Mission Statement of Our PD Committee:

"To coordinate and promote professional development opportunities based on direction from the superintendent and professional staff." (May, 2006)

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Some Opportunities....

via Ms. Burnside at the SVSD Office....(I'll check to make sure that the links work...):






The following links are being provided for your information concerning some upcoming professional development and student learning opportunities that are taking place in Winnipeg in November 2007. The focus of these events is Aboriginal education and perspectives, so it would probably be of interest to people in your school division who work with Aboriginal Academic Achievement (AAA) grant initiatives, or other aspects of Aboriginal education:

A FESTIVAL FOR ALL NATIONS (November 1 & 2) – https://mail.svsd.ca/owa/redir.aspx?URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.manitoahbee.com%2feducationday.html

2ND ANNUAL ABORIGINAL EDUCATOR AWARDS BANQUET (November 22 & 23) – https://mail.svsd.ca/owa/redir.aspx?URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aboriginalcircleofeducators.ca%2fnews_and_events_details.php%3fnews_id%3d4

ABORIGINAL STRATEGIES FOR TODAY’S TEACHERS (November 23) –
Contact Info: Ana Dias, Ph# 204-775-3276; or Sheila Spooner, Ph# 204-283-1768, Email: sspooner@shaw.ca
SHARING OUR SUCCESS (November 23 & 24) –

https://mail.svsd.ca/owa/redir.aspx?URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.saee.ca%2fsuccessconference%2findex.html

Thank you for sharing the information with others who may benefit from attending.
Marilyn Robinson
Consultant
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth
Learning Support and Technology Unit
E140 – 1970 Ness Ave.
Winnipeg MB R3J 0Y9
(204) 945-6875
marilyn.robinson@gov.mb.ca

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Things To Think About Lately...

photo credit © 2004-2006 Charles M. Kozierok. All Rights Reserved.
Hey everyone...only a matter of days until K12 online gets underway, and for anyone who has web access and a PC but no interest in expending time or resources travelling, this is a truly first class opportunity. Link to the conference homepage here.


I hope to see you there!


RM