Welcome to the BCSSA Fall Conference
November 18th - 19th, 2010
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November 18, 2010
OPENING:
Charlie Etchell, Superintendent of Langley School District
Butch Dick, Songhees First Nations Welcome
Launch Video
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PLENARY 1: Developing the BC Learning Agenda: Innovation and Improvement
Speakers: Valerie Hannon and Tony Mackay
Introductions: Alison Sidow, Ministry of Education, and Pat Duncan, SD61
Videos:
Part 1 - Overview and Part 2 - Emergent Policies
Includes comments from:
1 - Jameel Aziz, BC Principals and Vice Principals' Association
2 - Andy Leathwood, Kootenay Lake School District
3 - Pat Dooley, Kootenay Lake School District
4 - Sanjai Sundher, Reynolds Secondary School, Victoria
5 - Dean Norris-Jones, Reynolds Secondary School, Victoria
Powerpoint Slides:
Part 1: Overview and Part 2: Emergent Policies
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ADDRESS: Premier Gordon Campbell
Introduction and thank you: Keven Elder, Superintendent Saanich School District, President BCSSA
Keven ends with a stimulating question for discussion.
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November 19, 2010
PLENARY 3: The Development of Self Regulation
Speakers: Stuart Shanker with Mike McKay
Introduced by: Jan Unwin, Superintendent Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District
Thanked by: Kevin Kaardal, Assistant Superintendent Burnaby School District
Videos:
Part 1 and
Part 2
Powerpoint Slides: The Development of Self-Regulation
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PLENARY 4: Priorities for Action: Where are we now? (Discussion based on participant self-diagnosis survey)
Speakers: Tony Mackay and Valerie Hannon
Thanked by: Alison Sidow and Pat Duncan
Videos:
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Includes comments from:
1 - Representative of Vancouver School District
2 - Robert, representative of Fraser Cascade School District
3 - Representative of Prince Rupert School District
4 - Representative of Cariboo-Chilcotin School District
5 - Dennis Tjernagel, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District
6 - Tracy Godfrey, Vernon School District
7 - Tom Longridge and Kim Paddington, Campbell River School District
8 - Manu Madhok, Nechako Lakes School District, EBus Academy
9 - Tom Grant, Coquitlam School District
10 - Steve Garland, North Vancouver School District
11 - Connie Denesiuk, President, BC School Trustees' Association
12 - Darcy Dragseth, VP, Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
ADDRESS: Minister of Education, George Abbott
ADDRESS: Deputy Minister James Gorman