February 6, 2023 to April 24, 2023
- Category: AQ
- Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
- Topic: Classroom Management
- Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)
This course will introduce a variety of comprehensive strategies for creating, supporting and fostering a safe, inclusive, student-focused classroom; a process that begins with effective classroom management. The Learning Environment inspects how several different components of teaching work simultaneously to create and maintain a positive, ethical, equitable, accepting, inclusive, engaging, creative and safe learning environment. You will explore instructional practices that promote a collaborative community that encourages student voice, leadership, critical inquiry, and self-regulation. In addition, you will have the opportunity to promote authentic partnerships that value shared responsibility, decision-making, advocacy, and leadership. This course is an opportunity for new and established educators to inspect, challenge and moderate the processes involved in developing strong classroom communities that foster care, respect and well-being.
Key Course Learnings Include:
- Explore and examine different theories of classroom management and how they contribute to developing classroom communities
- Teacher as facilitator of learning has the highest impact on student achievement
- The classroom environment as the Third Teacher
- Explore a variety of assessment types and how they are used to promote student learning, success and well being
- Investigate and survey a variety of evidence-based instructional strategies that contribute to the student achievement and well-being
- Identify different aspects of well-being and its contribution to a positive classroom environment
- exploring student/teacher self-care, mental health and well-being as it relates to classroom environments, teaching and learning
- Critically design and develop classroom space, layouts giving consideration to social and contextual factors as well as current societal trends that impact student as well as teacher well-being
- Organizer: York Catholic District School Board
- Cost: $650.00. See website for details.
- Location: Online
- Website: http://www.ycdsb.ca/aq/
- Contact: Dr. Pat Bucci, Additional Qualifications Program Officer
- Email: [email protected]