HDSB PA Day Agendas

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 - Provincial Education Priorities - Keeping Schools Safe and School Resource Officer Program

Topic: Provincial Education Priorities - Keeping Schools Safe and School Resource Officer Program

Format: 

• Full-day, in-person

• Elementary 

Description: School teams will review policy requirements and supports for safe schools regarding the Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, violent incident reporting and debriefing, gender-based violence and the Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol. The content will include the role of police in providing high-quality, age-appropriate educational public safety presentations to students on subjects such as cybercrime, human trafficking, road safety and more. Information will be provided about the role of police in the school community, to support trust building between educators, policing services, students and parents/guardians. For schools currently in the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, a summary of the program's structure and objectives will be reviewed. Suicide prevention and intervention will also be reviewed. 

Facilitators: Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education.

• Learning/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work 

Timing/Format: 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

Ministry Priorities

Tackling Racism 

• Staff will engage in team and group discussions on the importance of creating supportive classrooms, free of discrimination in any form. Learning that will equip educators with the knowledge they must have to promote and uphold human rights as required under the Ontario Human Rights Code and address discriminatory policies and practices.

• School teams will review practices, policies/procedures and resources to support Student and School Safety using resources prepared by central departments. The content includes: Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, bullying prevention and intervention, duty to report children in need of protection to the Children’s Aid Society, progressive discipline, violent incident reporting, gender-based violence, sex trafficking, the Provincial Model for a local Police/School Board Protocol, information about child sexual abuse prevention and reporting and the School Resource Officer program.

Facilitators: ​

• School Admin.

• School lead teachers

• Division lead teachers

AVPS PD Day 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

Student led conferences with teachers and families

Acadience Screener Information Session for families from 8:30 to 9:30 am

Educational Assistant Professional Development

EA PD Day

• 8:40 to 10:00 am: Work on updating learner profiles and supply plans.

• 10:00 am to 12:00 pm: 

• 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm: Lunch and break as per collective agreement

• 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm: Meeting with VP Lazerte about learner profiles and schedule

• 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm: Work on creation of learner resources.

Facilitators: ​

• VP Lazerte

Learning Materials:

Additional information:

Timing/Format: 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

To align with Ministry priorities, the January 26th PA Day will focus on report cards for ETFO and DECEs. Educational Assistants will focus on a study of exceptionalities with a reflective discussion on implementing learning into practice.

Facilitators: ​

Principal Marks, VP Lazerte, VP Finkbeiner

Learning Materials:

Sonderly Autism Training

Additional information:

FASD

AVPS PD Day 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

• Literacy

  • Wilson Literacy Intervention (K-3)

  • "Shifting the Balance" Literacy Learning (4-8)

• Mathematics

  • Learning about "Knowledgehook" & "MathUP" Digital Tools

• Data Driven Learning

  • Unpacking our EQAO Data

  • Digging deeper into our Acadience Data (Literacy Screener)

Facilitators: ​VP Finkbeiner, Literacy and Mathematics Staff Leads

Learning Materials: Wilson Literacy, Shifting the Balance, Knowledgehook, MathUP, EQAO, Acadience

Additional Information: Occupational Therapist Resources

Educational Assistants PD

8:00 am to 3:30 pm

Educational Assistants (EAs) will be working with an occupational therapist on sensory need tools and strategies for exceptional learners for the purpose of implementing learning into practice. EAs will continue professional learning on Autism, ADHD and FASD as well as preparing resources for exceptional learners.

Facilitators: ​VP Lazerte, Occupational Therapist A. Costara

Learning Materials: Sonderly Autism Training, Halton FASD

Additional information: Occupational Therapist Resources

AVPS PD Day 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

• Exceptional Learners:  learning more strategies that support the whole child and their success at school and beyond

• Emotional Validation

• Digital Literacy: Cyber Safety & Responsible Technology Use in Schools

Facilitators: ​Principal Sean Marks, CYC Allyssa Antinori, SERT Team and  Staff  Mental Health & Tech Leads

Learning Materials: board slideshow

Additional Information: HDSB website

Note: Educational Assistants will be attending an HDSB Regional PD Day

AVPS PD Day 8:40 am to 3:00 pm

• Teachers will be engaged in report card writing for the final report card.

• Educational Assistants will be engaged in compiling growth summaries of our exceptional learners and the focus on their academic and learning skills for the past year. Team will collaborate and reflect on these summaries as we look at next year's needs. The Educational Assistants team will review social stories for entry and exit plans for students and digitize them  in Google slides as an alternative.  When finished the team will engage in self-directed professional learning using the Sonderly Autism Training Modules.

Facilitators: Admin Team

Learning Materials:  Sonderly Training Modules

• Core Teaching Strategies for Autistic Students (Introductory Level)

• Supporting Play-based Learning for Children with ASD (Introductory Level) Kindergarten focus

• ADHD in the Classroom: Supporting Student Success (Introductory Level)

• ABA for Educators Level 1 (Intermediate Level-You should already possess a good knowledge base of Autism)

• ABA for Educators Level 2 (Intermediate Level-ABA Level 1 is a prerequisite)

Additional Information: HDSB website