Teachers Back At School: They Are Learning Too

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."  The teachers of ÉCPS spent a few hours during their busy work days doing some learning of their own.  The following photos show the staff embracing its values of Collaboration and On-Going Learning.  Great Things are Happening at ÉCPS!

Early Literacy

Yesterday, Division 1 French immersion teachers {Mme Harmatiuk, Mme Djordjevic, Mme Gill, Mme Fisher, M. Pask, Mlle Lange, Mlle Aucoin, Mme Yakimoski} got together to share teaching practices and literacy ideas. This year’s Early literacy Intervention teacher, Mlle El-Khatib, and our in-house French literacy specialist, Mme. Girouard, presented intervention strategies and resources available at our school. It was a great morning, and the teachers learned a lot from each other. COUGAR values at their best!!

Student Teachers

It was wonderful to have our school mentor four student teachers from the University of Alberta for the past nine weeks. A mentor is a wise, trusted advisor who shares her craft knowledge with others having a prejudice interest in the others' well-being; to this end, ÉCPS was golden.  Mrs. Djordjevic, Mrs. Weatherby, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. May, and Ms. Twarog were the mentor teachers, and they did an excellent job; thank you.  I'd also like to thank all staff for pitching in to make the student teachers' experience here extremely rewarding for them; our staff is second to none.  We wish Lori-Ann, Janelle, Ashley, and Kim all the best in their teaching careers.

Board of Education Visit

The Black Gold Regional School Division Board of Education stopped in for a visit at ÉCPS today.  The Board spoke with staff during the recess break, and then it had a chance to tour the school and see our students and staff in action. 

Following is a picture of the Board playing choir chimes with our grade 3 French Immersion students.

Ski/Snowboard Club

Our grades 4-6 Ski/Snowboard Club hit the slopes for the first time this season on Tuesday, January 25th; the conditions were brilliant and the weather was great.   As usual, our students were exceptional ambassadors for our school.  Thank you to both Mr. Deverdenne and Mrs. Djordjevic for volunteering their time and providing us with their leadership.

1G/E Filling Buckets

Mme. El-Khatib's students had a group discussion about feelings and how we can have an affect on the feelings of others.  They also talked about what it meant to "fill someone's bucket".  As a class they identified important aspects of the books 'Have You Filled a Bucket' and 'The Way I Feel'.  Finally, the students began to write and illustrate their own books.  Here are a few photos of them in action:

2Y Math Wizards

I spent a wonderful hour in Mme. Yakimoski's gr. 2 French Immersion Class this morning.  She and her students were working on addition of one and two digit numerals with answers to 18 and the corresponding subtraction.  Mme. Yakimoski developed and implemented an exquisite GANAG lesson plan:)  Students enjoyed working together with two-sided counters writing both the addition and subtraction equations.  I was fortunate to be able to participate in part of the lesson.  Ask Mme. Yakimoski about her exit card strategy in the "Generalization" piece of the lesson.  Great things are happening at École Corinthia Park School.