1. DANCEPL3Y Workshop (May 2019)

  • DANCEPL3Y (dance-play) develops physical literacy through dance using simple movements from a variety of world dance styles (Hip Hop, Urban, Ballroom, Aboriginal, Bollywood, African, Jazz/Funk) to develop Fundamental Movement Skills and foster positive mental health! Through playful group formations, teachers learn how to create engaging classes where students can develop confidence through dance, get interACTIVE with their peers and claim their “Bubble of Awesome”. There are only 3 Rules of PLAY to follow:  Be Positive, Be Fun, Be Yourself. Guaranteed to help meet the requirements for moderate to vigorous physical activity. During this full day workshop, teachers will experience a DANCEPL3Y program class, learn how to develop physical literacy through dance, and develop new verbal, physical and interpersonal coaching skills. The Master Trainer will focus on four main songs that feature a variety of music styles and fundamental movement skills. After this workshop, teachers will be ready to ‘plug and play’ their new skills and get students moving with simple dances from around the world! Teachers who participate in the 1-Day Pro-D Workshop can use the skills that they learned to lead engaging and high-energy dances with their students in their classrooms, or as part of their Physical Education, Dance or Music program.

2. Katy Bigsby’s Dealing with Difficult and Challenging Behaviours workshop (April 2019)

  • Katy Bigsby has worked with children and youth with behavioural and social-emotional issues in school and community settings for the past 25 years. This is a foundational two-part training for new and existing front-line staff. The workshop included focusing on Proactive Strategies and ways to minimize challenging behaviour, and The Big 3, what to do when kids are: not listening, not participating, or being rude. Following this, we focused on Case Scenarios in which front-line staff will share what’s happening in their program and learn new strategies and solutions to support the kids with challenging behaviours in their current program.

3. 4 Steps to Assure Consistent, Personalized Teaching and Learning Webinar (February 2020)

  • This workshop ran by Dr. Lisa Andreko and Tony Davis focuses on allowing the participants to understand the importance of personalized learning, and improving the conditions for teachers and student learning. We can personalize what topics we as teachers choose to cover in the classroom in order to create a well-rounded education for our students, and then take the data we collect from our formative and summative assessment in order to evaluate if there was educational value to the students. The webinar also focuses on how teachers can use adaptive, individualized, differentiated, and competency-based learning as a way to best suit each of their students

4. NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop (September 2020)

The National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop, presented by TeamSnap, provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental movement skills and the core-competencies of the NCCP, with the help of significant hands-on activities. Fundamental movement skills are a key component of helping participants to be physically literate at any age. When leaders help participants competently develop fundamental movement skills, the participants will gain increased confidence and motivation, allowing students to take more responsibility to be physically active for life.

Through this interactive workshop, I gained the ability to:

  • Detect and correct basic errors for fundamental movement skills in participants so they have a choice to adopt a healthy, active lifestyle;
  • Apply a teaching process to promote the development of fundamental movement skills;
  • Adapt fundamental movement skills for participants with intellectual, physical, sensory, or behavioural disabilities;
  • Lead activities that will promote the development of fundamental movement skills in a safe, responsible manner while interacting with others; and
  • Provide stage-appropriate feedback to encourage and develop fundamental movement skills in participants.