IMPORTANT - Change to B.Ed Professional Program Winter Term Start and Stop Dates

 

Good Morning Everyone,

You may recall receiving a Communication Bulletin on Nov 12th, 2021 indicating a change to our Winter term start date.  Academic classes and departmental Offices will now reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

This change affects our 2 Year B.Ed courses scheduled on TUESDAYS in the upcoming Winter 2022 term.

All of our Professional Program TUESDAY classes will now run following this schedule:

Week 1 - Jan 11 

Week 2 - Jan 18 

Week 3 - Jan 25 

Week 4 - Feb 1

Week 5 - Feb 8 

Week 6 - Feb 15 

Feb 21-25 - Reading Week for students - no classes 

Week 7 - Mar 1 

Week 8 - Mar 8 

Week 9 - Mar 15 - last class for all Tuesday classes

The Year 1 and Year 2 B.Ed Calendars have been updated accordingly. (below)

Year 1 (of 2 Year B.Ed Program) Calendar:

Year 2 (of 2 Year B.Ed Program) Calendar:

Library Services While on Placement

 

~Message from the Education Library~

As you begin your placement,  here are some further notes about accessing resources via the Orillia Education Library - both online and in-person.

Contacting Us!

If you need assistance with anything, contact the Orillia Education Library at orlib@lakeheadu.ca or 705 330 4010 x2252. We can even set up a Zoom appointment if that is helpful for you.

Visiting the Orillia Ed Library in person!

The Orillia Education library, at 1 Colborne Street West in downtown Orillia, will be open for you to come to borrow print materials from us.

Opening hours during placement are:

Wednesdays 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Sundays  12:00pm to 4:00pm

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays we are available to open the library by appointment! Please contact us if you would like to visit the library on one of those days.

Ebook versions of many books on teaching and lesson planning are available through Omni.  You can search for a book by title, author or subject and then limit your search to “Books and Ebooks” and then apply the “Available Online” filter as pictured below.  Click on the title to access all available versions (print and/or online).  When you click on a full text link for a title, you will be prompted to enter your Lakehead username and password.  

 

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 log in 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

Library Guides are available on many Education-related topics and are available on the Education Libraries website.   Go to the K-12 Education Resources box to find these popular guides: 

Children/YA Book Lists
K-12 Indigenous Library Guide
P/J Teaching Resources (click on the link for a list of subjects)
I/S Teaching Resources (click on the link for a list of subjects)  

Access to Online K-12 Lesson Planning & EBook Databases is available from the Education Libraries website: 

Ebook Collections offers a selection of online children’s books and nonfiction titles
Lesson Planning Databases offers a selection of databases with full-text resources for creating your lesson plans.  

Please note:  Some databases such as OERB require a unique username and password that is not your Lakehead University username and password.  The Education Passwords course site on myCourseLink provides information for current Faculty of Education students on how OERB and other similar databases. If you do not have access to this site please contact the Orillia Education Library: orlib@lakeheadu.ca or 705 330 4010 x2252

Follow the Education Library on Social Media: 

Education Library on Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/LULibraryEducation

Education Library on Twitter   @LakeheadLibEduc

All the best to you on your teaching placement!

Chris and Kim

The Education Library Can Help

 

Hey There Teacher Candidates!

Placement is a busy time and we know that you need support, so Orillia Education Library staff are here and ready to help!

New drop-in hours

• Sundays 12-4pm
• Wednesdays 4-7pm
• AND by appointment!

Out of town? No worries, we’re here for you too!

• Teaching resources in your inbox (we can scan and email lesson ideas)
• Virtual browsing
• One-on-one help by phone, email, chat, or zoom
• Ebooks, online tools, and more (check the Education Library website)

Call or email anytime

• 705-330-4010 ext.2252
• orlibrary@lakeheadu.ca

We're looking forward to hearing from you during placement!

Queen's Conference on Education

 

Dear Lakehead Students,

 

My name is Emma Willoughby and I am a third year student at Queen’s University and the Conference Chair for the 2022 Queen’s Conference on Education.  We, the QCE 2022 team, would like to cordially invite you to our conference! Since its inception 21 years ago, QCE has evolved into an annual event dedicated to providing inspiration, practical, and enriched opportunities for undergraduate students interested in the field of teaching to professionally develop their skills as educators.

 

This year, QCE is proud to present the theme of “Evolving and Adapting  as a Global Learning Community.” As educators, we are committed to the role of life-long learners, in order to best-equip our students to grow and enact change. With a rapidly evolving society and the ongoing pandemic, it is imperative that educators are able to navigate the use of technology in the classroom, as well as guiding students through learning how to balance academics with personal wellbeing. For QCE 2022, we have pivoted the focus of this year’s conference on building connections and safe spaces in education through our theme: Evolving and Adapting as a Global Learning Community. In our conference, we will focus on the role of educators as much more than a facilitator of curriculum, but as role models who are able to foster a safe space to prepare students to reach their full potential.

 

The conference will be taking place from Saturday, February 5th, to Sunday, February 6th, 2022 at the Queen’s Faculty of Education. The fee for the conference itself is $90.00, which includes the following:

• Two keynote speakers 
• A special lunch-time presentation by Richard Van Camp
• Four workshops that explore the themes of:

• Diversifying and Decolonizing Curriculums
• Health and Wellness
• Connecting Globally
• Education through a different lens

• Interactive Q&A Panels of one of the following topics

• Education Beyond the Classroom
• Creating Inclusive Spaces and Recognizing Positionality
• Practical Classroom Strategies for Primary/Junior Teachers
• Practical Classroom Strategies for Intermediate/Senior Teachers

• A number of catered meals over the course of the weekend
• A formal banquet and social  with all delegates
• A great opportunity to meet peers, and professionals from both similar and different backgrounds, who all share a similar passion for education

 

This year, we will also be offering an online version of the conference to accommodate delegates who are unable to join us in person.  This will also be running on February 5th and 6th and will cost $30.00.  This version of the conference will consist of the same keynote and panel presentations and it will have workshops that follow the same themes, but are designed specifically to be run online. 

 

We welcome speakers and delegates who want to get involved through either an online or in-person format. The QCE team is continuing to monitor public health guidelines and have

contingency plans in place in the case that these protocols change. Additionally, as per the direction of both Queen’s University and the Ontario Government, all in-person attendees must be fully vaccinated.

 

In this email, I have included a poster graphic that can be distributed to your students and faculty members or can be hung around campus to spread the word!

 

Students are invited to register beginning Sunday, November 14th 2021, until  Sunday November 21st or spots are filled. A limited number of bursaries are available for external delegates at the link to the bursary application can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZ5srctbIIVdrg68tiD60m9wQ10LPkeAuE_uFDzeNdn13Mvw/viewform?usp=sf_link.  Bursaries applications are open from November 1st-8th and applicants will be notified of the decision regarding bursaries before registration opens on November 14th. 

 

For any questions concerning transportation or accommodation, or other general questions about the conference, please contact me at qce_chair@cesa.queensu.ca. Registration details, bursary information and workshop descriptions will be available on our website at www.queensconferenceoneducation.com. Feel free to like us on our Facebook page at Queen’s Conference on Education or follow us on Instagram @qconferenceoneducation for live updates.

 

Sincerely,

Emma Willoughby

Conference Chair

 

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Jerzy Wójcik  Jerzy Wójcik was born in the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz), Poland. A graduate of the International Relations as well as Middle and Far East programs at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, he was, in 2010, awarded a PhD in political science. For a number of years, he has been working with several organizations and institutions in Poland: among others, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, the Jagiellonian University Center for Holocaust Studies in Krakow, the Center for International Relations in Warsaw, and the European Association of Israel Studies. Since 2015 he runs the Holocaust Memorial Partnership.   Register now! OTF Connects calendar   Keep watching for news of additional sessions to be offered this fall.   Offered each week from November 2 to December 9, 2021, OTF’s newest series of webinars features tips and tools to support you and your students on your journey to better understand racism and how we all can work to confront and combat it, across divisions and subject areas. Our easy-to-use webinar 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 learning context. Registration for each webinar is limited, so sign up early to avoid disappointment.