1. School Council
January 9, 2016

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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