Believe Leadership Club Information Session

BTPS PINK SHIRT DAY T-SHIRT DESIGN LOGO CONTEST!

To enter, please use this google form.

Contest opens May 1, 2022 and closes on June 1, 2022

Annual Superintendent's Public Speaking Competition

The Buffalo Trail Public School Superintendent’s Public Speaking Contest provides an opportunity for students in BTPS to be involved in an event that will display their public speaking abilities. The competition is meant to acknowledge the importance of public speaking as an essential skill for today’s youth.

Date: Friday, April 29th, 2022 @ 9:30 a.m.

Place: Virtual Contest - link to be sent out later

Information Sheet - Submissions Form - Rubric - Speech Tips

Submissions are due by 4:30pm on April 18, 2022 tosuperintendent@btps.ca

PRACTICE EVENT

Any students who wish to join a practice session, to make sure their microphone, camera, etc.. is working with the central office team, can join on Monday, April 25th at 11:00 AM. Ms. Blackie will keep the link open and will be online until 1:00pm. Students can check any time during this time slot.

The link to join the practice session will be the same link to join the main event. This will be communicated closer to the date.

Two student leaders from Buffalo Trail Public Schools were featured on the High Performing Educator Podcast, hosted by Sam Demma.

Take a listen to this great episode here: https://highperformingeducator.com/maren-and-bryanna/

Technology Department

SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY

A strong HUMAN firewall is our best line of defense when securing our data online. Here are three measures all staff should have in place to keep their data (and colleagues data) safe.

Secure Passwords - keep private, minimum 13 characters, change regularly
2-Factor Authentication - set this up on all professional and personal accounts
Personal Information - do not share any personal information digitally (SIN, Drivers License, Credit Cards, etc)

*NEW*

Understanding and Identifying Concepts in the 2022 Language Arts Curriculum with a K-3 Focus with @BrownTiffanee This hands-on session is an introduction to concepts in language arts and sets the foundation for future learning. Register here ow.ly/IrIo50IBnY7

Alberta Education will implement new curriculum in three subject areas in September 2022:

K-3 Mathematics
K-3 English Language Arts and Literature
K-6 Physical Education and Wellness

The final K-3 English Language Arts and Literature, K-3 Mathematics and K-6 Physical Education and Wellness curriculums and supporting resources on new.LearnAlberta.ca in April

Virtual Sun Safety Presentations

Our FREE Sun Safety presentations are offered to Grades 5 & 6 classrooms. Through interactive learning, students discover how to keep their skin safe from UV rays. Sun Safety presentations are integral in preventing future skin cancers by teaching young students how to play safe in the sun.*

*Note: We will not be accepting bookings for more than one class at a time. Each class will need to book a separate presentation.

Our virtual presentations are

Delivered by trained volunteers
Offered through Google Meet
Approximately 30 to 45 minutes in length
Linked to grades 5 & 6 Health and Life skills curriculum (Wellness Choices—Safety and Responsibility)
Measurable

Students will learn

How UV rays from the sun can damage your skin
How sunscreen works
Protecting yourself from the sun in different types of weather

Request a presentation here

Reshaping Your Staff Meeting - Rushton Hurley

We have access to videos for learning from Rushton Hurley on the BTPS Learning Menu called Reshaping Your Staff Meeting.

This fun series from Rushton Hurley is designed to help school leaders inspire and be inspired in their staff meetings!

Surface, nurture, and inspire stories of success and build a culture of exploration.

Rushton is an international author and presenter on digital media, google applications, school leadership, morale, and motivation in the modern world.

Check out the course on our BTPS Learning Menu

His website has numerous free resources: https://www.nextvista.org/

Online Student Course - YouCubed

How to Learn Math is a free class for learners of all levels of mathematics. There are 6 sessions, the first three are approximately 10 minutes long and the last three approximately 20 mins long. It combines really important information on the brain and learning with new evidence on the best ways to approach and learn math effectively. Many people have had negative experiences with math, and end up disliking math or failing. This class will give learners of math the information they need to become powerful math learners, it will correct any misconceptions they have about what math is, and it will teach them about their own potential to succeed and the strategies needed to approach math effectively. If you have had past negative experiences with math this will help change your relationship to one that is positive and powerful.

The course will feature Professor Jo Boaler as well as videos of math in action – in dance, juggling, snowflakes, soccer and many other applications. It is designed with a pedagogy of active engagement.

Main concepts to learn in this course:

Knocking Down the Myths About Math
Math and Mindset
Mistakes and Speed
Number Flexibility, Mathematical Reasoning, and Connections
Number Patterns and Representations
Math in Life, Nature and Work

There are no prerequisites for this course.

https://www.youcubed.org/online-student-course/

BTPS Walking Challenge - May

Start gathering a team!

Back by popular demand, in May we will be once again embarking on the team BTPS Walking Challenge! Start stretching and gathering members for your team now. Feedback from the September Challenge was taken into consideration and the number of people on your team is more flexible. The goal will continue to be an average of 10,000 steps/team member so some may walk more and some may walk less.

Also please let Michelle Webb (michelle.webb@btps.ca) know if you need a pedometer ASAP and we can get you one prior to May 1.

Resources

Indigenous Canada - University of Alberta (Free Course)

https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.

From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.

Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships.

Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - University of Calgary

EDI Workshops

A compilation of workshops focusing on issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion

OEDI delivers workshops on various diversity and inclusion topics to student, faculty and staff. Literacy and education are crucial mechanisms used to ignite change and foster inclusion. The impact of training and education depends on community members' understanding and committing to life-long learning, practicing mindfulness and taking responsibility for building an inclusive university.

https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion/literacy-and-education/edi-workshops

BTPS LEARNING MENU

Buffalo Trail Public Schools

Email: central_office@btps.ca

Website: www.BTPS.ca

Phone: 780-842-6144

1041 10A Street, Wainwright AB, T9W 2R4