This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the Full Day Kindergarten Planning Time Framework currently being implemented across the Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board. This session will discuss the process that occurred to design this literacy-based framework that includes explicit lessons and procedures, the implementation and professional development plan, lessons learned from the field and current successes in literacy achievement for the board’s youngest learners. Participants will also receive a copy of the detailed framework and links to the various support resources.
Presenters: Judy Eaton & Dean Younger, HWCDSB
Judy Eaton: Judy has been a teacher for almost twenty-five years. She has taught in all divisions and has been a Literacy Coach for HWCDSB. She is currently the board’s Literacy Consultant, serving all staff, Grades 1-8. Judy also teaches Reading Part 1 through Brock University and has been instrumental in developing key resources that are currently serving the entire system. Judy is a wife and mother of three daughters, ages 17-20 and an avid runner in her spare time.
Dean Younger: Dean has been a teacher since 1987. He has taught in all divisions. He was a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and the board’s Early Years Consultant and Early Years Lead throughout the Full Day Kindergarten revolution across Ontario. He is currently Principal at St. Thomas the Apostle CES in Waterdown, Ontario. He is the father of three children, ages 22-26 and is an avid camper in his spare time.