Leaders of Tomorrow Conference

Thursday April 15, 2010 – Friday April 16, 2010

Pretty River Academy is excited to invite intermediate students from the Georgian Triangle area to our first annual Leaders of Tomorrow Conference. Students in grades 7 and 8 are invited to attend this conference held April 15-16 2010. This is an exciting opportunity for students to learn beneficial skills. The conference has been designed specifically for intermediate students and it is our goal to have each student utilize these leadership experiences with their fellow students and faculty at their schools and in the community. This conference will feature professional key note speakers, various workshops led by student leaders and professionals.

Please see the attachment below for more details, and to register.

REGISTRATION.doc

Working More Effectively in an Intercultural School Setting

Offered by the International Educators Training Program (IETP)

Date: February 4-6, 2010
Location: Royal St. George’s College, 120 Howland Ave., Toronto, ON
Course Fees*: $1425 + GST
Instructors: To be determined

Accommodation: for accommodation options please visit the IETP web site.

2010_feb_brochure.pdf

Live Out Loud Adventures - International Trip Leader Training Program

March 6 – 9th, 2010 Part 1) Travel Medicine First Aid offered by Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA – www.wildmed.ca) Dates – March 6th and 7th Location – Southridge School, 2656 160 Street Surrey, BC Duration - 22 hours over 2 days Certification – Travel Medicine Certification issued by WMA Part 2) Risk Management for Staff & Faculty Leading International Trips Offered by Sarah Wiley and Angus Murray of Live Out Loud Adventures (LOLA – www.liveoutloudadventures.com) Dates – March 8th and 9th Location – West Point Grey Academy, 4125 West 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC Duration - 15 hours over 2 days *Participants can take either part of the training program independently* Please contact Sarah Wiley at sarah@liveoutloudadventures.com for more information and to register. Spaces must be confirmed by Feb. 1, 2010.

Teaching for Conceptual Understanding in Math

Where: Havergal College, Toronto, ON

A workshop series from January to May 2010:

January 16: Contextualizing Mathematics in the 21st Century and Building Community
February 6: Multiplication
March 6: Division
April 10: Fractions
May 1: Decimals and Percents, Part 1
June 5: Decimals and Percents, Part 2 and Next Steps

5 reasons to attend this series of workshops:

• Learn new strategies for teaching for understanding
• Support the development of problem solvers
• Ensure high-quality classroom instruction, focusing on number sense
• Build capacity at the school level
• Provide a consistent and rigorous curriculum

Teaching_for_Conceptual_Understanding_in_Math_2_Dec7.pdf

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (CANADA) School Based Program

Teachers, here is an opportunity to get your students involved in a social action project that changes the way that children are treated.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (CANADA) School Based Program, offers:
• Presentations through their Speaker’s Bureau which provides valuable insight into the life of Nelson Mandela, the history of apartheid and the global impact of lives affected by systemic injustices.
• Professional development for teachers demonstrating how to integrate an inclusive curriculum.
• Hands-on workshops

The School-Based Program works in collaboration with schools to teach students about Nelson Mandela and his struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. Through the Speaker’s Bureau, students learn about the challenges facing orphans, vulnerable children and youth in South Africa and the impact of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (www.un.org/millenniumgoals) on our global communities.

Students in Canada are given the opportunity to respond to what they have learned by taking action through fundraising and making a difference in the lives of their peers in South Africa. 
NMCF (CANADA) ensures that all funds donated are used to empower children and youth in South Africa and improve their quality of life.  The money raised in partnership with schools supports five programs in South Africa:
• Skills development - strengthens the family’s potential to provide the social and educational needs of young children; equips youth from poverty backgrounds with market-orientated skills;
• Well-being of the child - rehabilitates the lives of children living on the street by providing alternative models of care, such as healthy family and community environments. It also helps to build safe communities to prevent child abuse, and provides support for children in distress through court support and neighborhood victim support;
• Disability program- integrates and empowers disabled children by improving interaction between mainstream classrooms and those who are differently abled through unified activities in sports, arts, and cultural initiatives;
• Leadership and excellence - equips youth with life skills and entrepreneurial skills, to enable them to participate in the economy;
• Goelama (Sotho word that means to nurture and care for the vulnerable) improves the lives of children affected by HIV/AIDS through education, and mobilizing communities to take responsibility for orphans and households headed by children.

For more information visit our web site at www.mandela-children.ca or contact: Ka’ren Feder, Program Outreach and Development Officer 
Tel: 416-496-8403 ext. 235 or 1-866-763-1453

NMCF_CANADA_SBP_blurb.doc

Volunteer Teaching Opportunities in Uganda

An Experience of a Lifetime!  
 
The Jane Goodall Institute is looking for several highly motivated teachers to work with them, to help deliver an environmental education workshop for primary teachers in Uganda in March and July 2010 (dates to be determined). The program will focus on the use of learner-centred teaching methods, as well as the integration of Environmental Education into the Uganda Primary School Curriculum (UPSC).

These workshops are organized by the Jane Goodall Institute of Uganda, with support from the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. 
For more information and application details, visit: Volunteering.
For more information about the program please check the Jane Goodall Institute website.

2010 Off-Site Safety Management Course

Canadian International Expeditions presents the 2010 OSSM Course.

Dates:

Saturday, March 27 – Sunday, March 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27 – Sunday, November 28, 2010

Timing:

Saturday 8.00 am – 5.30 pm
Sunday 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

Venue:

St Clement’s School, 21 St Clement’s Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4R 1G8

Event Cost:

$400.00 (incl. tax) per person for two days.
The price includes course notes, lunch and refreshments, but not accommodation.

Maximum number of participants is 16.
In the event that the course has to be cancelled, all monies will be returned and an alternative date offered.

For more details please see the attachments below.

Booking_form.pdf

Opening the Doors to Excellence in Multisensory Teaching: The Orton-Gillingham Approach

April 23 - 24, 2010 at Havergal College

An Invitation from The Academy

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, it is my pleasure to invite you to our annual Spring Conference. This year, we are going north to Havergal College in Toronto, Canada! We always look forward to seeing our members from Canada, the U.S., and other
parts of the world. We hope to make many new friends: tutors, teachers, administrators, parents, and others interested in learning about the Orton-Gillingham Approach.

Conference sessions will focus on our theme: Opening The Doors To Excellence in Multisensory Teaching: The Orton-Gillingham Approach. Two excellent keynote speakers will highlight the conference theme. Presentations on math, writing, phonology, vocabulary and comprehension along with workshops for parents, teaching demonstrations, and other informative sessions will provide many opportunities for continued education.

We are proud to say that the Academy, in its fifteenth year, is vibrant and growing. We hope that you will join us in Toronto on April 23 and 24 for an informative, enriching educational experience.

Rosalie Davis, President, Board of Trustees
The Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

Please see below for the conference flyer and registration form.

TorontoBrochure-web-2.pdf

The Sterling Institute

The Sterling Institute is a centre of expertise in boys' education. Its goal is to share research and resources from around the globe that encourage excellence in the teaching of boys. It was founded by The Sterling Hall School in 2007.

In its pursuit of excellence in education, The Sterling Hall School has produced much of its own curriculum, tailored to the way boys learn best. This material is based on the best practices and studies of other educators and researchers, as well as the faculty's combined experience. It has proven to be effective in the SHS classrooms and at other schools. The curriculum is continually developed and refined, according to the response of the boys and the high academic demands of the school.

As interest in the work at The Sterling Hall School has spread, faculty have been invited to present at conferences across Canada, the U.S., and abroad. Through The Sterling Institute, we are now pleased to be able to share with a wider audience our proprietary, leading-edge curriculum and the extensive resource base we have cultivated in the area of boys' education. The Sterling Institute has also gathered an impressive selection of other related resources from around the world and links to these materials can be found on this site.

Much of the information including reports, publications, workshops, and selected presentations, is available to view online free of charge. Members of The Sterling Institute also have access to our proprietary curriculum and additional presentations that are not available to the general public. These resources may be downloaded and printed. Alternatively, customizable versions may be purchased for an additional fee.

For more information, please visit The Sterling Institute website at www.sterlinghall.com/institute, or contact Erica Sprules, Co-ordinator and Editor of the Institute at esprules@sterlinghall.com or by phone at (416) 785-3410.

Cancer Connections Photography Show

St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School (SMLS), in partnership with Photosensitive, invites students of CAIS and CIS affiliated schools to join in a national Cancer Connections photography exhibition.  

The Cancer Connections exhibition features photographs that will help to raise awareness and foster sensitivity to those effected by cancer and the people close to them. The photographs document the effects of cancer on the lives of people across Canada. The display is currently touring the country and appears in the online gallery at www.photosensitive.com/cc.

Since 1990, PhotoSensitive, a not for profit organization of photographers, has been harnessing the power of black and white photography to raise public consciousness of critical issues around the globe. Cancer Connections  provides the opportunity to take photographs of a wide range of subjects: people who have survived cancer, those who have lost friends or family to the disease or people involved in the fight against it. The group welcomes student submissions to the exhibition.

Students are asked to be creative in the portrayal of their subject. Visit the website to get ideas and view the over 400 photographs currently online. Submissions will be accepted in September 2009, with photos posted onto the web gallery over the fall and winter. All student photographs will appear in the Cancer Connections web gallery. A select number of submissions will appear in a physical traveling exhibition as it goes to Vancouver, Calgary and the Grand Finale show in Ottawa in 2010. Mini exhibitions organized by individual schools or groups of schools (perhaps in conjunction with local cancer societies) are also possible.

Submission is straightforward and details appear online. Ideally, black and white photos should be submitted electronically at 20” x 16”, 300 dpi, though PhotoSensitive will work with hard copies and/or convert colour images to black and white. A 50-word caption and completed subject release form must accompany the photo submission. 

To find out more about PhotoSensitive and Cancer Connections visit www.photosensitive.com/cc; browse photos, read stories and watch the launch videos from the first three exhibitions in Toronto, Montreal and Charlottetown.

St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School is excited to be launching the Cancer Connections photography project within the CIS and CAIS community. This project combines many aspects of curriculum, while reaching out to the broader community both locally and nationally. A kit for teachers and students will be available in August/September, through St. Mildred’s, to assist with the introduction of the project in your school.

We encourage you and your students to participate in this educational and inspirational opportunity to be part of PhotoSensitive’s unique exhibition. 

For further information please contact:

Jackie Osmond Patrick, PhotoSensitive at (905) 282-9074, jackie@photosensitive.com

or

Karen Dyne
Director of Arts, St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School
Tel: (905) 845-2386 ext. 756
e-mail: kdyne@smls.on.ca

CancerConnectionsLetter.pdf

International Home Exchange Club

International Home Exchange Club - A great opportunity!

• Club Members exchange homes with fellow Members around the world and save money on holidays
• Exclusively for those with current or past connections with Independent Schools worldwide:

-Fee-Payers
-Alumni
-Teachers
-Staff
-Governors

To learn more, please see the flyer below

Homes-Club_Brochure.pdf

Speaking at Branksome Hall - Roland Case and Peter