These sessions will address classroom strategies for supporting students with ASD, emotional regulation, self-regulation, naturalistic/incidental teaching, task analysis, shaping & chaining, and data collection.

Intended Audience: Teachers, Education Consultants, Learning Support Teachers and other staff who support students with diverse learning needs (K - 12)

This two-part training session will allow each CISVA school to meet WorkSafeBC’s mandatory training requirements for Joint Health and Safety Committee Members. As per WorkSafeBC. All joint committee members selected on or after April 3, 2017 must receive eight hours of training and instruction on the following topics:

- The duties and functions of a joint committee
- The rules of procedure of the joint committee
- The requirements around conducting incident investigations
- The requirements around conducting regular workplace inspections, and how to make regular inspections
- The requirements around responding to a refusal of unsafe work
- The requirements for annually evaluating the joint committee

These two-part training sessions will cover 6 hours of the mandatory training.  The other two hours must be completed on-line by each attendee prior to the October 22 session.

The next session will be on Thursday, November 5, 2026.

EFDFs meet three times a year to gather information, network with colleagues from other CISVA elementary schools and share experiences and resources that will help support staff members’ faith development needs and assist in the realization of the faith-based goals from the School Growth Plan.

Intended Audience: Elementary Faith development Facilitators in the CISVA elementary schools.

Learning Support Power Hours are focused, one-hour online professional learning sessions designed to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and practices of Learning Support Teachers. These sessions provide practical guidance around key aspects of supporting students within inclusive school communities. 

Each Power Hour is delivered virtually and is designed to provide concise, relevant, and practical professional learning.

Intended Audience: Learning Support Teachers K-12.  All schools are strongly encouraged to participate

Strengthening Syntax with Nicole Harris
Explore simple routines that build syntactic awareness, support comprehension,
and help students access increasingly complex texts.

High school learning support teachers will continue working toward a common vision of relevant learning for CISVA students with diverse needs. This group regularly meets with the goal of fostering systematic and effective strategies, resources and methods of supports to meet the needs of diverse learners. The group continues to build professional skills and capacity with a focus on emotional wellness, assessment strategies, behaviour, support, transition planning and IEP development. The PLC meetings provide a forum for discussion, problem solving, and professional networking

Unlocking Academic Vocabulary with Nicole Harris

Learn practical approaches for supporting vocabulary development and helping
students access increasingly complex academic language across content areas.

The High School Faith Team is composed of the Christian Education (CE) Department Head, the Campus Minister and the Chaplain of each of our 6 CISVA schools and our 4 affiliated high schools. The team meets three times a year to gather information, network with colleagues from other CISVA and Catholic high schools and share experiences and resources that will help support staff members’ faith development needs and assist in the realization of the faith-based goals from the School Growth Plan.

Intended Audience: Christian Education (CE) Department Heads, the Campus Ministers and the Chaplains

The Literacy Collective is a system-wide, team-based professional learning initiative that unites teachers and specialists to strengthen K–3 literacy across our schools. Rather than a series of isolated sessions, this initiative is a coordinated effort designed to build collective capacity and shared responsibility through ongoing collaboration, co-design, and reflective practice.

Intended Audience: EAAs, K-3 Teachers, Learning Support teachers & Administrators

About this event

To review key K-12 policy guidelines, practical reporting tips, and documentation criteria, with a specific focus on optimizing the portfolio process by ensuring all entries are accompanied by an assessment rubric, chart, or student self-assessment.

This session outlines expectations of the current funding model, inclusive education categories, file organization and allocation of spending. This is an essential session for those staff teams responsible for the process of identifying students with disabilities or diverse abilities. The afternoon will be spent sharing the expectations around replacement curriculum.

We are honored that Archbishop Smith, will celebrate Mass and deliver the keynote address at this year’s gathering. 
We invite all Executive Committee (EC) members to join us for an opportunity to network, exchange insights, and engage in collaborative learning. 

The program features guest speakers who will provide expert guidance and current best practices regarding the roles of Chairperson, Secretary, Facilities and Maintenance, and Hiring.

This session is meant to provide an orientation to the CISVA Learning Support Help Centre website, review the learning support teacher “Year at a Glance” and review what supports are available for our learning support teachers. There will be an opportunity for Q & A.

Growing in Faith and Mission

The annual Faith Development Day is a day to reconnect as a whole CISVA family, and grow in our understanding of the Gospel and God’s call to build the Kingdom, in our area of education.

Welcome Back, Welcome to the CISVA: Jumpstart to Teaching 2026

Monday, August 31, 2026, marks both a welcome back for CISVA principals and a welcome to the CISVA for new teachers and teachers who are joining our schools for the first time. The day provides an opportunity for school leaders and new teachers to begin the school year together in prayer, fellowship, and professional learning.