Professional Learning Days

Professional Learning Days are Chinook’s Edge Board supported non-student days designed to provide time for our staff to grow their professional practice.  This work specifically aligns to school and division goals and is informed and supported by educational research.  Teachers will be working in collaborative grade teams within their school and across communities throughout Chinook’s Edge. 

Focused efforts on Professional Learning Days in Chinook’s Edge have created:

● Improved student achievement results, and support for those having difficulty, so that high school graduation is a reality for everyone.

● High leverage strategies to support student progress in literacy, numeracy, social emotional learning and more.

● Key time for staff to focus together on strategies and supports for each student as required, through the division’s Collaborative Response process.

On professional learning days, staff members come together to plan, collaborate, consult, advance ideas, and share best practices in teaching and assessment to continually improve student learning in Chinook's Edge.

Our results show that providing scheduled days for staff collaboration results in a decrease of hundreds of substitute teacher days - a cost savings which is reinvested back into classrooms. 

By investing their time in professional learning, our staff are enhancing quality learning environments for more than 11,000 students in our division.