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Did you know that most of the books and resources reviewed in Professionally Speaking are available at the Margaret Wilson Library? Tap the Magic Tree, by Christie Matheson, has its early readers rhyming, jiggling and clapping through the lifecycle of an apple tree. Copies are limited so hurry to reserve yours! |
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| What’s in the way of change? |
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Join education professionals across the country to identify barriers that inhibit changes in our education system. The Canadian Education Association (CEA) has launched www.standingintheway.ca to facilitate this pan-Canadian conversation. |
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| Trending today and tomorrow: Digital education |
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Canadians are showing a healthy appetite for new models of education delivery, particularly the online world. Digital education can reduce costs, improve customization and better prepare students for the future. Read more in The connected classroom: How Canadians see the evolution of education, a PWC Citizen Compass report. |
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| Education ministers promote consistency in early learning
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A new resource by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) presents a nation-wide vision for early learning for children from birth to eight years old. It also promotes the need for consistency in values across all provinces about what’s most important in the early years. Read the framework document
here. |
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| Children’s learning improves with less on canvas |
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Research shows Kindergarten students learn better and retain more information with fewer visual distractions on classroom walls. Read the research conducted by Psychology and Statistics students at Carnegie Mellon University in the Psychological Science online journal here. |
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Thanks to all those who joined us on July 7 in our 17th annual golf tournament. Your registration and generous donations helped raise more than $30,000 for the Ontario College of Teachers Scholarship Program. |
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Mark your calendar now for the College’s conference on November 5 to 7 in Toronto. The conference, Inspiring Public Confidence, features English and French workshops focused on professional regulation, teacher education and the public interest. Hear Ken Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Iran and subject of Academy Award winning film “Argo” talk about his experience in Iran.
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has accurate information about your work/business address. If you are employed or self-employed in a position of authority over children or students or in education, please let us know your employer’s address. |
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