.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/a8d0a7d4-241d-5068-a72c-d59acea0d5a9" alt="rcso6905.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/689cc2fa-c261-51b4-9979-58c7e52de228" alt="oaigacfu.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Weekly Kickboxing Session

Naghtaneqed Elementary/Junior

Students enjoyed kickboxing workshops twice a week. Lots of exercise, drills and kickboxing skills with Audrey Shepherd.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/7c6b5c29-1869-56c2-a429-b7916e7535d0" alt="4c2dcxek.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Sharing Knowledge on Website Updates

Skyline Alternate

Principal Heather Lamorie gaining knowledge on updating Naghtaneqed School District website from Amanda Doherty clerical at Skyline.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/0546cbdb-1e5a-5cca-9f5a-ff520831d1e4" alt="x2xsfi9a.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Childcare Resource and Referral Fall Conference

A collaboration success when SD27 Early Learning Coordinator, joined as a presenter for the Childcare Resource and Referral Fall Conference. Sharing knowledge with Early Childhood Educators on ways to utilize wet felted story mats in early learning settings and guiding educators through the process of making a story mat for their classrooms.<img src="/images/c66cbd8b-8b90-5738-bf5d-9eb7b0cfe6b1" alt="ceb2zsh8-1.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit">

Making Mathematicians at 100 Mile

100 Mile Elementary

All grade 3/4 and 6/7 teachers on our staff were joined by teachers from other schools as well as the helping teachers to engage two learning rounds with Carole Fullerton. Students enjoyed a hands-on learning experience with either Cheerios and place value (3/4), or crazy dice and multiplication (6/7). Having a team of teachers dedicated to working together using the same language helps create a strong foundation for success in numeracy for our students.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/4979e239-f171-5ec7-bf73-3913fe97c37b" alt="Fullerton%201_crystaldawn%20langton.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Nesika Focuses on WILD Teaching

Nesika Elementary

Nesika school is in our final year of the HCTF WILD Schools program. Every year as part of our commitment, teachers participate in an HCTF professional development workshop. Teacher leaders at Nesika have been learning alongside students each time - actively engaging with the learning. This year, teachers used our October meeting to work in grade groups with our facilitator Martin Kruus: pulling apart lesson plans, thinking through adaptations, and structuring our next workshop date. On October 23, "Take Me Outside for Learning Day" - our Nesika community will tackle Project WET.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/3bbd23f4-2902-5105-a795-61f44ddfdf74" alt="hqypoqkp.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Learning about collecting pitch and the Tsilhqot'in world view about the natural world through Pro-D.

Alexis Creek Elementary/Secondary

District Pro-D enabled Principals and teachers the opportunity to learn about the Tsilhqot'in's world view of the natural world while making medicine from pitch.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/11c49125-3425-54dc-835a-a9a81bcf3a00" alt="jsckklpf-1.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

Carole Fullerton Shares Her Numeracy Prowess with 100 Mile Elementary Staff and Students

100 Mile Elementary

Carole Fullerton engaged Mrs. Helmer's grade 6/7 class in a lesson about multiplication concepts; she provided multiple methods to reach a diverse group of learners and everyone had fun participating. Carole helped the students understand and explain numeracy concepts by using various manipulatives such as dice and base ten blocks. It was wonderful to see all students feeling proud when explaining their learning to the adults helping in the classroom.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/112c0442-5fa8-5127-b987-9ee7ace36d27" alt="pvj15r4a.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/47bf8fd6-7d55-5fd7-91ae-920defea73ff" alt="gnsxywyh.png" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

New Teacher Support Program with CCTA

We are very excited about the work done with the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers Association (CCTA) to create a comprehensive program of support for new teachers. We have a number of new colleagues including teachers just beginning their careers, new to the Cariboo and BC, or teaching on a letter of permission. Many of them were able to join us for two days prior to the start of the school year to set them up for success with workshops led by CCTA, district staff, principals, and teachers. In addition to the valuable information and resources gained, was the opportunity to build community and a network to wrap around our new team members and continue through the year.The program also entails the assignment of in-school buddies, mentorship by retired teachers, release days for visitations and co-teaching, and funds for classroom resources. This collaboration between the District and CCTA enhances the experience for new teachers and their students and supports recruitment and retention.<div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/07341f6b-4e6e-5c78-99ed-6a17966c8a92" alt="vneb6eau.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

First Class Professional Learning Series

The District and CCTA partner on providing an absolutely first-class professional learning series. We have exceptional BC, Canadian, and global educational leaders bringing their expertise to our staff through professional development days, classroom learning rounds, and other opportunities for engagement. This year is no different: We are investing thoughtfully in the instructional capacity of our educators to enhance student learning and success.<img src="/images/e17a057b-9a96-5371-a59a-9b6d6c5af36e" alt="fmscfaig.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit">

Bryan Gidinski Works With Horse Lake Staff and Students

Horse Lake Elementary

Horse Lake Elementary was fortunate to play host to Literacy Consultant Bryan Gidinski this week, as he worked alongside teachers and with students in several intermediate classrooms throughout the day.  Bryan focused on three different learning strategies with our students, including 'Surfacing Stories', 'Show! Don't Tell', and 'Say What?' which form the basis of a learning continuum for student writing.  Staff also joined Bryan for an informal conversation over lunch about ways to successfully implement our school's literacy goals for the year.  <div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/9713f0ca-af27-5078-a991-7587480b8958" alt="c1m27bwg.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/2defdb79-e504-5cd0-9a2a-faa576bcf6a4" alt="q6515gqo.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div></div>

Bryan Gidinski Works With Horse Lake Staff and Students

WILD School Lesson Planning

150 Mile Elementary

All the classroom teachers at 150 Mile Elementary came together in the afternoon of the September Pro-D day to learn abut lesson planning for outdoor learning activities. Focus areas for lesson development included migration, habitat, plant identification and food chains but also many more. Thank you to WILD schools for sharing their expertise. <div data-lexical-layout-container="true" style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; display: grid;"><div class="editor-layoutItem"><img src="/images/1dc1faa9-f52a-542a-b87a-b34406c66cba" alt="p8t9to9q.jpg" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit"></div><div class="editor-layoutItem"> </div></div>

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