The highest leverage strategy of educational improvement efforts is the development of staff capacity. In collaboration with the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers Association we are making significant investments in quality professional learning for educators in current, research-based practice to increase knowledge and confidence.
Some examples of the work of are:
- Shifting from one-off workshops to a robust learning series with successive professional development sessions and classroom learning rounds, time to practice and reflect in between, and a community of practice network to support one another
- Learning Series with exceptional BC, Canadian, and global leaders in numeracy, literacy, educational research, inclusion, resilience and trauma-informed practice.
- Common district assessments with support for learning how to administer them, analyze results, and use what is learned to plan for instruction
- District mental health plan
- Full program of support for new teachers in their first three years
Explore the ways we are LEARNING BETTER TOGETHER with support for professional learning in Cariboo-Chilcotin School District:
You Be the Chemist
Anahim Lake Elementary/Secondary
All of our students took part in hands-on experiments led by a pair of fun-loving scientists. Visiting from Quadra and supported by Artemis Gold, students from Kindergarten to Grade 9 built rockets, inverted bubbles, and watched bubbles expand. Everyone had a blast!
Story Stones & Oral Language Workshop
Tatla Lake Elementary/Junior
Anahim Lake Elementary/Secondary
Recently, educators from Tatla Lake School, Anahim Lake School, and Nagwuntl'oo School came together to participate in a workshop focused on using “story stones” to build students’ oral language skills.