Achieving Student Outcomes Through Cooperative Learning™
July 26, 27, 28, August 2, 3, 2010
Course Instructor: Barb Forbes
Location: Summerside Area - To Be Announced

Teaching Through Learning Channels™
July 5, 6, 7,12, and 13
Course Instructor: Lloyd Mallard
Location: Charlottetown Area - To Be Announced

The course fee is $400. payable at the first class (includes all materials); The course fee is tax deductible. A minimum of 15 participants is required. The course fee is recognized for credit (professional) by the PEI Teachers’ Certification and Standards Board (3 semester hours).

This workshop is coming to PEI - Classroom Management with Bill Morton

Winner of the Ottawa - Capital City Educator Award -2009
Nominated for the Premier of Ontario Teaching Award - 2008 and 2009
Presenter-on-the-Road for the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario 2004-2009
Professor-Instructor of Teacher Professional Development Programs at the University of Ottawa - now

Imagine Professional Development that is practical, instantly useful and makes real sense to you. Imagine an instructor that is genuine and real and has a sense of humour as well as a sense of purpose.

Effective classroom management protects valuable instructional time, lowers stress levels in teachers and reduces anxiety in learners. Time spent creating a Progressive Classroom Management Plan is a win-win-win investment for the professional teacher.

Come and create an actual plan that meets your needs and respects your personal philosophy of education using innovative and effective strategies presented in a practical and humorous way. Bill Morton is a 39 year career educator and part time Professor at the University of Ottawa who is passionate about student success. He believes that when these details are covered through forethought and planning, the teacher is free to explore the big ideas with the learners in their care.

This is not a one-size-fits-all approach. In the safety of a community of other educational professionals, solve problems, discuss unique challenges you encounter and offer strategies that have worked well for you. Attendees say they finish the workshop feeling refreshed, energized and fully equipped with a new plan.

This is not a workshop about Board or Ministry Curriculum. Teachers already know about that ! It is about the hidden curriculum -effective classroom and behaviour management. These are the practical things you need to have in place before you can teach anybody anything.

Read what recent participants had to say in their end-of-course evaluations :

" I learned more about managing my classroom in 45 minutes with Bill Morton than in one year at my Faculty of Education.............." 

Christine F. (2008 first year teacher attendee)

"Driving home from Bill's workshop I was smiling alone in my car. I couldn't wait to get back to my classroom. A month earlier I was crying because I couldn't make my classroom work......"

Noreen S. (2009 change of grade level attendee)

"I have just been assigned a class with 28 students and 11 have special needs. My anxiety levels have been through the roof but suddenly it all seems possible........I now have a practical plan. Thanks, Bill."

Justin H.(2007 veteran teacher attendee)

".........so I know it's part of his condition but he swears and throws things at the other kids. They are all terrified. Next week, things are going to change for the better with this plan I made. I am sure of it."

John F.(2008 behavioural class teacher attendee)

St. Peter's Courthouse Heritage Theatre, St.Peters, PEI

Monday Tuesday Wednesday 9:00 until 12:00 daily
(August 16, 17,18 2010) Three days, three hours per day.
A Professional Certificate & Training Transcript will be issued
Cost is $80.00 total for all three mornings.
Register with a PEITF colleague and get 25% off both($60.00 each)
Prepayment not required
Book now - visit the website at myclassroomworks.weebly.com
e-mail to myclassroomworks@aol.com

Developed and supported by the Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Office of the Ombudsman of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Review Office, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of PEI and the Halifax Regional Municipality

Conference Highlights:

1) Keynote speaker: David Fraser, Chair of McInnes Cooper's Privacy Practice Group. David works with
     his clients to implement compliance programs for Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal
     Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Ontario Personal Health
     Information Protection Act (PHIPA).

2) Keynote speaker: Michel Juneau-Katsuya, Author and Media Commentator. A former RCMP and
    CSIS official, Michel has over 30 years of experience in the fields of international and national security
    and intelligence, and economic and industrial espionage.

3) Exciting hands on workshops: W1: Best Practices in Processing MFIPPA Requests in the Municipal
    Sector W2: Using Project Management Guidelines to Improve Your Privacy Practice

4) 15 Breakout sessions to choose from which will include topics such as:
      -Background Checks and Privacy Laws – Privacy and Safety Collide
      -Does Privacy as We Know it Exist in the Digital Future?
      -The Electronic Dilemma ; Back-up Tapes, Data Bases, Creating Records and FOI
      -Access to Information - Formal Process Mapping
      -Data Loss Prevention
      -Introduction of Bill 64 - Protecting Personal Health Information
      -Coping with FOI at the Municipal Level – Issues, Challenges and Approaches that Work

For more conference details and group discounts (3+), please visit: www.verney.ca/mapw2010

(CTF News Service – Ottawa) The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) invites teachers to highlight National Aboriginal Day on June 21 to honor and celebrate the unique heritage, cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada. This year has been declared "Year of the Métis" by the Government of Canada, "Year of the Inuit" by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Parliament has proclaimed the month of June "Aboriginal History Month".

"The classroom is a perfect venue to showcase the unique diversity of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada," explains CTF President Mary-Lou Donnelly. "Teachers have access to free resources provided by the federal government such as posters and other products." Teachers can visit www.inac.gc.ca/nad where more information is posted, including a list of 2010 events and suggestions for activities to mark the day.