Chair's Video Message

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a great weekend! This week's video can be found here: https://youtu.be/91lBsXo6FUg

I talk about additional qualification courses. Here's a link to Lakehead's Professional Development in Education department's page about these courses: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/academics/departments/education/pd/about-aq-courses

I also re-address questions from first year students about why the composition of their cohorts will change next year, as this continues to be a concern for some teacher candidates. Remember that if you wish to carpool with someone, use the same procedure as you did last year and respond to the message about carpool requests when you receive it in the spring. 

For more information about Bill 18, the revised Health and Safety legislation, please see this information from the Ontario Public Health and Safety Association: https://www.pshsa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/PSHSA-Fast-Facts-Bill-18-Stronger-Workplaces-for-a-Stronger-Economy-Act-2014.pdf

For more information about police record checks, please see this information sheet from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario: https://www.ipc.on.ca/images/resources/up-1policebkg.pdf

I intended to share some heartening information with you and then forgot what it was. It's the Ontario College of Teacher's Transition to Teaching report. There's good news about the number of teaching jobs expected to become available in the next few years. Here's a link to the report: http://www.oct.ca/-/media/PDF/Transition%20to%20Teaching%202015/EN/2015_T2T_main_report_web_en.pdf

If you don't have time to view the video, please ask your colleagues about it. Some of your instructors are regular viewers too!

Have a terrific week!