– Professional Learning Day Plan – January 16, 2026 Salisbury Regional School The following is a brief description of our planned professional learning work for the 2025-2026 school year.  This work is organized around our district’s four collective goals: School staff will monitor the impact of their work from August on, and on subsequent professional learning days, in achieving these goals. Cognitive science offers a lot of insight into how the brain learns, and these findings can be directly applied to classroom teaching. Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of how the mind works—how people think, learn, remember, and solve problems. It combines insights from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and education. At its core, it looks at: Salisbury Regional will be working on our School Improvement Plan through Cognitive Science lens. Literacy Numeracy Safe, Cared For, and Engaged Graduation January 16th As a collective the group is showcasing successes from the first term and sharing exemplars from their team work. Collaborating on the S.I.P updating actions in the  PDCA cycle document. Co-analyze January data, co-plan next steps, and identify support. Staff Survey from province or district The Non STEAM group is reading the Cognitive Load Theory book by […]

Professional Learning Day Plan – August 2025-June 2026 Salisbury Regional School The following is a brief description of our planned professional learning work from August to June, 2026 . This work is organized around our district’s four collective goals: School staff will monitor the impact of their work from August on, and on subsequent professional learning days, in achieving these goals. Cognitive science offers a lot of insight into how the brain learns, and these findings can be directly applied to classroom teaching. Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of how the mind works—how people think, learn, remember, and solve problems. It combines insights from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and education. At its core, it looks at: Salisbury Regional will be working on our School Improvement Plan through Cognitive Science lens. Literacy Numeracy Safe, Cared For, and Engaged Graduation

Salisbury Regional School staff will be participating in the below professional development work on September 19th, 2025.