WELCOME TO CESBA

The Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators (CESBA) was incorporated in 1999, but existed for several decades as an informal association.

CESBA's works to promote and advance the cause of adult and continuing education in Ontario.

CESBA is open to any adult who subscribes to our mission.  Most CESBA members hold leadership positions in adult and continuing education programs offered by school boards in Ontario. Usually people join CESBA, in conjunction with the registration process for one of the two CESBA Conferences held in the spring and fall of each year.  Delegates who attend one of the conferences generally can purchase membership in the association as part of the registration process.

The annual meeting of the association is usually held during CESBA's Spring Conference. Officers and Board Members are elected and other association business is decided.

OALCF COLLABORATION - AN OVERVIEW

Collaboration is clearly one of the key operational concepts of the new millennium.  The literature on collaborative processes and behaviours is extensive but I must admit that it was not until very recently that I had given much thought to the incredible value to be gained from involvement in collaborative activity. My experience as a member of the Executive Directors’ Committee to advise the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities on the development of the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework has been, for me, a seminal experience.

CASE IN POINT

Stanley drove a school bus for 19 years and then, one day, out of the blue, he quit.

“So, I go to work this fall, and this new principal says she wants reports in writing about what goes on, on the bus. I’ve been driving a school bus for years and never had to write reports before, and I'm not going to start now. I quit!”