Professional Activity Day Learning

2026-27 PA Day Learning

Throughout the upcoming school year, we will be sharing more information about how KPR staff are learning and working together on Professional Activity (PA) Days to support students’ success.   

Please see below for information about PA Days this year.

September 3, 2026 Professional Activity Day

Topic 1: Special Education and Individual Education Plans

Length: 200 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: Special Education developed modules facilitated by school administrators

Description: 

Learning for all, differentiated instruction, IEP development, monitoring, family consultation

Topic 2: School Improvement Planning and school directed time

Length: 100 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: School administrators and leadership teams

Description:

Dedicated time for schools to review KPR resources related to School Improvement Planning and other items.

Topic 1: Workplace Violence Awareness/Prevention

Length: 100 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: Human Resources and Special Education developed modules

Description: 

Navigating aggressive behaviour - a proactive approach

  • Foundations of workplace safety:  Board commitments
  • Maintaining safety:  Roles, incident reporting and assessing risk
  • Student safety plans and notification of risk
  • Risk awareness and mitigation in the educational environment
  • Relationships matter, Belonging matters, Safety matters
  • Proactive behavioural support and de-escalation strategy
  • Debriefing violent incidents

Topic 2: Health and Safety

Length: 100 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: Self-directed (Human Resources, Special Education and Safe and Caring Schools developed modules)

Description:

Emergency preparedness, student and staff safety compliance training

  • Lockdown
  • Hold and Secure
  • Shelter In Place
  • School resource officer (local police/school board protocol and school resource office programs)

Topic 3: Keeping Schools Safe

Length: 100 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: Self-directed Safe and Caring Schools developed modules

Description:

  • Intervention
  • Child in need of protection
  • Duty to report
  • Anti-sex trafficking awareness
  • Child sexual abuse prevention and reporting
  • Supporting students with prevalent medical conditions
  • Concussion management

2025-26 PA Day Learning

Throughout the upcoming school year, we will be sharing more information about how KPR staff are learning and working together on Professional Activity (PA) Days to support students’ success.   

Please see below for information about PA Days this year.

The June 26 PA Day (elementary and secondary) will focus on:

  • School Improvement Planning – Reflections, and
  • School Directed, Year-End Tasks.

The June 5 Professional Activity Day is for elementary schools only and will be used for assessment and evaluation.

Topic 1: Creating supportive classrooms free of discrimination

Length:  65 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Topic 2: School Resource Officers

Length: 15 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Topic 3: Keeping schools safe: Erin’s Law, Child sexual abuse prevention and reporting

Length: 60 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Topic 4: Artificial Intelligence at KPR (Elementary)

Length: 60 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Topic 5: School directed time

Length: 100 minutes for elementary, 125 minutes for secondary

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

The January 30 Professional Activity Day is for assessment and evaluation (elementary schools) and semester change activities (secondary schools).

Topic 1: Artificial Intelligence 

Length: 1/3 day 

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board 

Presenters: KPRDSB staff 

Description:

Regional sessions focused on a review of artificial intelligence learning and next steps with focused time for collaboration between subject-alike educators.     

Topic 2: Curriculum implementation 

Length: 1/3 day 

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board 

Presenters: KPRDSB staff 

Description:

Regional collaboration and sharing between subject-alike educators to support deeper understanding of topics relating to curriculum implementation and/or assessment practices. 

Topic 3: Education camp sessions 

Length: 1/3 day 

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board 

Presenters: KPRDSB staff 

Description:

Focused time for educators to learn from each other in regional breakout sessions. 

Topic 1a: WHMIS

Length:  1/6 Day

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB Human Resources

Description:

This mandatory training helps protect workers from harm by ensuring they can identify hazardous products, understand safety data sheets and labels, and follow safe handling and storage procedures. 

Topic 1b: Cyber security

Length: 1/6 Day

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB Information & Communications Technology staff

Description:

School staff will participate in a mandatory cybersecurity awareness training module designed to educate employees on current cyber threats and emerging threats. 

Topic 2: School improvement planning (Secondary)

Length: 1⁄3 Day

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators

Description:

School teams will engage in school improvement planning, in support of inclusive learning/work environments and building on previous PA Day and staff meeting work/learning.

Topic 2: Self-directed (Elementary)

Length: 2⁄3 Day

Description:

All permanent elementary teachers will have 200 minutes of preparation time, as directed by the Ministry of Education.

Topic 3: School directed time (Secondary)

Length: 1⁄3 Day

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB Teaching & Learning Department and KPRDSB School Administrators

Description:

School staff will review the new KPR Homework Guidelines and further their learning in the areas of supporting student learning and development.

Topic 1: Safe and Caring Schools and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Length: 200 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators and online modules

Description: 

School staff will explore the Ministry mandated topics of ‘Keeping Schools Safe’ and ‘Creating Supportive Classrooms Free of Discrimination’

Topic 2: School directed time

Length: 100 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators online module

Description:

School improvement planning, LLS programming and NCVI or SNAP training for those registered.

Topic 1: Health and safety

Length: 180 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators and online modules

Description: 

School staff will complete the online Workplace Violence Awareness/Health and Safety module Health & Safety Compliance Training 2025-26 and then meet collectively to discuss.

Topic 2: RISE online module

Length: 60 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators online module

Description:

RISE is KPR’s new Student Services Software platform. The online training module covers essential learning for: Navigating RISE, Student overview, IEPs, and Safety plans. 

Topic 3: School directed time

Length: 60 minutes

Host: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Presenters: KPRDSB School Administrators

Description:

School improvement planning, site-specific operational items, or additional time for Topics 1 and 2.

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