Workshops

Kindergarten: Benefits of Play

Kindergarten has experienced major shifts in instructional practices, the learning environment, as well as the assessment of young children.

This exciting, non-credit workshop will introduce you to the Full Day Kindergarten Program; play/inquiry based learning, as well as how to make this learning visible to parents, administrators, and the children.

At the end of this workshop, you will have an understanding of what a successful play-based Kindergarten program looks like and how to prepare one.

Using Restorative Circles in the Classroom

As schools face an increase in behavior problems, interest in restorative practices including circles has grown. Restorative practices help to deal with misbehaviour as well as serious problems such as bullying and violence. These practices are important because traditional punitive discipline does not achieve positive changes in student behavior and fails to address the breakdown of basic decorum. 

This non-credit workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills to use restorative circles in a learning setting.

Oral Language Games - P/J

Oral language is crucial to a child's literacy development including listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.

This non-credit workshop is interactive, hands-on, and provides teacher candidates with their own hand-made "Primary Oral Language Kit". This kit is full of exciting activities and ideas to use in the classroom; the kit is great for fostering conversation and oral communication.

Standard First Aid

This two (2) day Standard First Aid certification workshop is excellent for anyone who needs to be certified in Standard First Aid with CPR Level C + AED. The certificate is valid for three (3) years and meets with WSIB requirements for companies with six (6) or more employees.

French as a Second Language (FSL) - Introduction to the Accelerated Integrative Method (AIM)

AIM teaches a language (French) using gestures, literature, music, and dance. Children learn how to speak and communicate first, and then to read and write.  

This non-credit workshop will provide university students, who are contemplating a career in teaching French, with an overview of the Accelerated Integrated Method (AIM). This workshop will include:  

Math for Teaching (J/I) Part 1

The Department of Professional Development is pleased to offer this non-credit course to students at the Faculty of Education. This mathematics concepts course is focused on the specialized concepts of mathematics as needed by teachers who are either concerned about their mathematical competency and/or wish to strengthen their conceptual understanding of elementary mathematics.

Process Writing

This non-credit workshop will address strategies in teaching effective writing skills for a variety purposes to Junior, Intermediate, and Senior students. Through this workshop, you may become a better writer yourself.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Classroom Teacher

Prenatal exposure to alcohol is the leading cause of preventable birth defects and developmental delays in Canadian children. Individuals born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) face a wide range of learning and social challenges. FASD is considered a "hidden disability”, which may go undetected until the demands of the school setting reveal difficulties.

Learn to Use MarkBook for the I/S Division

This non-credit workshop will teach you how to calculate the mode and most consistent level of achievement using MarkBook. During this workshop, you will learn how to create a new class list, mark sets, subtask marks, comment building, and e-mailing reports to create report cards.

MarkBook is a teacher tool designed to calculate and analyze grades and attendance, build report card comments, print reports, and generally help you to save time. MarkBook is a popular class management tool that can be valuable to you and your work as a teacher.

Pages

Subscribe to Workshops