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"Ensemble, nous créons des écoles sécuritaires, inclusives et tolérantes...Un environnement d'apprentissage sécuritaire, inclusif et tolérant est essentiel pour la réussite et le bien-être des élèves....individuel, classe, école, conseil, communauté"

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"Ensemble, nous créons des écoles sécuritaires, inclusives et tolérantes...Un environnement d'apprentissage sécuritaire, inclusif et tolérant est essentiel pour la réussite et le bien-être des élèves....individuel, classe, école, conseil, communauté"

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https://www.safeacceptingschools.ca/fr/

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AJ Keene: mon beau-frère et un directeur à une école élémentaire ici à Thunder Bay.

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AJ Keene: mon beau-frère et un directeur à une école élémentaire ici à Thunder Bay.

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Il est intelligent et adore la technologie.
Il aime essayer de nouvelles choses. Il intègre de nouvelles initiatives dans les activités quotidiennes.
Il aide ses enseignant(e)s.

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1. Prendre des risques positifs, la capacité de résolution de problèmes, 

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1. Prendre des risques positifs, la capacité de résolution de problèmes, 

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2. Connaître des conditions émotionnelles et organisationnelles,
3. Etre en mesure de comprendre les liens denses, complexes et réciproques qui unissent les différentes composantes de l'organisation ,
www.education-leadership-ontario.ca

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Voyage en France avec les élèves en mars 2017

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Voyage en France avec les élèves en mars 2017

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Il est flexible, réaliste.
Il écoute et il est optimiste.
Il veut promouvoir le rendement et le bien-être des élèves et des enseignants.

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Elle est organisée.
Elle essaie de nouvelles choses.
Elle soutient les enseignant(e)s dans notre département.

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Meghan Smelow, Cory Keeler, et moi avons participé dans ce programme. Meghan a fait un projet de Civics en 2012.

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Chez Westmount, l'école où AJ Keene est directeur.

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The focus of the day was to give students skills they could use when looking for jobs this summer or even further down the road.

"Cooking interests me," said Christina Dean, a student at Kingsway Park Public School who chose to learn about safe food handling to aid in her culinary pursuits. "I would like to carry on with it, maybe work in a fast food restaurant some day."

The day-long courses were part of the Learning Academy pilot program that is being run through Kingsway, Five Mile Public School, and Westmount Public School.

The Learning Academy program is designed to give the students hands-on experience and real world skills while still meeting the Ontario curriculum requirements.

Each of the participating schools focuses on different themes depending on teacher expertise, explained A.J. Keene, principal of Westmount Public School.

Students at Kingsway can focus their studies around outdoor physical and environment education or arts and music. At Westmount, it's sports and recreation, fine arts or global citizenship. Five Mile students can focus on well-being, environmental education, or social justice and citizenship.

"All of their learning is driven through those themes," said Keene, while the core skills of reading, writing and math are still taught in the standard way.

For example, when students in the sports and recreation program at Westmount did a climbing unit, they went to Boulder Bear Climbing Centre where they learned about the science of pulleys and gears. Back in the classroom they read about Sherpas - an ethnic group in the mountainous region of Nepal - and discussed if they are being exploited in mountaineering countries.

"Everything is connected to the academy they're participating in," said Keene. "In the global citizenship program all their literacy is driven through current events. They're doing stuff on child soldiering in Africa, doing reading on Truth and Reconciliation. It's all current events."

The idea of the program is to approach learning differently and engage students by giving them a choice about how they want to study depending on where their interests lie and different learning styles.

Parent Melissa Ratte, whose son was participating in the emergency first aid course at the college, said she has seen a lot of positive things come out of the program.

"I've noticed there's more kids coming to school, they're more engaged," said Ratte. "You see the classrooms working well together, I see it as a real positive for getting people engaged in learning and really interested in learning for a long time."

As a student in the the Learning Academy program this past year, Dean said she felt she got a lot out of it.

"I like hands-on learning," she said. "It's just easier for me to learn and easier to understand."

Jayden Anderson, also part of the program at Kingsway said, "I think they should be doing it in every school."

The three pilot schools are expected to be joined next year by another one or two, said Keene.

"Learning is changing," he said. "This is all about critical thinking, learning to collaborate, work with others and problem-solve and communicate. All those skills you need moving forward."

As for the students' participation in the Success Certification Program, Ratte said, it matures them, "I think it's a confidence booster."

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The focus of the day was to give students skills they could use when looking for jobs this summer or even further down the road. "Cooking interests me," said Christina Dean, a student at Kingsway Park Public School who chose to learn about safe food handling to aid in her culinary pursuits.

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PD for Associate Teachers: elle a planifié les ateliers pour les profs qui voulaient être mentors. Un atelier avec l'université de Lakehead.

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PD for Associate Teachers: elle a planifié les ateliers pour les profs qui voulaient être mentors. Un atelier avec l'université de Lakehead.