Mentoring New Teachers
Data from the ontario teachers' pension plan indicates that 18 percent of new teachers are at risk of leaving the profession.
Features
The Land as Science, Community and Connection
Gina Marucci writes about immersing her students in nature to help them understand how it relates to their lives.
Health and Safety: It's About You
When you say Occupational Health and Safety to education workers, they start talking about what they do to keep their students safe. The focus on students is admirable, but it misses the point. Occupational Health and Safety is about workers.
Campaign 200
By now you will probably have seen ETFO’s billboards, listened to our radio advertisements, or heard about the upcoming negotiations. For public elementary teachers, “200 minutes” is about to become a very familiar phrase.
Spelling: Connecting the Pieces
How can teachers provide the necessary support for all students so that they can experience success as spellers? The following suggestions provide a framework that you can adapt to your grade and classroom.
Ontario's New Headmaster
Michael Fullan is the man Dalton McGuinty hopes will help him become the province's best education premier since Bill Davis. Alanna Mitchell talks to the schooling guru whose profile has been higher abroad than at home - until now
Day of Disabled Persons
On December 3, we celebrate the UN International Day of Disabled Persons - a day set aside to increase awareness and understanding of disability issues and trends, and to mobilize support for practical action at all levels, by, with and for persons with disabilities.
Mission possible : s'amuser, rire e
Combien de fois devonsnous dire a nos eleves de français langue se co nde de parler Français? Chaque enseignant et enseignante de français langue se co nde p ossèd ent plus d'un tru c dans sa mallette afin de rappeler aux élèves que dans la classe de français , on parle ... français .
Provincial Parks Bring Life to Learning
Several science and technology strands lend themselves directly to outdoor experiences. Students need to be able to make observations, collect data, and test hypotheses in nature.
STAO Conference
As co-chair of STAO 2003, I invite all my elementary colleagues to attend the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario annual conference. This year, the conference runs November 6-8 at the Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto. The theme for STAO 2003 is Dreams Are Made for Pursuit.