Professional Resources:

This presentation provides an overview of the Kindergarten program including documents, requirements and program information. This introduction is especially beneficial to new teachers, support staff or administrators for a quick overview of Kindergarten.

This presentation provides an overview of the Early Learning Intensive Support (ELIS) program. This short introduction is a great starting point to understand the basics of the ELIS program and would be beneficial to teachers, support staff and administrators who are new to the program.

School Scheduling Training (Round 2) – Full Build: Pattern Sets, Rotations, Rules, Schedule Attributes, Build & Load (March 29, 2022)

Topics:

• Where to Locate Resources (01:40)
• Pattern Library, Pattern Sets (02:05)
• Course Attributes (22:57)

This is the animated film based on the graphic novel Secret Path by Gord Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire.

In this 45-minute broadcast, students will explore the computational thinking skill of testing and evaluating.

Testing involves trying something and observing what happens.Evaluation is about using critical thinking and judgment to determine if a set of criteria are met. If no...

In this 30-minute broadcast, students will explore the computational thinking skill of testing and evaluating.

Testing involves trying something and observing what happens.Evaluation is about using critical thinking and judgment to determine if a set of criteria are met. If no...

This March 5, 2020 presentation provides a project update and high-level demonstration of the main functionality of the MySchoolSask (MSS) application.

This video features three Saskatchewan sites that are on their journey of providing high quality programs for children and their families as they implement the Play and Exploration: Early Learning Program Guide. Video footage showcases early learning environments for young children.

In this conclusion video, we explore how an inclusive program looks at families, staff, centers, and communities in the same way that it looks at individuals: everyone is working on something. Everyone has strengths, and everyone has challenges. Inclusion puts forward a vision of community, com...

This video explores how inclusive educators understand that the brain is part of the body and that children need to feel physically safe, comfortable, and regulated to learn. As such, an inclusive approach is fundamentally brain and body-based - not just because it supports individual children w...

This video explores how accommodations must be based on strengths and not on challenges or deficits. We can effectively support all children by helping them use their strengths to grow and develop. It is a cornerstone of inclusion to view families as capable and competent and to find the streng...

This video explores how educators can view work with families to build a trusting mutual relationship as educators and families each bring their own expertise to the partnership. Together they can create an environment where accommodations can be viewed as a universal aspect of learning: Everyon...

This video invites educators to get to know each individual child as unique. It includes learning about their strengths and preferences, learning about their style of learning and self-expression, learning about their greater context, and learning about the challenges they face. Accommodations ...

This video invites educators to take a proactive approach. Being proactive implies predicting challenges in advance, planning our responses, and providing support rather than reactive remediation. Proactivity changes how we view environments, materials, routines, and transitions. But more than...

This video invites educators to approach challenges as opportunities for growing and learning. This view of problem-solving includes many different players and groups, and it envisions ways for them to work together. Educators who adopt a problem-solving mindset will transition from reacting ...