Trust is a crucial ingredient in leading learning communities.  This interactive and reflective two day workshop builds on the current research base to focus on:

• facing the barriers to trust;
• building personal and interpersonal capacity within and among a group;
• sequenced strategies, with increasing levels of risk, to build from distrust to early trust to mature trust;
• identifying where camaraderie and laughter fit with trust;
• the nature of professional learning in a trusting culture; and
• handout materials, video clips, in-depth conversations and critical information directly from the presenters.
  
  Certification: Administration: Personnel, special education, school counselling

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Over the past decade, there have been many changes made to the role of the resource teacher.  Resource teachers have witnessed changes in delivery models, with current emphasis on the consultative-collaborative model.  They have experienced huge growth in the number of educational assistants for whom they are often held responsible to hire, schedule, supervise and evaluate.  There have been increases in the paperwork requirements for IEPs, funding, and other related applications.  These and other changes will be discussed in an interactive approach, respectful of the diversity of responsibilities assigned to resource teachers across the province.  The resource teacher is a key player in the successful implementation of inclusion of students with special needs.

This workshop will be participatory, facilitating the sharing of experiences of a variety of Manitoba resource teachers.  It is of vital importance that school principals understand the current roles and responsibilities of their resource teacher(s) considering that school principals are responsible for ensuring many of the regulatory mandates are met.

Certification: Administration: Personnel, special education

You and your senior years colleagues are no doubt encountering increasing numbers of students who are facing the double challenge of learning English as an additional language and of using their new language to learn in a variety of content areas. Current research challenges the common assumption that students must acquire considerable English before they can engage in intellectually challenging curriculum.

This one-day workshop focuses on planning engaging content-area learning that supports academic language and literacy development, and selecting effective instructional and assessment strategies for different levels of English proficiency. These instructional practices will also prove to be beneficial for other students in your classrooms. Participants will learn more about the Manitoba EAL Curriculum Framework, and EAL Stages and Outcomes for EAL programming.

Participants are encouraged to bring materials they have developed for EAL learners or classroom learning activities that they would like to share and adapt.

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This two-day workshop offers an in-depth analysis of the legal requirements of principals around the supervision and evaluation of teachers; the difference between supervision and evaluation; the components of a fair and reasonable evaluation process; and analysis of actual observation notes, formative reports, and summative evaluations adapted from the field. Moving from the theoretical to the practical, participants have the opportunity to not only discuss what a good evaluation process looks like, but also critique samples of the written results of an actual process. Also covered is the effective communication of performance issues. This workshop is suitable for active and aspiring principals.

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This two-day workshop is Part I of two sessions that will explain and explore the many considerations required of teachers and school leaders as increasing numbers of students whose first language is neither English nor French are accepted into Manitoba classrooms. Participants will consider the stages of EAL learning and the EAL Framework developed by Manitoba Education. Effective practices of classroom teachers that ensure success for EAL learners will be presented and discussed.

Successful programming models that support planning for language development and encourage whole school involvement will be investigated as participants review promising practices in place in Manitoba schools and elsewhere.

Participants will develop an understanding of definitions, provincial policies regarding funding and eligibility, and students’ right to attend schools.

Certification: Administration: Instruction, special education, school counselling

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Participants will review the legal and professional parameters of including educational assistants in the classroom and the responsibility of supervising teachers. Participants will also have the opportunity to examine sample IEPs, class profiles, and EA profiles. Through this process and group collaboration, participants will design a set of activities that are examples of appropriate assignments for the EA to engage working either with individual students, groups, or the majority of the class. This process will foster skills in planning and decision-making resulting in the best use of EAs in the classroom for the benefit of students.  This information is of key importance to principals who are responsible for supervising and managing all staff within their school.

Certification: Administration: Personnel

As the country that we now call Canada was formed, the Crown and the First Nations peoples entered into agreements that set out promises, obligations and benefits for both parties.  The process was designed to encourage peaceful relations between First Nations and non-First Nations people.  Participants in this two-day workshop will delve into the treaties, and the historical context in which they were developed and signed. 

Led by the Treaty Relations Commissioner of Manitoba, educators from the Treaty Relations Commission Speakers’ Bureau and First Nations’ Elders will guide participants to understanding the history, importance and implications of the treaties.  Over the ten hours of presentation and discussion, participants will investigate the possibilities for infusion into classroom instruction at various grade levels and curricula, the school context that supports the instruction and the community resources available to enhance the learning for all.

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Participants will gain a deeper understanding of bullying behaviour – its causes and its consequences. The workshop will review strategies for responding to bullying in the classroom and school.

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Today’s classrooms reflect the diversity of a global world. Developing students’ self-esteem, respect for diversity, and a love for lifelong learning in a diverse community of learners has become a paramount challenge for educators. This diversity also means that students vary in what they already know, what they are ready to learn, the pace at which they are able to proceed through curriculum, and the level of adult support they require for success. Universal Design for Learning is an effective approach to planning, instruction, and assessment that allows for different learning styles and strengths to be valued, developed, and integrated in an inclusive classroom.

This two-day series will focus on the practical “how to,” of setting up your classroom in a way that supports individualized and small-group instruction, multi-modal assessment, and a community-based atmosphere that develops students’ self-esteem and social responsibility. Sample units, lessons, video, and student work will be shared!

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Dawn Reithaug will explain how this three-tiered system can work to support students who have challenging behaviour: Tier 1 - school and class-wide supports for ALL students; Tier 2 - targeted group or individualized interventions for 5% to 15% of students; and Tier 3 - intensive, individualized intervention for 1% to 5% of students. Participants will also explore appropriate assessments aligned to the tiers.

Dawn will also demonstrate how we can construct the IEP for behaviour - including the writing of positively stated goals and observable, measurable objectives.  Participants will also develop a practical framework to address the needs of students requiring behavioural interventions.  The needs include: structure, predictability, and consistency; immediate and specific feedback; academic success; responsibility and independence; positive problem-solving; positive alternatives; enhanced self-confidence; positive school-to-home support systems; and documented positive change.

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This two-day workshop designed for practicing and aspiring principals focuses on the practical issues of running your school. It covers a range of issues from your legal responsibilities, with particular emphasis on the Workplace Safety and Health legislation and your role as the site manager, to policy requirements at the school level. Drawing on the expertise of current principals recognized as leaders in their profession and expert site managers, this workshop offers the opportunity to acquire knowledge needed to manage a school.

Certification: Administration: Management

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Through a gender lens, participants will critically examine gender identity and gender expression in school settings. Developmental, social and educational implications will be discussed. The session will provide a multi-faceted and interdisciplinary approach to understanding youth who are exploring their gender, who are transgender identified, and whose gender expression transcends traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.  Participants will examine how binary systems frame our values, concepts and attitudes and how they intersect anatomy, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (process, awareness, disclosure)
• Understanding and identifying homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and heterosexism
• Recognizing genderism and sexism within educational settings
• Recognizing personal and professional bias
• Exploring issues in health care, health promotion and prevention
• Understanding gender development of children, youth and adolescents 
• Responding to disclosure
• Understanding inclusion, accessibility and setting policy standards
• Learning how to be more sensitive, aware, and inclusive

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Topic #1   Relationships: The counselor is the cultivator of relationships and most often must balance many diverse and often conflicting needs.  Participants will explore the dynamics of relationships with colleagues, students, parents and community supports that are integral to their roles.

Topic #2   Records: The counselor is responsible for keeping confidential records of all conferences and meetings with students.  How do counselors track their diverse activities and the needs of students and teachers in a meaningful way?

Topic #3   Referrals: How do counselors handle referrals from teachers, families and community members?  When and how do counselors best meet the needs of students through referrals to agencies and other professional services?

Certification: School counselling

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Commit to Kids is a program to help organizations create safe environments for children. It provides policies, strategies, and a step-by-step plan for reducing the risk of child sexual abuse, encouraging organizations to take an active, participatory role in protecting children in their care.

Many prevention programs focus on education for children, but fail to address the specific risks that child-serving organizations face. Adults are responsible for protecting the children in their care. Commit to Kids teaches organizations how to define appropriate boundaries between adults and children and create safe, respectful environments.

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From traditional storytellers in the "oral tradition" to contemporary poets and novelists, Aboriginal critical and creative thinkers have documented a breadth of experiences, philosophies, and imaginations through narrative.  Among other things, these embody long-standing cultural perspectives of struggle, trade, resilience, and empowerment, and reflect people and communities continuously in motion.

In this two-day workshop, participants will be exposed to an array of Aboriginal forms of writing and develop critical lenses through which to understand these expressive acts.  Through close reading, dialogue, and discussions, participants will be shown entryways into the literature as well as plans on how to utilize these works when teaching Aboriginal issues in their particular educational circumstances.

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One way to understand the contextual realities of school leadership is through the analogy of a life cycle.  Leadership may be considered as comprising three distinct phases within a life cycle: survival, creation and legacy.  These stages tend to be sequential but they can overlap.  In some cases, these stages may be repeated.  This interactive two day workshop will provide an overview of the three stages of the life cycle and reflect upon the supports and challenges leaders face in each stage.

Certification: Administration: Leadership

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This two-day workshop builds on the learning established in Part I of Making it Work! (Part I is a prerequisite to participation in this session.)

As teachers and school leaders, participants must understand the essential skills required of classroom teachers to effectively teach students whose first language is neither English nor French. Participants will explore staffing needs, optimal professional learning opportunities for teachers, and resources available to support these needs.

The diversity of needs of EAL students includes the wide array of special learning needs as well as disrupted schooling and social-emotional trauma resulting from civil war and unrest as well as displacement. Participants will review promising practices to meet these diverse needs and discuss strategies to advocate for these students.

Strategies for linking the school with the parents and cultural community of its students will be developed and shared.

Certification: Administration: Instruction, special education, school counselling

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What constitutes good interpersonal relations in the workplace? What is the difference between harassment and bullying? What are the trends in violence in the workplace? What does the current legislation found in the Workplace Safety and Health Act tell us about school division policy requirements? This two-day workshop is designed to answer these questions while assisting current and aspiring principals in honing their skills in these important areas of their daily work life. Learn how to build and support positive relationships within your school context as well as other important leadership skills.

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Avec les changements démographiques rapides au sein de la communauté de langue française et les écoles du Manitoba, la dynamique dans les salles de classe est en constante évolution. Les participant.e.s se pencheront sur leurs valeurs personnelles, leurs croyances et leurs préjugés tout en réfléchissant sur comment ceux-ci interagissent avec la multitude des problèmes qui peuvent entraîner la marginalisation des élèves. Les participant.e.s apprendront à identifier les comportements d'exclusion qui affectent la capacité des élèves de participer pleinement à l'apprentissage.

Au cours des deux jours, les participant.e.s examineront les tendances de l'immigration, l’impact du français comme langue seconde ou additionnelle, la pauvreté, les questions de réfugiés et les enfants touchés par la guerre, le racisme et le sexe en questionnant  leur effet sur les communautés du Manitoba.

Les participant.e.s auront l'occasion d'examiner les ressources disponibles et d’élaborer des stratégies pour leurs classes respectives, les écoles et les communautés scolaires.

Certification: Administration: Instruction, special education, school counselling

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