Attention YR2 Students - Simcoe County Information Session Recording

If you were unable to attend the SCDSB Information Session on Tuesday, March 9th and would like access to the recording of the session, please email rfabiano@lakeheadu.ca.

The session focused on the recruitment and hiring process.

Education Library Services during your Spring 2021 placement

Dear Orillia Education Students:

The Lakehead Library hopes that you have a wonderful Spring 2021 Placement.

We are sending this message to remind you that the library's online resources and services continue to be 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

If you have special research questions while you are on placement, please reach out to Chris Tomasini (ctomasin@lakeheadu.ca) for research assistance.

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 education items is available from the Orillia Harvie Legacy Library on University Avenue. Find the item in Omni , click "Sign In"to login with your Lakehead username and password , then click on "Request Physical Item".  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 Orillia 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!

ESTA-O Statement and Resources re: anti-Asian violence

Statement from the Education Student Teachers’ Association of Orillia regarding the March 16, 2021 attack in Atlanta, Georgia:

 

ESTA-O condemns all forms of racially motivated and misogynist violence. We are outraged and heartbroken by the murder of 8 individuals, many of whom were women of Asian descent. These women were mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and neighbours. Their names were: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Young Ae Yue, Daoyou Feng, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun and Paul Andre Michels. More news is coming out each day about the victims. We learned that Hyun Jung Grant (maiden name: Kim), who was a single mom, leaves behind two young boys, who now have to survive by themselves. We also learned that Mr. Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz was injured during the attack and is recovering in the hospital.

We are deeply disturbed by the increase in anti-Asian discrimination, hate and violence in Canada. We recognize that there is ongoing trauma, anger and grief associated with anti-Asian assaults. We stand in solidarity with organizations, initiatives and campaigns that advocate for justice for Asians of all intersectionalities. We encourage you to address any microaggressions, violent acts and racial slurs while you are on placement, in your school, in your Lakehead classes, and in your hometowns. #StopAsianHate

 

We encourage anyone affected by these incidents to reach out for support during this time.

• Counselling Services at Lakehead

• TalkCampus Mental Health Service (Lakehead)

• Mental health websites and apps (Ontario Tech)

• Dial 1-866-925-5454 to talk or text GOOD2TALKON TO 686868 (Good2Talk)

• Find your nearest Canadian Mental Health Association branch (CMHA)

 

To join ESTA-O’s Peer Chat WhatsApp group, please email orilliaesta [at] gmail dot com.

 

To guide your work as educators in the classroom, we have compiled a list of resources: 

• Anti-Asian Racism (ETFO)

• Canada’s History of Anti-Asian Racism (Historica Canada)

• Anti-Black Racism (ETFO)

• Indigenous Education links (OTF)

• Safe @ School (OTF)

• Education for Reconciliation (OTF)

 

You may also donate to organizations who support migrant workers/Asian-Canadian communities here:

• COVIDRacism.ca

• http://elimin8hate.org/

• Butterflysw.org

• SwanVancouver.ca

• Hong Fook Mental Health Association

• CICS Mental Health Services

 

This statement is also posted on orilliaesta.weebly.com.

Written on March 20, 2021 with the full support of the ESTA-O Executive Team.

 

ESTA-O supports Teacher Candidates in the Professional B.Ed Program, through Audacity, Advocacy and Student Life.

Join as an ESTA-O member: https://clubs.lusu.ca/Directory/Orillia
Join our Facebook Community: http://bit.ly/orilliaesta
Connect with us on Instagram & Twitter: @OrilliaESTA
Website: http://orilliaesta.weebly.com/

South East Cornerstone Public School Division is Hiring a French Immersion Teacher

South East Cornerstone Public School Division is looking for a French Immersion teacher in the community of Weyburn, Saskatchewan beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. If you, or someone you know may be looking for employment, please consider this opportunity with SECPSD!

For more information and application details visit: https://bit.ly/3bGqH91

Learn more about SECPSD here: https://www.secpsd.ca/DivisionInfor.../Pages/default.aspx...

For information about the community of Weyburn visit: https://weyburn.ca/

 

Upcoming 2021 Grad Photo Session

If you are graduating this Spring and would like to book a photo session, please see the link below for additional information.

https://bookstore.lakeheadu.ca/graduation/grad-photos?fbclid=IwAR0ng8a4hjJ5jzPfgnpo18FEo3Mq2OUsLV89EHIo-UCw9Yz0L3F-cafnB3g

N.B.  Students are urged to make themselves knowledgeable about and to weigh carefully the risks of attendance at photography sessions before deciding to attend, including especially the risk of being infected with COVID-19 which may result in serious harm or even death to both themselves and others with whom they come into contact.  Students should be aware that COVID-19 may be spread by individuals who are themselves infected but lack symptoms.  While Lassman Studios has advised the University that it has protocols in place to block the spread of COVID-19 at its sessions, the University cannot verify the operation and effectiveness of those protocols and, in any case, even if the most stringent, comprehensive, and consistently applied preventative measures are in place, neither the University nor the photography firm can guarantee that they will prevent infection by COVID-19.  If students decide to use the services of the photographer, they do so entirely at their own risk and Lakehead University makes this information available only on condition that individuals who attend photography sessions on the basis of this information release Lakehead University from all liability for any illness, injury, or death that they suffer in consequence and on condition that, before attending photography sessions, students apprise themselves fully of the laws, rulings, and advice of the Province of Ontario and local health authorities to which the information provided by the University is entirely subject.

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) $500 Scholarship Award for Graduating Catholic Elementary Teacher Candidates

Established in 1987, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) Award is
awarded annually to a graduating teacher from each of Ontario’s faculties of education.

The purpose of the award is to acknowledge the academic excellence of a teacher candidate in
one or more of the pre-service Catholic religion courses offered by the faculty.

The deadline is April 16, 2021.

Additional information can be found in the communication circulated to your LU email on March 8th, 2021.  

Fall 2020 Alternative Placement Statement

This message is being sent from the Placement Team. 

It has recently been brought to our attention that some students enrolled in an alternative style placement in the Fall 2020 semester had an incorrect statement regarding their placement number on their summative assessment. This statement has been removed and now the summative accurately reflects the placement completed in Fall 2020.

If you have any questions, please reach out to orplacement.educ@lakeheadu.ca.