Web Experience
What is a WebExperience?
An engaging new approach to professional development. Live and interactive online sessions designed and delivered by teachers for teachers – offering fun and innovative ideas and activities to support your curriculum delivery.
Open to all Kindergarten to Grade 12 Catholic teachers, WebExperience offers bite-sized professional development accessible from anywhere you are (with an internet connection).
Check out our library of archived sessions here!
Fall 2024 Sessions
This fall in collaboration with Elections Canada OECTA is offering a WebExperience series entitled Exclusion to Inclusion in Elections and Democracy. In the Exclusion to Inclusion in Elections and Democracy WebExperience series Catholic teachers will learn about the experiences of many diverse groups of people including but not limited to: First Nations Peoples, Inuit, Black and Japanese Canadians, women, and youth in Canadian democracy. Participants will learn strategies to include multiple perspectives on Canada’s elections and democracy in their classroom, and gain confidence to address topics of identity, democracy, civic action, and political participation with their students.
All teachers are welcome, however the content and lessons in this series is suitable for grades 5 to 12 with curriculum supports for the following subject areas: History, Geography, Civics, Politics, Law, Equity Studies, Social Sciences, and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies.
Members will have an opportunity to participate in this three-part series starting Wednesday October 16, Wednesday October 23rd, and concluding Wednesday October 30th, 2024, from 4:30-6:00 pm. Members can register for an individual session or all three sessions.
Exclusion to Inclusion in Elections and Democracy sessions include:
- Voting Rights Through Time
- Civic Action: Then and Now
- Election Simulation Tool Kit
Exploring Kindergarten Mathematics
During this learning session participants will have an opportunity to explore the Kindergarten Program with a focus on supporting mathematics. Participants will engage in learning about pedagogical documentation to inform assessment for and as learning, take back ready-to-use ideas to support math learning through culturally relevant learning opportunities throughout the day, share resources and activities to use in the classroom and connect and learn with other educators in Catholic boards across the province.
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Complexities of Culture
The learning in this session is based on Zaretta L. Hammond's framework for understanding the multifaceted nature of culture adapted from her 2014 book, "Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain." The session will explore the multiple layers of culture: surface, shallow, and deep, and contextualize the various ways that culture presents in our classrooms, school communities, and system levels. By exploring concepts like Individualism and Collectivism, participants gain a greater understanding of how culture can shape the identities of the students and families they interact and engage with. The session also examines the culture of oppression that exists within the system of education and asks participants to reflect on and identify the ways in which educators uphold systems of domination such as white supremacy, colonialism and patriarchy through policies, procedures, and pedagogy. Participants will be challenged to disrupt their own cultural understandings in efforts to decolonize the system of education.
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