2024 CLC CONFERENCE: GO FURTHER, TOGETHER
DATE: April 23 & 24, 2024
Attend the CLC conference as a school team! CDAs, CLC Principals, and CLC teachers, are you working on a Community School strategy, Mental Health initiatives, and looking to further Family Engagement? Join us for two days of conference workshops focused on these themes and more
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Perspectives In Parenting: Supporting Your Child’s Journey
Bullying & The Law
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Webinar for Parents
In this workshop, you will learn more about the legal aspects of bullying, such as criminal law, sharing of intimate images, and school responsibilities. You will have access to various resources.
Presenting Partner: Educaloi
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Exploring school-based mental health initiatives
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 1:00 pm
Webinar for Educators and School Practitioners
Building a school environment that prioritizes social-emotional learning (SEL) and positive mental health is crucial for the well-being and success of all students. Join the Centre of Excellence for Mental Health (CEMH) and the Centre of Excellence for School Climate (CESC) as we explore how educators can incorporate SEL practices and what makes an effective mental health initiative. Partner resources and information on mental health project ideas will be available.
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Teacher Appreciation Week <3
February 4 – 10
Families have shown their appreciation for our Super Tutors at LEARN. Here are just a few samples of the heartfelt notes of thanks we received:
- Just a quick word to say thank you to LEARN and the tutors that worked with us since last October. (Student) talks more with us, looks more confident, and most of all she is happy and excited to attend her meetings and do homework!
- Our message for Teacher Appreciation Week is just THANK YOU! My son has had two sessions so far and is raving about how they’ve helped him and really boosted his confidence. Thank you for your time and for everything you do for our kids!
- Merci beaucoup pour votre temps et patience avec ma fille. (Élève) me fait part qu’elle apprend beaucoup avec vous. Elle dit que les sessions sont intéressantes. Bravo! Excellent travail, merci encore.
- He feels very supported and he knows that (the tutor) genuinely believes in him and his abilities. We are extremely grateful to her and look forward to seeing her every time. As parents, we feel she is making an impact on his self-esteem. Thank you!!
- Thank you to all the teachers in LEARN, because children thrive and achieve when teachers like you believe and encourage.
- You truly are such a sense of peace for us; you have patience I am not able to access when I help my children. Thank you for all your hard work!!
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Celebrating Our Math and Science Teachers at WQSB’s Virtual Campus
LEARN is proud to provide administrative and technical support to the Virtual Campus math and science teachers from WQSB. Students shared their appreciation for the teaching team:
- Thank you for being an amazing teacher, for being there, and having patience with me during the beginning until now. You have taught me a lot and still kept me motivated to continue in school even in hard times.
- Thank you for being an amazing teacher! You have given me a lot of help through everything!
- I appreciate how understanding and supportive you are, it really makes a difference when it comes to learning a more difficult course like this.
- Thank you so much for accepting me, helping me through this, and being so understanding!
- Thank you so much for teaching me and guiding me through this course.
- Having such a great teacher makes the learning process that much better and easier.
- Thanks for the help whenever I need it.
- Thank you for having patience with me. You are an amazing teacher.
- Your hard work is well appreciated!
- Thank you for being caring and understanding!
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PEDAGOGICAL SERVICES TEAM
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ShiftEd Podcast #28: In Conversation with Nick Maturo of ELAN
Nick Maturo, interim CEO of ELAN, the English Language Artists Network, joined our LEARN-RÉCIT consultant, Chris Colley, for a wonderful conversation about their steadfast commitment to fostering linguistic and cultural diversity through the medium of English.
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Pre-Service Science Teachers Play with STEAM
This past month LEARN was invited to facilitate a workshop with four groups of future elementary science teachers at McGill University. Our objective was to make them live STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) in two different activities. LEARN decided it would be best for the pre-service teachers to live STEAM by doing, and in turn they would uncover a mindset of wonder, discovery, and yes thinking and doing as scientists do.
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L’évaluation et le numérique en FLS avec Sophie Piquette
Quoi évaluer? Comment et quand le faire? Comment le numérique peut nous aider dans cette tâche? Que faire avec les résultats des évaluations? Devons-nous toujours tout évaluer? Voici quelques questions auxquelles nous aimerions répondre lors de ce webinaire.
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LEARN-RÉCIT UPCOMING EVENTS
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Open Creative Space (OCS) Day: Unplugged & Basics of Robotics
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024 – All Day
In-person at LEARN Office
Join us for a face-to-face networking, playing, and sharing experience at the LEARN office! Spend the day exploring unplugged robots (meaning screen-free!) and how they can be integrated easily into your classroom to increase student engagement. The ideal workshop for preschool, Kindergarten, and Cycle 1 teachers.
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ScratchED Meetup
Date: Friday, February 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Online Via Zoom
Anyone who is interested in connecting with fellow educators and learning more about using Scratch in educational settings is welcome to participate. Sounds intriguing? We hope to see you there!
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Teaching about the Total Solar Eclipse
Date: March 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Online Via Zoom
In this webinar, we’ll learn all about the upcoming total solar eclipse coming to Quebec on Monday, April 8th. With guidance from Trevor Kjorlien, Space Educator from Plateau Astro, we’ll learn how to teach what a solar eclipse is with simple physical models and free software tools. We’ll learn about the path of totality, what the eclipse will look like from the ground, and some suggested tips for that Monday afternoon.
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Apply Now! For the Upcoming ArtistsInspire Deadline
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Year 5 of ArtistsInspire is well underway! There is still time to apply for your school’s One Day Event and/or an ArtistsInspire School Grant! These grants provide $1500 in funding to English public elementary and secondary schools in Quebec to provide quality in-person and virtual arts & culture experiences with a professional artist.
Application Deadline: February 29, 2024
ALL 2023-24 ArtistsInspire activities must take place by March 31, 2024.
Connect with an Artist now to book your preferred artist for a One Day Event and/or an ArtistsInspire School Grant! Every English public elementary and secondary school in Quebec is eligible for a $1500 One Day Event and a $1500 School Grant for a total of $3000 per school supporting student creativity. As much as possible, we ask schools to book artists living in their school board region.
To apply, see:
DEADLINE: All school applications for 2023-24 ArtistsInspire projects, including One Day Events, must be submitted by February 29, 2024. Projects must be completed by March 31, 2024.
TWO grants available for every school!
The One Day Events and the School Grants are two different grants, with two different purposes.
One Day Events include an artistic performance or installation and an Artist Talk where students can ask questions about the artist’s practice and career path. Events can be a solo or group concert, dance performance, play, live visual art creation, comic jam, story reading, film screening and more! To find artists offering One Day Events, see HERE.
School Grants are intended for students to experience a creative process and make art themselves. Check out our ready-made School Grant workshops in the Elementary and High School Workshops Catalogue, or Connect with an Artist directly for a workshop tailor-made for your students’ needs.
Please note that for administrative purposes (and for our sanity!), these two grants have a different application and feedback form.
School Grant: application form; feedback form
One Day Event: application form; feedback form
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If you need further help, contact Guillaume Jabbour, our ArtEd Coach, at artedcoach@quebec-elan.org for recommendations on artists who would connect well with your needs. Contact Barb von Thaden, our grants administrator, at artistsinspiregrants@quebec-elan.org or 438-979-1171 to help you through the application process.
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