From Ray Myrtle, President of PITA, the Provincial Intermediate Teachers Association for 8 years.
This workshop will help you start and manage your classroom. Learn ways to do the important things and what to leave for later.
The workshop is on April 19th from 8:45 to 12:00 in Room 105 at Livingstone Elementary School (315 East 23rd Avenue, Vancouver). See the flyer below for more details.
TOCs who sign up for information at http://bit.ly/early1 are automatically entered in a draw to attend a free PITA conference.
Over 600 teachers attended the PITA Fall conference last year. There are more than 60 workshops including workshops specifically designed for early career teachers.
NOTE: More than 1000 early career teachers have attended and recommend the Start UP! program.
Via Charlie Naylor:
Resources gathered by BCTF Information Services (Emily O’Neill and Karen Rojem) on self-regulation that was done for one of the Okanagan Inquiry groups.
Dr. Charles Pascal
Profile of Ontario’s Early Learning Advisor
Early Learning Report Summary
Early Learning Report
Curriculum & Pedagogy for the Early Learning Program
Summary of Evidence – compendium to Early Learning Report
Adele Diamond
Her lab
NPR article and audio clip
More info re: Tools of the Mind
Barry Zimmerman: Biography/overview
Stuart Shanker
This seems to be a fairly up-to-date resume/bibliography
Education Canada, “Self-Regulation: Calm, Alert, and Learning.”
“The Science of Early Brain Development” – PowerPoint presentation, December 2009 contains a number of slides dedicated to self-regulation
“In Search of the Pathways that Lead to Mentally Healthy Children” [cited in PPT], Journal of Developmental Processes 3(1), 22-33
Foreword to Every Child, Every Opportunity: Curriculum and Pedagogy for the Early Learning Program, Govt. of Ontario
Quoted in, “How a marshmallow can predict your future,” Toronto Star, 2 Nov 2009 [article is about self-regulation in children]
E. Bialystok, S.B. Sherry, S. Shanker & J. Codd, “Executive Function Deficits in Children With Autism,” The Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders (Note: this is the only article that we were able to find written by Shanker that addresses self-regulation exclusively)
Of possible interest:
Shanker is on the Advisory Board of MEHRI, the Milton & Ethel Harris Research Initiative at York University.
The following resources were shared at a Nov 23rd workshop for VSB TOCs.
Finding Joy in Every Assignment