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SEL has a powerful combination of evidence and support. The findings ... from multiple fields and sources ... include analyses of hundreds of studies that show SEL leads to beneficial outcomes related to: social and emotional skills; attitudes about self, school, and social topics; social behaviors; conduct problems; emotional distress; and academic performance
( CASEL). The Ministry of Education embraces SEL in the context of promotion, prevention, and intervention, and we know that SEL acts as a protective factor in our mental health.
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SEL is included as a focus in our own
District Strategic Plan (2020-2025) and integral to BC‘s Curricular Competencies. Further, it clearly aligns with the First Peoples Principles of Learning. All of these things aside, and perhaps most notably, SEL works and it is profoundly impactful. If Canadian based research is your thing, check out Stuart Shanker‘s domain paper,
Social-emotional learning: Measuring What Matters where he shares evidence “demonstrating that an education that promotes SEL yields positive results for students, adults, and school communities.”
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Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the COVID 19 Outbreak Resilience is not something we’re born with—it’s built over time as the experiences we have interact with our unique, individual genetic makeup. That’s why we all respond to stress and adversity—like that from the COVID-19 pandemic—differently.
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We are Built to be Kind Human nature is often portrayed as selfish and #power hungry, but research by Dacher Keltner (UC Berkeley, Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center) finds that we are hard-wired to be kind.
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| Welcoming Students with a Smile Research shows that greeting each student at the door with a positive message brings benefits for both students and teacher. The strategy is pretty easy:
i. Say the student‘s name
ii. Make eye contact
iii. Use a friendly nonverbal greeting, such as a handshake, high five, or thumbs-up
iv. Give a few words of encouragement
v. Ask how their day is going
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Making SEL More Relevant to Teens Three social and emotional learning activities designed to address high school students‘ need for status and respect.
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November - Take Care of Yourself (Chapter 6) Habit: Take Care of Yourself
Disposition: Positive Self-Perception
Physical self-care and well-being are foundational for many other habits. When your body is cared for, you‘re better able to deal with emotions. Resilient people have a healthy self-perception, are committed to taking care of themselves, and accept themselves more or less as they are.
(Aguilar, 2018, p 147)
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Possible Guiding Questions as you Read Chapter: - What are a couple of learnings you’re taking away from this chapter?
- What needs to happen so that you take better care of yourself?
- What’s one thing you could do immediately to improve your self-care? | Workbook Suggestions: - "Take Care of Yourself: Resilience Self Assessment" page 310
- " When You Are in a Self-Care Crisis" on page 317
- "Sixty-Five Ways to Care for Yourself" on page 361
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We encourage you to discuss the chapter, share your thoughts, and even explore some of the exercises in the workbook at your staff meetings and/or school based team meetings.
Our next opportunity to discuss Onward will be at our LST-Counsellor Collaborative meeting on Thursday, November 18th from 8:45 - noon. In the meantime, consider discussing each chapter together or exploring the exercises in the workbook at your monthly staff or SBT meetings
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LST Timeline
November:
- IEP Collaborative Meetings
- Assessment for reporting
- Send IEP home and/or conference with parents
- Report writing
- IEP meetings completed by 1st reporting period, initial copy in Blue folder
November/December:
- Report cards home
- Parent / teacher conferences
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November Snapshots are on the topic of communication!
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 | LST/Counsellor Collaborative Meeting: Monday, November 22
8:45-12pm via Zoom
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CB IEP Updates and Entry Points: As shared at
the Town Hall, this year is a ‘soft launch’ for shifting to using Competency-Based IEPs (CB IEPs). Please note the following training and support options:
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In person lab
sessions: Registration is now open for those wanting in-person support with MyEd. Book your space in the lab at Tolmie now. Bring along an IEP you are working on and we can work together! Space is limited to eight people. If you need to cancel for any reason, please remove your name from the booking in the Google Doc so that others may book.
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Lab times will be 12:30-3:30 on Nov 19, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 18, Mar 11, Apr 22, May 13, and Jun 10. The
IEP page on our Support for Learning website will be updated with other templates and resources soon.
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2-part training:
First cohort sessions were October 26th and November 1st with future opportunities coming in January/February and April/May 2022 (details to come in December).
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 | CYMH Consultation and Collaboration Days: Administrators, LSTs and Counsellors recently received an email outlining the steps and the google sign-up link for these telephone consult sessions for students with Intensive Behaviour Interventions/Serious Mental Health designations (IBI).
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Requests to participate along with the completed Consultation & Collaboration Planning Template (first side) are to be returned
to Emily Fernyhough by 3 pm November 5th. Dates of consultation and collaboration: - November 15th and 17th 8:30 - 3 - Peter Monk, Team Lead for Victoria CYMH - November 15th and 17th 8:30 - 3 - Ned Jackson, Team Lead for Saanich CYMH - November 15th - 8:30 - 12 noon - Chadi Akouri, Indigenous CYMH - November 17th - 1 - 3 pm - Chadi Akouri, Indigenous CYMH
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Designation Review Committee (Gifted, ASD, IBI, PDCH): Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Access our
District Referral App to submit your designation request packages.
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| POPARD: POPARD has many upcoming courses, workshops and mini workshops for school staff and families: Many of these are free for school staff!
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SD61 Mental Health Literacy (MHL) Opportunities: -
MHL Coffee Collaboration: session for Secondary & Middle teams via Zoom: November 3rd @ 3:30-4:30pm via Zoom Join us for an informal chat regarding MHL - an opportunity to ask questions, and connect with other MHL trained colleagues to collaborate and share about the work of MHL in your school as we continue to move this work forward.
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- Secondary Pro-D: Connecting SEL & Mental Health - The why that drives this work: November 12 @ 9-11am This session is for Secondary staff who participated in our MHL Train the Trainer sessions last spring or other interested individuals. This will be an opportunity for us to explore and surface the connections between SEL and Mental Health and examine the WHY this work is essential. Time will also be provided for collaboration and planning. -
MHL Go-to-Educator: session for Secondary teams via Zoom : November 25 @ 1-3pmWe will gather to review the role of the Go-to-Educator to support school MHL Teams in the delivery of this training at their schools. The Go-to-Educator can be teachers, school counsellors, YFCs, psychologists, principals, EAs and/or other school staff
members. - MHL Modules for Secondary & Middle teams via Zoom: December 7 @ 9-11:30am OR December 1 @ 1-3:30pm via Zoom Join us for an opportunity to spend time digging more deeply into the MHL Curriculum Modules with time to ask questions and collaborate with colleagues.
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 | (UBC) MHL Go-to-Educator Refresher Session: This “refresher” session is designed to get things back on track in your classroom, in your department or more broadly in your school and benefits those who have already taken MHL training and/or have a strong background in school-based mental health education.
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The objective of these two online, after-school sessions are to re-energize yourself, have your questions answered, and move the agenda forward.- Dates: Nov 23 & 25, 2021 @ 3:30-5 pm via Zoom (links shared upon registration) - Fee: $75 and includes all curriculum and support resources -
Register early as numbers will be capped; registration deadline is November 20, 2021
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Second Step (Elementary & Middle): The Second Step Middle program (digital) aligns with the boxed version of the program, already implemented in our elementary schools. This is a web-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum supporting school teams to build SEL opportunities into the school day, across environments, and throughout developmental stages.
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We are offering Second Step introductory sessions to share the digital resource and access to it open to all elementary and middle Teachers, LSTs, and Counsellors. Please register according to your school
level: Middle
School or Elementary School November 24 @ 3:15-4 OR November 25 @ 3:15-4. Watch for info on January implementation sessions coming soon.
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POPEY Online Workshop Registration: Maximizing Engagement in Your K-3 Literacy Instruction on Friday, November 12th via Zoom: 9:00 am - 11:30 am (PST).
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For more POPEY Professional Learning opportunities, please visit our
SD61 POPEY Opportunities webpage on our Support for Learning website.
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| UBC Connecting Math, Community & Culture: This webinar series invites teachers at all levels to join discussions and sharing for re-imagining mathematics education through culture, community, and teaching for social and ecological justice.
Session dates (each session will run 3:15pm – 4:30pm):
- Wednesday, November 3, 2021: Teaching & Learning Math through Place/Land
- Wednesday, November 24, 2021
- Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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