Programming for the Professional Development Summit is now available

Press release - On December 9, the 3rd edition of the Professional Development Summit (PD) proposes to highlight good PD practices in the field from three angles in particular: continuing education, leadership and support as well as professional integration. Three discussion panels are on the program. Here are the details.

9h00 - Continuing education: Continuous professional development is one of the professional skills put forward by the new Professional Skills Framework for the Teaching Profession of the Quebec Ministry of Education. This competence refers to the exercise of the teacher's professional responsibilities, such as responsibility for his continuing education, but also professional mutual assistance and the promotion of the profession.

This discussion panel will present innovative practices, coming from the Association Théâtre Éducation du Québec (ATEQ) and the Montreal Association of School Managers (AMDES), and related to this skill and its aims. The impact of the framework on initial university training will also be addressed during the discussion.

Animation: Patrick Hould.

Panelists: Caroline Paré, Fabienne Groslier-Cauchi, Simon Caplette Charette and Henri Boudreault.

10:45 am - Leadership and support: From the perspective of a working dyad made up of the educational advisor and the school administration, this panel discussion will present the components and manifestations of combined competence. Experiments and their impact on the environment will also be shared. So how does the combined competence promote the support of the school team and implement the leadership of each? The participants, coming from various educational backgrounds, will speak out on the subject.

Animation: Marie-Josée Harnois. (panel moderated byACCPQ)

Panelists: Isabelle Vachon, Sylvie Normandeau, Chantal Boutet and Claudine Martel.

1:30 p.m. - Professional integration: Professional integration is a crucial step in the career of a teacher. It allows to develop the essential experience to teach and act in a complex context where the challenges are multiple. Managers and school teams can have a positive impact on the well-being and success of novice teachers, how? Guests will share real-life examples and research data that support the needs of teachers in their early years in office.

Animation: Stéphanie Dionne. (panel moderated byÉcole branchée)

Panelists: Lilianne Arseneault, Marie-Claude Rancourt, Karina St-Germain and Nancy Goyette. 

The event is made possible thanks to the collaboration of the École branchée, the Association of Counselors and Educational Consultants of Quebec (ACCPQ), escouadeÉDU and the Quebec Ministry of Education. It is powered by the Multimedia Squad Team.

The welcome and feedback on the day will be co-hosted by EDU squad and CADRE21.

Registration for the Professional Development Summit is free. Indicate your presence via Facebook or LinkedIn and share the invitation to the event in your networks. The official hashtag is #SommetDP.