Instructional Design: Exemplar C2

Standard: Cultivating Effective Instructional Design to Co-plan, Teach and Assess Learning.

Theme: Engaging with Inquiry Approaches

Growth Phase: Evolving

Growth Indicator: Learning experiences are designed to have real world context and relevance for students.


Explore this Ontario middle school’s virtual LLC to discover many interesting learning provocations – virtual makerspace activities and choice grids, virtual field trips, coding supports and examples, inquiry and research support and find beautifully student-designed book posters.

Williams Parkway LLC. (2020). Panthers LIbrary. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/pdsb.net/williams-parkway-library/home


An Ontario teacher and teacher-librarian/university instructor provide a detailed plan and additional references/resources for teachers to appropriately and sensitively discuss tragic or bizarre events that the school community, local area, or world has heard about.

Borysiak, M. & Harris, G.  (March 3, 2021).  What Do You Do in Class the ‘Day After’?  Canadian School Libraries Journal 5(1).  Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/what-do-you-do-in-class-the-day-after/