Hello BCTELA members, We hope the start of the year with your students has been as smooth as possible. It is the time to nurture connections and community. This is exactly what our BCTELA conferences have come to represent to our members - connection and community. I am excited to tell you that our conference committee has been working hard to move our conference online, and promises the same feeling…
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Dear Joe, These are the very first days and weeks of school for many of us. This year, teachers know that keeping students safe, while building relationships, is absolutely key to our success. We also know that the coming weeks and months are uncertain. We need to establish ways of learning together that will work well when we are together and when we are apart, because face-to-face in-person instruction…
Read More...BCTF/SD23/COTA Teacher Inquiry Pro-D Project 2020-21 Are you craving time to reflect on your teaching and to have the opportunity to participate in powerful and relevant conversations about teaching and student learning with your colleagues? Would you like to spend time on important teaching questions that are important to your daily work? This Professional Learning Option might be just right for…
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Trauma-Informed Teaching: How to Identify and Help Students During COVID-19 Schools are back in session, but the impact of trauma during COVID-19 continues. Host Peter DeWitt will be joined by Ricky Robertson and Nadine Burke-Harris to discuss how to encourage resilience, prioritize student mental health, and focus on social emotional learning. Take part in this critical discussion…
Read More...Whether you’re teaching online, or in-class, or some combination of the two, it’s never been more important to have a structure in place to facilitate sustainable, on-going engagement and motivation from your students.To support you with this - we’re excited to invite you to a first of its kind webinar taking place next Wednesday, September 30th at 3pm PDT / 6pm EDT.Even if you can’t make it, you should…
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