HDSB PA Day Agendas

On Professional Activity (PA) days, staff engage in professional development. Our school, along with all schools in the Halton District School Board (HDSB) have several Professional Activity (PA) Days throughout the school year. The purpose of these days is to enhance student success. Staff focus on professional development activities, participate in training or planning sessions. There are no classes for students on these days. ​ ​

To learn about what schools across the HDSB are focusing on during each PA Day, visit HDSB PA Days 2024-2025

PA Day Agendas
2024-2025 School Year

For a detailed description of what our school will be focusing on please see the following information.

Friday, February 14, 2025

Topics:

- Supporting SIPSA and reflecting on monitoring data.
- Bring educators together to collaboratively review student work/understanding and intentionally plan responsive programming.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Topics:

-Connecting student achievement to our SIPSA goal, reviewing, reflecting.
-SIPSA connections: school culture and wellbeing
-Connecting student voice and asset based assessments.

Friday, November 29, 2024

Topics:

-Examining artifacts from multiple subject areas that incorporate asset based assessment
-Collaboration with subject specific teachers from other schools on the creation of asset based assessment tasks/activities

Friday, Oct 11, 2024

Topics:

-An AI Empowered Student Staff Presentation and activity
-Multilingual Language Learners
-Asset-based Learning

Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 

Topic: Provincial Education Priorities​

Format​:​ Full day, in person - Elementary and secondary schools

Description: School teams will review effective practices, policies/procedures and resources prepared by central departments to support student and school safety. The content includes violent incident prevention, bullying prevention and intervention strategies, prevalent medical conditions, vaping resources, cellphone use and PPM128. Emergency safe schools procedures, safe schools incident reporting, accident reporting and special education health and safety procedures will be reviewed. In elementary schools, Acadience screening will also be a topic of focus.​​

Facilitators: The learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education

Learning/Delivery Method: ​Whole group presentations and small group work ​