Year+End+Report+August+2012+to+July+2013

flat toc =Calendar Of Events= E-mail Catch-up Office Clean-up || Office Clean-up E-mail Worked on Compiling the Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet || [] [] [] Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community Literature Circle Planning || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Wiki Maintenance Memo Writing - RE: Grade 8 and 9 Nelson Math Focus Passwords DSLP Research || Wiki Maintenance Mathematics 12 Wiki Updates to Reflect New Courses Assessment Wiki Updates || __Participants__: Kendra Haines requested a copy of the archived event Andrew Cameron requested a copy of the archived event Barb Reid accessed the archive Mike Russo accessed the archive Pam Harry accessed the archive Judith MacLean accessed the archive || Wiki Maintenance || Wiki Maintenance The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || [] Organized Social for the Orientation at McBride Museum on Thursday || || Summer Institute with Sandra Herbst @ the Gold Rush Inn Town Hall  New Teacher Orientation Social at McBride Museum of Yukon History [] Participants: Paula Thompson Dennis Darling Tanya Duchaine Wil deWit Cavell Burley Michelle Beaulieu Wendy Close Mike Snider Vernon Asp Flora Asp Val Collins Leslie Doran Leslie Hogan Jane Wilson Janet Clark Kelly Collins Stace Burnard Sandra Herbst Brenda Gusta Jeanette McCrie Pascal St. Laurent Joann Davidson Fran Nyman Maggie Leary Pam Harry Grace Snider Jane MacArthur Scott Kent Mike Nixon Nicole Morgan Jeanette Gallant Josie Martin Janet Clark Nicole Cross Cully Robinson Patti Grabowski René Dove Brian Willson Camille Luks Brenda Fediuk || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Supportive Discussions With Colleagues Conference Planning || Social Emotional Learning with Stace Burnard || Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting LAT Conference Planning with Cavell Burley The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Energize Your K-8 Math Classroom With Fresh Tips & Ideas Webinar __Participants__: Geoff Scherer Andrew Cameron Stephen Beauregard Marilyn Fradsham Kendra Haines Judith MacLean || Yukon Education Literature Circle Planning ||
 * ~ August 2012 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * August 6 || 1st Day Back to Work After a Summer Vacation
 * 7 || Wikispaces Advanced Tips and Tricks Webinar
 * 8 || What's Up Yukon Interview with Ken Bolton on Preparing For the First Week of School
 * 9 || E-mail Catch-up ||
 * 10 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 13 || E-mail Catch-up
 * 14 || E-mail Catch-up
 * 15 || NCTM E-Seminar: Preparing For Those First Days Of Math Instruction and Beyond
 * 16 || E-mail Catch-up
 * 17 || E-mail Catch-up
 * 20 || Holiday ||
 * 21 || New Teacher Orienation
 * 22 || 1st Nations Day of Orientation CAFN
 * 23 || New Administrator Orientation
 * 24 || Summer Institute with Sandra Herbst @ the Gold Rush Inn Town Hall
 * 29 || Meeting with Amanda
 * 30 || Hine Site
 * 31 || Dinner With Amanda Dockum
 * ~ September 2012 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * September 3 || Holiday ||
 * 4 || Grade 8 Barbecue @ Porter Creek Secondary School ||
 * 5 || Yukon Education Literature Circle Planning
 * 6 || E-mail Catch-up
 * 7 || Public Schools Branch (PSB) Staff Meeting

Yukon Education Literature Circle Planning Meeting Learning Assistance Conference Planning Meeting with Cavell Burley The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || || E-mail Catch-Up || E-mail Requests Completed || Big Picture Planning Pre-Calculus 12 Common Assessment Planning || Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project Planning Yukon Education Literature Circle Planning Pre-Calculus 12 Common Assessment Planning || __Participants__: Paula Thompson Elizabeth Lemay Dagmar Muilova Claus Vogel Marie Daniels Tanya Lewis Michael Allaway Dinner with Pat Joe and Jackie Fischer
 * 8 || International Literacy Day (ILD)
 * 10 || Big Picture Planning
 * 11 || Literacy Meeting with Janet Mort and the Curriculum Branch
 * 12 || Literacy Meeting with Janet Mort
 * 13 || E-mail Requests Completed
 * 14 || Pre-Calculus 12 Common Assessment Working Group Meeting

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || AM: With Sandra Herbst on Assessment For Learning PM: With Mathematics Teachers Grey Mountain Primary Family Math Night with Carole Fullerton (Hosted by Yukon Education and organized by Paula Thompson & Kim Ramsay) Model Lessons at Grey Mountain Primary with Carole Fullerton (Organized by Kim Ramsay) || Model Lessons With Sandra Herbst at Porter Creek Secondary School - Lorrie Greer hosted a session in her Workplace and Apprenticeship Mathematics 10 Class || International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Development of some pirate math ideas and resources gathered over the last while || Increase Across-the-Curriculum Reading Comprehension For Grades 6-12 - Brain-Based Differentiated Strategies To Get Students Beyond Just Reading Words On The Page Webinar __Participants__: Paula Thompson Val Collins René Dove Jeanette Gallant || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Yukon Education Literature Circle Leads Planning Meeting || Full Day Kindergarten Exemplar Videos [] Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project Event/Yukon Education Literature Circle Event The Yukon Education Literature Circle || Kindergarten Inservice Follow-up || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || [|Mindful Education] [|Pay It Forward] [|Mindful Kids Peaceful Schools] || __Participants__: Kim Ramsay || Yukon Education Literature Circle Planning Literature Circle Reading Big Picture Planning The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Participants__: Paula Thompson René Dove Jeanette Gallant Jeanette McCrie || __Participants__: Paula Thompson Jeanette Gallant René Dove Danielle Sheldon Kathy Heinbigner Mike Snider Karalee Smith Brenda Petriw Liz Eddy ||
 * 17 || Yukon Teachers' Association Secondary Conference
 * 18 || Model Lessons at Grey Mountain Primary with Carole Fullerton (Organized by Kim Ramsay)
 * 19 || Sandra Herbst was doing model lessons at Selkirk Elementary School and Golden Horn Elementary School but I attended only on the 18th in the Porter Creek mathematics classroom.
 * 20 || Travel to Robert Service School in Dawson City for the Yukon Teachers' Association Rural Schools Conference
 * 21 || Yukon Teachers' Association Rural Schools Conference @ Robert Service School in Dawson City
 * 22 || Travel back from Robert Service School in Dawson City and the Yukon Teachers' Association Rural Schools Conference ||
 * 24 || Kindergarten Inservice Preparation with Jeanette McCrie ||
 * 25 || Kindergarten Inservice Planning
 * 26 || Kindergarten Inservice
 * 27 || Yukon Education Literature Circle Follow-up
 * 28 || MindsUp Inservice
 * ~ October 2012 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * 1 || Managing a MindUp Inservice room for Stace Burnard
 * 2 || Guided Math For K-8: Help Your Students Move Ahead With Differentiated Small-Group Instruction and Workstations
 * 2-5 || E-mail Requests
 * 9 || Yukon Education Literature Circle Leaders Planning Meeting
 * 10 || Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting Agenda creation ||
 * 11 || [|Best iPad Apps To Boost Grades 6-12 Student Learning and Teacher Productivity]
 * 12 || Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting

Mentorship Inservice - Theme: Classroom Management Meet and Greet Over Lunch __Participants__: __Proteges:__ Colin Laforme - SES - PE K-7 Emily Quarton - GES - PE K-7 Frances Ross - CZG - 11/12 Karen Norman - JES - K Melanie Mott - EVB - 8/9 Nancy Couture - EET - 11/12 Math, Sc. Nicole Leigh - GES - K Patrick Whyrd - TES - 6/7 Shaun Bryant - EVB - 8/9 Veronique Morin - EET - 1 __Proteges not coming to first meeting:__ Craig Hunter - RSS - 1 David Christie - JVC - 4-6 Selena Burton - CZG - 7-9 Waqas Mubashir - RSS - Senior math Andrew Cameron - TS - 1/2/3 Pricilla Dawson - YNTEP

__Mentors:__ Irene LaPrairie Tanis Giczi Lisa Harvey Flora Asp Monica Best Marie Daniels Maggie Leary Wil deWit Jenni Beauregard Dagmar Musilova __Mentors not coming to first meeting:__ Colleen O'Brien Rea Postoloski

[|Help Students Become Skilled Readers of Informational Text: Top Reserach-Based Strategies to Close This Reading Gap] __Participants__: Val Collins René Dove Sharon Choy

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Goals for the day: 1) Discuss the purpose of the group; Co-construct criteria for our work 2) Begin reading and discussing the book, __Redefining Fair__ (you will receive this book at the session) 3) Discuss professional inquiry and begin thinking about how this will apply to us || [] One of my favourite talks that I attended was called "The Secret of Petals Around the Rose and other Math Bloosoms: [] by Paul Beland pbeland@gw.sd74.bc.ca || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Participants__: Michel Emery || The Yukon Education Literature Circle || kboettcher@prn.bc.ca [|Educational Leadership - Reading: The Core Skill - Every Child, Every Day] by Richard Allington Educational Leadership - The Core Skill: Reading Remixed ||
 * 15 || Intermediate and Secondary Working Group Meeting (ISWG)
 * 16 || Yukon Education Literature Circle Online Practice For Leaders ||
 * 17-21 || 51st North West Math Conference - Math in Bloom in Victoria
 * 19 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 23 || Tune Up Your Classroom Management Skills With Rick Smith's Proven Tips and Tricks
 * 24 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]]
 * 24-26 || Stikine Teacher Association Fall Conference with Kim Boettcher
 * 26 || Math Arcade Connect 4 Drop Off @ Hidden Valley

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Participants__: Jane MacArthur Brenda Donick Cynthia Freeman Joe Morrison __Schedule__: 8:30 - 8:45 Linda briefs teachers in the Staff Room 8:45 - 9:00 Linda sets up in Kindergarten Room 9:00 - 9:30 Linda presents in Kindergarten 9:30 - 9:35 Linda moves to Grades 2/3 Room 9:35 - 10:30 Linda presents in Grade 2/3 10:30 - 10:45 Linda sets up in Grade 4/5/6 Room (Students are out for recess.) 10:45 - 12:00 Linda presents in Grades 4/5/6 12:00 - 12:40 Linda on Lunch Break 12:40 - 1:00 Linda sets up in Grade 7/8/9 Room 1:00 - 2:20 Linda presents to Grades 7/8/9 2:20 - 3:18 To be determined (perhaps going back to grade 2/3 for a short stint and then Grade 4/5/6 again for a quick game before dismissal (3 - 3:18) 3:18 Student Dismissal 3;30 - 4:00 Debrief with teachers in the Library 4:00 - 5:00 Linda drives back to Whitehorse. || __Participants__: Meghan Colgan Sarah Johnson Danielle Lang Gloria Claire Reeves __Schedule__: class 1 8:40 - 9:30 class 2 9:35 - 10:25 class 3 10:50 - 11:45 class 4 1:00 - 1:50 class 5 2:00 - 2:50 || __Participants__: Tanya Duchaine Linda Lamers Pam Harry || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Participants: Paula Thompson || Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Planning Planning for the Whitehorse Secondary Schools Joint Professional Development Day - My focus was literacy-across-the-curriculum. || Office clean-up ||
 * 29 || Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games Model Lessons with Linda Williams in Carcross
 * 30 || Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games Model Lessons with Linda Williams at Whitehorse Elementary Schools
 * 31 || Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Model Lessons with Linda Williams at Takhini Elementary School
 * ~ November 2012 ||~ Some of my Activities ||
 * 1 ||  ||
 * 2 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 5 || [|More High-Impact K-8 Math Teaching Strategies] with Paul Riccomini Education Research Newsletter Webinar
 * 6 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project Planning
 * 7 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leaderdership Project Workshop /Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 8 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop Follow-up
 * 9 || New Yukon Achievement Tests (YAT) Planning Meeting

Whitehorse Secondary Schools Joint Professional Development Day __Registered Participants__: Paula Thompson Kelly Choy Lori Greer Dagmar Ferris Emma Dube Tanya Lewis Brian Stevens Brian Wilson Trish Lefebve JD Caudle Ada Rinks

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Participants__: Paula Thompson Amanda Dockum, YTA Professional Development Chair René Dove, Yukon Education Secondary Consultant Jeanette Gallant, Yukon Education Intermediate Consultant ||
 * 12 || Statuatory Holiday ||
 * 14 || Meeting With Particia Cunning @ McBride Museum Of Yukon History - Resource Development Ideas and Brainstorming Ways For Even Better Access To The Museum by Educators and Students
 * 16 || Vacation Leave

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets ||
 * 19 || Travel to Ross River School ||
 * 20 || AM Brainstorming Session in Ross River School with Darcy Kirkham

Model Lessons in Ross River School in PM __Participants__: Kendra Haines

Travel to Del Van Gorder School in Faro || Some of the participants included: Brenda Mitchell || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || Common 20% Pre-Calculus 12 Common Assessment Package Working Group Meeting Participants: Paula Thompson Tanya Lewis Dagmar Musilova Anthony Grottoli Claus Vogel Shared Samples from Tanya Lewis || Common 20% Pre-Calculus 12 Common Assessment Package Working Group Meeting Follow-up Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Movie with Bev Fairful, Porter Creek Secondary School || || __Participants__: Paula Thompson Val Collins Jeanette Gallant René Dove Judith MacLean
 * 21 || Model Lessons at Del Van Gorder School in Faro
 * 22 || Travel Back From Del Van Gorder School in Faro. ||
 * 23 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 26 || The Yukon Education Literature Circle Leaders Planning Meeting
 * 27 || YAT In-Service Planning
 * 28 || Minimizing Challenges, Maximizing Learning - Meaningful Support For The ELL Student In The Content Classroom with Dr. Katy Arnett
 * 29 || [|Best Practices For Building And Assessing Students' Academic Vocabulary] Education Researcher Newsletter Webinar with Eli Johnson

Hine Site: Experiential Education with Jesse Jewel and George Bahm || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 30 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Yukon Education Literature Circle Leaders Planning Meeting

Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting ||
 * ~ December 2012 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * 3 ||  ||
 * 4 || [|Help For Struggling Middle School Readers]

Travel to Tantulus School in Carmacks ||
 * 5-6 || Classroom Observations - Support Intervention Time

Professional Development Collaborative Time - Support Intervention Time __Participants__: Donna Einish Roberta Berry Aine Larkin Mitch Bruce Melanie Tourangeau

Kindergarten Math and Social and Emotional Learning Model Lesson - "Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons"

Grades 1-2 Math Model Lesson - Gift in a Mug - Hot Chocolate Measurement Activity

Travel back from Tantalus School in Carmacks ||
 * 7 || Fleet vehicle returned.

The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || AM - Grade 4 Whithorse-Based Teachers PM - Grade 7 Whitehorse-Based Teachers || Grades 4 and 7 Rural Teachers
 * 10 || New YAT Inservice
 * 11 || Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting ||
 * 12 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leaderdership Project Workshop /Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 13 || New YAT Inservice via Blackboard Collaborate

Porter Creek Secondary School visitation from a Ross River School-based educator. || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 14 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Public Schools Branch Meeting || Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting YTT Conference Committee Meeting || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 15 || Yukon Education Christmas Staff Party - Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community ||
 * 17 || Christmas Party At My House - Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community ||
 * 19-20 || Aquisition Card Activity Logs Completed ||
 * 21 - January 6, 2013 || Vacation Leave ||
 * January 2013 || Some Of My Activities ||
 * 10 || YAT Inservice For Administrators
 * 11 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting || YAT Inservice for Administrators || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 15 || YAT Inservice with Grace Snider - Online YAT Support ||
 * 16 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leaderdership Project Workshop /Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 17 || YAT Inservice with Selkirk Elementary School Staff
 * 18 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 25 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Arts Edventure Professional Development Day Preparation Meeting with Jeanette McCrie || Yukon Education Literature Circle || 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in the Edgewater Hotel || __http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/early+learning+expert+clyde+hertzman+dies/7943845/story.html__ Dinner at Judy Arnold's Home || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 28 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leaderdership Project Workshop [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]]
 * 29 || Teacher Leadership Framework Committee Meeting
 * 30 - February 1 || When Vulnerable Learners Thrive Dreams Come True Conference in Kelowna
 * ~ February 2013 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * 1 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 4-8 || Vacation Leave ||
 * 13 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leaderdership Project Workshop /Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 14 || Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Workshop Follow-Up ||
 * 15 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Yukon Arts Edventure Professional Development Day

Note: I had to excuse myself from the Teacher Leadership Committee Meeting in order to be a presenter at the Yukon Arts Edventure Professional Development Day. The committee was aware of my other commitment when this date was chosen.

In advance of the meeting, I assisted Jeanette Gallant in the development of a feedback protocol. || || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 18 || Holy Family Professional Development Day - Introduction to Numeracy Nets: Bridging The Gap Between Assessment and Instruction
 * 21 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

YTA Territory-Wide Conference Committee Meeting

Math Arcade Drop Off @ Hidden Valley Elementary School ||
 * 22 || Statuatory Holiday ||
 * 25-28 || Math Arcade @ Hidden Valley Elementary School

Lunch Meeting With New YAT Scoring Trainers From British Columbia, Helga Robinson and Terrill ||
 * 27 || YAT Scoring

Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education LIterature Circle Event  || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 28 || YAT Scoring ||
 * ~ March 2013 ||~ Some of My Activities ||
 * 1 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Yukon Education Literature Circle Leaders Planning Meeting

Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 8-17 || Vacation Leave ||
 * 18 || Math Arcade Pickup @ Hidden Valley Elementary School ||
 * 22 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 27 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 28 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 29 || Statutory Holiday ||
 * ~ April 2013 ||~ Some Of My Activities ||
 * 1 || Statutory Holiday ||
 * 2-3 || Vacation Leave ||
 * 3 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Literature Circle Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] [[image:http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Eammuetzel/abc123.jpg width="105" height="108" align="right"]] ||
 * 4 || YTA Territory-Wide Conference Committee Meeting ||
 * 5 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Yukon Education Literature Circle Leaders Planning Meeting || Social Emotional Learning in the Mathematics Classroom Lessons
 * 9-11 || JV Clark School, Mayo

One Math Idea: Counting Social and Emotional Learing Idea: Taking Action Mindfully

PreK-2: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons - Pete the Cat is a very optimistic cat. Optimistic thinkers usually face a problem with the belief that success is possible with practice and focused work. (Pesimistic thinkers often become discouraged and frustrated when facing a problem. Singing a song, like the Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons song is a mindful action that can be done to remind ourselves that a worry is a feeling that can pass.

Lost at School - Collaborative Problem Solving Workshop with Stace Burnard and Meggan Cooper || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 12 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Curriculum Branch Staff Meeting

Teacher Leadership Framework Committee Meeting ||
 * 15-19 || Education Week ||
 * 16 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 17 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]]

Selkirk School Math Arcade

May Prep || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 19 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Aquistion Card Activity Log || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 23 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Event - Dean and Corissa were unable to attend the regular scheduled event this week so I met with them at this time for "catch-up." [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 24 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education LIterature Circle Event [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] [[image:http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Eammuetzel/abc123.jpg width="105" height="108" align="right"]] ||
 * 25 ||  ||
 * 26 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Summer Acadamy Planning ||
 * 29 || Meeting With Judy Arnold

Christie Farewell Party ||
 * 30 || Intermediate and Secondary Working Group (ISWG) Celebration of Learning

Educational Research Newsletter Webinar [|Design Instruction For Transfer of Learning] with Grant Wiggins || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Special Guests__: Mark Muckler, Principal, ÉÉT Mike Gordon, Superintendent, Stikine School District in BC || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * ~ May 2013 ||~ Some Of My Activities ||
 * 1 || Public Schools Branch Staff Meeting ||
 * 2 || YTA Territory-Wide Conference Committee Meeting ||
 * 3 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 8 || Cypher IV Mathemathics Leadership Project Workshop/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Event - Final Event of The Year - Sharing Our Stories - Our Evidence of Learning [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]]
 * 9 || Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community - Dinner @ G&P With the Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project/Yukon Education Formative Assessment Pilot Teachers [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2etEDXLpfjGQPM:http://ovid.cs.depaul.edu/Classes/CSC440-W10/cipher_disk.jpg height="112" align="left"]] ||
 * 10 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community - Summer Academy Planning With Darcy LeBlanc || [|Not Just For Extra Credit: Put Critical Thinking At The Core of Teaching and Learning] with Garfield Gini-Newman __Participants__: Sylvie Salomon Michel Emery ||
 * 14 || Educational Research Newsletter Webinar
 * 16 || Territory-Wide Assessment Committee Meeting

Educational Research Newsletter Webinar [|Teach More Complex Text Without Frustrating Your Students] __Participants__: Judith MacLean Cavell Burley Val Collins Paula Thompson || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || [|Flipping Your Classroom With Katie Gimbar] __Participants__: René Dove Nicole Morgan Doug Petriw Annie Pellicano || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 17 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * 20 || Statutory Holiday ||
 * 23 || Educational Research Newsletter Webinar
 * 24 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Public Schools Branch Staff Meeting || [|Flipping Your Classroom With Katie Gimbar] || Teaching Practices That Really Work With English Language Learners __Participants__: Pat Joe Paula Thompson || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || __Participants__: Meggan Cooper Stace Burnard Paula Thompson Jeanette Gallant Val Collins || Big Picture Planning Wiki Maintenance Office Cleanup Digital File Cleanup Digitize Files Teachers' Professional Library Cataloguing Summer Academy Planning Yukon Education Literature Circle Reading || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 29 || (Re)view of Educational Research Newsletter Webinar
 * 30 || Educational Research Webinar
 * 31 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * ~ June 2013 ||~ Some Of My Activities ||
 * 3 || Cross-Unit Collaboration Meeting with Learning Services
 * 3-7 || Year End Report
 * 7 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Lunchtime walk with one of the Yukon Education Administrative Assistants || Big Picture Planning Wiki Maintenance Office Cleanup Digital File Cleanup Digitize Files Teachers' Professional Library Cataloguing Summer Academy Planning Yukon Education Literature Circle Reading ||
 * 10-14 || Year End Report
 * 13 || Yukon Government Public Service Commission BBQ for YG Employees

Summer Academy Planning with Darcy LeBlanc || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 14 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Vacation Leave in PM || Big Picture Planning Wiki Maintenance Office Cleanup Digital File Cleanup Digitize Files Teachers' Professional Library Cataloguing Summer Academy Planning Yukon Education Literature Circle Reading || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets
 * 14-21 || Year End Report
 * 17 || Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Lunch at Earls with Louise Fallon, René Dove, Patti Grabowski, Val Collins, Darcy LeBlanc, Jeanette McCrie RE: Farewells ||
 * 18 || Summer Academy Planning Meeting RE: Openings and Closings ||
 * 19 || Curriculum Branch Staff Party - Potlucck at Jeanette Gallant's House ||
 * 21 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]

Summer Academy Planning - Review of Educational Research Newsletter Webinar - Teaching Practices That Really Work With English Language Learners || Big Picture Planning Wiki Maintenance Office Cleanup Digital File Cleanup Digitize Files Teachers' Professional Library Cataloguing Summer Academy Planning Yukon Education Literature Circle Reading || http://yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com/Friday+Math+Snippets || =The Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project=
 * 24-28 || Year End Report
 * 25 || Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Coffee Break with Brendan Kelly, Porter Creek Secondary School RE: Coffee Break and Assessment and Reporting Practices ||
 * 28 || The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PBabCvQHVKYGvM:http://www.lcsc.edu/library/ILI/Classes/j0309615.jpg width="215" height="158" align="left"]]
 * ~ July 2013 ||~ Some Of My Activities ||
 * 1 || Statutory Holiday ||
 * 2-5 || YAT Marking Session in Vancouver ||
 * 8 - August 11 || Vacation Leave ||

=The Formative Assessment Pilot=

=The Literature Circle=

=The Highlights!=



The Highlights! - Communication
This year, I continued to focus on communication. To this end, I: >> c >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
 * Accepted an invitation to be interviewed for What's Up Yukon
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 * Created and Published The Yukon Education Friday Math Snippet
 * Created and/or maintained the Yukon Education Mathematics Wikis including:
 * http://www.yukon-education-mathematics.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-ed-mathematics-pd.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-mathematics-assessment.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-math-differentiated-instruction.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-ed-show-me-your-math.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-ed-virtual-math-arcade.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-ed-math-kindergarten.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-1.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-2.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-3.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-4.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-5.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-6.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-7.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-8.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-9.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-10.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-11.wikispaces.com
 * http://www.yukon-education-math-grade-12.wikispaces.com
 * www.yukon-education-calculus.wikispaces.com
 * Maintained and updated the [|Yukon Education Mathematics Blog]
 * 10 952 Views As of June 2013
 * Posted on Facebook and tweeted on on www.twitter.com (@pkathompson)
 * Began to pin on Pinterest @ []
 * Maintained the Mathematics K-12 Teachers’ Global Conference on 1st Class
 * Maintenance of the Professional Development Teachers' Global Conference on 1st Class (The history of the postings show a lot of readership for the various events.)
 * Review of Google Analytics on various Yukon Education mathematics sites.



The Highlights! - Literacy-Across-The-Curriculum Connections

 * The Yukon Education Literature Circle
 * Modelled after Faye Browlee's "Grand Conservations, Thoughful Responses: A Unique Approach to Literature Circles"
 * Education Research Newsletter Webinars
 * [|Help Students Become Skilled Readers of Informational Text: Top Research-Based Strategies To Close This Reading Gap] in October 2012
 * [|Teach More Complex Text Without Frustrating Your Students]
 * [|Best Practices For Building And Assessing Students' Academic Vocabulary]
 * Teaching Practices That Really Work With English Language Learners
 * Focus of my part of the Whitehorse Secondary Schools Joint Professional Development Day
 * Attended "Meaningful Support For The ELL Student In The Content Classroom" with Dr. Katy Arnett on November 28, 2013
 * Literacy-Across The Curriculum was one of the Yukon Education Literature Circle that resulted in a stronger team focus and richer relationships among the consultants.
 * When Vulnerable Readers Thrive Dreams Come True Conference in Kelowna
 * February 15, 2013 Yukon Arts Edventure Professional Development Day Presentation - Performing Mathematics

The Highlights! - Response to Intervention (RTI) Connections

 * Responsive Teaching was one of the themes of the Yukon Education Literature Circle that resulted in a stronger team focus and richer relationships among the consultants. Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Fostered a connection between the Learning Services unit and the Curriculum unit.
 * Educational Research Newsletter Webinar [|More High-Impact K-8 Math Teaching Strategies] with Paul Riccomini

The Highlights! - Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Connections

 * Social and Emotional Learning was one of the themes of the Yukon Education Literature Circle that resulted in a stronger team focus and richer relationships among the consultants. Belonging: Nurturing Relationships Within The Educational Community: Fostered a connection between the Learning Services unit and the Curriculum unit.
 * Kindergarten Model Lesson at Tantalus School, Carmacks in early December.
 * Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
 * Math Idea: One Less Than
 * Social and Emotional Learning Idea: Choosing Optimism
 * Grades 4-6 Model Lesson at JV Clark School, Mayo in April
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 * Math Idea: Counting
 * Social and Emotional Learning Idea: Taking Mindful Action
 * Managed one of the MindsUp inservice rooms with Jeanette Gallant for Stace Burnard

The Highlights! - Professional Development
Please note that the mathematics related offerings are indicated in the light blue colour on the calendars below.

=Work Plan 2013 - 2014=
 * Continue with the Cypher IV Mathematics Leadership Project with a new group
 * Continue the Yukon Education Literature Circle with a new reading list options
 * Continue with the Yukon Education Grades 2-9 Formative Assessment Pilot
 * Promote a sense of significance by modeling the use of assessment for learning practices including providing more descriptive feedback for educators by providing more classroom samples
 * Promote a sense of belonging by nurturing relationships within the educational community
 * YTA Territory-Wide Conference Committee
 * Attend a mathematics-related conference
 * Session at the summer academies
 * Mathematics arcades
 * Further development and maintenance of the Yukon Education Mathematics Wikis
 * Further develop ideas and/or resources with aboriginal and northern content and post in appropriate wikis including Show Me Your Math!, Show Me Your Shapes!, & Photograph Math