Educational Services Department - Lester B. Pearson School Board

ESD
Educational Services
Department
Lester
B. Pearson
School Board
Newsletter June 2010
H
ard to believe that the 2009-2010 school year is almost over. The coordination and distribution of the high
school provincial, complementary and summer school exams kept the department very busy. A big thank
you to Mario Mazzarelli for his wonderful job. Nancy Battet and Julie Royal started a new LBPSB tradition of
honouring junior entrepreneurs by hosting a Board Entrepreneurship recognition event. The evening was
beautifully planned and the participants, along with their parents and guests, beamed with pride. We see
committed and responsible entrepreneurs in the horizon! We continued to develop the WOTP and, despite the
weather, had another successful track and field event at Riverdale. Thank you Peter! We are coordinating a Media
and Technology Council for High school teachers and worked closely with the K-4 teachers. In recognition of raising literacy and numeracy, new literacy and technology initiatives will be implemented at the preschool level.
Implementation and augmentation of French in the curriculum continued to be discussed resulting in new
resources and pedagogical development. I am sure you join me in recognizing and thanking our consultants for
their continued dedication and support for student learning and success. Have a safe and fun summer!
Michael Chechile
L.Charlebois
• Organizing events for the New Teachers’ Committee and the
Mentoring program at LBPSB
• Organizing and providing data to schools in order to support the
draft of their school success plans.
• Attending the MELS Rencontre nationale at the Sheraton in
Laval. The theme was: “Améliorer nos pratiques pour de meilleurs
résultats en langue d’enseignement”
Français langue seconde, Maternelle et 1er cycle
T. Foliot
• Worked with a team of teachers and the principal at St-John
Fisher Jr. and shared with them the document of the
Progression des Savoirs. Prioritize the literacy practices that
they would like to embrace as a staff for the upcoming year.
• Planned with Marcelle Auger and participated at the grade 4
correction centre held on the 21st of this month
• Attended the rencontre Nationale at the Sheraton Laval for
les gestionnaires de l’éducation.
• Attended Space Day in St-Lazare and acted as an ambassador.
• 5 teachers from cycle 1 are now piloting an SAÉ (Situation
d’apprentissage et d’évaluation) titled Les arbres. We will meet
again in June to share and discuss our experiences.
• Attended a workshop at the MELS.
English Language Arts
• May saw our end-of-Cycle 3 students write this year’s ELA exam
on communication “Do You Read Me?”
• The end-of-Cycle 3 teachers spent two days diligently marking
these exams. I applaud all of them for their hard work and
dedication.
• The Kindergarten for Four Year Olds teachers attended the final
meeting of the year. Teachers each submitted four activities to
add to their K-4 Binder of Activities.
• A new Kindergarten/Maternelle community has been added to
the Portal. Thanks to Chantal Latour (Westpark School) for
helping us get this established.
Math, Cycle 1
M. Auger
• May has been a busy month with the planning of the end of
cycle 2 and 3 French Second Language exams’ marking centers.
Merci aux enseignantes Stéphanie Robert, Nadia Yacoub,
Marie-Josée Messier et Julie Rousselle pour leur aide précieuse.
• Guests form other board: Isabelle Robert from St Lawrence
Academy Senior opened her classroom doors to have teachers
and a language art consultant observe balance literacy
practices in action during her French class. This professional
development format seems much appreciated by teachers.
• The LaSalle Verdun Literacy Support Initiative Project:
• Planning meetings continue to take place with school
administrator and teachers staff. Literacy Resources have been
attributed.
• The evidence-base project that will support The LaSalle Verdun
Literacy Initiative continues to evolve and make great progress.
• Attended a workshop on the use of Note Book (Smart Board)
for cycle one French class.
C. Gareau
• Last Marking Center for Cycle 1, Year 2 Math Exam at
Clearpoint: Another special thanks to Louise Ladouceur!
• Dernier centre de correction pour l’examen de mathématique
de la 2e année du 1er cycle à l’école Clearpoint
• Deux rencontres avec des enseignantes : Préparation d’un
document de référence (Corrélation entre le matériel Accent
mathématique et des situations d’application et de
communication)
• Space Day helper
Math, Cycle 2 & 3
Français langue seconde, 2e et 3e cycle
A. Scott
C. Brunet
1. Familiarization Sessions for Cycle 3 year 2 Exams:
• Cycle 3 Year 2: 65 teachers attended this 2.5 hours workshop
2. Marking Centers:
The Marking Centers provide an opportunity to offer
Professional development on evaluation as we analyze the
different evaluation criteria for each competency and look
at observable elements as evidence of the level of development
for each student. The Marking Centers also contribute to
develop uniformity amongst the different schools when
correcting exams.
• Cycle 2 Year 1: 29 teachers have attended this 6 hour workshop
• Cycle 2 Year 2: 16 Teachers have attended this 6 hour workshop
• Cycle 3 Year 1: 35 teachers have attended this 6 hour workshop
3. Professional Development for teachers to become animators:
• A two day workshop was offer to 6 teachers
4. School Success Plan:
• Support principal in the writing of the school success plan
regarding mathematics: 1 school
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Science et technologie/univers social S.Bousquet
Pearson Interactive Community Partnership N.Battet
• Pearson Community Partnership program, in collaboration
with Canadian Space Agency and Katherine Davey organized
Professional Development workshop for all science teachers at
Beaconsfield High School at the Canadian Space Agency, May
7, 2010. The CSA will work closely with BHS to help provide
professional development and educational support for the
school’s Discovery Science program.
• There were 23 contest winners for the entrepreneurial
program at the board level. Of these 23 winner, 9 were
selected as winners at the Regional level. An awards gala was
held on May 5, 2010 at the Montreal Botanical Garden.
• Over 40 students from the Lester B. Pearson School Board
attended a “Careers in Justice” symposium organized by
Educaloi and McGill, Faculty of Law on May 7, 2010 at McGill
University.
• The John Scholefield Science and Technology days were held
at St. Lazare airport (Cooper Aviation) on May 26 and 27, 2010.
Over l,600 students attended this event to learn from over 40
community partners how Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math are used in the world outside the classroom.
• A grade 6 career day will be held at the Pearson Adult Career
Center for three elementary schools which include Verdun,
Orchard and Riverview, on June 10, 2010. The students will be
introduced to the many careers available to them in their
futures through the Vocational training path. This GOAL
activity offers grade 6 students the opportunity to understand
skills and education required to be successful in these many
vocational careers as they make their transition to high school.
Ethics and Religious Culture
N.Le Bihan
• Deen meeting at Riverside School board where we discussed
last year’s and next year’s objectives.
Intercultural Education
N.Le Bihan
• Attended a meeting ‘’ Réflexions et pistes d’action pour mieux
investir dans la diversité’’
• Fait le bilan de l’échange interculturel-interécoles
• Attende the bathing of the Buddha’s ceremony at the Tzu Chi
Buddhist Temple
• Visite dans une école afin de continuer à soutenir la
validation d’un modèle d’organisation des connaissances en
univers social pour les groupes multi-âges au 3e cycle.
• Élaboration des documents manquants et mise à jour des
documents existants pour soutenir l’implantation du modèle
d’organisation des connaissances en univers social pour les
groupes multi-âges des 2e et 3e cycles.
• Finalisation de l’accompagnement d’une enseignante dans la
planification d’une activité permettant l’évaluation de la
compétence Mettre à profit les outils, objets et procédés de la
science et de la technologie au 2e cycle.
• Modélisation, en salle de classe, d’une activité en science et
technologie et de la collecte de données pertinentes pour
l’évaluation. Un accompagnement dans l’interprétation des
données a également été offert.
• Participation aux rencontres suivantes : rencontre de coordination
pour le projet Éclairs de sciences, table de concertation des
conseillers pédagogiques en science et technologie de l’île de
Montréal, sous-comité DEEN des responsables de l’univers social
du secteur anglophone.
Nutrition Education
R.Chiappetta & M. Cardin
• History of food lesson at Lakeside Academy continued with the
cooking component. Students prepared a recipe from the
decade they researched. Recipes included 2000’s healthy
dessert nachos, 1970’s southwestern popcorn and 1950’s
baked cereal treats.
• Riverdale Healthy Lifestyle project concluded with a popular
Kung Fu session. With enough interest from the students, a
15 week session can be organized in the Fall.
• A plan for health & nutrition education is being drafted.
• Financial support was provided to teachers who submitted
nutrition projects to be done in their classroom. Projects
included fruit and vegetable tasting from around the world,
foods from the 4 food groups, artistic creations using fruits and
vegetables (inspired by the famous artist Giuseppe
Arcimboldo), cooking and baking, etc.
Physical Education
P.Gilson
N.Le Bihan
• The Cycle 1 Cross Country Run was held on May 19th at Terra
Cotta Park. Fifteen schools participated in the event which was
a huge success. Many thanks to all those who participated and
helped organize the run.
• Meeting with the FLASH committee to plan the board’s
implementation of the sex ed program in our schools
• 60 people (teachers, nurses, consultants, principals, etc.)
attended the May 21st sex ed workshop at Sarto desnoyers
• A follow-up meeting for 11 teachers who attended a MELS
High School Physical Education & Health Workshop on April 8
and 9, 2010 was held on May 26 to discuss the LES’s presented
at that workshop.
Information Communication Technology B. Hannah
• Plans have been finalized for the annual Track and Field
Tournament in June.
Sex Education
Meetings:
• Montreal Regional RÉCIT – Summer ICT Camp Planning
• Flip Boom & Toon Boom Studio Training session
• Portal users group meeting
Arts
P.Gilson
Workshops & Presentations given:
• SmartBoards & VoD Zone
• SmartBoards & Mathematics
• Seven H.S. Visual Arts teachers have applied for a new PDIG
grant for next year.
Project Support:
• Space Day Ambassador
• Three elementary Visual Arts teachers have applied for a new
PDIG grant for next year.
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School & Professional Library, Culture in the Schools
S. Nesbitt & R. Dixon
• Attended the QLA 2010 Conference: Libraries as Learning Places.
• Finished automation of Clearpoint Elementary Library and began
that of Beurling Academy.
• Participated in the creation of an information literacy workshop,
Basic Web Search: Google and beyond, to be presented in June
and August.
• Made plans to move and reconfigure the 4 school libraries affected
by Major School change.
• Offered support for library book purchases for St-Patrick and
Westwood Sr.
• Began preparing an elementary subject list based on the
Progression of Learning in Elementary School to guide library
purchases in support of the QEP.
• Participated in the MELS visit to the Bibliothèque et Archives
nationales (BAnQ), which included the Archives, the Conservation
Centre, and the Grande Bibliothèque.
• Attended the Quebec Library Association’s 2010 Conference:
Libraries as Learning Places.
• Supported the library technician at St. Anthony in the library
automation project by resolving cataloguing problems.
• Attended the awards ceremony for the MELS 2009-2010
Recognition Awards for the promotion of reading.
• Coordinated the Information Literacy Project at the May meeting
of the MELS Library Consultation Committee for librarians from
English school boards.
Social Studies
R.Riccardi
• The May 6th CPC Curriculum Evening went well. Parents
appreciated the information session as they acquired a better
understanding of learning by competencies.
• Exams have been sent to schools. Teachers have started to
administer the in-class portion of these exams. Feedback to
date has been positive.
• DEEN sub-committee is in the process of making final
modifications to the August Supplemental for the Sec. IV History
and Citizenship Education.
• We have met with summer school teachers. For the HCE in Sec.
III: we are taking a “Summer Program” approach aiming at
preparing students to better understand requirements of the
competencies in Sec. IV HCE.
• A Summer Program is available to HCE Sec. IV with the
Supplemental Exam scheduled for Aug. 3rd.
English Language Arts
J.Le Blanc
• Introduced the use of Audacity software to record student
reading for miscue analysis as part of the Developmental
Reading Assessment. This was done for selected Grade 7
students at Lindsay Place High School for admittance into
their Literacy Program.
• Was invited to give a whole-staff presentation to Westwood
Sr. on literacy across the content areas. The use of the Ontario
Comprehension Assessment as a possible whole-class tool to
identify areas of concern was considered. Westwood Sr. has
requested follow-up meetings.
• Professional Reading: Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
(Content Comprehension Grades 6 to 12) by Cris Tovani
• Assisted, when requested, with the implementation of MELS
Secondary ESs for Grades 8, 9, and 10.
• Presented the Secondary ELA curriculum to interested Lester
B. Pearson School Board parents – a CPC evening event.
Evaluation/Sanction des études
M.Mazzarelli
• Co-ordination and distribution of End-Of-Year Exams/Evaluations
• Co-ordination of the evaluation of students from 3 Evangelical
Schools on our territory
• Co-ordination of exams adapted for students with special needs
• Co-ordination of home schooling evaluations
• Final program and evaluation preparations for Summer School
2010
• School support re: student achievement records and Sanctionrelated issues
Mathematics
F.Redivo
• Modified, validated and finalized the 36 documents required
for the 18 math exams being written in June
• Presented the summer math program to summer school
teachers
• Participated in Space Day
Science and Technology
K.Davey
• Prepared and presented a session on Science and Technology
for the Central Parent’s Committee Networking event on
secondary curriculum.
• Worked with colleagues from other schools boards to plan the
Secondary Science and Technology Symposium that is being held
on June 28th-29th in Montreal
• Prepared and distributed information and materials for the
preparatory period for the MELS complementary examination
for secondary 4 Science and Technology and Applied Science and
Technology.
• Reviewed and revised the seven end-of-year examinations
produced by MaST for secondary Science and Technology.
French
M-E.Claude & M.Delsemme
• Visited various French departments (HS and Alternative
Centers) in order to provide training and information on MELS
Uniform Exams and Six traits d’écriture.
• Finalized one of the French LES (Learning and Evaluation
Situation) along with two consultants from EMSB. This LES is
going to be used by our Sec. 4 students attending LBPSB
Summer School Program.
• The national CPF Concours d’art oratoire was held at Ottawa
University Campus. A few students from Sec. 5 at Lindsay Place
HS represented our school board and earned a $2,000
scholarship to the Université d’Ottawa.
• Met with representative from La Presse Newspaper to review
and enhance the Programme éducatif Desjardins La Presse
aimed at promoting its use in FSL classes. Several LBP
Secondary schools are taking part in that program and we have
been told that our school board is the most dynamic one in
this project (450 copies delivered every day).
• On-going work on project Portfolio lecture en FLS (2nd year of
experimentation with a group of FSL teachers).
• Attended MELS Rencontre nationale des gestionnaires de
l’éducation on May 18 and 19 as representatives for LBPSB.
Topic : Améliorer nos pratiques pour de meilleurs résultats en
langue d’enseignement.
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