Focus: On developing increased teacher attention to supporting student voice in writing.
Focus: How can we bridge the explicit teaching SEL/Self-Reg strategies and regular ‘academic’ learning? Is assessment for learning/feedback techniques the bridge?
Focus: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and developing academic perseverance and risk-taking.
Focus: To build confidence as writers who see purpose for their writing, who are willing to take risks, and whose written output reflects the strength of their ideas and voice in their oral language.
Focus: How could story workshop develop literacy skills in all early learners?
Focus: How much can we improve students’ understanding of number sense by teaching number sense in context, taking time to develop it daily, teach connections such as inverse concepts and collaborate on this across the grade levels?
Focus: On changing our classroom spaces to reduce environmental stressors for our students and to help them be calm, alert and ready to learn.
Focus: To increase student engagement, through the inquiry process.
Focus: How does place-based learning support the development of personal awareness and responsibility?