Many of you are familiar with the relationship-based approach to student well-being and achievement, The Third Path. The program has been embraced by the OCDSB. As a step to assist teachers in learning the various aspects of the program, live-streamed and recorded sessions by Dr. Tranter are available free of charge until Dec. 31, 2022. These sessions have been available since October 2021 although the union office was just recently informed.
Below is the information from the OCDSB.
The Third Path | Dr. David Tranter, Lori Carson, Tom Boland | Professional Learning | Nelson
The aim of this series is to support staff in their learning journey. Webinars will be both live and on demand to suit staff’s schedules and learning preferences as well as to allow for individual site decisions for professional learning models that will work best at that site. Each session is one hour and will include accompanying resources.
Dr. Tranter’s webinars provided will focus on practical strategies which help staff identify and track their growth in the following areas:
- deepening relationships and responding to student needs,
- understanding student mental health and well-being and the classroom conditions that support success,
- strengthening and sustaining educator well-being, and
- student progress
To join the year-long webinar series with Dr. David Tranter, please follow these steps:
- Please visit the event website and click ‘Register Now’: https://webinars.nelson.com/series/relationships-first-rethinki/series_summit?utm_bmcr_source=OCDSB
- Enter your information and hit ‘Register’
- Proceed to the payment page to “Enter A Coupon Code’ under the Ticket Price
- Enter the code OCDSBRelationships to access the ticket that has been made available to you, and click ‘Register’
Sessions will be available to staff until December 31st, 2022.
You are strongly encouraged to get an overview understanding of The Third Path if you wish to continue working in the OCDSB. This will be forming the basis of their school culture.
