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April 30, 2012
AQ Instructor, Marion Roy, received Award for Excellence in Continuing Education
The OISE community celebrated four outstanding colleagues who have been named recipients of 2011-2012 OISE Teaching Excellence Awards. Continuing Education's, Marion Roy, was honoured with the Award for Excellence in Continuing Education.
Nominated by her entire Vocal Music class, Marion is a dedicated Music instructor for the Additional Qualification courses at OISE. Her students had this to say in their nomination letter:
"Marion is an erudite musician. She has generously shared her talents, her passion for music and personal warmth with each of us. She has made professional and personalized connections between the course materials and each student."
Recognition and formal rewarding of outstanding teachers acknowledges the importance that OISE assigns to high quality teaching. The Award for Excellence in Continuing Education recognizes the important role that continuing education plays in OISE's outreach to educational communities and to recognize the excellent teaching within this unit.
Congratulations Marion on your outstanding achievement!
More about the Award for Excellence in Continuing Education and past winners.
April 27, 2012
Teaching and Learning for AQ instructors
On April 14, OISE’s Addional Qualification instructors had a day filled with teaching and learning. For our annual spring /summer inservice the theme for the day was Beyond Basic Blackboard - Innovations in Online Learning.
Clare Brett, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Cirriculum, Teaching and Learning, began the day with a presentation to the large group on the topic of the Role of the Online Instructor. Following this our instructors were able to attend 3 sessions of their choice presented by fellow AQ instructors and experts in the field of online learning:
Giving Your Online Course a Voice with Voicethreads - Tina Zita
Seeing is Believing! Using Video Conferencing in Your Course - Marc Keirstead
Connect 2 Create - Seeta Nyary
Mini Workshop Carousel:
Structured Group Roles in Online Environments - Laura Pinto
More Than a Number - Mark Melnyk
Using Podcasts in Your Course - Robin Persad
Collaborative Culminating Course Task - Patricia Warecki
Feed back from day has been positive and plans area already underway for the fall.
April 19, 2012
Professor John Hattie visits OISE
The Office of Innovations and Opportunities hosted internationally acclaimed Professor John Hattie, Professor and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia on April 19 for two public sessions.
Professor Hattie's influential 2008 book Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement synthesized the results of more than 15 years’ research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. The study found that positive teacher-student interaction is by far the most important factor in effective teaching. His recent book, Visible Learning for Teachers released in 2012, takes the next step in explaining how to apply the principles from Visible Learning to any classroom anywhere in the world.
In the first public session, John expanded on the key aspects of his research related to maximizing impact on students: which teaching strategies work best?
The following panel discussion, both vibrant and informative, featured Hattie, Ben Levin (OISE Professor), Mary Jean Gallagher (Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario & Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Achievement Division, Ministry of Education), Michael Fullan (Professor Emeritus, OISE) and was moderated by Ruth Childs (Associate Dean, Office of Innovations and Opportunities).
Video of both sessions will be posted on our website as soon as it is ready!
Larry Swartz new book
OISE instructor, Larry Swartz has written a new book along with Kathleen Gould Lundy entitled Creating Caring Classrooms. This passionate book is about community, compassion, and creativity; it is about caring for others. It is also about helping students care about their work. Teachers will learn how to establish inclusive classrooms where kindness and concern become crucial backdrops for critical conversations. They will be introduced to simple but profound strategies that initiate and maintain respectful dialogue, promote collaboration over competition, and confront difficult issues such as bullying and exclusion.
March 22, 2012
Recently Barbara Bodkin spoke at the ‘Leadership and Sustainability’ Conference in Dubai, UAE. In attendance were senior officials and school leaders from all over the Middle East. Here Barbara is with Nourah Mohammed Al-Thagafi, one of event organizers.
March 2, 2012
JiNan University, China
A group from JiNan University in China met with Barbara Bodkin, Director of Continuing Education (CE) OISE, to discuss opportunities for the group to participant in CE's program in Higher Education Leadership & Management. Leading the group was Vice-President, Professor Liu Jiesheng and the Dean of International School, Tang Shuze.
February 3, 2012
Thank you...
On behalf of myself and I hope most of the principals that are back in Chile, I'd like to thank you all for supporting this outstanding program, for sharing experiences, and research that leads to educational improvement, and the importance of the role of the Principal in this process.
I also would like to thank you for believing that change is in our hands, and that we have to keep moving forward, engaging everyone in the school community, dealing with persuassion, precision, professionalism and perseverance (as professor Carol Campbell mentioned some time ago).
At last, but not least, I'd like to thank people at OISE for receiving us so warmly, worried about every single detail in our stay in Toronto. And for caring and making the logo there at OISE, come true in our lives... NEVER EVER STOP LEARNING... Because we all did, and a lot!
Thank you very much... from the bottom of our hearts.
On behalf of myself and I hope most of the principals that are back in Chile, I'd like to thank you all for supporting this outstanding program, for sharing experiences, and research that leads to educational improvement, and the importance of the role of the Principal in this process.
I also would like to thank you for believing that change is in our hands, and that we have to keep moving forward, engaging everyone in the school community, dealing with persuassion, precision, professionalism and perseverance (as professor Carol Campbell mentioned some time ago).
At last, but not least, I'd like to thank people at OISE for receiving us so warmly, worried about every single detail in our stay in Toronto. And for caring and making the logo there at OISE, come true in our lives... NEVER EVER STOP LEARNING... Because we all did, and a lot!
Thank you very much... from the bottom of our hearts.
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Osvaldo P. Maldonado P.
Director Colegio Golda Meir
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More below (Jan 23) on the program...
January 23, 2012
Education Leadership Internship Program - FUNDACION CHILE-OISE
The second week of the School Leadership Internship hosted in partnership with Fundacion Chile (a business-government partnership that in part provides consultancies in education and training) and OISE is underway. The three week program, sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Chile, consists of face to face classes, presentations, visits to schools, and encounters with school leaders. Partcipants include 62 principals from elementary and secondary schools in Chile and Latin America and for many, it is the first time to Canada.
November 4, 2011
SuOn College: Jiangsu Principals - Advanced Program in Leadership Development
OISE Continuing Education welcomed 100 high school principals from Jiangsu, China in 2011 for School Leadership Programs. Most of the delegates are leading reputable senior high schools who are striving for high teaching standard and cultivating creative graduates for university education. Effective leadership is core to their success in today’s knowledge economy and globalization.
The guests worked with Canadian resource professors and educators in understanding and exchanged ideas on essential aspects and insights of school leadership in 21st century, including how to develop the leadership team for school improvement; assessment and evaluation in schools – what is new in research and practice. After visiting some Toronto schools, the Chinese colleagues expressed most passionately in the round-tables their outstanding impression on Canada’s inclusive education and multi-cultural classrooms. They stated in concluding session that
“Canada and China vary in historical, cultural and socio-economic background, yet, our goal in educating young citizens is highly congruent, and that is optimizing our education system to cultivate students with justified world view and maximized capacity. We have seen and learnt a lot how Canadian educators pursue high standard by not compromising equality and equity – it enlightened our minds in school leadership”.
OISE Dean Julia O’Sullivan, Registrar Don MacMillan, Director of Continuing Education Barbara Bodkin and Senior Coordinator of International Initiatives Julia Pan visited China and Jiangsu Provincial Education Ministry, the sponsor of the above program, in 2011.
October 5, 2011
Early Years Symposium: Collaborative Practice and Action
OISE Continuing Education organized and hosted an early years symposium, Collaborative Practice and Action: Full Day Early Learning in Ontario Schools, which took place on October 1, and was attended by more than 200 educators from all over Ontario. Together with the Dr Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, the Association of Early Childhood Educators, the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, George Brown College and Ryerson University, the symposium welcomed early childhood educators, researchers, professors, graduate students, and teachers who gathered together to immerse themselves in a highly interactive, day-long exchange, sharing experiences and challenges of full-day learning....read more
View PPT presentation (PDF): Voices from the Schools: School Teams Share their Experiences
September 23, 2011
Law Works: Education Law Institute
Every year, OISE partners with the exceptional law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais, the TDSB and TCDSB to develop a conference that ensures that school administrators and superintendents keep up to date with the changing legal environment that affects their roles.
Our 6th annual education law conference was a hit with participants from the GTA Boards as well as Boards from across Ontario. Case-study sessions were led by experienced and knowledgeable lawyers, supported by superintendents. Many participants wished that they could have attended more of the sessions. As a result, we are posting the power-point presentations from all the sessions to help fill in the gaps, and to serve as a review for all participants.
August 3, 2011
Higher Education Leadership Institute
From July 20 to August 3, Continuing Education hosted delegates from Beijing Vocational College of Labour and Social Security to take part in a Higher Education Leadership Institute. OISE Professor Katharine Janzen delivered the opening keynote to the group on Higher Education in Community Colleges in Ontario.
July 2011
Learn and Travel Abroad with OISE AQ - Jiangsu, China
In July, 24 OISE Continuing Education students travelled to Jiangsu, China, to teach chinese english teachers strategies for teaching ESL in classrooms of Jiangsu province. This practicum was part of their learning to complete an AQ in ESL. View picture gallery
October 2010
Chinese Bridge delegation for Canadian Schools
The Hanban Institute in Beijing which promotes the
Mandarin language and Chinese culture worldwide.
Ontario Deputy Minister of Education Kevin Costante and
Principal You Yiaoping from the Nanjing Number 1 Middle School.
Daily Physical Activity at Nanjing No. 1 Primary School.
Members of the Chinese Bridge delegation for Canadian
Schools meeting with officials from the Nanjing Education
Bureau.
Meeting with a school principal and teacher from Nanjing
No. 9 Middle School
October 2010
Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education visit
Barbara Bodkin and colleagues from Universities of Stanford, London and Melbourne advised on the new secondary school program with principals, attended meetings with the Director General (Premier) of the province and participated in the annual Principal Forum . Summer 2011 ESL AQ teachers can travel and study in Jiangsu. More information here.
October 28, 2010
Education Leadership Network
The Education Leadership Network was help on October 28 at the Intercontinental Hotel. Forty five 'graduates' of PQP OISE joined the conversation and reconnected with colleagues from around the province. Based on her co-authored book "Realization," view Lyn's slides here.
September 24, 2010
5th Annual Education Law Institute
- School Excursions - Naomi Calla
- Search and Seizure in Schools - Robert Weir
- Duty to Report - Giselle Basanta
- Special Education Update - Tony Brown
- Online Social Netowrking and Blogging - Eric Roher
Scott Wortley, Professor of Criminology, University of Toronto, presented a compelling evidence related to Youth Violence in Ontario. Click here to listen to his talk and read his data.
August 18-19, 2010
Summer Assessment for Learning Institute, Talk About Assessment: High School Strategies and Tools
July 2010
Trip to Santiago, Chile
July 13, 2010
Charles Pascal, Special Advisor to the Premier on Early Learning, spoke to AQ students in Kindergarten and Primary programs.
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