Under the leadership of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers Association there are excellent Indigenous Culture and Learning offerings on every Professional Development Day. District Day is an opportunity to ensure that all educators engage in focused learning about local First Nations knowledge and culture as they begin the school year on the traditional and unceded Secwepemc, Tsilhqot’in, and Dakelh territories. This is a special day in the District as the only time that we have all staff connected for a single purpose.
District-Wide Virtual Gathering
8:30 Refreshments and Reconnecting – School staffs joined by Operations and other District staff
9:00 Welcome to the Traditional Territories
Greetings from Partners
Superintendent Message
The themes of Walking Together and Be A Good Ancestor will be shared through the lens of books with these titles written by Indigenous authors and our own district Key Focus Areas.
10:45 Nutrition and Fresh Air Break
Experiential Learning
Following the break, schools will be engaged in experiential learning of local Indigenous knowledge and culture for the day. Schools collaborated with First Nations education staff and communities and have powerful place-based learning planned. Many will be out on the land or in community and have elders and knowledge-keepers leading the learning. We look forward to shared images and stories of the day.
