Thursday, April 16 Authorized School Representatives Meeting This day is dedicated to discussing issues at the heart of the work of First Nations schools and the FNSA. Only FNSA Authorized School Representatives are eligible to attend. A detailed agenda will be distributed.

8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast 9:00 AM Meeting (lunch and breaks provided) 3:00 PM Meeting Ends

Friday, April 17 FNSA Conference and AGM 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast 8:50 AM Traditional Welcome, Mary Charles, Musqueam Nation 9:00 AM Opening Remarks, Pamela Lee Lewis, FNSA President 9:10 AM Recognition Event 9:30 AM Guest Speaker: Kenneth C. Williams, Solution Tree, Starting a Movement: Building Culture from the Inside-Out 10:30 AM Refreshment Break 10:45 AM Workshop Session 1

1A Ballroom 1 Shift Happens: Learning for Some vs. Learning for ALL, with K. Williams 1B Salon C Getting Them All There: Achieving a Dogwood for High School and Adults, with H. Smith and

M. Price 1C Port of San Francisco We Did It! A Success Story in High School Math and Science, with D. Schaan,

C. Hill & D. McGuire-Reeves 1D Salon E Creating Healthy Eating Student Leaders in Your School, with Action Schools! BC, with A.

Epp 1E Tuscany Every Child Can Read, with S. Jacobs, L. Cote and K. Smith 1F Port of Singapore Adults and Children: Talking and Learning Together, with D. Zeidler 1G Ballroom 3 Teamwork=School Success! with A. Anderson, and C. Marchant 1H Salon D Video Coaching in Reading Mastery and Saxon Math, with L. Asher, A. Racher and S. Beier 1I Port of New York Adult Education: Working Together for Success, with K. Underwood, M. Mathew

and C. Bennewith 12:15 PM Hosted Lunch 1:15 PM Workshop Session 2

2A Ballroom 1 Shift Happens: Learning for Some vs. Learning for ALL, with K. Williams 2B Salon C Getting Them All There: Achieving a Dogwood for High School and Adults, with H. Smith and

M. Price 2C Port of San Francisco We Did It! A Success Story in High School Math and Science, with D. Schaan,

C. Hill & D. McGuire-Reeves 2D Salon E Creating Healthy Eating Student Leaders in Your School, with Action Schools BC, with A.

Epp 2E Tuscany Every Child Can Read, with S. Jacobs, L. Cote and K. Smith 2F Port of Singapore Adults and Children: Talking and Learning Together, with D. Zeidler 2G Ballroom 3 Teamwork=School Success! with A. Anderson, and C. Marchant 2H Salon D Video Coaching in Reading Mastery and Saxon Math, with L. Asher and A. Racher and S.

Beier 2I Port of New York Adult Education: Working Together for Success, with K. Underwood, M. Mathew

and C. Bennewith 2:45 PM Refreshment Break 3:00 PM FNSA Annual General Meeting – Everyone Welcome!

Questions about your school’s FNSA membership or the AGM? If so, please see the Membership Station located near the registration table.

5:30 PM AGM Closes

Saturday, April 18 FNSA Conference (continued) 8:00 AM Breakfast 8:50 AM Opening of the Day, Pamela Lee Lewis, FNSA President 8:55 AM Special Presentation 9:10 AM Guest Speaker: Joseph Boyden 10:10 AM Refreshment Break 10:30 AM Workshop Session 3

3A Ballroom 1 Creative Writing with Youth, with Joseph Boyden 3B Ballroom 3 Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, with Anita Archer 3C Port of San Francisco Technology Basics for the Technologically Challenged, with D. McGuire-

Reeves 3D Tuscany Outdoor Intercultural Games, with Action Schools! BC, with A. Epp 3E Salon C The Write to Read Project, with B. Blacker, M. Fletcher and E. Clarke 3F Port of Singapore Current Thinking About AD/HD, with A. Karassowitsch 3G Port of New York First Nations Languages Networking Session, with S. McKee and C. Austin 3H Salon D SmartBoards 101, with C. Thomason 3I Salon E Brain-Based Classroom Management Skills, with S. Gower

12:00 PM Lunch 12:45 PM Guest Speaker: Dr. Anita L. Archer, “Golden Principles of Instruction and Management” 1:45 PM Break 2:00 PM Workshop Session 4

4A Ballroom 1 Creative Writing with Youth, with Joseph Boyden 4B Ballroom 3 Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, with Anita Archer 4C Port of San Francisco Technology Basics for the Technologically Challenged, with D. McGuire-

Reeves 4D Tuscany Outdoor Intercultural Games, with Action Schools! BC, with A. Epp 4E Salon C The Write to Read Project, with B. Blacker, M. Fletcher and E. Clarke 4F Port of Singapore Current Thinking About AD/HD, with A. Karassowitsch 4G Port of New York First Nations Languages Essential Learning Outcomes: Moving to Implementation,

with Dr. K. Michel 4H Salon D SmartBoards 101, with C. Thomason

3:30 PM Reflections, Door Prizes and Closing 4:00 PM End of the day

Notices

• One representative per FNSA member school in good standing is eligible to claim travel expenses. Claims must be submitted using the claim form provided in the AGM binder, and returned by mail within 30 days with required original receipts attached

• Photo/Video policy: The FNSA will be taking videos and pictures at this event for use in our publications and those of

FNESC, and for online use. If you do not want your image used, please inform the FNSA in advance of the event.

• Please watch for an event evaluation form by email after the event. We thank you for your feedback – it helps us to improve!

Featured Speakers

Kenneth C. Williams is a former teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He shares his experience and expertise as a recognized trainer, speaker, coach, and consultant in education and leadership. Kenneth is the chief visionary officer of Unfold the Soul, a company dedicated to inspiring individuals and teams to perform at the highest level. Skilled in developing productive, student-focused learning environments, Kenneth is former principal of The Learning Academy at E. J. Swint in Jonesboro, Georgia, and Damascus Elementary School in Damascus, Maryland. His firsthand experience with transforming schools translates into action-oriented presentations that inspire hope, create a clear vision, and offer practical strategies to those overwhelmed by challenges.

Joseph Boyden is a national and international literary superstar. Boyden’s first novel, Three Day Road, was selected for the Today Show Book Club, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the CBA Libris Fiction Book of the Year Award, the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named the CBA Fiction Book of the Year and Author of the Year.Boyden’s most recent novel, The Orenda, won the CBC Canada Reads competition, and was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Boyden has received several honorary degrees and he is currently teaching in the graduate program at UBC and in the Masters of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dr. Anita L. Archer is an educational consultant to school districts on explicit instruction, the design and delivery of instruction, behavior management, and literacy instruction. She has taught elementary and middle school students and is the recipient of 10 awards honoring her excellence in teaching and contributions to the field of education. Dr. Archer has served on the faculties of San Diego State University, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Oregon in Eugene. She is nationally known for her professional development activities, having presented in every state over the course of her 40-year career. Dr. Archer is coauthor, with Dr. Mary Gleason, of numerous curriculum materials addressing reading, writing, and study skills, and coauthor, with Charles A. Hughes, of the book Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching.

Workshop Sessions 1 & 2, April 17 1A 2A Shift Happens: Learning for Some vs. Learning for ALL, with Kenneth C. Williams Kenneth Williams, PLC Associate, Solution Tree Why do some schools seem to show steady progress implementing Professional Learning Communities, while others seem to stall? Some believe successful schools are lucky, located the ‘right area,’ or have access to better teachers, better leaders, or great funding. While a variety of factors can influence the creation of the PLC culture, by far one of the biggest differences between schools that thrive and those that barely survive is recognizing the subtle shifts in practice that make seismic differences; the paradigm shifts that determine whether schools have a culture of learning for some or a culture of learning for all. Ken Williams will help make clear the shifts required to move your school in the direction of high levels of learning for every child. RECOMMENDED FOR: ALL AUDIENCES 1B 2B Getting Them All There: Achieving a Dogwood for High School and Adults Holly Smith, SEP Senior Manager and Madeline Price, SEP Manager, FNSA/FNESC In this interactive workshop, learn how to plan with the "end in mind" for graduation as we examine the skills students need to gain a Dogwood Diploma. Participants will have hands-on practice with assessments to determine instructional levels, including the Canadian Adult Reading Assessment (CARA), which will be given to each adult school in attendance, as well as the San Diego Quick Assessment. Research-based literacy strategies to support fluency, vocabulary and comprehension will be addressed, including progress monitoring to document growth. Teaching strategies and instructional routines will be shared to enhance student engagement and achievement. RECOMMENDED FOR: GR. 9-12 and ADULT ED TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS 1C 2C We Did It! A Success Story in High School Math and Science Darrell Schaan, Connected Classrooms Math and Science Teacher, FNSA/FNESC, Cam Hill, Hartley Bay School (joining virtually) and Dawn McGuire-Reeves, Connected Classrooms Coordinator, FNSA/FNESC FNSA and FNESC have been operating Connected Classrooms for the past four years, delivering upper-level math and science courses as well as English First Peoples 12. This hybrid distributed learning model includes real-time video conferencing, and it makes courses available to students that they might not otherwise be able to access in a small school setting. Furthermore, Connected Classrooms has been very popular with students and it has had a high rate of academic success. Come learn about the foundations of this program, factors that contribute to its success, and how your school can get involved! The session involves a live Connected Classrooms demonstration. RECOMMENDED FOR: GR. 10-12 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

1D 2D Creating Healthy Eating Student Leaders in Your School Allyson Epp, Facilitator, Action Schools! BC This session will share healthy eating activities, games, and tips to engage and inspire a Healthy Eating Leadership Group in your school or community. Participants will learn activities that they can teach to a leadership group that focus on vegetable and fruit consumption and healthy eating, as well as related management strategies and teaching tips. Complimentary teaching resources from Action Schools! BC will be shared including the new handout, Healthy Eating - Aboriginal Wellness Perspectives, and the newsletter for families, Embracing Tradition. After the session, those interested in booking or conducting a leadership session in their school community will be sent a Healthy Eating Leadership Bag of resources and teaching tools, as well as Student Leadership Certificates to acknowledge student leaders’ participation. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 12 TEACHERS / ADMINISTRATORS/LEARNING ASSISTANTS 1E 2E Every Child Can Read Shelley Jacobs, Teacher, Linda Cote, Teacher and Karen Smith, Principal, Yaqan Nukiy School See how we use simple test results to target effective reading instruction and plan reading intervention strategies. We believe that every child can and should read at or above grade-level, and we differentiate instruction to make it happen! Participants will receive a huge variety of lesson-ready ideas and strategies to use, as well as information on where to find additional resources. Yaqan Nukiy School has seen strong improvements in its School-wide reading results and would like to share tips to help other schools find the same successes. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 7 TEACHERS 1F 2F Teachers and Children: Talking and Learning Together Deanne Zeidler, SLP FNSA/FNESC A solid oral language foundation is key to children's success in literacy. Participants will learn how they can use 'news-telling' to help children develop listening and speaking skills. The framework provides an important bridge between 'talking' and student reading /writing skills. Samples of children's 'everyday speaking' provide us with important information on what children know and what they still need to learn. Ready to use templates for classroom use will be distributed RECOMMENDED FOR: Pre-K-GR. 7 TEACHERS 1G 2G Teamwork=School Success! Amanda Anderson, Elementary Learning Assistance, and Colleen Marchant, Gr. 1/2 Teacher, Seabird Island Community School It takes an entire school staff working with its community to help students reach their full potential. Learn how we were able to get everyone out of our “comfort zones” to enhance student success by collaborative efforts of administration, teachers, educational assistants, learning assistance and FNESC coaches. We will share how this journey began, highlighting the evolving role of learning assistants, and how these changes have improved our students’ success with our core reading programs (Read Well and Reading Mastery) and the Saxon Math program. Also, learn how we use

DIBELSnet to monitor the effectiveness of our core reading programs and track student progress. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 7 TEACHERS/ADMIN/LEARNING ASSISTANTS 1H 2H Video Coaching in Reading Mastery and Saxon Math Leah Asher, Literacy/SEP Coach, FNSA/FNESC, Amanda Racher, Gr. 2/3 Teacher, Mount Currie School and Steve Beier, Gr. 5-7, Ditidaht Community School Find out about the benefits of video coaching in your classroom. Listen and see how teachers in this province are using video coaching in their classroom to further their practice and striving to provide effective instruction for their students. Testimonials will include video footage in the areas of Reading Mastery and Saxon Math. Experience the opportunity to hear constructive feedback on the classroom video footage in these areas. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 8

1I 2I Adult Education: Working Together for Success Kendra Underwood, Director, Saanich Adult Education Centre and Mathew Mathew, Vice-Principal, Kitselas School and Cody Bennewith, Vice-Principal, Neskonlith Education Center Does your school offer nominal roll funded Adult Education? If so, our Principals PLC Adult Education group would like to talk with you! Please join us for a networking discussion to review our shared adult education TEFA course completion data and plan ways to work together to support our students. As adult educators, we know too well the many responsibilities adult learners juggle while upgrading. Early this spring our PLC group surveyed our students to learn what program supports our schools offer that best support regular attendance and progress, and now we would like to share with you about those findings and hear some of your successes as well. This will be an interactive workshop to make connections and begin this important dialogue. RECOMMENDED FOR: ADULT EDUCATORS (NOMINAL ROLL FUNDED)

Workshop Sessions 3 & 4, April 18

3A 4A Creative Writing with Youth, with Joseph Boyden This workshop with keynote speaker Joseph Boyden shares his ideas on how to implement an effective creative writing program for young people. RECOMMENDED FOR: PRE-K-12 TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS 3B 4B Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, with Anita Archer Keynote speaker Dr. Anita Archer is a respected educator and authority on explicit instruction. RECOMMENDED FOR: PRE-K-12 TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS 3C 4C Technology Basics for the Technologically Challenged Dawn McGuire Reeves, Connected Classrooms Coordinator / School Assessment Coach, FNSA/FNESC Are you proficient at loading a filmstrip, but lost when it comes to attending an online meeting? Does your phone cause you more stress than it's worth? Do your students' technological abilities and gadgets make your head swim? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you! Bring your phone and your laptop as we demystify how they work and how we can use them to help us, not hinder us! Learn tips for getting our emails in various ways; what to do when you can't join the meeting; how to connect wirelessly from a public source like Starbucks or the hotel! Come with your questions for hands-on learning. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 12 TEACHERS 3D 4D Outdoor Intercultural Games Allyson Epp, Facilitator, Action Schools! BC Provide fun and leadership opportunities for students, on and off the school grounds with this workshop, which will focus on playground games in the Action Schools! BC Physical Activity Action Resource. The basic rules and fundamental skills of several outdoor games will be shared, including sticks and hoop-and-pole (derived from traditional games involving sticks and targets that were popular amongst First Nations groups from the northern

boreal region of Canada), as well as tag, four square, ball games, and Chinese jump rope. Learn new ideas to activate your school and community’s outside spaces before and after school, and during class time, recess and lunch. Complimentary teaching resources from Action Schools! BC will be provided. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 9 TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS/LEARNING ASSISTANTS 3E 4E The Write to Read Project Bob Blacker, Leader/Coordinator, Margaret Fletcher, Leader, Library Response Team, Write to Read Project and Eva Clarke, Teacher, Ditidaht Community School Former Lieutenant Governor Steven Point created the Write to Read project out of a desire he had to increase literacy levels of First Nations people. Five years later, with the help of the Rotary Club and various businesses, over 10 libraries have been built in First Nation communities across BC. The moto is that, "if you want it, we'll make it happen!" This workshop is designed for you to learn more about this amazing initiative and find out how you can bring a library into your community! RECOMMENDED FOR: PRE-K-12 TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS 3F 4F Current Thinking About AD/HD Andy Karassowitsch, SEP/Assessment Coach, FNSA/FNESC This workshop will be a summary of the current thinking about what AD/HD is, how it is manifested in the brain, and how brain theory and research is informing the treatment and support of individuals of all ages who are dealing with it. Part of the discussion will be what parents and school staffs can do to help. RECOMMENDED FOR: PRE-GR. 12 TEACHERS 3G First Nations Languages Networking Session Sheila McKee, Principal, Ditidaht School and Colleen Austin, Principal, 'Na Aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre / FNSA Vice- President The First Nations Schools Association invites First Nations language teachers to a networking session to discuss how best to collaborate and share successful strategies and resources for

language teaching; network in Nation groups to continue to build strong language programs; and identify greatest barriers to the development of effective programs and share strategies for addressing these needs. RECOMMENDED FOR: K4-GR. 12 TEACHERS / LANGUAGE TEACHERS 4G First Nations Languages Essential Learning Outcomes: Moving to Implementation Dr. Kathryn Michel, Language Consultant for FNSA This workshop is geared towards Language Teachers to support their efforts to deliver effective language learning in their schools. The FNSA has been working with Dr. Michel to develop Level Three (Grade 2) of the Essential Language Learning Outcomes Project. This project looks at the pedagogy of teaching First Nations languages in our schools and examines the essential teachings, with the goal of supporting students to achieve conversational fluency by the intermediate elementary grades. Dr. Kathryn Michel, of the Chief Atahm Secwepemc Immersion School, has studied the science and strategies behind second language acquisition and she is now working with First Nations school Language Teachers to implement the third level of the essential learning outcomes. Learn about the project and share your feedback! RECOMMENDED FOR: K4-GR. 12 TEACHERS / LANGUAGE TEACHERS

3H 4H SmartBoards 101 Chris Thomason, SmartBoard Certified Installer Classroom Technology Solutions See first-hand how to set up a SmartBoard and start using it effectively in a classroom setting. You will learn about SmartBoard hardware and basic SmartBoard functions, see the Notebook 11 Software, link to Online Training Resources, and more. The goal is to provide you with simple steps so that you can start using your SmartBoard immediately to enhance your lessons. Chris Thomason is a SmartBoard Certified Installer and a Certified Computer Science Instructor with many years’ experience teaching at secondary and elementary levels. He has used the SmartBoard technology in a Grade 4/5 classroom for 6 years and has conducted SmartBoard installations in many BC First Nations schools. RECOMMENDED FOR: K-GR. 12 3I Brain-Based Classroom Management Skills Sue Gower, Specialist of Instructional Services, FNSA/FNESC Sue Gower brings over 30 years of school experience to her role assisting First Nation schools. This workshop will focus on the latest brain research and how implementing brain-based strategies will assist you with your classroom management. You will take away practical strategies that you will be able to implement immediately.

The First Nations Schools Association is a registered non-profit society that represents and works on behalf of the First Nations controlled schools in BC. It has a mandate to support those schools in creating effective, nurturing and appropriate educational environments that provide students with a positive foundation in all academic areas. Learn more www.fnsa.ca

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