Professional Learning for Ontario Educators – Program Archive

Updated: March 9, 2023

OECM, in collaboration with Dell Technologies and Advanced Learning Partnerships, provided access to a series of free, high-quality Professional Learning (PL) webinar sessions, specially curated and designed by and for Ontario’s K-12 and post-secondary educators (i.e. faculty members, principals, teachers, coaches, classroom educators, etc.)

Recordings for several of these previously held webinars and workshop sessions are available and can be accessed here, for a limited time.

This program is offered by OECM through our End-User Computing Devices and Services agreement with Platinum Supplier Partner, Dell Technologies.


Presented between February 6, 2023, and March 8, 2023, these sessions and workshops were tailored to support educators’ specific teaching and learning goals. Sessions were facilitated by accomplished education leaders and organized in three pathways: Coding, Truth and Reconciliation, and Well-Being.

Vérité et réconciliation | Curiosité naturelle: L’importance du point de vue autochtone dans l’enquête dans l’environnment de l’enfant
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 6, 2023

Presenter(s):
• Chantal Larivière, EAO, accompagnatrice et facilitatrice l’école de la nature et de la forêt.

Well-Being | Leadership Strategies for Addressing Educator Burnout beyond Prescribing Self-Care
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 15, 2023

Presenter(s):
Dr. Katy Fodchuk is the Executive Director, Organizational Development at Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Coding | Coding micro:bit Sensors for Beginners
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 21, 2023

Presenter(s):
Lisa Anne Floyd is a PhD Candidate at Western University, focusing on K-12 Teacher Education related to Computational Thinking, Coding, and Mathematics Education.

Coding | Beyond the Basics with micro:bit – Exploring V2 Sensors and the Data Logger
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 22, 2023

Presenter(s):
Lisa Anne Floyd is a PhD Candidate at Western University, focusing on K-12 Teacher Education related to Computational Thinking, Coding, and Mathematics Education.

Truth and Reconciliation | Literature in Action: How Books that Centre Indigenous Voices Can Enact Change in the Classroom and Beyond
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 23, 2023

Presenter(s):
Join the following three educators from the Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackson Institute of Child Study, as they share how literature that centres Indigenous voices can enact change in the classroom and beyond.
• Norah L’Esperance (OCT) – Early Years Educator
• Ben Peebles (OCT) – Junior Grades Educator
• Krista Spence (OCT) – Teacher Librarian

Coding | Beyond the Basics with micro:bit (V1 or V2) – Collecting Data from a Remote micro:bit
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 28, 2023

Presenter(s):
Lisa Anne Floyd is a PhD Candidate at Western University, focusing on K-12 Teacher Education related to Computational Thinking, Coding, and Mathematics Education.

Well-Being | Reducing Burnout in your School and District: Practical Strategies for Education Leaders
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   March 1, 2023

Presenter(s):
Dr. Katy Fodchuk is the Executive Director, Organizational Development at Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Truth and Reconciliation | Moving Beyond Land Acknowledgments: Upholding Responsibilities to Truth and Reconciliation without Appropriation
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   March 6, 2023

Presenter(s):
Jade Harvey-Berrill is the Outreach Manager and Environmental Educator at The Outdoor Learning Store.
Haley Higdon is the Program Director of Natural Curiosity at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, University of Toronto.

Coding | Building an Awareness of Emerging Technologies in Grades 6-8
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   March 7, 2023

Presenter(s):
Lisa Anne Floyd is a PhD Candidate at Western University, focusing on K-12 Teacher Education related to Computational Thinking, Coding, and Mathematics Education.

Coding | Scratch and Mathematics – Grades 4-8
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   March 8, 2023

Presenter(s):
Lisa Anne Floyd is a PhD Candidate at Western University, focusing on K-12 Teacher Education related to Computational Thinking, Coding, and Mathematics Education.

Presented between August 30, 2021, and March 2, 2022, these sessions and workshops were tailored to support educators’ specific teaching and learning goals. Sessions were facilitated by accomplished education leaders and organized in three pathways: Social and Emotional Learning, Equity and Inclusion, and Achieving Excellence.

Atteindre l’excellence | Actionne ton idée**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 10, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 17, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 24, 2022

Presenter(s):
• André Savard, director of leadership and international programming with Idée Éducation Entrepreneuriale

Achieving Excellence | School Leader Series: Big Changes Start Small – Digital Hacks that have BIG impact!**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 10, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 24, 2022

Presenter(s):
• Brenda Sherry is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Equity and Inclusion | Natural Curiosity: The Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children’s Environmental Inquiry**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 9, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 23, 2022

Presenter(s):
• Haley Higdon is the Program Director of Natural Curiosity at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, University of Toronto.

Achieving Excellence | Dive into Data: Why? What? How?**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 1, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 8, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 15, 2022

Presenter(s):
• Isabelle Liu is a Science & Chemistry Teacher and an Educational Technology Innovation Director.
• Iniyal Inparajah is an Instructional Liaison Educational Partnerships & Digital Learning, TVO (on secondment from TDSB).

Achieving Excellence | Finding Your Way as an Occasional Teacher**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   January 20, 2022

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   February 10, 2022

Presenter(s):
• Beth Rayl is the Chief Academic Officer for Plymouth Community Schools.
• Brenda Sherry is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Equity and Inclusion | Natural Curiosity: The Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children’s Environmental Inquiry
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube  December 7, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Haley Higdon is the Program Director of Natural Curiosity at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, University of Toronto.

Social and Emotional Learning | Rest, Learn, Play
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube  November 23, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dean Shareski is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Achieving Excellence | Developing Cross-Curricular and Culturally Responsive Approaches to Coding in the New Math Curriculum**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   November 1, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   November 8, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   November 15, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Brenda Sherry is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Equity and Inclusion | Canoes, Food and Water – A story of trade, relations and culture
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 25, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Sylvia Plain is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Coordinator of the Great Lakes Canoe Journey Program.

Equity and Inclusion | Getting back to Land-Based Learning – Respecting Protocols and Methodologies when entering an Indigenous learning environment
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 18, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Sylvia Plain is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Coordinator of the Great Lakes Canoe Journey Program.

Apprentissages socioémotionnels | Apprentissage par le jeu**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 14, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 28, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dominic P. Tremblay, Education Consultant and LEGO Education Academy Certified Teacher Trainer

Social and Emotional Learning | Using Games & Play to nurture SEL in Junior/ Intermediate Classroom (online, F2F)**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 13, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 27, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Zoe Branigan-Pipe is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships. She is also a special education teacher at the Hamilton-Wentworth School District as well as a Pre-service instructor at Brock University @zbpipe

Achieving Excellence | The Oft Untapped Potential of Assessment: It’s Not Just About Measuring Learning**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 19, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Steven Joordens, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Advanced Learning Technologies Lab, University of Toronto Scarborough (www.altlab.ca)

Equity and Inclusion | The “How-To” of Reconciliation
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 7, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Danielle Larouche, retired teacher and First Nations, Métis and Inuits Curriculum Coordinator
• Mélanie Smits, First Nations, Métis and Inuits Curriculum Coordinator at Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord.

Atteindre l’excellence | Actionne ton idée
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 7, 2021

Presenter(s):
• André Savard, director of leadership and international programming with Idée Éducation Entrepreneuriale
• Jean-Sébatien Reid, directeur général adjoint, Idée Éducation Entrepreneuriale

Achieving Excellence | Managing Flow and Letting Go
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 5, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Alex Overwijk is a 30-year mathematics teacher at Glebe Collegiate Institute in the Ottawa Carleton District Board.

Achieving Excellence | Digital Storytelling: Tools & Ideas
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 4, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Jennifer Casa-Todd is a teacher-librarian (YCDSB) and author.

Equity and Inclusion | Indigenous Technology through the lens of the Wiigwaas Jiimaan (Birch Bark Canoe)
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 4, 2021

Presenter(s):
Sylvia Plain is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Coordinator of the Great Lakes Canoe Journey Program.

Équité et inclusion | Comment vivre la réconciliation
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 30, 2021

Presenter(s):
Danielle Larouche, retired teacher and First Nations, Métis and Inuits Curriculum Coordinator
Mélanie Smits, First Nations, Métis and Inuits Curriculum Coordinator at Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord.

Achieving Excellence | Spiraling Curriculum with Activity Based Learning
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 28, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Alex Overwijk is a 30-year mathematics teacher at Glebe Collegiate Institute in the Ottawa Carleton District Board.

Equity and Inclusion | Amplify student voice using Flipgrid
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 27, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Jennifer Casa-Todd is a teacher-librarian (YCDSB) and author.

Apprentissages socioémotionnels | Apprentissages socioémotionnels en mathématiques
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 23, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Jackie Leardi est la directrice d’une école élémentaire dans le Sud-Ouest ontarien avec le CSC Providence et membre du CA de l’AFEMO (Association francophone pour l’enseignement des mathématiques en Ontario).

Equity and Inclusion | Indigenous Education through Inquiry**
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 22, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 29, 2021

YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   October 6, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Pamala Agawa is an Anishnaabe Kwe currently on secondment with the Ontario Ministry of Education.

Achieving Excellence | Building a Thinking Classroom
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 21, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Alex Overwijk is a 30-year mathematics teacher at Glebe Collegiate Institute in the Ottawa Carleton District Board.

Social and Emotional Learning | Shift to Positive: Create a better world with social media and technology
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 20, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Jennifer Casa-Todd is a teacher-librarian (YCDSB) and author.

Achieving Excellence | Long-term planning for a thoughtful integration of coding
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 2, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dominic P. Tremblay, Education Consultant

Achieving Excellence | Empowering Students as Assessors of their own Learning
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   September 1, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dean Shareski is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.
• Brenda Sherry is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

Atteindre l’excellence | Pour une intégration réfléchie du codage dans notre planification annuelle
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   August 31, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dominic P. Tremblay, Education Consultant

Achieving Excellence | Empowering Learners Synchronously and Asynchronously
YouTube logo, click to view the recording on YouTube   August 30, 2021

Presenter(s):
• Dean Shareski is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.
• Brenda Sherry is a consultant with Advanced Learning Partnerships.

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