REGULAR Board Meeting 09... · 2017-08-16 · Regular Board Meeting – September 6, 2016 District School Board Ontario North East Board Package - Page 5 Redefining Learning and Teaching

DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ONTARIO NORTH EAST

REGULAR Board Meeting

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 6:15 p.m.

Location:

Schumacher Board Office, Board Room 153 Croatia Avenue, Schumacher, ON

MISSION STATEMENT:

Together, we inspire innovation and a passion for learning in every student.

MISSION STATEMENT:

Together, we inspire innovation and a passion for learning in every student.

AGENDA Page(s)

1. CALL TO ORDER & Minute of Silence for Skylar Lacourse-Luckett (RRBPS student) and Wayne Thomas (retired teacher, IFSS)

2. REGULAR SESSION

3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

4. CONFLICT OF INTEREST

5. PRESENTATIONS:

i) Transportation request (off Hwy 567) – J. & M. Guerts ............................................. 3

ii) iPad Survey Results (C. Mowbray)

iii) Summer School (J. Plaunt)

6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Special Meeting, Aug. 30/Sept. 6, 2016 .................. handout

7. BUSINESS AND/OR QUESTIONS ARISING OUT OF MINUTES

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

i) Community hubs (ongoing)

9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

i) Cash Disbursements ........................................................................................... 4

Regular Board Meeting – September 6, 2016

District School Board Ontario North East Board Package - Page 2

Page(s)

10. COMMITTEE REPORTS

i) September 1st PD Day review ........................................................................... 5-8

ii) Growing Success Policy 1.2.34 Revised ............................ 9 & attachements (3)

iii) Selection of Director of Education Policy 1.1.7 (new) .............. 10 & attachment

11. OTHER BUSINESS

12. ONTARIO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

13. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

i) Memo: Release of One-Year Implementation Update on Community Hubs in Ontario: A Strategic Framework and Action Plan ........................................ 11-12

ii) Letter to Board Chair re: response to education funding formula concerns .......................................................................................... 13-14

iii) Letters to Outgoing and Incoming Student Trustees ................................. 15-16

14. CORRESPONDENCE

15. ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

i) Tell them from Me

ii) Secondary school timetables

16. MOTION TO ADJOURN



Jennifer & Martin Geurts

RR#1

North Cobalt, ON

P0J 1R0

[email protected]

705-622-2110

29 August 2016

Doug Shearer

District School Board Ontario North East

[email protected]

Re: notice requesting a presentation

Attention: The Chair, District School Board North East

Jennifer and/or Marty Geurts wish to make a video and oral presentation on the refusal to provide pick-up by

the school bus of a JK student age four at our home in Lorrain Valley for delivery to and from the French

immersion program at New Liskeard Public School.

Please inform us of the date, time and place of the video conference from the New Liskeard location.

Thank you,

Jennifer Geurts

Martin Geurts



TO THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF Agenda Ref. No. 2016 09 06

DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ONTARIO NORTH EAST RE: JUNE AND JULY, 2016 CASH DISBURSEMENTS

Details of the cash disbursements for the month of June and July, 2016 in the amount of $21,053,160.33 are enclosed. Should Trustees have any questions regarding these disbursements, please contact the Superintendent of Business and Finance.

RECOMMENDATION: THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE REPORT ON CASH DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY, 2016 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,053,160.33.

Respectfully submitted, Linda L. Knight Director of Education Pearl Fong-West Superintendent of Business/Finance

CASH DISBURSEMENTS SUMMARY

FOR JUNE AND JULY, 2015

District School Board O.N.E.

Bank Transfers TOTAL

$ 12,551,688.80 $ 8,501,471.53 $ 21,053,160.33



Redefining Learning and Teaching for the 21st Century:

September 1st PD Day

Thank you very much for the great PD day. Both guest speakers were wonderful and provided a much

needed infusion of thought provoking information for all of us. -Principal

Thanks for a great day! Perfect way to start the year...kudos! –Secondary Teacher

Wow! That was such a great day! Those 2 speakers were amazing! So thought provoking! –Elementary Teacher I thought it appropriate to commend you on the choice of keynote speakers today. They were both very engaging. Easily the most riveting PD of my career. Thanks for day! –Elementary Teacher Awesome day! Bravo on challenging us in thinking today! Great Start! –Twitter You can’t learn until you make mistakes! Growth mindset is powerful –Twitter Where is the emotion in learning? We need to use technology to solve pedagogical problems. Such a provoking keynote! –Twitter The workshops were awesome. 3 Act Math has changed how I will teach Math-Elementary Teacher After I learned about 3 Act Math, I want to teacher grade 9 applied math again. –Secondary Teacher The questions are more important than the answers. –Twitter Teaching coding in schools is not good enough. We should be moving to a model of trilingualism …French, English, and Code. –Twitter

On Thursday, September 1, 2016 we hosted 700+ educators at THVS for a day of inspiration, and learning. The above quotes are from educators who attended the full day event focused on why we need to change teaching and learning for our students, based on how the world is rapidly changing, and how we can change using technology as a tool to enhance students’ abilities. We think the voices of educators demonstrate the positive response to the day. The first keynote speaker, Leonard Brody, a successful business leader, kick-started the day by sharing his thoughts on how the world is being rewritten by rapid changes in technology, and social drivers. Mr. Brody set the foundation for why education needs to change to help our students be successful in an unknown future. The second keynote speaker, Dr. Shawn Lennie, an Apple Development Executive, provided an entertaining keynote that showed us a possible model for how we could change education for students by using challenge based learning (CBL). Challenge based learning is a model where students tackle a local issue, challenge, or problem that matters to them. To understand the challenge, students have to go beyond the walls of their classroom, to learn from the broader community. As a class, they come up with solutions to the challenge and implement those solutions back in the community. Educators were then able to choose from 80+ workshops that showed them innovative ways they could leverage

technology, and good teaching, to support student learning. The amazing thing about the workshops was that 68 of

the presenters were from our own board, and only 12 external presenters were used. We are so proud of our local

teachers who were willing to share the great things they were doing in their classrooms.



In partnership with Apple Education, on Wednesday, August 31st, we offered 4 voluntary sessions that allowed

teachers to go more in depth than what the workshops would allow on the PD day. We had 55 teachers, elementary

and secondary, attend the day to participate in:

Curious Math Secondary

Curious Math Elementary

Everyone Can Code Elementary

Everyone Can Code Secondary

Workshops for the Day

MORNING: Workshop #1 -- 11:05 to 11:55 a.m.

Workshop Name Presenter(s) Room

Number

Young Publishers in the 21st Century Laura Seguin Rebecca Larocque & Tara-Leigh Muraska

417

Igniting Passion and Curiosity with Genius Hour Kelly Sharp 413

Going Digital for Home Communication Stephanie Clement 416

Expanding your "Mind"omo! Mind Mapping Tool Kirsten Elvestad 323

Inquiry-Based Learning for Beginners Lindsay Leonard 221

Learning to Learn Farren Mancuso 419

Making Thinking Visible to Become Critical Thinkers Jamie Johnston & Susan Klooster 427

Making Thinking Visible in Math using IPADs Sharon Bowes & Holli Archer Library

Entrepreneurial Adventure Sue Pfeffer and Kelly Brown 223

Enhancing questioning in Mathematics using a 3 Act Math approach. Shane Rentelis 424

Collaborating Beyond Our Walls: Google Hangout/Mystery Skype Samantha Chin 236

Coding & Robotics Carla de Schneider 238

Creating a 21st Century Learning Kristin McDonald 316

Critical Thinking for the 21st Century Learner. Erica Doucet 330

Using iPads in FSL Erica Armstrong 420

Curious Math in Elementary Jon Orr 421

Making Thinking Visible with Digital Resources Kim Wagner 418

Orchestrating Mathematical Discussion with a 3-Part Lesson Dana McBride 230

Up, Up & Away: Moving Independent Work Through Consolidation Lindsay Hodgson 224

Twitter 101 and Using Social Media to Brand Your School Jo-Anne Plaunt 425

Thinking Through Lego WeDo Karen E. Smith 322

Using Padlet to Support Collaboration Louise Belisle 334

Visualizing the Big Ideas in Trigonometry Jason Hewitt & Ann Barker 401

Who Are You? Digital Identity and Citizenship Donna Fry 426

What Works and Doesn't? Looking at Apps in Open Level Classes Ashley Laferriere 335

Teaching Music Through Composition Using the iPad Luke Parent 234

The Power of Choice to Reach all Learners, Especially Those with Special Education Needs

Andre Kapitan, Apple Presenter 415

Reading WritIng and the 21st-Century Student: 3 Critical Concepts for Effective Class Blog

Allison Timmins 332



Organizing and Collaborating for Pedagogical Documentation Kara Mowbray 404

Recycling your Lessons - Digital Style Aaron McBride 338/319

STEM Careers and Virtual Reality in the Science Classroom Scott Taylor 408

Innovate and Transform with iPad: Math Ideas for the Primary Classroom

Kristin Wideen 233

STEM in the Elementary Classroom with Apple Education Don McNamee 402

Building Student Advocacy Cards Johanna Paradis 410

AFTERNOON: Workshop #2 -- 2:10 to 3:00 p.m.

Workshop Name Presenter(s) Room

Number

Going Global: How to Use Gamification Film and Video Conferencing to Inspire Critical Thinking and Connectivity

Allison Timmins 332

Going Digital with Home Communication Stephanie Clement 416

Get Inspired! Apps That Redefine the Language Classroom Vanessa Montminy 417

I3: Investigate! Invent! Innovate Sue Pfeffer and Kelly Brown 223

Igniting Passion and Curiosity with Genius Hour Kelly Sharp 323

Inspiring Minds: Engaging Children in Inquiry and Problem-solving Through Children's Literature

Scott Taylor 408

Inquiry-Based Learning for Beginners Lindsay Leonard 233

Facilitating a Learner Centred Classroom - Student Experts Shannon Sayeau 427

Enhancing questioning in Mathematics using a 3 Act Shane Rentelis 424

Collaborative Critical Analysis in Visual Art Pam Atherton 236

Collaboration using GAFE Jillian Plaunt 420

Critical Thinking for the 21st Century Learner Erica Doucet 330

Cross Curricular Collaboration Thomas McLean 238

Descriptive Feedback in a Paperless Classroom: Showbie Shawn Pedersen & Andrew Pellegrino

316

Curious Math in Secondary Jon Orr 421

Intro to Garage Band Dan Kurz 212

Learning to Learn Farren Mancuso 419

Using Digital Tools to Create a Professional Web Presence Shari Denault 334

Up Up & Away: Moving Independent Work Through Consolidation Lindsay Hodgson 224

Truth and Reconciliation- What does it look like in our schools? Sandra Foley 425

Using Explain Everything I-Movie Stop Motion APP Aileen Felsher 335

Using Technology as a Powerful Assessment Tool in FDK and Primary Grades

Jaime Plaunt 401

The Power of Choice to Reach all Learners, Especially for Those with Special Education Needs

Andre Kapitan, Apple Presenter 415

Using Technology to Support Students with Special Needs Liane Vipond 221

Technology in the Geography Class Bill Nuhn 322

Supporting Scientific Inquiry Using SPARKvue and Wireless Data Sensors

Marc LaRouche 410



Ministry Licensed Digital Resources to Enhance Learning in Your Classroom

Donna Fry 426

Making Thinking Visible in Math using IPADs Sharon Bowes & Holli Archer Library

Using iPad for Inquiry Based Learning in the Primary Classroom Kristin Wideen 230

Using iPads in FSL Erica Armstrong 418

Students as Teachers: Creating How-to Videos Gary Rosevear 234

STEM in The Secondary Classroom Don McNamee 402

Building Proportional Reasoning for Grade 7/8 Dave Brown & Ann Barker 413



AGENDA REF. NO. 2016 09 06 TO THE CHAIR AND TRUSTEES OF DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ONTARIO NORTH EAST RE: REVISED: Policy 1.2.34 Growing Success Our Policy has been revised to align with both the Ministry Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario’s Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12 and Growing Success – The Kindergarten Addendum: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools, 2016. DSB Ontario North East is committed to providing all students with the curriculum, programming, and opportunities to enable them to reach their full potential. Further support documents enhancing our Policy include the Administrator School Attendance Tool Kit (2016-2017) and the Student Success Teacher and Team Manual 2016-2017. The following extract from the Rationale of our policy summarizes the Board’s commitment to improve student learning: District School Board Ontario North East approves a student assessment, evaluation, and reporting policy that is applied consistently to the Kindergarten Program and throughout Grades 1-12. This policy meets the provincial policy for assessment, evaluation, and reporting required in Growing Success and provincial curriculum expectations and achievement levels outlined in the elementary and secondary curriculum. … In District School Board Ontario North East, it is expected that assessment, evaluation, and reporting practice is based on evidence of student achievement of the provincial curriculum expectations and alternative curriculum expectations, where appropriate, and student demonstration of learning skills and work habits.

RECOMMENDATION: That the Board approve the revisions to Policy 1.2.34, Growing Success.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda L. Knight Director of Education



AGENDA REF. NO. 2016 09 06

TO THE CHAIR AND TRUSTEES OF DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ONTARIO NORTH EAST RE: NEW POLICY: Selection of the Director of Education 1.1.7 DSB Ontario North East currently does not have a policy for the selection of a Director of Education. Therefore, it would be prudent to develop a policy to outline a succession planning process for the directorship. Following first reading, revisions were made and are per the attached document. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board approve the second and third (final) reading of the new Policy 1.1.7, Selection of the Director of Education.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda L. Knight Director of Education













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