June 23, 2023
📧 UTS Updates for this week
Click here for this week’s edition of UTS Updates, which went to parents yesterday, and includes wellness resources provided by our social work team.
📅 June PD Schedule
🎉 Year-End Events and Celebrations
PD Day Year-End Lunch
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The Year-End Lunch, which all staff should plan to attend, will be an opportunity to thank staff for their hard work throughout the year, to acknowledge departures and celebrate milestones.
Community Celebration of the Retirement of Rosemary Evans
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
A celebration of Rosemary Evans and her legacy at UTS with alumni, parents, students, staff and external partners.
6 p.m. - Reception
7 p.m. - Presentation in Withrow Auditorium
Please note RSVPs for this event were required by June 14.
🤖 Exciting Opportunity for English, Social Sciences, Geography or Environmental Science Teachers
OISE PhD student Kathy Zhou and OISE Professor Dr. Jim Slotta are seeking UTS teacher collaborators on a cutting-edge classroom-based co-design research project in game-based learning and student-driven STEAM inquiry incorporating AI and dystopian worlds.
Interested? We know you are. Reach out to Cresencia to find out more.
(Charlie has been an active research collaborator and his students did some very cool things this year!)
🗣️ Calling all teachers interested in Cohort 21
Cohort 21 Season 12 is approaching! Fill out the form at the bottom of this page to express your interest in being a part of building a community of passionate CIS Ontario educators interested in refining and redesigning their practice by exploring new pedagogies, ideas and learning tools.
UTS can cover the registration fee for a small number of interested teachers.
FREE classroom set of magazines + resources for Truth and Reconciliation
Sign up here to get a free set of magazines and supplementary resources for Truth and Reconciliation week 2023, which are available in English and French, hardcopy and digital. There are 50 copies per box and orders are limited to a maximum of 300 copies. You’ll also have access to a free digital educator’s guide.
🔊 Q&A from Community Connections
A recent Community Connections event hosted by AEDI and Admissions staff offered parents from underrepresented groups a dedicated space to share their experiences and get feedback on how their children were doing in class and in school overall. During the final meeting of the year, parents asked questions and you can see both their questions and the responses from school administration here.
FREE Truth and Reconciliation programming (Sept. 25-30)
Register here for Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023 – Honouring Survivors. This is a national week-long program open to all schools across Canada brought to you by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
