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As the name indicates, this day-long workshop provides an orientation to the renewed 1998 curriculum guide. Workshop participants use the decision-making process from the health education curriculum throughout the day so they have an opportunity to actually see it and feel it in action. The renewed curriculum guide features three sample units for each of grades 6-9. Teachers leave the workshop familiar with the suggested instructional methods, student activities, assessment and evaluation techniques, and student and teacher resources provided in the sample units for their respective grade levels.
Orientation workshops have been offered throughout the province since January of 1999. Teachers who have attended Orientation workshops have repeatedly said things like:
The Regional Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction are listed below along with their phone numbers.
| Sandra Prystay Eleanor Corby Cheryl Bashutski Terry Graham Ed Bourassa Daryl Arnott Chris Todd |
Region 1 |
Weyburn Swift Current Regina Saskatoon Melfort North Battleford LaRonge |
848-2428 778-8247 787-6075 933-5028 752-6166 446-7434 425-4313 |
At the conclusion of the Orientation workshop, teachers were asked, “If you were able to attend another Health Education workshop what would you want its focus to be?” The response was clear. Teachers wanted to spend a day with other teachers who teach the same grade level, in order to plan a required unit that is not provided as a sample unit in the curriculum guide.
At the Unit Planning workshop, teachers spend the morning concentrating on three things:
Workshop participants have said things like:
The Regional Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction are listed below along with their phone numbers.
| Sandra Prystay Eleanor Corby Cheryl Bashutski Terry Graham Ed Bourassa Daryl Arnott Chris Todd |
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 North |
Weyburn Swift Current Regina Saskatoon Melfort North Battleford LaRonge |
848-2428 778-8247 787-6075 933-5028 752-6166 446-7434 425-4313 |
Teachers who attended the Unit Planning workshops indicated that they would appreciate a follow-up workshop dedicated to resources. The Resources in Middle Level Health Education workshop is very much a hands-on event. Participants rotate through three working sessions:
The Regional Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction are listed below along with their phone numbers.
| Sandra Prystay Eleanor Corby Cheryl Bashutski Terry Graham Ed Bourassa Daryl Arnott Chris Todd |
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 North |
Weyburn Swift Current Regina Saskatoon Melfort North Battleford LaRonge |
848-2428 778-8247 787-6075 933-5028 752-6166 446-7434 425-4313 |
Participants begin the day by reading a sample of student work from Level A – Extend Knowledge Base of the decision-making process in health education. Grade 6 teachers are given an assessment instrument to assess a grade 6 student’s work, grade 7 teachers are given a different assessment instrument to assess a grade 7 student’s work and so on. In grade alike groups, teachers then compare how they assessed the student’s work to how others assessed it.
In the next segment of the day teachers are given a sample of student work from Level B – Make an Informed Decision. Teachers of different grade levels use different assessment instruments because the instruments are designed to match the work sample. Following their individual assessment, participants compare how teachers of the same grade level assessed the same student’s work.
The third segment of the workshop is arranged in a similar fashion but the focal point is Level C – Design and Carry out an Action Plan of the decision-making process. Individually, and then in grade alike groups, teachers assess students’ action plans in the design phase.
Participants practise assessing the implementation of a student’s action plan next. Teachers have the opportunity to use a variety of assessment instruments to assess a student’s implementation log or journal.
The workshop closes with a move from assessment to evaluation. Teachers leave the workshop knowing how to make a judgement, based upon authentic assessment data, to determine a student’s mark for Levels A, B, and C of the decision-making process and ultimately for the unit.
The Regional Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction are listed below along with their phone numbers.
| Sandra Prystay Eleanor Corby Cheryl Bashutski Terry Graham Ed Bourassa Daryl Arnott Chris Todd |
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 North |
Weyburn Swift Current Regina Saskatoon Melfort North Battleford LaRonge |
848-2428 778-8247 787-6075 933-5028 752-6166 446-7434 425-4313 |
Catalyst teachers for Middle Level Health Education are often asked about student action plans. This workshop has been developed to answer those frequently asked questions about designing, implementing, and evaluating student action plans.
Throughout the day teachers work in grade alike groups with examples of student
challenge statements, goals, and action plans along with assessment tools to
assess both the design phase and the implementation phase of action plans.
To register for one of these workshops, or to arrange for one in your school
division, contact the Regional Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
in your Saskatchewan Education regional office.
The Regional Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction are listed below along with their phone numbers.
| Sandra Prystay Eleanor Corby Cheryl Bashutski Terry Graham Ed Bourassa Daryl Arnott Chris Todd |
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 North |
Weyburn Swift Current Regina Saskatoon Melfort North Battleford LaRonge |
848-2428 778-8247 787-6075 933-5028 752-6166 446-7434 425-4313 |
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