memorandum · 2012/2013 school year on saturday june 22, 2013. all evening classes will conclude...
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Memorandum To: Adult Education Program Staff From: Hanna Cabaj (Coordinator) and Linda Cockerham (Payroll Secretary) Continuing Education Department
Vol. 2012/2013 No.201 June 2013
In This Issue Important Reminders Instructor in charge Annual Meeting 1 Criminal Offence Declaration 1 Canada Day Weekend July 2013 1 June/July 2013 Schedule 2 Invitation for suggestions PD 2014 2 Q & A Section 2 Policies/New Information Bruce Rodrigues farewell letter 2 Property Security Reminders 2 Employee Related Information
Matan Zelver—Farewell 2
Sandy Mak —Retirement & Photos 3 A Day at St. Rita’s AE Program 4
Worship Centre learners/Ont .Premier 4
Tips for Classroom Instructors Feature Resource of the Month 5
AE Nursery Program 5
Online Learning Teachers Before & After 5
Inserts included with this memo:
iCOD declaration
Property Security Year End Reminders
Farewell Letter from Bruce Rodrigues
July 2013 Supply List
Upcoming Events
Canada Day Long Weekend—Saturday, June 29—Monday, July 1, 2013. Classes resume Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
Evening classes will conclude the week of July 15, 2013
Annual Instructor in charge & Nursery Instructor in charge Meeting, Thursday, September 5, 2013 in the Catholic Teachers Centre, 3rd Floor, CEC, 80 Sheppard Avenue East from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Important Reminders Instructor in charge Annual Meeting Please note on your calendars—will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2013 “iCOD” Internet Criminal Offence Declaration (repeat) As a reminder to all employees, Ontario Regulation 521/01 requires all school boards to collect criminal offence declarations from all employees by each September 1st. All employees are required to make an annual offence declaration. Please see the insert forwarded on behalf of the Human Resources Department regarding the annual Criminal Offence Declaration.
Canada Day Weekend 2013 This year Canada Day falls on Monday, July 1. There will be NO CLASSES from Saturday, June 29—Monday, July 1st. Classes resume on Tuesday, July 2nd.
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To: Adult Education Program Staff
From: Hanna Cabaj, Continuing Education Department
June/July 2013 schedule We ask that you review the following dates carefully: Canada Day falls on Monday, July 1, 2013 (Monday, July 1, 2013 is a holiday). All Adult Education Saturday classes will conclude the 2012/2013 school year on Saturday June 22, 2013. All evening classes will conclude the week of July 15, 2013 (Mon/Wed classes on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 and Mon –Thu & Tue/Thu classes on Thursday, July 18, 2013). July leaves of absence will be granted for the period of Tuesday, July 2—Friday, July 19, 2013. The application deadline is Friday, May 17, 2013.
Q & A Section of the Monthly Memo (repeat)
We have recently become aware that while some Adult Education Program practices have been in place for a long time and have been periodically reviewed with all staff, it does happen that even long time employees are not always clear on some of the processes and procedures within our program.
In order to bridge any information gaps, we would like to initiate a Question and Answer Section in our Monthly Memo. All staff are invited to submit any questions they may have to Linda Cockerham at 416 222-82822 x 2513 or fax 416 512-4992 or [email protected]. All questions will be addressed in the next memo.
Policies/New Information
Director of Education farewell
Please see enclosed insert for a farewell letter from Bruce Rodrigues, Director of Education who is leaving the Board for a position with the Province of Ontario.
Property Security Year End Reminders Please refer to enclosed inserts for more information.
Employee Related Information Farewell Matan Good bye and good luck! It is with mixed feelings that we are saying good bye to Ma-tan Zelver, who is leaving us for a position with Toronto Community Housing Corporation. In his multifaceted role as Adult Education Program Community Engagement Manager, Matan has been the face of our program in many communities of Toronto, outreaching to those communities through the distribution of our promotional materials and making direct contact through Local Immigration Partnerships and a variety of other forums. We all wish Matan successes in his future professional career and personal life. At this time, we will not be hiring a replacement but put in an outreach team coordinated by Frank Chu and supported by Anne Marie Kaskens and Eileen Paulsen.
Visit our Web Site: www.tcdsb.org/adulted
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To: Adult Education Program Staff
From: Hanna Cabaj, Continuing Education Department
Retirement—we wish all the best to Sandy Mak, Instructor at Mary Ward I have known Sandy for almost 13 years since she joined the staff at Mary Ward LINC & ESL Centre. Not only was she my
colleague, but over the years she has become a very close friend. She was an amazingly organized and wonderful teacher who loved her job. She did it with such dedication and enthusiasm. It was always a pleasure to see her smiling face and it’s one of the things I miss most now that she has retired. Sandy always says how God has blessed her in many ways. However, I am blessed to know such a kind, caring, considerate and beautiful person inside and out! May God continue to keep her energetic in body, mind, soul and spirit as she begins this new phase in her life. Cecelia Gamboa Sandy has infused her teaching with a lovely calm, warm energy that has been a gift to her students. At her retirement lunch it was estimated that throughout her professional career, she has probably taught thousands of learners. For many of those, Sandy was their first English teacher in Canada. What a great introduction! We will all miss Sandy. Although she is no longer a teacher we are delighted to know that she enters this phase of her life with a new distinction as grandmother. We wish Sandy all the joys that life has to offer in retirement. Catherine Beckingham
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To: Adult Education Program Staff
From: Hanna Cabaj, Continuing Education Department
A Day in the life of St Rita School Adult ESL Program On Thursday, May 30, the adult learners from St Rita Catholic Elementary School Adult ESL program were invited to the school office to lead the school, through the intercom system, in singing the national anthem. The entire school enjoyed their excellent performance and the spirit of belonging and togetherness. In the morning in the nursery program, children were learning how to recognize their printed names and the first letters of their names. They are all competing very well with their parents in English learning. Many thanks to the staff of St Rita Adult Education Program: Barbara, Anne, Kathryn and Malika for their hard work and dedication. Worship Centre learners photo-op with the Premier On their recent trip to the Better Living Health Centre, learners in Munni Subhani’s class at the Worship Centre, had the opportunity not only to participate in a number of informative workshops but also to talk to and take a picture with the Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne.
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To: Adult Education Program Staff
From: Hanna Cabaj, Continuing Education Department
Tips for Classroom Instructors Feature Resource of the Month submitted by Julia Chemali, Materials Consultant
Title: Impact Listening 3 CLB 5+ Authors: Kenton Harsch & Kate Wolfe-Quintero Publisher: Pearson Longman ISBN: 962-00-5135-1 The Impact Listening series is an innovative series of teaching materials to help ESL learners develop listening and speaking ability. It has three levels: Impact Listening 1 is for learners CLB 1 & 2, Impact Listening 2 is for learners CLB 3 & 4, and Impact Listening 3 is for learners CLB 5 +. Impact Listening 3 helps ESL learners develop their listening strategies which are ways of thinking actively as they listen. The main strategies that students practise in this course are Predicting, which makes students active listeners in trying to guess what will happen, or what the speakers will say, through illustrations, photographs, or vocabulary. Asking Questions or think about specific questions that will help them understand, Guessing or making inferences, Responding to ideas makes students more interactive listeners, Focusing on the main ideas helps students to concentrate, and Reviewing helps students to develop their memory. Impact Listening 3 has twenty units with different interest-ing topics such as The News, Jobs, Personality, Descriptions, Business, Travel, etc. Each unit starts with a Vocabulary Task section which introduces new words and phrases, and previews the unit topic. This is a warm-up speaking task that gets all students involved at the outset of the lesson. The Listening Task is a set of two linked tasks based on four short extracts. The first listening task focuses on understand-ing the gist of the input, while the second listening focuses on detail and interpretation. This section has illustrations and photographs to help students predict the content. Real world Listening provides a lively variety of extracts and engaging tasks that teach students how to predict, infer, and respond to the ideas in the extract. The Language Awareness section helps learners analyze key points of grammar, vocabulary, and phonology that affect listening. Interaction Link is a lively speaking activity, role play or game directly related to the unit topic and functions. The book comes with a self-study CD that is used with the self-study pages 73 – 93. It provides new tasks for the real world listening extract for students to review at home. It also contains the Language Awareness section, for at home review. Instructors can also benefit from the Teacher’s manual and the website www.impactseries.com/listening for additional ideas and resources.
Submissions to: Linda Cockerham Adult Education
Program - CEC 80 Sheppard Av E.
Toronto, ONM2N 6E8
416-222-8282 ext.2513
fax: 416-512-4992 Email:
AE Nursery Program Online Learning submitted by Naomi Paramanantham, Nursery Program Consultant Nursery Instructors can access the CMAS website at www.cmascanada.ca and then click on learning centre.