2023 NOIIE Symposium

NOIIE Symposium: Better Together

May 12th

7:30am – 8:30am PT (Breakfast & Registration)
8:30am – 4:30pm PT (Symposium)

May 13th

7:30am – 8:30am PT (Breakfast)
8:30am – 12:30pm PT (Symposium)

Location

Westin Wall Centre (Airport)
3099 Corvette Way, Richmond, BC
www.westinvancouverairport.com


Transportation

Skytrain: The Aberdeen Station or Bridgeport Station are both about a 15 minute walk from the Symposium hotel. There is also additional parking at the Bridgeport Skytrain Station.
Parking: Paid parking at the Symposium venue is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Overflow parking is available at the building across the street from the hotel.

Symposium Hosts

Jody Billingsley

Principal, Beach Grove Elementary (SD 37)

Jody Billingsley has been a teacher and educational leader for the past 21 years.  He taught in Vancouver, West Vancouver, and the Bronx, New York. He currently leads as a Principal in the Delta School District.  Jody Billingsley is an educational advocate for equity, inclusion, and for doing what is in the best interest of children.  He believes all children should be able to access the curriculum and find success, and that relationships and networking are key within education systems.  Jody Billingsley received his Master of Education in Administration and Educational Leadership from UBC and is a graduate of UBC’s Transformative Education Leadership Program (TELP).

Jana Fox

Principal, Silverthorne Elementary (SD 54)

Jana Fox, for many years, has had the privilege to learn and teach with talented educators in the Bulkley Valley School District, located on unceded Witsuwit’en territory. She is a district teacher for SD54 Indigenous Education and a vice-principal at Silverthorne Elementary. Working alongside brilliant NOIIE leaders, Jana supports school and district teams throughout British Columbia as they engage in the Spiral of Inquiry seeking ways to improve outcomes for Indigenous learners in their settings. Learning is a deeply-rooted passion for Jana, reinforced by the inspirational and creative educators she’s encountered along her learning journey, and by the wisdom of Indigenous knowledge holders and her Blackfoot ancestors. She is committed to the work that leads to quality and equitable environments that nurture the growth and well-being of all learners. Jana is always learning and strives to become a story weaver, gathering and sharing stories and taking action that contribute to positive transformations in the education system and the Indigenous community.

Symposium Speakers

Denise Augustine

Superintendent of Indigenous Education, Ministry of Education

Denise Augustine is on a secondment with the Ministry of Education where she serves as the Superintendent of Indigenous Education. Denise is a passionate champion for systemic changes that support Equity for Indigenous learners. She works with the First Nation Education Steering Committee, Ministry of Education staff and school district leaders to support the implementation of the British Columbia Tripartite Education Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. With over 25 years as an educator and a recipient of the Indspire Indigenous Educator Award for leadership, Denise is an active participant in the local, national and global conversations seeking educational equity for Indigenous children and youth.

Bob Baker

Cultural Advisor, Performer

Bob Baker (Squamish Ancestral name is S7aplek, Hawaiian name is Lanakila) is the co-founder and spokesperson for Spakwus Slolem (Eagle Song), the most reputable dance group of the Squamish Nation. Born and raised Squamish, Bob has been exercising his culture through singing, dancing and various presentations, for over 35 years.

Accomplishments range from revival of Sea-going Canoes and traditions, to cultural projects such as the 27 ft. Grandmother Welcome Figure at Ambleside Beach, to dance presentations in Taiwan, Hawaii, Japan and Switzerland (Montreaux Jazz Festival), to opening ceremonies for the Western Canada Summer Games, Nation Aboriginal Hockey Championships, International U18 Lacrosse Championships, and recently, the opening ceremony for the Canada Aboriginal Music Awards, to Blessing Ceremonies for B.C. Ferries in Germany and the Tall Ships flotilla at English Bay, Vancouver. On-going performances and projects continue throughout the Lower Mainland, Vancouver, Squamish-Whistler and Vancouver Island.

Jo Chrona

Speaker, Education Consultant and Advocate, and Author

Jo Chrona is a speaker, education consultant and advocate, and author of Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education (2022). Jo Chrona is Ganhada of Waap K’oom and is a member of the Kitsumkalum First Nation, a Ts’msyen community in British Columbia. She is also of European ancestry. 

Jo’s professional experience includes over 25 years teaching in both the K-12 and post-secondary systems in BC, working as a Policy Analyst and Curriculum Manager for the First Nations Education Steering Committee, an Advisor to the BC Ministry of Education, and a Faculty Associate in SFU’s BC Teacher Education Program. Jo has also been involved in curriculum development and resource writing, professional learning through inquiry networks, and Indigenous education. She participated in aspects of educational transformation in BC’s K-12 system, as well as managing and contributing to the development of authentic Indigenous teacher resources. 

Jo has a Bachelor of Arts (English Major; Women’s Studies Minor) from SFU, a Diploma of Education (Guidance Studies) from UBC, and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from UBC. Jo is passionate about helping create systemic change in K- 12 education systems to help create truly inclusive, strength-based education experiences for all learners. She currently consults and provides professional learning sessions that focus on the intersections of Indigenous education and anti-racism.

Judy Halbert

Co-director, Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education
Co-leader, Transformative Educational Leadership Program, UBC

Dr. Judy Halbert is a co-director of the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (NOIIE) and co-leader of the Transformative Educational Leadership Program at UBC (TELP). Judy has served as a teacher, principal, district leader and seconded director at the Ministry of Education. Judy consults extensively with school systems internationally, and is deeply committed to achieving equity and quality for all learners—and to networking for innovation and improvement across systems.

Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser were identified by the Big Change Organization as Pioneers for their work with NOIIE and in 2019, along with Debbie Leighton Stephens, they were awarded the Cmolik Prize for the enhancement of public education in British Columbia.

Judy is a co-author of Leading Through Spirals of Inquiry (2022), The Spiral Playbook (2017), Spirals of Inquiry for Equity and Quality (2013), Leadership Mindsets: Innovation and Learning in the Transformation of Schools (2009) and with Helen Timperley, A Framework for Transforming Learning in Schools: Innovation and the Spiral of Inquiry (2014).

Linda Kaser

Co-director, Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education
Co-leader, Transformative Educational Leadership Program, UBC

Dr. Linda Kaser is a co-director of the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (NOIIE) and co-leader of the Transformative Educational Leadership Program at UBC (TELP). Linda has served as a teacher, principal, district leader and seconded director at the Ministry of Education. Linda consults extensively with school systems internationally, and is deeply committed to achieving equity and quality for all learners—and to networking for innovation and improvement across systems.

Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert were identified by the Big Change Organization as Pioneers for their work with NOIIE and in 2019, along with Debbie Leighton Stephens, they were awarded the Cmolik Prize for the enhancement of public education in British Columbia.

Linda is a co-author of Leading Through Spirals of Inquiry (2022), The Spiral Playbook (2017), Spirals of Inquiry for Equity and Quality (2013), Leadership Mindsets: Innovation and Learning in the Transformation of Schools (2009) and with Helen Timperley, A Framework for Transforming Learning in Schools: Innovation and the Spiral of Inquiry (2014).

Melissa Larkin

Darkspark Director/Co-Founder

Melissa Larkin is a skilled vocalist and songwriter. She has toured and performed for over 10 years, and worked as an arts educator since 2010. In 2007 she created The Forgotten Tour, which brought live music to people and places abandoned by mainstream touring acts. She toured 36 cities in Canada and the western United States facilitating song-writing workshops for at-risk youth, homeless shelters, old age facilities and more. Throughout her career she has used song writing to facilitate engaging educational programs. In 2012, she became an accredited arts educator through the Royal Conservatory of Music. Following this, Melissa created and launched DARKSPARK with creative partner, D’Ari Lisle, to educate and empower students. Melissa graduated with a Scholars Electives honors degree from University of Western Ontario in literature and social justice studies.

D’Ari Lisle

Darkspark Director/Co-Founder

D’Ari Lisle is a proficient producer, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has been a touring performer and front man in several successful Canadian bands for over 15 years. He has been involved in every aspect of the music industry – writing, recording and producing records, working in management and agency offices, as well as producing short films and music videos. In 2012, he assisted Melissa Larkin in developing the DARKSPARK program and contributes his skill in recording and multi-media to the experiential learning experience of students participating in DARKSPARK. D’Ari studied New Media at Ryerson University, Toronto.

 

Dustin Louie

Director of NITEP, Faculty of Education, UBC

Dr. Dustin Louie is a First Nations scholar from Nee Tahi Buhn and Nadleh Whut’en of the Dakelh Nation of central British Columbia. He is a member of the Beaver Clan. Dustin’s education background includes a degree in Canadian history, a master’s degree in international relations, and a PhD in educational research. The topic of Dr. Louie’s doctoral dissertation was Sexual Exploitation Prevention Education for Indigenous Girls. He has worked as an historian in a land claims law firm, studied Indigenous homelessness in Western Canada, worked internationally for non-governmental organizations in Uganda and Australia, and began his academic career as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at the Werklund School of Education in the University of Calgary.

Dr. Louie is now the Director of NITEP and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. He teaches courses related to Indigenous education, social justice, and educational philosophy; works closely with four school districts on decolonizing at the provincial and local level with government and private organizations, researches practical approaches to lndigenizing education, decolonizing education, Indigenous pedagogies, and critical theory. Dr. Louie has published in the top educational journals in Canada on diverse topics in Indigenous education.

Joanna Macintosh

Vice Principal, Sands Secondary (SD 37)

Joanna Macintosh has been an advocate for inquiry based learning for many years. She is going to discuss teaming up with students using the Spiral of Inquiry as a framework for collaboration with student leadership teams to create positive change in the Delta School District. Joanna has co-collaborated with students on inquiries into student use of social media, antiracism, identity and mental health. By building student agency through these partnerships, Joanna has seen many students inquire, learn, develop an action plan and effect positive change.

 

Nancy Perry

Dorothy Lam Chair in Special Education
Professor, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Dr. Nancy Perry worked as a classroom and resource teacher in school districts in British Columbia, Canada, before obtaining her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1996. Today she is the Dorothy Lam Chair in Special Education and Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. Her research has two main goals: (a) understanding how features of classrooms are implicated in children’s development of self-regulated learning (SRL); and (b) working with teachers to design activities and structure interactions with students to support SRL.

Dr. Perry has served as President of Division 15, Educational Psychology, of the American Psychological Association, and the Canadian Association of Educational Psychologists, as Associate Editor for the Journal of Learning and Instruction, and on editorial boards of the top journals in Educational Psychology, including the Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Journal of Learning and Instruction, and Metacognition and Learning. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Recipient of the Robbie Case Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Educational Psychology in Canada.

Leona Prince

Director of Instruction, Indigenous Education (SD 91)

Siy Leona Prince sadnee. Lhts’umusyoo habilh dzees zilh. Lusilyoo haba dza gel dzut. Sne’ Joyce Prince tl’a Sbeb Gordon Barfoot habatnee. Leona Prince is a Dakelh woman from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli and belongs to the Lhts’umusyoo Clan. She is a descendant of Stiche and Chief Kwah. She is the mother of three amazing children and is a passionate award-winning educator.  

In 2017, she was awarded the Alumni of the Year award for Professional Excellence by the Alumini Association of UNBC, her alma mater. She also received an Indspire Award for Educational Leadership at the 2018 Guiding the Journey Educator Awards. Leona is a sought-after speaker and has authored two children’s books, A Dance Through the Seasons, and Be a Good Ancestor which was released in the spring of 2022. 

Monique Gray Smith

Award-winning Author, Speaker & Consultant

Monique Gray Smith is a mixed-heritage woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of twins. Monique is an accomplished consultant, writer and international speaker. Her first novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, won the 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. Monique and her family are blessed to live on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.

 

Melanie Stewart

Assistant Deputy Minister, Education Programs in the Ministry of Education

Dr. Melanie Stewart, PhD. is an energetic and passionate public service executive who currently holds the position of Assistant Deputy Minister, Education Programs in the Ministry of Education. As a highly strategic, creative and analytical thinker, Melanie excels at building relationships across diverse organizations and leading change in complex and dynamic environments. She is compassionate and empathetic, modelling the behaviour that she wants to see across leadership teams. Since 2008, Melanie has gained diverse public sector experience, including progressively senior positions in the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue, the Climate Action Secretariat (Office of the Premier), the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, the Public Service Agency, and the Ministry of Finance. The diversity of her experience has been deliberate: Melanie enjoys learning new things and is frequently assigned to assist teams to recognize their purpose, feel fulfilled and valued, and center critical thinking.

Prior to joining the public service, Melanie had a successful academic career including a PhD. in Political Science and an MA from York University, teaching political science and communications at York University in Toronto as well as at the University of Victoria and Royal Roads University. She is also a published and award winning author (see Melanie Stewart Millar).

*Program details subject to change. 

Full Symposium Program PDF

Program – Day 1

Friday May 12, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast & Check-in

8:30 – 9:00 am Welcome to the Symposium – Jody Billingsley (SD 37) & Jana Fox (SD 54)

Acknowledgement of Territory S7aplek (Bob Baker)

9:00 – 9:15 am Better Together – Linda Kaser & Judy Halbert, NOIIE

9:15 – 9:35 am Network Reads (see Network Reads tab)

9:35 – 10:00 am Taking Action Together – Jo Chrona

10:00 – 10:30 am Stretch and Network

10:30 – 11:00 am Student Leadership Joanna Macintosh (SD 37) 

11:00 – 11:15 am Network Reads (see Network Reads tab)

11:15 – 11:30 am Story Studio, Loose Parts & Playful Inquiry

11:30 – 11:50 pm BC Ministry of Education – Melanie Stewart & Denise Augustine

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch 

  • UBC Transformative Education Leadership Program (TELP) Information Session 12:10 – 12:35pm (Room TBD)

1:00 – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions #1 (see Breakout Session 1 tab)

2:15 – 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions #2 (see Breakout Session 2 tab)

3:30 – 4:30 pm Empowerment Through Song – Darkspark (Melissa Larkin & D’Ari Lisle)

4:30 – 5:30 pm Social Hour (with cash bar)

*Program details subject to change. 

Full Symposium Program PDF

Program – Day 2

Saturday May 13, 2023

7:45 –  8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 – 8:35 am Welcome to Day 2 – Jody Billingsley (SD 37) & Jana Fox (SD 54)

8:35 – 9:35 am Taking Action Together Dustin Louie & Leona Prince (SD 91)

9:35 – 9:50 am Network Reads (see Network Reads tab)

9:50 – 10:10 am Self-Regulated Learning Communities – Nancy Perry 

10:10 – 10:30 am Stretch & Network

10:30 – 10:45 am Network Reads (see Network Reads tab)

10:45 – 11:45 am Love is Medicine Monique Gray Smith

11:45 – 12:15 pm Better Together: Four Perspectives

  • Michelle Miller-Gauthier
  • Lillemor Rehnberg
  • Lori Burger
  • Matthew Burns

12:15 – 12:25 pm Moving Forward with Better Together – Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser

12:25 – 12:30 pm Closing – Jody Billingsley & Jana Fox 

Breakout Session #1

Friday May 12, 1:00 – 2:00pm

STEVESTON ROOM | 1:00 – 2:00

Spirit and Curiosity – Indigenous Transitions Teams & Their Journeys (BC, Canada)
School/district teams across British Columbia are engaging in the Spiral of Inquiry to improve outcomes for Indigenous learners. The teams are curious about equity, reconciliation, and student belonging in their settings. This session will highlight the teams’ spirit, the complexity of their journeys, and their dreams for their learners.
Presenters: 
Lori Burger (SD 52) & Jana Fox (SD 54) 

BRIDGEPORT ROOM |1:00 – 2:00

Learning Together with UBC & VIU Rural and Remote Teacher Education Programs (BC, Canada)
University of British Columbia (UBC) – Becoming Better Together in UBC’s Rural and Remote Teacher Education Program (RRED): RRED teacher candidates and faculty will explore how inquiring deeply into an emerging pedagogical stance is enhanced through iterative cycles. Join the circle with early career teachers connecting inquiry, Indigenous education, and evidence-based theory to practice as they grow as teachers and a community that learns. Better together—and so much fun!
Presenters: Leyton Schnellert (UBC academic lead); Terry Taylor (UBC pedagogical lead); Jayde Gabert, Rob Hill & Robyn Dickenson (UBC teacher candidates)

Vancouver Island University (VIU) – Haahuupaa: Teaching and Learning with Kindness in NuuChahNulth Territories: VIU teacher candidates and faculty are deeply exploring the Nuu Chah Nulth concept of haahuupaa: to teach with kindness as we inquire into possibilities for decolonization of education in Nuu Chah Nulth communities. Along the way we are learning that there is no other way than together as we co-create this journey to teacher certification in remote communities.
Presenters: Paige Fisher, Lelaina Jules & Heather Goodall (VIU faculty leads); Celina Charleson (VIU teacher candidate)

GULF OF GEORGIA ROOM | 1:00 – 2:00

Decision Framework for Learning and Leading (BC, Canada)
Learn about the Decision Maker Moves, a framework that came from a Spiral by decision scientists and educators curious about student agency through decision making. Kristen will share how she uses the moves and Spiral with her staff. Joanne will share how her intermediate students learn and apply decision skills.
Presenters: Brooke Moore (SD 37), Joanne Calder (SD 37) & Kristen
Vogel (SD 34)

Exploring the Role of Goal Setting in Supporting Successful Cycles of Self-regulated Learning (BC, Canada)
We’ll look at how goals support learners’ engagement in powerful cycles of self-regulated learning by helping them identify a purpose, make a plan, and consider strategies for completing tasks. Also, we’ll examine how goals communicate standards for monitoring progress, interpreting feedback, and making adjustments, as needed, along the way.
Presenters: Nancy Perry (UBC) & Monika Stahlstrom (SD 36)

LULU ISLAND ROOM | 1:00 – 2:00

Invoking System Change through a District Wide Inquiry into K-5 Literacy (BC, Canada)
Two school districts used the Spirals of Inquiry framework to focus on system change in order to improve literacy proficiency for all learners. Through a scanning process, both districts recognized that literacy improvement was greatly needed. In this session, SD8 and SD38 will share their approaches to invoke system change in order to support district-wide literacy improvement K-5: one by implementing a district-wide assessment tool, and one by focusing on teacher lesson planning and instruction.
Presenters: Brooke Douglas, Briana Adams & Carrie Bourne (SD 38); Naomi Ross & Laury Carriere (SD 8)

Breakout Session #2

Friday May 12, 2:15 – 3:15pm

STEVESTON ROOM | 2:15 – 3:15

NOIIE Numeracy & Literacy Project (BC, Canada)
Experiential Numeracy Learning, AFL and Pedagogical Documentation: How Indigenous place-based numeracy explorations and pedagogical documentation foster the embodiment of number, developing that deep sense and understanding of number in learners.
Presenters: Heidi Jungwirth & Alison Walkley (SD 72)

Sparking & Sustaining A Passion for Learning: Strengthening literacy and numeracy through place-based and playful learning.
Presenter: Debbie Koehn (SD 91)

Indigenous Story Mats in the Mathematics Classroom: Using Indigenous story mats and Indigenous storytelling in math to increase student engagement, while strengthening contextual and conceptual understanding of math concepts.
Presenters: Jess Kyle, Allison Hotti & Cheryl Corrick (SD 36)

Persistence & Strategic Literacy Interventions Show Promise In the Face of Challenges: The ‘little school that could’; making inroads with Indigenous learners’ literacy through targeted assessments and game-based interventions.
Presenters: Karie Evans (SD 91)

BRIDGEPORT ROOM | 2:15 – 3:15

Ties to Place: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, Spirals of Inquiry and Student Success (Hawaii, USA)
We will provide a space for sharing one’s place and personal understandings of learning, being, and knowing that grow from that locale and experience. We invite participants to apply their understanding of their place to spirals of inquiry. Using reflections of one’s place, we will guide a conversation on how indigeneity plays a role in student success.
Presenters: Rebbecca Sweeney, Pua Kaʻai & Hawaii NOIIE team

Students, teachers and school leaders learn together and side by side – how do the students benefit? (Sweden)
Experiences from our schools show the value of learning together on different levels in the school system. Teachers creating the best learning situations for their students is a process that provides school leaders with data about what professional learning has to take place to facilitate the best possible school environment for all learners.
Presenters: Lillemor Rehnberg, Ingela Netz & Sweden NOIIE team

GULF OF GEORGIA ROOM | 2:15 – 3:15

Connecting with Students and Families Beyond the School Walls (BC, Canada)
Our school is exploring innovative ways to go out into the communities we serve. This has ignited and strengthened family-school engagement and created transformational experiences for staff. What happens when we listen to families in the spaces where they feel safe? How do we consistently create these opportunities?
Presenters: Naryn Searcy (SD 53)

School Leadership as Community Stewardship (BC, Canada)
As an administration team, we see our primary purpose as one of community stewardship. Working together we believe that all schools, despite their history and social/economic status, can and should always strive to be high performing. We will be sharing our stories and strategies along the journey so far.
Presenters: John Mann & Niels Nielsen (SD 37)

LULU ISLAND ROOM | 2:15 – 3:15

Co-creating Possibilities in the Early Years (BC, Canada)
Two BC inquiry teams will share a look into how they are co-creating learning in the Early Years with the perspective from a school district and the perspective from a classroom; both highlighting the importance of reflecting upon being responsive in their community’s context and the story of children.
Presenters: Aimee Blow (SD 68) & Kirsten Deasey (SD 46)

School Connectedness (Wales)
We have been using the Spiral of Inquiry to help us think critically about how the organizational and pedagogical features of our school influence a sense of belonging and connectedness. Research suggests that our wellbeing is affected by the quality of our relationships and our affiliation to our school community (Markham and Aveyard, 2003; Rowe and Stewart, 2011). This is especially important in our setting, providing education and care for students who have experienced significant trauma and exclusion. This Spiral has brought teachers and students together to create new understandings of our work and the changes needed for greater school connectedness.
Presenters: Shan Jones, Sophie Powell, Kevin Farrow & Abigail Roberts

Network Reads – A Celebration of BC Authors and Books

*Strong Nations will be onsite at the Symposium, selling our featured books (noted below) and more.

Featured Books:

1. Be a Good Ancestor, by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince

2. Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted, by Jennifer Manuel

3. Wayi wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education, by Jo Chrona

4. Leading Through Spirals of Inquiry: For Equity and Quality, by Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser

Symposium Presentations

School Connectedness (Wales)

Presenters: Shan Jones, Sophie Powell, Kevin Farrow & Abigail Roberts

We have been using the Spiral of Inquiry to help us think critically about how the organizational and pedagogical features of our school influence a sense of belonging and connectedness. Research suggests that our wellbeing is affected by the quality of our relationships and our affiliation to our school community (Markham and Aveyard, 2003; Rowe and Stewart, 2011). This is especially important in our setting, providing education and care for students who have experienced significant trauma and exclusion. This Spiral has brought teachers and students together to create new understandings of our work and the changes needed for greater school connectedness.

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Indigenous Story Mats in the Mathematics Classroom

Presenters: Jess Kyle, Allison Hotti & Cheryl Corrick (SD 36)

Using Indigenous story mats and Indigenous storytelling in math to increase student engagement, while strengthening contextual and conceptual understanding of math concepts.

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Exploring the Role of Goal Setting in Supporting Successful Cycles of Self-regulated Learning (BC, Canada)

Presenters: Nancy Perry (UBC) & Monika Stahlstrom (SD 36)

A look at how goals support learners’ engagement in powerful cycles of self-regulated learning by helping them identify a purpose, make a plan, and consider strategies for completing tasks. We also examine how goals communicate standards for monitoring progress, interpreting feedback, and making adjustments, as needed, along the way.

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We greatly acknowledge and thank our NOIIE sponsors, who have helped make this 2023 Symposium possible:

* The header image – Paddlers – is used with the permission of Learning Alternatives (SD68). Check out their case study here