✨ As we celebrate Earth Day today, we're reminded to take steps towards environmental sustainability so we can make every day Earth Day. 💚🌎💙 #ocsbEarth #ocsbOutdoors #ocsbBeInnovative ocsbECO

Beautiful evening for our 2nd Nature Journaling LLJ.
Lucky to have Billie Jo Reid share her knowledge and expertise with us. So many takeaways! Time flew by!!! 📝🌿

Patti Luxton (she/her) 𝕃𝕚𝕤𝕒 𝕁𝕠𝕪𝕔𝕖 Leadership Development Team Student Success Elementary #ocsb
ocsbECO #ocsb Math #ocsb Arts #ocsb Literacy #ocsb Science

Wishing Linda Jolicoeur (She/Her) well on her journey to VP of St James School the only way we knew how 🥒💚!

Your impact on literacy and passion for equity will stay with us. Thank you for being such a wonderful part of Student Success over the years.

Last Week of the #ocsbNewsela Challenge: 📝Check Out the Monthly Reading Challenges to support Independent Reading! #ocsbLiteracy bit.ly/NewselaChallen…

It's not too late to participate in the Newsela Challenge. Week 3 of the #ocsbNewsela Challenge: 📝Embrace interactive learning with annotations to deepen comprehension and engagement with texts! #ocsbLiteracy bit.ly/NewselaChallen…

Woohoo! It's week 2 of the #ocsbNewsela Challenge! This week, we're exploring how to build vocabulary with Power Words. Look for the lightening bolt icon to find texts with Power Words read aloud/activities. Learn more here: bit.ly/NewselaChallen…… #ocsbLiteracy
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Congratulations to Linda Jolicoeur (She/Her), our Literacy Consultant, on her DOE Commendation Award. As her nominator Erin Doak (she/her/elle) wrote, “she is a lifelong learner who persistently encourages both herself and others to achieve their full potential.”

Week 1 of the #ocsbNewsela Challenge is here! This week, we're exploring how to filter articles by reading skill, perfect for tailoring content to student needs. Bonus: check out the ready-to-use graphic organizers in Formative to boost reading skills. #ocsbLiteracy Newsela

Interested in a leadership role at the system level? Don’t forget to ‘join group’ for job postings! You will get an email with the postings. It’s also great if this might be a future plan to see requirements for the jobs to ensure you’re ready to apply sites.google.com/ocsb.ca/human-…

Hey Ottawa Catholic School Board check out this upcoming concert that involves both our Children’s and Chamber Choirs. Perfect opportunity to support a great cause and listen to the beautiful voices of our students. #ocsb #ocsb BeCommunity

What a wonderful evening set up in collaboration with Ottawa CSPA to support our parents in understanding all that Ottawa Catholic School Board has to offer in French. Great leadership from Amy Van Brabant 𝕊OᑭᕼI𝔼 ᗷ𝔼ᗩᑌᒪᑎ𝔼! #ocsbFSL

Met with Ian from Green Teacher yesterday and we are all ready for tonight's #ocsb webinar about Your Identity and Why Outdoor Learning is for YOU!
The first of our series to support #ocsb Outdoors Learning! Will be recorded #ocsb OLS Christine Marshall 🌳

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📣Calling all grade 3 and grade 6 #ocsb Language teachers! We're looking for educators to pilot a writing support tool called Pressto. If interested, please complete this form: bit.ly/ocsbpressto Linda Jolicoeur (She/Her) Student Success Elementary

Don’t miss this week’s webinar on Identity and why Outdoor Learning is for YOU!
As #ocsb schools embark on outdoor learning spaces, consider these webinars to support your pedagogical practices #ocsb Outdoors Christine Marshall 🌳

Vous voulez faire parler vos élèves en français? Veuillez vous inscrire pour une session à propos de l'approche neurolinguistique! #ocsbFSL Cathryn Wake 🍏 Student Success Elementary

Had a wonderful morning with our Elementary VPs where we dove deep into effectives practices, available resources and supports in leading a school and staff in FSL & the Arts. Amazing job 𝕊OᑭᕼI𝔼 ᗷ𝔼ᗩᑌᒪᑎ𝔼 Laura Mazzarello (she/her)!

Yesterday was a wonderful morning spent with Ottawa Catholic School Board VPs “Empowering Administrators in FSL and the Arts”. We talked strategies, challenging scenarios, leadership and more! “Be great where you are!” -Joe Sanfelippo
𝕂 𝕥𝕠 𝟙𝟚 𝔽ℝ𝔼ℕℂℍ at the OCSB Student Success Elementary

#ocsb Enviro/Outdoor is starting off the year with some great learning for our Eds!
Please join us as we learn from our expert partners Green Teacher Take Me Outside & The Outdoor Learning Store

Jan 25 bit.ly/48UgfFG
Mar 6 bit.ly/3Hp7Uhq
May 16 bit.ly/3tWe0Tv

Ottawa Catholic School Board check this out! This will help support the Language conventions continuum! Thank you MelindaHinchSLP & ONlit.org #ocsbLiteracy

We have updated this resource document with grade indicators, important info on how to evaluate with one mark, strengths, next steps and sample comments for reporting that all align with the new curriculum. Check it out and give us feedback! #ocsbLiteracy