School Council January 9, 2016

Agenda Move-a-Thon Empowering Modern Learners Term One Report Cards

Move-a-Thon Almost 100% participation 100% FUN! Raised $7745.65 Funds will go towards outdoor play equipment for Kindergarten students and Modern Learning Tools for Grades 1 – 5 Funds will be divided on a per capita basis

Empowering Modern Learners New Peel District School Board document Best teaching practices in a 21st Century context Based on Competencies: Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Learning to Learn, Citizenship, Critical Thinking

Modern Learners, cont. The Elements of Modern Learning: Learning Culture Informative Assessment Access to Technology 21st Century Competencies Learning Environments Models of Learning CTPS current Professional Development is focussed on 21st Century Competencies

Modern Learners, cont. Available at www.peelschools.org “About Us” “21st Century Teaching and Learning”

Report Cards Two different Report Cards: grades 1 – 5 and the Kindergarten Communication of Learning Grades 1 – 5: Learning Skills: Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement E and G: meeting, if not exceeding, Provincial expectations S: approaching Provincial expectations N: cause for concern Subjects reported in letter grades A: exceeding Provincial expectations (level 4) B: meeting Provincial expectations (level 3) C: approaching Provincial expectations (level 2) D, R, I: cause for concern

Kindergarten Communication of Learning New this school year Four frames of assessment: Belonging and Contributing, Self-Regulation and Well-Being, Demonstrating Literacy and Numeracy Behaviours, Problem Solving and Innovating Letter Grades are not assigned; rather, the comments on the CoL are the assessment Next Steps for growth will be included in the assessment Page 4 includes full descriptors of success for each frame of assessment