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PA Day Agendas

On Professional Activity (PA) days, staff engage in professional development. Our school, along with all schools in the Halton District School Board (HDSB) have several Professional Activity (PA) Days throughout the school year. The purpose of these days is to enhance student success. Staff focus on professional development activities, participate in training or planning sessions. There are no classes for students on these days. ​ ​

To learn about what schools across the HDSB are focusing on during each PA Day, visit HDSB PA Days.

Timing/Format

  • Full Instructional Day of learning 8:00am - 2:35pm
  • Small and large group discussion
  • Department-based discussion 

Facilitators

Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Student Mental Health and Well-Being, Safe Schools and Special Education.

Description

School teams will review policy requirements and supports for safe schools regarding the Provincial Code of Conduct, violence prevention, violent incident reporting and debriefing, gender-based violence and the Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol. The content will include the role of police in providing high-quality, age-appropriate educational public safety presentations to students on subjects such as cybercrime, human trafficking, road safety and more. Information will be provided about the role of police in the school community, to support trust building between educators, policing services, students and parents/guardians. For schools currently in the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, a summary of the program's structure and objectives will be reviewed. Suicide prevention and intervention will also be reviewed. 

Learning Materials

  • Board-provided information on the HDSB Code of Conduct, violent incident reporting, Police/School Board Protocol, School Resource Officer program and the HDSB Suicide Prevention Protocol

Topic: Provincial Education Priorities - Tackling Racism & Keeping Schools Safe

Format: 

  • Full-day, in-person

  • Elementary and secondary schools

Description: School teams will engage in learning focused on how to create supportive classrooms and schools free from discrimination in any form. There will be a particular focus on antisemitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia and racism towards Indigenous communities. Learning will equip educators to uphold human rights, as required by the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Ontario curriculum program planning information on the instruction of Human Rights, Equity and Inclusive Education, which is applicable to all grades and disciplines, will be reviewed.

School teams will review practices, policies/procedures and resources to support Student and School Safety using resources prepared by central departments. The content includes:

bullying prevention and intervention, duty to report children in need of protection to the Children’s Aid Society, information about child sexual abuse prevention and reporting.

Facilitators: Learning will be led by principals and vice-principals and school-based staff, supported with materials and guidance from central departments including Indigenous Rights and Education and Human Rights, Equity and Inclusive Education departments.

Learning/Delivery Method: Whole group presentations and small group work

Subject-Specific School Programs PA Day - Full Day

 

Subject-Specific learning focused on improving student learning and achievement through building belonging, cultivating curiosity and strengthening skills.

 

Potential areas of focus for subject specific learning include:

  • High impact instructional strategies

  • On-going implementation of recently revised curriculum 

  • Experiential learning

  • Mental health literacy - 1 hr

  • Assessment and evaluation

  • Career readiness and regional and post-secondary exploration

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)

 

All learning centers anti-colonial, anti-oppressive and anti-racist practices, a student-centered approach and an ongoing commitment to addressing disproportionate student outcomes.

              

8:25 - 9:00 am

Cafeteria


EA Schedule

Morning Wellness potluck sponsored by your friendly Departments of Math, Science and Admin. Bring your own cup, plate and utensils to align with eco-school initiative. 

Land Acknowledgement - Math and Science

We begin by acknowledging the land and our responsibility to care for and respect all that provides us with life. This land upon which HDSB is situated is on the ancestral, treaty and title lands of the Anishinaabek Ojibwe Michizaagiig Nation, now known as the Mississaugas of the Credit. Michizaagiig territory in the past and present continues to host both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The HDSB is committed to continuous knowledge building with respect to actions that address and resolve the ongoing impacts of colonialism. We do this by learning and understanding the true history, treaty obligations, duties and responsibilities and Indigenous Rights while actively maintaining mutually beneficial relationships and collectively respecting and caring for the land.

First Aid Kit Refresh - Howell & Rothmain

Teachers are asked to bring their first aid kit to the cafeteria from the corresponding school locations.

9:00 - 12:00 pm

Semester 2 Student Success/Spec Ed/ELL Transition Meetings

Select staff will receive a virtual meeting link for a 15 min block to review the needs of key students you will be teaching semester 2 for transition purposes. Meeting should help inform your start up. 

****If promotion meetings are delayed then these meeting will be rescheduled****

9:00 - 12:00 pm

Program Time in the Below Locations

 Continue to work on SIPSA, Health and Safety Clean Up, Course Team Work.   

 Department Heads to coordinate and lead.

 

Department Heads to Test Lockdown Procedures/Phones from their Office

  • Arts, Business, Humanities meet in Room 272 Art Room

New Humanities SIPSA Goals

New Arts SIPSA Goals

New Business SIPSA Goals

  • English Department meets in Room 301A

New English SIPSA Goals

  • Math/ICS meet in Room 119

New Math SIPSA Goals

  • Physical Education meet in Room 272B Health Room

New Physical Education Goals

  • Languages/CWS meet in Room 320 

New Languages/CWS Goals

  • Guidance and Co-Op meet in Student Services Office

New Guidance SIPSA Goals

  • Spec Education/SS meet in Room 201

New Spec Ed Goals

  • Tech  meet in Room 242

New Tech SIPSA Goals

  • Science meet in Room 105

New Science SIPSA Goals

  • CPP meet at Room 217/224

New CPP SIPSA Goals

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch on Own (All Staff)

1:00 - 1:30 pm 

Equity Team Activity/Update  

1:30 - 2:30 pm 

Cafeteria

Bring your own  laptop 

Admin Updates 

  • Hello and Goodbyes - Leads

  • Monday Staff and Friday Family Communication - Nick

  • HDSB Discriminatory and Harmful Language Protocol - Nick

  • Bullying Response Protocol- Nick

  • Code of Conduct-A Human Rights Approach - Nick

  • Refresher: Checking in with Students Semester Two - Nick

  • Mobile Device Policy - Nick 

  • Media Release and Other Parent Permission Forms - Nick 

  • Consent to Contact Home-Over 18 - Nick 

  • Welcome to Semester Two Assembly, Tues Feb. 3 - Nick  

  • Student of Excellence Staff Selection Form - Nick

  • New to Building Mandatory H and S /Emergency Training - Annette

  • Plan of Care Process and Plan of Care Tracker - Annette 

  • Emergency Evacuation Process - Annette

  • Bill 157 Reporting in eBase & Review Infractions - Annette 

  • A/E Admin Procedure - Christa

  • Attendance Period 1 - 9:00 AM Deadline -  Christa

  • Secondary Course Information/Outlines- Christa

*** Please do not change the font on the course outlines as per AODA compliance.  

2:30 - 2:52 pm 

ESS Training and Sem 2 Prep Work

NOTE: The following will be covered at the staff meeting Monday Feb 2, 2026