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Spring Pre-Colloquium 2010

On Wednesday, April 28, pre-colloquium events will be held for LBS Managers, and ESL/FLS Coordinators. Details on these events are being sent by e-mail to LBS Managers and Administrators, and ESL/FLS Coordinators and Administrators.

You may sign up for these events using the Colloquium 2010 registration form. This is available by clicking on the link at the top of the page.

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Fall Pre-conference 2009

The pre-conference for Fall 2009 was held at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Toronto on Wed Dec 2. This year, two new pre-conference events were added: Bridges Out of Poverty, presented by Gayle Montgomery and Mary Lou Robb and Business Models That Work facilitated by Kathy Mills.

As well as the two new events, four regular events also took place: PSW Administrators’ Day, Adolescent Alt Ed Day, LBS Managers’ Day, and ESL/FLS Coordinators’ Day.

The greatest number of participants ever, attended this pre-conference. In all there were 270 attendees.

Two of the presentations from the day’s events can be seen by clicking on the links below:

Kathy Mills – Ctr for Development and Training – Business Models That Work
Karen Mayer - Algonquin & Lakeshore CDSB – PSW Panel Discussion

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Spring Pre-conference 2009

The pre-conference was held at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Toronto on Wednesday, April 22. There were only two sessions held for this pre-conference: LBS Managers’ Day, and ESL/FLS Coordinators’ Day. In total, 84 educators attended the event.

View a slideshow of the pre-conference. 

Fall Pre-conference 2008

The Fall Pre-Conference 2008 was held in the familiar spaces of the Courtyard by Mariott hotel in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec 3. Sessions included LBS Managers’ Day, ESL/FLS Coordinators’ Day, a PSW Administrators’ Day, an Adolescent Alt Ed Day, and a Leadership Primer Day. This year, 185 educators shared in the networking and shared knowledge at the day-long events.

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Spring Pre-conference 2008

The CESBA Spring Pre-Conference 2008 was held in Niagara Falls, at the Fallsview Hilton, on April 23. Four sessions – an LBS Manager’s Day, an affaires francophones day, an ESL/FLS Coordinators’ Day and a session for Co-operative Education (summer, night and alternative) were held.

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Fall Pre-conference 2007

The Fall Pre-Conference for this year was held in its usual quarters in the Courtyard Marriott in Toronto. Attendees appreciated the Christmas lights decorating Toronto’s downtown, as well as the chance to network and learn from their colleagues and the presenters.

Six sessions were held this year:

1. LBS Managers’ Day
2. ESL Coordinators’ Day
3. Affaires francophones
4. A Leadership Primer
5. PSW Day
6. Adolescent Alternative Education Day

View a slide show of pre-conference.

The following presentations were made available by their presenters, and can be downloaded by following these links:

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Spring Pre-conference 2007

The Spring 2007 Pre-Conference was held at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Toronto on Wednesday, April 18. 180 attendees enjoyed one of the four sessions:

1. The LBS Managers’ Day, sponsored by MTCU, explored Employment Ontario and CIPMS, as well as Flexible and Distance Learning, Accessibility, and Academic Upgrading. Also included was an update from MTCU and round table discussions.
2. The ESL Coordinators’ Day, sponsored by MCI, involved discussion of best practices, responding to gaps in ESL delivery.
3. The Adolescent Alternative Education Day included networking with colleagues, a roundtable dialogue, and best practices discussions on assessment & evaluation, credit recovery, MPLAR, student success and co-op.
4. The Co-op Principals’ Day was sponsored by EDU. It explored best practices in summer, night school and after school co-op. This year, it also included a Promo Marketplace – an exchange of materials for continuing ed co-op.

Many of the presenters for the ESL Coordinators’ Day and for the Co-op Principals’ Day have allowed their presentations to be available on this website. The following PowerPoint presentations can be downloaded by following these links:

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Fall Pre-Conference 2006

This year’s Fall Pre-conference was a very successful event, with almost 200 attendees in the six sessions. It was held at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Toronto, on Dec 5/06.

The six events were:

1. A “Leadership Primer” for superintendents and principals newly appointed to Adult and Continuing Education for delegates in their first or second year administrating adult or cont. ed. programs. The day consisted of an expert panel, presentations on the new labour market development agreement, funding mechanisms, staffing and marketing and a round table dialogue.
2. The LBS Manager’s Day, funded by MTCU, with presentations on effective practices for documenting CIPMS and demonstrating agency capacity and literacy, as well as an update from MTCU and a special presentation on Academic Upgrading partnerships.
3. The Adolescent Alternative Education Day opened with a keynote address from Grant Clarke, the Director of the Program and Policy Branch of the Ministry of Education. Best practice dialogue addressed assessment and evaluation, credit recovery, MPLAR and Student Success in Alt Ed settings.
4. The Personal Support Worker Day for PSW program administrators and practitioners provided a full day including PSW practicum policies, program standards, strategies to respond to unacceptable student behaviour as well as updates on HPRAC regulations, etc.
5. For boards delivering FLS programming, a session on le program de Français langue seconde was provided offering facilitated dialogue on issues unique to this delivery. This day was funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
6. An ESL Coordinators’ Day, funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, included an MCI Update, as well as an opportunity for school board administrators to meet and share best practices.

View a slideshow of the pre-conference. 

Many of the presenters for the ESL Coordinators’ Day have allowed their presentations to be available on this website. The following PowerPoint presentations can be downloaded by following these links:

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Spring Pre-Conference 2006

The pre-conference, on Wed, May 3, featured sessions for LBS, EDPT, and ESL/FLS, as well as a session for Summer School Coordinators.

View a slideshow of the pre-conference. 

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