Professional Learning Collection

Upcoming PL

Learning Forward Professional Learning News
Stay up-to-date with the latest in professional learning news with this highly informative e-news brief.
Success At The Core
This is a FREE resource that offers teachers practical methods to implement a shared vision of quality instruction in their classrooms.
The Ability Hub - Awakening the Potential
June 6-7, 2013: The 2nd Annual Canadian Vocational Conference: "What Will It Take? Advancing Vocational Opportunities for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders" will be held at the Canada Olympic Park Conference Centre.
File Using the ESL Benchmarks Tracking Sheets
Mon., May 27, 2013: This one hour WEBINAR will prepare educators to use the ESL Proficiency Benchmarks Tracking Sheets for reporting the progress of ELL.
Applying Cognitive Neuroscience to Educational Practice
June 26-27, 2013: The Saints Institute for Teaching and Learning provides a forum for teachers and others to learn about real-world challenges and opportunities that confront the 21st Century Learner.
Education for the Future - Annual Data Summer Institute
July 22-26, 2013: Complete your school data profile and learn how to use data to ensure continuous improvement!
Rapid Learning Institute
Face paced on-line learning that works.
Promoting Inclusion, Learning, & Meaningful Relationships
May 29, 2013 - This interactive workshop will address practical and promising approaches for developing supports and fostering relationships among students with or without significant disabilities in the classroom.
Learning Forward - Free Webinars
Learning Forward works to increase student achievement through more effective professional learning.
Education Week Webinars
Stay on top of the first pace of change and the business of education.
Promoting Inclusion, Learning & Meaningful Relationships
Wed., May 29, 2013: This workshop will address practical approaches for developing supports and fostering relationships among students.
Royal Roads University Education Studies (RRUES)
RRUES provides comprehensive programs that respond to the education sector's need for qualified management-level professionals. Application deadlines: May 9, May 31, and June 6, 2013.
File Fun Friends Workshop May 24th 2013
School-Based Social Emotional Learning & Anxiety Prevention Program. Teach students skills to be independent, successful learners, raise achievement, and spend less time troubleshooting out of class issues in the classroom. To register please see attached.
Learning Forward - The International Nonprofit Association of Learning Educators
Every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves.
Using the Right Technology and Pedagogy to Enhance Language Acquisition, Dialogue, and Metacognitive Thinking
This article discusses experiences of teachers and students in the Excellence in Learning project at École Elbow Valley Elementary School. Ten staff members from French Immersion and English tracks participated in a collaborative action research process to explore the use of alternate technology pedagogies in language acquisition, dialogue, and metacognitive thinking. The voluntary teacher participants used digital documentation to record interactions and activities that guided the direction of their learning cycle - By Stacy-Ann Pothier & Heather Hill
Using Mobile Technologies in French Immersion Classrooms: Enriching Second Language Acquisition
École Edwards Elementary School is a dual-track, kindergarten to grade four school located in Airdrie, Alberta in the Rocky View School Division. The school received a grant to enable 19 primary French Immersion teachers to participate in a collaborative action research project that investigated the use of mobile technologies, specifically iPods and iPads, and their impact on second language acquisition - By Gerry Gaudet
File E-inclusion in Early French Immersion Classrooms
Using Technologies to Support Inclusive Practices That Meet the Needs of All Learners - The paper discusses a 2-year study that investigated the role of the use of digital technologies in implementing inclusive instructional practices in EFI classrooms. In particular, the paper presents how the use of digital technologies can play a role in the adoption of differentiated and inclusive instructional strategies based on the multiple intelligence theory (Gardner, 1997) and on Universal Design Learning principles (UDL; Cast, 2011). Following the notion of e-inclusion, the use of digital technologies becomes intertwined with effective differentiated and inclusive instructional strategies that support, scaffold, and enhance the learning of all learners in the immersive classrooms.
Technology Tutorials
Want to learn a new technology? This link takes you to a variety of free tutorials that will teach you everything from specific computer skills to everyday life skills. This website has tutorials for Computer Basics, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Social Networking, and much more.
University of Calgary Upcoming Activities
The University of Calgary look forward to seeing you at the upcoming PL activities.
File ESL/ELL Applied Summer Institute: Maximizing Learning
Aug. 15-17, 2013: This is an unique opportunity for classroom-based teachers and coaches to focus on effective classroom practices with English Language Learners.
Next 20 items » 1 2 3
Document Actions