"Homework Help" - Barrie Public Library is looking for Volunteers

The Barrie Public Library is looking for volunteers for their "Homework Help" over the Winter months. They are looking for interested Teacher Candidates to volunteer for an hour or two a week, usually after school hours. 

If you are interested, please contact Denise Calvert (Lakehead University Instructor) who will put you in contact with the Program Supervisor.

Lakehead University Education Career Fair

 

JOIN US FOR THE LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL EDUCATION FAIR 2021!

Date: Wednesday January 20, 2021

Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm

Connect with 45 school boards and teaching agencies through a virtual booth! Learn about the hundreds of teaching jobs that are available to you! 

This year, the Education Fair 2021 will use an exciting new virtual platform called Pheedloop. This virtual platform will allow you to connect with employers by:

• Having one on one conversations with a company representative in a virtual booth (through video or text chat)

• Explore employer profiles that include company information, networking contacts, job openings, etc.

• Setting up a student profile with detailed information for employers

• And much more!

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS AND ATTEND THE FAIR. 

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. 

*Once registered, you will receive an additional email at a later date with instructions on how to log in to Pheedloop to access the fair, and how to use the virtual platform. This will include a “How to use Pheedloop” demonstration video

For a list of participating employers, please visit lakeheadu.ca/careerzone

We look forward to seeing you at the virtual Education Fair 2021!

Apply To Education - New Grad Teacher Job Fair

Event Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021

Event Time: 12:30 – 3:30PM EST

This event is exclusively for students graduating from a Canadian certified education program who have no, or up to two years, of experience. The New Grad Teacher Job Fair is your chance to network with school boards from across Canada and learn more about what opportunities they have to offer.

School boards from across Canada will be attending this fair. As space is limited, please only apply if the participating school boards are of interest to you. 

For additional information, including participating School Boards and how to register for the event, please visit New Grad Teacher Job Fair

Save The Date -- Virtual NCCIE Events - Sharing Indigenous Education Resources

 

Further information and registration links to follow​.​

Hillsdale's PRO Grant Project: Fit Family Fridays

Hillsdale's PRO Grant Project: Fit Family Fridays - We are providing families with easy fitness activities that will be completed on each family's property on Fridays. This will be our way to build a sense of community during a time that we cannot gather together (we will all be doing the same activity at the same time). 

How would B.Ed. students participate?

B.Ed. students would provide easy to follow directions for a physical game/activity &/or a video explaining the game/activity keeping in mind that family sizes are different (some may only have 2 people participating and others may have 8). B.Ed. students could use an activity they may have planned for movement breaks in class or something for a physical education class that they would teach in the future.

If interested in this initiative or have any questions, please contact Laura Crawford-Awrey at crawfo2@lakeheadu.ca

Designated Early Childhood Educator - Job Opportunity in Peel District School Board

 

Message from the Orillia LU Library - Library Resources on Placement

 Dear Lakehead-Orillia Education Students:

Library Staff hope that your fall 2020 placements are going well, and we would like to remind you that the library's online resources and services are available during your placement period.  We have outlined some of these resources and services below.   Please remember that if you need assistance accessing library resources please contact the library directly at orlib@lakeheadu.ca

Library Services/Resources:  

Scan and Delivery of book excerpts and journal articles may be possible while you are on your placement.  As pictured below, you can find the book or journal article in Omni , click "Sign In" to login with your Lakehead username and password , then click on "Request Scanned Excerpt"  ,  and fill in the blanks on the form.   As long as your scan request is within our copyright guidelines, you will receive a scanned copy by email of the excerpt you are requesting.  If you have trouble locating an item in Omni, please contact us by email at orlib@lakeheadu.ca

Curbside Pickup of items from the Orillia Education Library is also available.  Find the item in Omni , click "Sign In"to login with your Lakehead username and password, then click on "Request Physical Item".  The Orillia Education Library is closed, but if you choose the Harvie Legacy Library location (at the Orillia University Avenue location), you may pick up your books there. You will receive an email from the library with information regarding pickup.

Library Guides are available on many Education-related topics  and include links to many freely available resources.  These include a series of P/J Teaching Topics; I/S Teaching Topics; K-12 Indigenous Education; Language Arts Mentor Texts; K-12 Makerspaces; Children/Young Adult Booklists and more.

Access to Online K-12 Lesson Planning & EBook Databases:   While you are on your placement, you have access to many online databases with teaching activities, ebooks, reproducible pages and lesson plans and more.  Start at the Education Library website  library.lakeheadu.ca/education , and find the "Resources" box .  Here you have access to journal databases, ebook databases, lesson planning databases and streaming databases.   If you are off campus,  login with your LU username and password unless you are directed to  "Education Passwords"  a course site which lists unique password information.   A selection of these databases is listed below:

Britannica eBook K-12 Collection   This K-12 ebook database provides access to 1,400 Britannica book titles from 40 popular Britannica series/collections. This database can be searched by keyword, grade and reading levels. It covers 39 specific subjects that are included in Kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum from the areas of science, social studies, and language arts.

Crabtree Digital    Access Crabtree books through this online portal. Crabtree Publishing, and Bobbie Kalman, are well-known for their beautifully illustrated books and educational resources on K-9+ curriculum subjects including animals, countries, life and physical sciences, geography, biographies and more. Newer collections include colourfully illustrated books on Mathematics, Makerspaces, Engineering, Explorers and Sports heroes. (A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, "Education Passwords" or contact the Education Library at orlib@lakeheadu.ca

Curriculum Resource Center An electronic library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle, high school, and junior college curriculum.

Green Teacher Webinar Series Click on Webinars, select Past Webinars, Click here to access the webinar archive for subscribers.  (A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, "Education Passwords" or contact the Orillia Education Library at orlib@lakeheadu.ca). After you enter the password, you should be directed into a page of "Protected Webinar Subscriber Archive".

International Children's Digital Library (Children's Ebooks) Provides free access to high-quality children’s books from around the world in different languages, including Arabic, Afrikaans, Danish, English, Farsi and beyond.

OERB: Ontario Educational Resources Bank Ontario Ministry of Education database. You may search for resources by grade, subject/course, strand, overall expectations, and/or keywords. Videoclips are included in this database. (A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, "Education Passwords" or contact the Orillia Education Library at orlib@lakeheadu.ca).

Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality YouTube channels; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing. This newly-released list is a work in progress.

OPHEA (Ontario Physical and Health Education Association) Elementary Curriculum Online Resources These online resources, support the implementation of Ontario’s H&PE Curriculum for Grades 1-8 by providing access to downloadable and searchable lesson plans addressing Ontario H&PE Curriculum expectations; access to student materials, planning schedules and writable assessment tools and links to supplemental resources. Click the "Click to Access the HP&E Resources" button on the BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE to access this database.

OPHEA (Ontario Physical and Health Education Association) Secondary Curriculum Online Resources These online resources, support the implementation of Ontario’s H&PE Curriculum for Grades 9-12 by providing access to downloadable and searchable lesson plans addressing Ontario H&PE Curriculum expectations; access to student materials, planning schedules and writable assessment tools and links to supplemental resources. Click the "Click to Access the HP&E Resources" button on the BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE to access this database.

OPHEA Safety Guidelines Link directly to the Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines. No password required

TumblebookCloud (Ebooks for Middle & High School) A collection of videos and chapter books in categories which include: Ebooks, Read-Alongs, Graphic Novels, Videos (from National Geographic!), and Audio Books suitable for middle school and high school grades. Lesson plans and quizzes accompany the books.

Tumblebook Library (Children's Ebooks) A collection of electronic animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles for children. The Tumblebook collection includes read alongs (chapter books) ebooks, puzzles and games and TumbleResources for teachers and students.

TumbleMath  A comprehensive collection of math picture books, all in the amazing TumbleBook format complete with animation and narration. The books are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes. Click on Quiz Portal and you will find a Portal containing thousands of quizzes created by math teachers specifically for your state/provincial standards.

 

Follow the Education Library on  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/LULibraryEducation  or Twitter @LakeheadLibEduc

Please remember that if you need assistance accessing resources please contact the library directly at orlib@lakeheadu.ca

All the best to you on your teaching placement!

Lakehead-Orillia Education Library Staff

Lakehead's Festivus Celebrations start November 30

Festivus – a celebration for the rest of us! – will celebrate the season with holiday movie trivia, a cookie decorating contest, and many more virtual events. 

Sign up today at lakeheadu.ca/orilliafestivus

 

Teach For Canada - Applications Now Open!

Applications for teaching in northern Ontario and Manitoba First Nations are now open! 

Teach For Canada is looking for exceptional teachers to help make education more equal in the North. We work with First Nations education leaders, principals, teachers, and many others to recruit and select teachers who have the motivation, aptitude, and fit to be successful in a northern First Nation.  Once selected, we provide two weeks of community-focused summer preparation and provide ongoing support during a teacher’s minimum two-year teaching commitment in the North. Inspired by the leadership of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action on Education, Teach For Canada teachers emphasize a spirit of reciprocal learning in the classroom and community.

We currently partner with 20 First Nations communities. If you are interested in learning more about the communities we partner with, you can read their profiles here. You can also join Teach For Canada for our virtual events to learn more about living and teaching in the North.

If you are interested in starting an application, you can apply here.

Science Teachers' Association of Ontario - Exciting Virtual Events

 

Introduction to SAS

Please register for a session by selecting one of the 2 available times listed below:  

November 19th, 2020 

11am - 12

1pm - 2

Provincial Math Proficiency Test (MPT) - Updated Website

The Ministry of Education has recently revised its website for the Provincial Math Proficiency Test (MPT) that contains a practice test and other resources that students who are preparing for one of their sittings, can use.

This is the same website you would visit to book a seat in one of the upcoming sittings for the exam, to fulfill this additional requirement for certification to teach in Ontario, with the Ontario College of Teachers.

Website's URL: https://mathproficiencytest.ca/.  

Invitation to CKI Event!

 

Hey Lakehead students! 

I hope your semester is going well! We are excited to invite you to our VIRTUAL general meeting THIS Friday, November 13th at 1pm!

 It will be followed by a FREE yoga session run by a local Orillia yoga instructor! 

You will have the opportunity to learn more about the club and how you can get involved while getting some relaxation time! Please email Lakeheadcki@gmail.com to get the Zoom invite!

Hope to see you there!

Important Notice Regarding MONDAY Classes (Fall Term)

REMINDER -  Courses scheduled on Mondays have 2 make up days of instruction this week (for Labour Day and Thanksgiving) that are being held on Nov 9th and 10th, 2020. 

Any course-specific questions about this expectation should be directed to your course instructors.

REMINDER: Required Documents for Placement (PRC/VSS and H&S Training)

This reminder is for both students who have confirmed placements & those who are still waiting for their placement details - and are missing required documentation for your Fall placement.  Please read carefully.

These documents are required for placement and may prevent you from proceeding to your placement, if not received before Nov 11, 2020. 

If you have been assigned to a different board other than what you had originally requested, please complete the training requirements for the newly assigned school board.  

IMPORTANT: The Health & Safety training can wait until you are assigned to a school board however, you will not be able to start your placement without providing proof of its completion to the Faculty of Education.

Please carefully review and follow the instructions for your VSS submission and  Health & Safety training/additional requirements according to the Board Specific Instructions Health & Safety Training, VSS and TB Skin Test Requirements . Some boards have updated their requirements to include additional COVID-19 training/forms.   Many boards include the Health and Safety Awareness Training within their required training. Submission of the board-specific Worker Health and Safety Awareness training is also acceptable. 

It is your responsibility to understand what documentation & training your school board requires of you.  We ask that all students keep your proof of completed H&S training in the front of your daybook. 

Please submit any outstanding PRC/VSS reports and completed Worker Health and Safety Awareness Training certificate to Rosamaria Fabiano at rfabiano@lakeheadu.ca or Sarah McIsaac samcisaa@lakeheadu.ca.

As it is a very busy time for placement procurement for the department.

Due to the higher volume of emails, please expect delays in response to emails at this time.

Thank you for your continued support.

Festivus Gone Virtual

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! This year’s Festivus celebration is going virtual, and we’d love to see you. 

To sign up for events and giveaways, please click here.

Reminder - M.Ed Information Session - Nov 4th, 2020

Are you interested in pursuing your M.Ed degree at Lakehead? Are you curious about program offerings, specializations, and study routes?  We will be hosting an information session for all Thunder Bay and Orillia students interested in commencing the Master of Education program in 2021.  Information Details can be found below.

Date:  Wed. Nov. 4, 2020

Time: 11:00am-12:30pm

Hosts: Drs. Meridith Lovell Johnston & Sonia Mastrangelo

**For the Zoom link, please refer to the email (with the same title) that Julie Howell circulated on October 8th, 2020. 

OTF Connects - Webinar Series: Using Math Moments to Multiply Math Skills

If you cannot attend the webinars, you will be able to view the sessions once they are archived on the PTF website – usually one or two days later. There are no certificates for participating.

OTF Connects is back in November and December

OTF Connects is back in November and December   Our easy-to-use Zoom platform provides you with free, effective professional learning accessible–from a distance–across multiple types of devices. You will leave each session with strategies and tools you can transfer to your own distance learning context. Following is the first set of webinars, Using Math Moments to Multiply Math Skills, a series of 10 webinars. You can sign up for any or all of them. Watch for more webinars in the near future. Using Math Moments to Multiply Math Skills When you ask adults how they feel about mathematics, the response is often negative. Ask this same question to many educators and the response is often very similar. Given that mathematics has often been taught with an overemphasis on the memorization of steps and procedures compounded with praise for those who can recall quickly, it is no wonder that we find ourselves in this unfortunate reality.  Can you imagine a society where the majority of children and adults had a positive disposition towards mathematics much like we have for reading and writing?  It is possible, but not if we continue to teach using a “procedures first” approach to mathematics.  Let’s work to repair the many broken relationships with mathematics that exist around us by crafting Math Moments that construct conceptual understanding first and lead to both our students and us being better positioned to generate algorithms to build procedural fluency.  If you have a broken relationship with mathematics or if you simply want to be able to reach more students by leading problem-based lessons that build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency, this webinar series is for you. This is a 10-part series focusing on shifting your mindset, number sense (two webinars), relationships and proportional reasoning (five webinars) and measurement (two webinars). Register now! OTF Connects calendar

Education Employers - Virtual Career Fair October 26th-30th, 2020

 

Full Hunter’s Moon Scavenger Hunt Event

ESTA-O Student Club Message to all B.Ed Professional Program Students

 ~Forwarding message on behalf of the ESTA-O Student Club~

The Education Student Teachers' Association of Orillia (ESTA-O) is a volunteer-run student club in the Faculty of Education that aims to support you! We are made up of Year 1 and Year 2 students who work to improve your experience as a B.Ed. student.

This year, we are planning virtual events that benefit you (e.g. career-focused workshops, social events, and more.)

1. Member Updates: To receive updates and be able to join meetings, you must register on Clubs.LUSU.ca.
   Link: https://clubs.lusu.ca/Directory/Orillia 
   (Although only B.Ed. students can join ESTA-O, you need to register first to receive updates.)
2. Your Input: We would like you to share what programming you'd like to see for this upcoming year.
   Please help our team by filling in this short survey. Link: https://forms.gle/xPXcQCWg6se4Rwrr6

Thank you very much! Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions.

Here's how to contact ESTA-O:

Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/504350060132498
Social media: @OrilliaESTA on Instagram & Twitter
Website: https://orilliaesta.weebly.com

Email: OrilliaESTA@gmail.com

Let's Carve Out Some Fun!!

 

M.Ed Information Session - Nov 4th, 2020

Are you interested in pursuing your M.Ed degree at Lakehead? Are you curious about program offerings, specializations, and study routes?  We will be hosting an information session for all Thunder Bay and Orillia students interested in commencing the Master of Education program in 2021.  Information Details can be found below.

Date:  Wed. Nov. 4, 2020

Time: 11:00am-12:30pm

Hosts: Drs. Meridith Lovell Johnston & Sonia Mastrangelo

**For the Zoom link, please refer to the email (with the same title) that Julie Howell circulated on October 8th, 2020. 

Mindful Midweek Sessions

 Join our Mindful Midweek @ LU every Wednesday at 12:20 pm 

• Short, guided 10-minute mindfulness practice 

• Every Wednesday at 12:20 pm

• Open to everyone; consider inviting those at home with you, friends, children or colleagues

• Drop-in at your convenience, no registration required 

Easy to participate via Zoom - Mindful Midweek @ LU  

Peer Writing Tutors Available

 

Emergency Elementary Instructors

The York Region District School Board has an opportunity available for a limited number of Emergency Elementary Instructors, who are available immediately (starting Monday, September 28, 2020) for the 2020-2021 school year.
 
For your information, the current daily rate of pay for an Emergency Elementary Instructor is $128.89 plus 4% vacation pay.
 
YRDSB Application of Interest for Unqualified/Emergency Elementary Instructors
 
Please complete and submit this form by Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.
 
Important Note: This opportunity is classified as an “Instructor”, as it is available to interested candidates regardless of whether or not a candidate holds a valid OCT Certificate. This position does not result in placement on the Occasional Teacher (OT) Roster.
 
If you are interested in becoming an Elementary Occasional Teacher and placed on our OT Roster, you would still need to apply and be successful through a separate hiring process. If you have already been invited/attended a YRDSB Elementary OT Interview, please be advised that the opportunity to work as an Emergency Elementary instructor is still available to you while your OT application is being processed.
 
Thank you for your time and interest.
 
Kindest Regards,
 
The YRDSB Team

Waterloo Catholic District School Board - Job Posting

 

YEAR 2 Student REMINDER - Registration for Sept 16th, 2020 PD Session

 ~Forwarding Message on behalf of Caroline Narine, Professional Experiences Coordinator~

Good Afternoon Year 2 students,

Please be sure to register (if you haven't already ) for tomorrow's PD session.

The two sessions tomorrow are important. The SMCDSB will be facilitating the online teaching platforms in the first session. 

When: Sep 16, 2020 2:30 pm  

Register in advance for this meeting.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The second session is an introductory session on special education facilitated by the MOE.

Please see the original emails for the registration links.  

YEAR 1 Student REMINDER - Registration for Sept 16th, 2020 PD Session

 ~Forwarding Message on behalf of Caroline Narine, Professional Experiences Coordinator~

Good Afternoon Year 1 students,

Please be sure to register (if you haven't already ) for tomorrow's PD session.

When: September 16, 2020 at 08:30am 

Register in advance for this meeting.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  

Please see the original emails for the registration link. 

Student Success Internship Posting