PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES 2020/2021 · 2020. 9. 22. · professional learning, in line with the provincial health regulations, using a variety of delivery formats and safe practices

PROFESSIONALLEARNINGSERVICES2020/2021

100 Years of supporting the learning and development

of teachers

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The Manitoba Teachers’ Society is committed to offering responsive professional learning, in line with the provincial health regulations, using a variety of delivery formats and safe practices.

On-Demand Professional Learning (at your school or virtual)

Field-Led Courses

Events

Collaborative Learning Teams Grants

French Language Services

MTS Leadership Learning Series

Hybrid Professional Learning (Synchronous and Asynchronous)

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Crucial ConversationsParticipants will learn to skillfully and respectfully get results and strengthen relationships when stakes are high, emotions are strong, and opinions are opposing.

Topics: How to identify crucial conversations; recognize why and how avoidance damages the relationship; stay focussed on healthy motives; manage emotions and stress to stay in healthy dialogue; use a framework to say risky things in a way that minimizes defensiveness; stay focused in the conversation to recognize risks and restore safety; create mutual purpose to manage conflicts; listen actively and remain curious; and move from conversation to action.

Insights Discovery®Insights Discovery® is a powerful tool to enhance relationships and increase emotional intelligence. By equipping participants with an understanding of their own personal profile, they will have insight into their work style preferences and the impact that has on leadership.

Participants will:

• gain an understanding of Insights Discovery® as a tool for understanding and adapting;

• recognize perceptions and preferences as the foundation of belief and actions; and

• learn to better collaborate with and meet the needs of other professionals.

I N F O R M AT I O N L I N K : https://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2017/05/02/pd-workshops/

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Online Workshops (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

FACILITATORS

Sarah Gazan works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

Eric Sagenes works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

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TEACHER-LED LEARNING TEAM

Collaborative Relationships

I N F O R M AT I O N L I N K : http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2016/08/14/teacher-led-learning-team/

WHY: The mandate of the Teacher-Led Learning Team is to design and facilitate workshops for Society members across the province.

WHO: TLLT workshops are available to MTS members. Educational assistants and support staff may attend. TLLT workshops in their school for an additional charge of $20 per person.

WHAT: TLLT workshops are half-day (3 hrs) or full-day (5.5 hrs) sessions offered by teachers for teachers. The cost is $175 booking fee.

WHERE: TLLT workshops are offered at your school site or divisional PD day.

WHEN: TLLT workshops can be requested for any date, subject to the availability of TLLT facilitators. Book early to avoid disappointment.

HOW: To request a TLLT workshop: http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2016/08/14/teacher-led-learning-team/

High-Impact Teams HALF-DAYParticipants will identify characteristics of and strategies to enhance meaningful collaborative work within grade-level teams, PLCs, and departments.

Topics: Qualities of high-performing groups, strengths and impacts of work style preferences; tools for talking about things that matter.

* This workshop complements Fish! Food for Thought.

PLEASE NOTE: Workshop descriptions are subject to change due to ongoing reflection and revision.

FISH! Food for Thought HALF-DAY Participants will learn about the Fish! Philosophy, a mindset that inspires creativity, joy, and productivity to enhance the work we do with students and the way we work with colleagues. This is important because the ability of teachers to collaborate and work together is paramount to student success.

Topics: Working with a gameful mindset, choosing attitude, finding joy, and being present.

* This workshop complements High-Impact Teams.

Working with Educational Assistants HALF-DAYParticipants will explore practices and guidelines that enhance dynamic working relationships between teachers and EAs.

Topics: Roles and responsibilities of educational assistants; MTS policy and provincial regulations; effective communication strategies; preparation, guidance, and supervision of EAs.

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Towards Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms HALF-DAYParticipants will explore the impact adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has on students’ learning and how teachers can shift their thinking and classroom practices to support the diverse needs of all their students.

Topics: ACEs; trauma in the classroom; learning-ready state vs survival mode; setting up an environment for all students to thrive; and vicarious trauma.

It’s All About You! HALF OR FULL-DAYThinking proactively about teacher approaches can change classrooms. Based upon the professional needs in your school, choose your own adventure to explore either a half-day (two topics) or full-day (all topics) of learning.

Topic options include: 3P’S of teaching (passion, presence, power), classroom routines and other considerations, the Brain Trumps, and intervention strategies. preferences; tools for talking about things that matter.

Disponible en français

Current LGBTQ* Realities HALF-DAY Participants will learn strategies for developing LGBTQ inclusive classrooms and schools.

Topics: Terminology (gender and sexual identities); societal norms of sex, gender, orientation and gender expression; supporting students who are coming out; starting and maintaining a GSA; and addressing everyday discrimination.

Where To Start: Words to Action UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Difficult Conversations FULL-DAYParticipants will explore knowledge and skills to have purposeful conversations when stakes are high, emotions are strong, and opinions vary.

Topics: Exploring the 3W’s of avoidance – what, why, and ways people avoid important conversations; clarifying motive, mindset, conditions, and purpose in preparation for conversations; and applying new knowledge and reflecting on conversations using a framework; and considering communication stumbling blocks, triggers, and diffusion techniques to stay in dialogue.

Better Conversations FULL-DAY Pre-requisite: Difficult Conversations

Participants will apply skills learned in Difficult Conversations through the lens of three big ideas: A Better Me (self-awareness); A Better We (relational awareness); A Better Conversation (conversational awareness).

Topics: Understanding how values impact behavior in conversations; active listening skills; communication stumbling blocks; and diffusion techniques to stay in dialogue.

Building Safe Spaces

Let’s Talk

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Staff from the Professional and French Language Services department are available to provide presentations and workshops at school sites throughout the province on a wide variety of topics designed to meet the needs of your specific context. Workshops are subject to some topic restrictions and the availability of a staff facilitator.

The cost of this service is a $175 booking fee. Educational assistants and support staff may attend these workshops in their school for an additional charge of $20 per person.


The Manitoba Teachers’ Society provides support to members who have established inquiry teams. This may include helping the group to focus their inquiry work. Assistance could also be provided as teams peruse the research, create and implement a plan of action, collect data to analyze and interpret, and decide how to share the findings.

Please note that members do not need to have an MTS Collaborative Learning Teams Grant in order to access this service.

CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES BY MTS STAFF

SUPPORTING TEACHER INQUIRY

For more information, please contact [email protected]

To request a staff-facilitated workshop: http://www.mbteach.org/pdfs/pd/PLS_Contract_2019.pdf

For more information, please contact [email protected]

To request a TLLT workshop: http://www.mbteach.org/pdfs/pd/PLS_Contract_2019.pdf

Opening the Door to Reconciliation through Story & Fact HALF-DAYParticipants will explore the role of education to “redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation” (TRC, 2015).

Topic options include: Story and fact; The Indian Act; Sixties Scoop; enfranchisement; residential schools; The Peasant Farming Act; Pass & Permit systems; and internalized oppression.


Indigenous Education

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I N F O R M AT I O N L I N K : http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2016/08/14/teacher-led-learning-team/


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FALL/WINTER TERM

FLC 2-21 (MTS)

Professional Perspectives: Personnel LeadershipThis course explores the knowledge, technical abilities, and interpersonal skills required for effective personnel leadership. School leaders interact with a variety of individuals and groups within the school and in the community. They work individually with teachers and other staff daily as they supervise, coach professional growth, and evaluate performance. They also work at a group level with various staff, parent and community members to develop collaborative planning and problem solving mindsets. As they develop teams, foster collaboration, and support the growth and development of staff, school leaders build capacity to achieve successful outcomes for students.

Throughout the course, the participants will reflect on and extend their knowledge of theory and practice in topics related to personnel. Participants in this course will be able to:

• outline the duties, challenges, and the legal and policy parameters for supervision and teacher evaluation;

• distinguish between normative and formative supervision, evaluation, and discipline;

• describe appropriate responses to a variety of supervisory situations;

• discuss the values, beliefs and experiences that impact behaviour in routine situations and in challenging circumstances;

• discuss how to differentiate the leader’s stance and/or strategies to support the professional growth and development of teacher practice;

• demonstrate verbal and non-verbal communication skills that support rapport building, collaboration and problem clarification;

• apply frameworks for having difficult conversations;

• describe conditions and practices for collective efficacy to flourish;

• apply professional learning structures/protocols that promote collective efficacy; and

• apply protocols to interpret and respond to a variety of personnel dilemmas.

Sascha Epp is the instructor for this course. Sascha works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Her current portfolio includes designing and delivering professional development for teachers and school leaders across the province, as well as overseeing the Collaborative Team Learning Grants initiative. Sascha’s experience in education over a 20 year period includes various roles such as a K-12 teacher, divisional lead teacher, vice principal, principal and school board trustee.

Dr. Brahim Ould Baba is the Professional and French Language Services Department Head at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. In this capacity, he overseas the professional learning programs and services. He is passionate about supporting members in the areas of equity and diversity in schools, and Francophone Education. Brahim has worked as a K-12 teacher, consultant and university instructor.

Dates

September 12, 2020 October 17, 2020 November 28, 2020 January 23, 2021 February 20, 2021 March 20, 2021

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location

This course will be offered online using a ‘synchronous/asynchronous’ blended format. To clarify, the synchronous coursework (50%) will happen through video-conferencing classes using Zoom, and the asynchronous work (50%) will be done online, using the web-based platform, Schoology, where students will interact with one another through message boards in online forums.

Fee

Member $650

Non-Member $725

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25 Students

5 Audited Participants

DETAILS FACILITATORS

R E G I S T R AT I O N L I N K : https://memberlink.mbteach.org/Events.aspx

This course can be audited for $525/member or $650/non member. This allows the participant to attend all classes and receive materials without completing assignments or attaining course credits.

SUMMER TERM

FLC 3-21 (COSL) Educational LeadershipThis Field-Led Course explores the concept of educational leadership through three lenses: by role (leader, manager, change agent), as relationships (power, privilege, practices), and with commitments (conscious leadership, resilience). The course content and processes are intended to help learning leaders to reflect, apply, and lead intentionally while bridging theory with practice. A reflective practice perspective will provide a framework for course discussion and assignments.

This course is designed to emphasize the professional knowledge base of experienced school leaders and the practical application of the knowledge and skills identified in the Five of Domains of Knowledge and Skill required by School Leaders in Manitoba for the Provincial Certificate in School Leadership.

Sascha Epp is the instructor for this course. Sascha works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Her current portfolio includes designing and delivering professional development for teachers and school leaders across the province, as well as overseeing the Collaborative Team Learning Grants initiative. Sascha’s experience in education over a 20 year period includes various roles such as a K-12 teacher, divisional lead teacher, vice principal, principal and school board trustee.

Dr. Brahim Ould Baba is the Professional and French Language Services Department Head at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. In this capacity, he overseas the professional learning programs and services. He is passionate about supporting members in the areas of equity and diversity in schools, and Francophone Education. Brahim has worked as a K-12 teacher, consultant and university instructor.

Dates

July 6-8 & 13-15, 2021

Location

TBD

Fee

Member $650

Non-Member $725

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Facilitators’ Forum FACILITATION: How To Effectively Coach, Lead and Engage Adults In Group SettingFacilitating quality and engaging learning experiences for adult learners is an art, science, and craft. The Facilitators’ Forum is designed to meet the needs of facilitators, consultants, coordinators, coaches, learning leaders and other professionals who work with adult learners. Participants may register for one or both days of the Forum.

Dates

August 2021

Location/Format

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Fee

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Céleb 5

Fab 5

Ce séminaire est destiné aux membres des ÉFM qui sont dans leurs premières cinq années d’enseignement dans les programmes français et d’immersion française. Les participantes et participants auront l’occasion de discuter et de développer des stratégies pour chaque cycle afin de faciliter l’enseignement, de rencontrer d’autres enseignantes et enseignants francophones débutant en enseignement dans une école française ou d’immersion française, de partager des idées pour faciliter la réussite lors des premières années en enseignement, et de connaître les lois et les obligations professionnelles.

Supporting teachers in their first five years, Fab 5 sessions are balanced with a selection of breakout workshops intended to build capacity, confidence, and practical strategies in the areas of classroom management, student engagement, social media, teamwork, and parent partnerships.

Fab 5 offers new teachers an opportunity to network with other beginning teachers and strengthen skills to support their day-to-day classroom practices.

Dates

March 5-6, 2021

Location/Format

TBD

Fee

$25

Dates

March 4-5, 2021

Location/Format

TBD

Fee

$50

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La Manitoba Teachers’ Society offre des ateliers, des services et des ressources en français à ses membres par l’entremise de son Département des services professionnels et services en français. Doté d’un personnel-cadre bilingue, le Département des services professionnels et services en français vise à appuyer le personnel enseignant des écoles françaises et d’immersion française dans son cheminement de carrière.

Si vous avez des questions portant sur les thèmes du « Bien-être du personnel enseignant », des « Services professionnels », des « Services en français », du « Programme d’aide aux enseignantes et enseignants », ou toutes questions portant sur l’éducation en français au Manitoba, vous n’avez qu’à communiquer avec nous.

L I E N AU S I T E D E S É FM , O R G A N I S M E P R O F E S S I O N N E L D E L A M T S : https://efm-mts.org

FRENCH LANGUAGE SERVICES/SERVICES EN FRANÇAIS

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TEAM GRANTS

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The Manitoba Teachers’ Society is committed to supporting collaborative learning teams with grant funding. These grants support teacher-initiated professional learning that focuses on problems of practice to improve instruction and ultimately student learning. These projects will take the form of action research and/or study groups.

The CL Team Facilitators, who are MTS members recruited from across the province, will provide support and guidance to the collaborative learning team at their meetings as they move through the inquiry process. This includes assistance in refining a study focus, looking at current research, developing a plan, reflecting and analyzing information collected, and preparing a plan to share the research.

Deadline October 16, 2020


I N F O R M AT I O N L I N K : http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2019/02/28/collaborative-learning-team-grants-2/

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Online Forum: Women in Educational LeadershipInterested in talking to women from across the province about leadership? Facilitated by MTS staff, this online forum will “meet” to engage in interactive discussions about leadership using a facilitated discussion format.

Dates

Tuesdays at 5:00 pm starting on October 6, 2020

Location/Format

Virtual Platform

Fee

FreeOnline Book Clubs

MTS LEADERSHIP LEARNING SERIES

WORKSHOP DETAILS FACILITATOR

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Are you a woman in a leadership position or are you thinking about a future in leadership? This Leadership Learning Series evolved out of recommendations from the Women in Educational Leadership Commission and explores how to recognize when there is a gender dimension at work. Strategies will be offered as part of a repertoire of skills you can develop along your leadership journey.

While the series is focused on Members who identify as women, all Members are welcome to register and attend.


Women in Educational Leadership Symposium

Lean In & Lead On: Building Capacity, Confidence, and Voice

This annual Symposium will provide an opportunity to network, dialogue, collaborate, and share experiences as women in leadership roles, formal or otherwise. Plenary and breakout sessions explore assumptions about and practices of leadership through a variety of lenses. Celebrate the expertise and experiences of women who hold leadership positions. Be prepared to laugh, learn, and be inspired.

Dates

March 5, 2021 5:00 pm – 10:30 pm

March 6, 2021 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location/Format

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Member $100

Non-Member $125

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EVENT

Practising Self-Care and Self-Compassion is the New NormalThe pandemic has taught us that taking time to practice self-care and self-compassion is important. Participants will engage in facilitated discussions about how to look after and take care of the emotional you while at the same time managing the stresses of work and family.

Topics will include:

Self-care practices, self-compassion as the new normal, developing healthy support systems and stress management.

Virtual Collaborative CulturesParticipants will come together to learn ideas and skills that foster collaboration between groups of teachers whether they are meeting virtually or face-to-face. Topics may include: running effective meetings, harnessing teacher collective efficacy, cultivating relational trust.

Sarah Gazan works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

Eric Sagenes works as a Staff Officer in the Professional and French Language Services Department at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

Dates

October 1, 2020 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Location

Virtual Platform (Zoom)

Fee

Free


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November 30, 2020 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

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Interactive Webinars


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Maslow before Bloom: A Celebration of Support for Students with Diverse Needs

This year, teachers pivoted and re-tooled their approach to teaching in virtual and online environments. Participants will engage in facilitated discussions to learn about strategies and ideas that successfully supported students with a diverse range of academic, social/emotional and mental health needs during the suspension of classes in Manitoba schools.

Discussions will be facilitated by members of various Special Area Groups of Educators.

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January 13, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

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Are you looking for another way to connect and network with educators in Manitoba? These Zoom sessions allow participants to take part in structured online discussions around featured books. For more information about Online Book Clubs visit mbteach.org/pdfs/pd/PD_OO_BookClubs.pdf

Online Book Clubs


Request these workshops that have been adapted to create a highly interactive online environment through Zoom. For more information about Online Workshops visit mbteach.org/pdfs/pd/PD_OO_OnlineWorkshops.pdf

Connect and interact with renowned keynote speakers and other MTS Members from across the province in these online Zoom webinars. For more information about Interactive Webinars visit mbteach.org/pdfs/pd/PD_OO_InteractiveWebinars.pdf


ONLINE PD OPPORTUNITIES FREE

For more information visit mbteach.org/mtscms/2017/05/02/pd-workshops/

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES 2020/2021 · 2020. 9. 22. · professional learning, in line with the provincial health regulations, using a variety of delivery formats and safe practices