Reminders

Group Chat is a program for newcomer youth who want to meet other youth and practice speaking English. with the Burnaby Public Library. We will play games, connect, and discuss an interesting topic in a fun and friendly online group setting. Please email teenservices@bpl.bc.ca for the zoom link.  Next meeting: Saturday February 20th at 3:00pm-4:00pm

Elementary ELL meeting: February 24, 2021 We will be discussing 2021 Spring Assessments. This meeting will be on zoom.

District Pro-D Day: February 26, 2021 In conjunction with Coquitlam, Burnaby has many choices for District Pro-D day. We are especially excited to have Dorina Sackman Ebuwa join us virtually from the Florida-Georgia Line with her Emotional InELLigence workshops. She is a dynamic educator passionate about transformative emotional intelligence from an ELL lens.

New Booking System!

Please let your school staff know there is a new booking system for the Welcome Centre. It is online and for new to Burnaby students who know languages other than English. More information can be found at http://www.burnabyschools.ca/ell

 

Every Teacher is a Language Teacher

Co-teaching with Co-Assessment

Several Burnaby teachers were fortunate to attend the second session with Tan on February 16th, 2021. As always, Tan’s enthusiasm and positivity were inspiring. He shared his newest blog post about co-assessment with content and language teachers. Check it out: https://www.empoweringells.com/co-assessment/

 

Thank you

In March, Kiran will be return from her mat leave. I know we are all going to welcome her back. I wanted to say thank you all for helping me as I stepped into her big shoes this past year (and what a year!). Everyone has been wonderfully supportive.