CSBA Congress 2011-Day 3
We’re blogging from the CSBA Congress 2011 in Ottawa.
Yesterday was an extraordinary day of professional development. A few quotes from our plenaries yesterday:
- “Leadership is action, not position.”
- “Schools are places of hope and we need to communicate that every day.”
- “Critical thinking is what’s needed to move educational reform forward.”
- “We need to challenge the norms in education.”
- “We need to address the crisis of disengagement in education.”
- “We can leverage technology, but technology is always driven by people.”
- “Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.”
- “People drive change-technology enables change.”
- “Good teaching may overcome a poor choice in the use of technology; but technology will never save bad teaching; usually it makes it worse.”
- “There is a significant relationship between mental health and student achievement.”
- “School systems are not responsible for meeting every need of their students. But when the need directly affects learning, the school must meet the challenge.”
- “Schools are uniquely positioned to promote positive child and youth mental health.”
We continue today’s agenda with a focus on advocacy and sharing of best practices:
- Kevin Feehan: Parliamentary Procedures and Rules of Order
- Ross Parry: Trustee/Commissioner Advocacy Role
- Suhana Meharchand (CBC) moderator: Your Time to Talk! (town hall meeting)
Workshops from the provinces:
- Québec: Digital Engagement and Transparency-21st Century Community Outreach
- Saskatchewan: Transforming a Community Through Community Partnerships
- Ontario: Literacy for Life
- Ontario: Urban Aboriginal Education Project: Honouring Community Collaboration, Seeking System Shifts
Additional Workshops from our Partners:
- Tait Team Solutions: An Introduction to Cognitive Coaching
- Statistics Canada: Trends in Publicly Funded Elementary and Secondary School Data
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