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On this page are links to various resources that are useful to teachers and school administrators.

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Cyberbullying Taskforce Website and Survey

 

The SSRSB has receved a request for assistance around the DOE Cyberbullying Survey for Teachers, Students

"As you may already be aware, the Minister of Education has struck a task force to address the issue of cyberbullying in Nova Scotia. The task force and its working group consists of many individuals with expertise in working with children and youth. These people also want as much student and teacher input as possible in order to deliver practical recommendations by December of 2011.

Last week, the Department of Education launched an online survey on cyberbullying. Before students break for the summer, would you please advertise the survey within your school? If possible, it would be great if students could take a few minutes during school hours to complete the survey.

The URL for the Task Force website is: http://cyberbullying.novascotia.ca

The URL for the Task Force survey is: http://cyberbullying.novascotia.ca/survey

Cyberbullying touches all of us in some way. Only together can we tackle this issue, and find ways to reduce this form of harassment. Your help is greatly appreciated."

Check out the Dalhousie University P-12 educator resources for math and science teachers! Visit their website HERE They offer a number of free events for students each year.

Autism Awareness Centre is sponsoring a conference in Halifax on April 15th and 16th.

Doctor Jed Baker, the author of No More Melt downs will be presenting on Handling Challenging Behaviors and Teaching Social Skills on Friday, April 15th and Doctor Lori Ernsperger will be presenting on Practical Strategies for Working with Individuals with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome on Saturday, April 16th.

You can register on line through Autism Awareness Centre: www.autismawarenesscentre.com

Teachers can apply for funding through the PD fund and Program Support Assistants can apply through their union fund.

Visit the SSRSB Science Fair website by clicking on the BrainWaves logo below! There you will find lots of great resources for science activities and information on the annual science fair.

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iNSchool is a province-wide program aimed at leveraging technology to better support student achievement.  iNSchool is being led by our province’s eight school boards and the Department of Education. The website can be directly accessed here.

iNSchool includes the introduction of:

  • a system that will manage core student information - such as demographics, attendance, behaviour, achievement and schedules - for roughly 135,000 students;
  • a system that will better enable educators to identify and manage programs for students who need additional support, such as reading recovery, literacy support and individual program plans; and
  • a business intelligence suite that will facilitate planning at the school, board and provincial level.

Aesop is an absence management and sustitute placement service for teachers. Teachers can use the system to their absences and sustitute teachers can use it to search for available assignments.

EasyTrip Request is an automated system teachers use for requesting field trips for students or teams.

In 2005, the South Shore Regional School Board and Nova Scotia's Department of Education engaged Positive Effective Behaviour Supports for identifying, adapting and sustaining school-wide disciplinary practices. More information about Positive Effective Bahviour Supports as available at the PEBS website.
Other frequently used teacher resources include:

 

Some additional links that teachers have found useful are:

 

Below are links to a number of curriculum links that teachers have found useful for planning, resources and students materials.