April 2016
The Power of Knowledge Building
Explore and experience the theory and application of knowledge building and the benefits it will have in any classroom and teaching practice, from Early Years to the Junior and Intermediate grades. This workshop will include a tour of Richland Academy. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find out more »Inspire Creative Growth
The Bishop Strachan School, a leader in teacher research, project work and inquiry-based learning, is holding exciting workshops for educators seeking to embrace innovative practices for 21st century learning. These hands-on sessions delve into the art of engaging students in powerful conversation, and the process of creating collaborative and vibrant learning environments. (registration from 10:00 to 10:15am) View event flyer.
Find out more »May 2016
Inspire Creative Growth
The Bishop Strachan School, a leader in teacher research, project work and inquiry-based learning, is holding exciting workshops for educators seeking to embrace innovative practices for 21st century learning. These hands-on sessions delve into the art of engaging students in powerful conversation, and the process of creating collaborative and vibrant learning environments. (registration from 10:00 to 10:15am) View event flyer.
Find out more »April 2017
Alternative Narratives
Alternative Narratives is a new NAREA professional development series, which will feature wide-ranging and diverse voices from the global community and will serve to strengthen regional communities of early childhood educators and advocates throughout North America. The inaugural Alternative Narratives series will include initiatives in three cities: April 22, 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY Featuring: co-editors of Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia, Paola Cagliari from Reggio Emilia, and Peter Moss from London April…
Find out more »Alternative Narratives
Alternative Narratives is a new NAREA professional development series, which will feature wide-ranging and diverse voices from the global community and will serve to strengthen regional communities of early childhood educators and advocates throughout North America. The inaugural Alternative Narratives series will include initiatives in three cities: April 22, 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY Featuring: co-editors of Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia, Paola Cagliari from Reggio Emilia, and Peter Moss from London April…
Find out more »Alternative Narratives
Alternative Narratives is a new NAREA professional development series, which will feature wide-ranging and diverse voices from the global community and will serve to strengthen regional communities of early childhood educators and advocates throughout North America. The inaugural Alternative Narratives series will include initiatives in three cities: April 22, 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY Featuring: co-editors of Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia, Paola Cagliari from Reggio Emilia, and Peter Moss from London April…
Find out more »Alternative Narratives
Alternative Narratives is a new NAREA professional development series, which will feature wide-ranging and diverse voices from the global community and will serve to strengthen regional communities of early childhood educators and advocates throughout North America. The inaugural Alternative Narratives series will include initiatives in three cities: April 22, 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY Featuring: co-editors of Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia, Paola Cagliari from Reggio Emilia, and Peter Moss from London April…
Find out more »May 2017
The Language of Art
A Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy Art Exhibition Come enjoy the art of our youngest learners as we honour the voice of the child through visual arts.
Find out more »June 2017
Fourth International Summer School in Reggio Emilia, Italy
The places of education and learning 0-11 curriculum “Teaching to live is neither teaching to read, to write, and mathematics, nor teaching the basic knowledge ... it is not even to focus on the quantitative knowledge, nor fostering the specialized education: it is to introduce a basic education that includes the knowledge of knowledge.” Enseigner à vivre : Manifeste pour changer l’éducation (Teaching to live. Manifesto for a change in education) Edgar Morin Preface International Summer Schools in Reggio aim to…
Find out more »July 2017
Investigations & Expressions Summer Symposium 2017 Session 1
An introduction to Reggio-inspired and inquiry-based pedagogy for JK to Grade 6. Starting with an overview of theory from Reggio Emilia, we will explore the potential of inquiry-based learning. Consider projects and provocations to take back to your own classroom.
Find out more »Investigations & Expressions Summer Symposium 2017 Session 3
WorldVuze: Global Education in an Inquiry-based Classroom for Grade 2 -12. Guided by renowned educator Dr. Garfield Gini-Newman from TC², develop teaching strategies using the WorldVuze bilingual global student discussion platform. Work with WorldVuze founders to integrate deep global learning into your curriculum.
Find out more »Investigations & Expressions Summer Symposium 2017 Session 2
Stepping up the Inquiry: Using intelligent materials and documentation to support higher-order thinking for JK to Grade 6. In hands-on sessions, you will develop confidence using a variety of graphic materials. Explore documentation as a tool to support theory development and group learning in teachers and children.
Find out more »August 2017
A Tapestry of Play and Learning Conference
Join Reggio-inspired educators to participate in the full-day A Tapestry of Play and Learning, the culmination of the week-long Rhythm of Learning in Nature, sponsored by the York Region Nature Collaborative. Participants from the Rhythm will be in attendance to facilitate the installations and connect our prior experiences to today’s. This full-day indoor and outdoor experience will focus on intelligent materials and how they weave together relationships, curiosities and communities. Connect with colleagues while engaging with materials; the beautiful stuff of childhood. Join in the digital documentation…
Find out more »September 2017
Oshkiigmong Early Learning Centre Study Tour and Institute
September 8th & 9th 2017 Oshkiigmong Early Learning Centre welcomes you to join them for a Study Tour and Institute with Lorrie Baird and Michelle Taylor- Leonhardi. Come and listen to our educators share stories and challenges that have offered us important lessons from our classrooms about our journey into Emergent Curriculum. It will cost $100.00 to attend the two day tour. Download the event agenda here. Please complete the registration form (download it here), as this will let us…
Find out more »Material Encounters
Illustrating moments from a three-year art-based collaborative inquiry into materiality in early childhood education, the Material Encounters exhibit explores materials as encounters and events. It considers what it means to think with things: how each material evokes particular intra-actions and presents particular possibilities among/with/between young children. Material Encounters exhibit is included with general admission. Download the exhibit flyer here.
Find out more »February 2018
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning Workshops
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning workshops offer educators an opportunity to explore inquiry-based and Reggio-inspired learning for Grades K-6 in collaborative, hands-on sessions. Tour the spectacular BSS Junior School and experience Reggio-inspired learning in action. Discuss strategies and scaffolds to make thinking visible and create rich environments for learning. Be inspired by classroom projects presented by BSS teachers who implement inquiry-based learning with their students. Join us for one or all three sessions! Register online now at bss.on.ca/ie For more information contact…
Find out more »April 2018
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning Workshops
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning workshops offer educators an opportunity to explore inquiry-based and Reggio-inspired learning for Grades K-6 in collaborative, hands-on sessions. Tour the spectacular BSS Junior School and experience Reggio-inspired learning in action. Discuss strategies and scaffolds to make thinking visible and create rich environments for learning. Be inspired by classroom projects presented by BSS teachers who implement inquiry-based learning with their students. Join us for one or all three sessions! Register online now at bss.on.ca/ie For more information contact…
Find out more »Brick by Brick Series – Spring 2018 – Ann Arbor, MI Making Children’s (and Educators’) Intelligences Visible: Bringing Back the Ninety-Nine
Brick by Brick Series – Spring 2018 – Ann Arbor, MI Making Children’s (and Educators’) Intelligences Visible: Bringing Back the Ninety-Nine Featuring Karyn Callaghan, NAREA board member and Ontario Reggio Association president, and Kathy Cope, textile artist and arts education consultant In this session, we will build on the notion of multiple literacies. By cultivating a plurality of languages, educators can bring together the materials and the children's desires and curiosity and with them, come to know the world differently. As…
Find out more »February 2019
Investigations & Expressions
February 8, 2019 & April 26, 2019
10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Registration 10:00 am to 10:15 pm)
The Bishop Strachan School, 298 Lonsdale Road, Toronto
Cost per session: $150 for Educators, $75 for students
LAND AS OUR FIRST TEACHER: ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Saturday, April 27, 2019 (8:30am - 4:30pm) - Sunday, April 28, 2019 (8:30am - 12:00pm) Land as Our First Teacher: Establishing and Maintaining Relationships The Land has always taught Indigenous peoples the value of maintaining good relationships with all aspects of Creation, human and non-human. Western research and practice in Early Learning and Child Care is beginning to recognize what Indigenous peoples have always known: we learn best in a community of positive relationships connected to our natural environment. Come…
Find out more »April 2019
George Forman: Beyond Observation
Location:
Centilia Cultural Center
1660 South Roberto Maestas Festival Street
Seattle, WA 98144 - United States
George Forman provides a day immersed in the tiny details present in video recordings—the source of deep practice.
Find out more »Investigations & Expressions
February 8, 2019 & April 26, 2019
10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Registration 10:00 am to 10:15 pm)
The Bishop Strachan School, 298 Lonsdale Road, Toronto
Cost per session: $150 for Educators, $75 for students
February 2020
Investigations & Expressions Professional Learning
What’s innovative in curriculum design? Bring inquiry to your primary or junior classrooms! As Canada’s oldest independent day and boarding school for girls, The Bishop Strachan School has learned a thing or two about balancing curriculum expectations with meaningful, emergent project work. We are our own live research hub into 21st Century learning. As a school founded on innovation, we can’t wait to share our Reggio-inspired work from Grades JK to 6. Come experience the exciting environments and projects our…
Find out more »March 2020
Reggio Emilia Study Tour Italy 2020
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Study tour to the world renowned preschools, infant toddler centres, and elementary schools.
The pedagogy of the schools of Reggio Emilia have been a strong influence on many early childhood programs throughout the world, including Canada.