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Ontario College of Teachers | Setting the Standard for Great Teaching
 
AUGUST 2014
  Your College and You
Have you read this yet?
Have you read this yet?
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!

 

What’s in the way of change?
What’s in the way of change?

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.

 
Trending today and tomorrow: Digital education
Trending today and tomorrow: Digital education
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.

 
Education ministers promote consistency in early learning
Education ministers promote consistency in early learning
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.

 

Children’s learning improves with less on canvas
Children’s learning improves with less on canvas
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.
 
Thanks for chipping in!
Thanks for chipping in!
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.
 
Save the date
Save the date
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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