By Risa Gluskin

 

 leadership education

University of Richmond, Center for Leadership Education, https://spcs.richmond.edu/centers-institutes/leadership-education/index.html

 

 

As a history teacher and former department head in a large school board I have been experiencing bubbling frustration with the decline of subject-specific leadership for years. A few years ago our board decided to scrap the subject-specific instructional leadership model and move toward non-subject specific learning coaches. Out went knowledgeable and helpful leaders in history, family studies and social sciences, geography, civics and K-8 social studies/history/geography. The program coordinator position was retained (the person who manages all of that but doesn’t necessarily deliver support him/herself).

I thought it would be interesting to know what the various subject leadership models across the province are. Based on some interviews with people in these jobs, here are some observations.

 

 

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Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: Revised History Curriculum

Grade Level: 7-10                                             

July 23-25, Laurentian University, Sudbury

Presenters: Rachel Collishaw and Jan Haskings-Winner

This Summer Institute will focus on learning more about the revisions to the History curriculum that focus on integrating the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this institute, participants will create classroom-ready activities that support both Indigenous pedagogies and historical thinking. We will work with First Nation, Metis and Inuit partners in the local community to learn together about both historical truth and reconciliation, both for ourselves and our classrooms.

Registration coming soon:

https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/summer-institutes-2018/

 

Just Blend It! Blended Learning and Inquiry in the History & Social Science Classroom

Grade Level: 7-12                                  

August 7-9, St. Lawrence College , Kingston

Presenters: Rachel Collishaw and Sandra Kritzer

In this Summer Institute, participants will have time to deepen their understanding of disciplinary thinking concepts through the inquiry lens. Subjects include those in History, Economics, Law, Politics/Civics, and the Social Sciences. Through a series of practical, hands-on, collaborative activities, we will explore blended learning pedagogy and technology options to use in your classes. These strategies will be geared to support inquiry and critical thinking, and to increase your strategies to assess for/as learning. By the end of this Summer Institute, participants will have constructed a task, lesson or assessment for a context of their choosing, that will be immediately applicable in their work. Teachers of grades 7-12 are invited to register. Bring your own laptop or other connected devices.

Registration coming soon:

https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/summer-institutes-2018/

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