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Manager sought for historic school

June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It added an adult education service in 1986 and a “virtual school” in 1998.

Five years later, it came under the control of the Conseil des ecoles fransaskoises, which administers 15 schools across the province, ranging from kindergarten to Grade 12.

In the past, the college has had a national reputation for its mix of academics and sports, particularly hockey, and drew students from across Western Canada. “It wasn’t just necessarily for francophones,” said Roy, who is a former principal of the college.

In a way, Roy added, the college has been the inadvertent victim of the growth of the conseil and its educational counterparts in other provinces.

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Teaching with technology: WSU examines status quo, benefits of online learning in Canada

April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

DETROIT — The Keeywaytinook tribe in northern Ontario, Canada, couldn’t afford a high school, and its youth, some as young as 13 years old, had no option but to live in unfamiliar communities to attend school. But this option sparked a culture shock among some students that impeded their ability to learn and was even fatal in some cases. To address the issue, the tribe developed an online high school to provide its youth with distance learning that actually kept them closer to home.

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Lampman’s Maureen Ulrich will participate in virtual event

January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Saskatchewan Horizons chapter of the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) has partnered with the Credenda Virtual High School and College in Prince Albert to host the event. They will provide the virtual meeting room, technical support and a virtual classroom with information about the authors and their books.

“The response from Saskatchewan schools is phenomenal,” said CANSCAIP Saskatchewan president Linda Aksomitis. “Registration faxes and e-mails are still pouring in from all around the province as our committee starts scheduling the twelve sessions.”

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Eastern Canada High School Sets Higher Standards

January 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Students also have the options to enroll in online courses and to take additional credits during the summer while tutoring services are available at evenings for those who need it. With a student-teacher ratio at less than 10 students per teacher, students have greater access to teachers, and this guarantees a one-on-one teacher instruction. Such is the quality of the school, which also boasts of teachers holding advanced PhD and MA degrees.

When asked why parents should chose a private school like ECHS where they are expected to pay tuition over public schools that are tuition free, Mr. Abdinur said” public schools can help students succeed if they want to succeed, equally, if they want to fail, public schools can help them fail.” Eastern Canada High School is different because “our goal is to prevent students from failing, by deploying caring teachers who understand the needs and challenges of the students”.

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Ottawa Carleton E-School on A Morning

January 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Ottawa Carleton E-School on A Morning

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Schools: A decade of disappointment

January 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Last June, trustees directed district staff to perform a review of programs of choice, which board chair Michael Ewen expects will take up to three years to complete.

Looking ahead to the next decade, the district is embracing the computer age and utilizing new learning programs. It is just beginning to see the academic benefit of Fast ForWord, learning software designed to help struggling readers improve brain fitness and strengthen brain processing. Another program that the district has implemented is Universal Design for Learning, an approach to teaching, learning and assessment that draws on new brain research and technology. One more sign of the times – registration is swelling in the district’s online classes, which were introduced on a small scale in New Westminster more than a decade ago. The virtual classes really took off about three years ago when the New Westminster Teachers Union and the district partnered to enhance and expand the program by offering online classes to both adult learners and secondary students, assistant superintendent Al Balanuik told The Record.

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Educating elite athletes

December 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

After taking a look at their choices, Alana, Jim and many others are working toward their high school diplomas through the Alberta Distance Learning Centre, the largest and most experienced grades 1-12 publicly funded distance education provider in the province.

Enrolled in a full load of online courses, Alana and Jim can work at night, in the off-season, on weekends and whenever they can in fit a few hours or minutes of work. Their course material is self-contained, but one-on-one tutoring by phone is available during the workweek, and by email at all times.

The life of a competitive athlete is filled with many changes. Schedules are erratic and home life is often virtually nonexistent. Coaches and teams may change, and relocation within Canada and even to other countries may be a factor as they train for gold. However, one constant in the lives of these young people is their educational program.

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School days in Surrey may be made longer to cope with growth

December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

SURREY – Faced with growing student enrollment and no money to build new schools, the Surrey school district is looking at extending the school day and developing online learning to cope with the challenges.

The options were contained in a report presented to Surrey school trustees by superintendent Mike McKay at the Dec. 9 board meeting.

“We can’t create instant school spaces so we must use the space and class time we do have as efficiently as possible,” McKay said.

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Single school system unlikely say local boards

December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

“We have had assurances over and over again from our minister (Alberta Education Minister David Hancock) that the minority rights of Catholics and Protestants will be guaranteed, that there will be no change,” said Woehleke.

Woehleke added he believes the preamble to the new school act will likely strengthen the continued existence of one public funded, tri-system consisting of the public, the separate and the Francophone boards.

He said the idea of one school board for faith-based and public students would create “a monopoly”.

“We believe that parents love the Alberta Advantage which is choice,” Woehleke said. “Whether or not you want to go to a Catholic school, a virtual school, private school we believe in choice… We believe having the choice for different parents raises the bar for all kids.”

He said when CRCS puts a new school in a community, it raises the standards for all schools in the community.

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Anaphylaxis training module introduced in AB schools

October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

She said before launching the training module, it was checked by allergists and tested with a pilot project.

“The pilot project showed that teachers’ knowledge and confidence level increased after using something like an EpiPen (after using the training module),” Harada explained.

The new interactive training program incorporates graphics, audio and text and is accessible anytime, anywhere.

It is available in English and French at LearnAlberta.ca, a website that provides educators with online learning resources directly tied to topics that Alberta students are learning in their classrooms.

Cindi Vaselenak, superintendent of Evergreen Catholic Separate Division No. 2 (ECSRD) was on hand for the announcement.

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