In 2004, French-language Education in Ontario was visionary by initiating the balanced school calendar (also known as the year-round school calendar) as a pilot project in the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est. This project was focused on the needs of its clientele and adapted to the pace of contemporary life.
École élémentaire catholique Bernard-Grandmaître is the first Francophone school in Ontario to have adopted a balanced school calendar. Although the total number of days off remains the same as in the traditional calendar, summer vacations in the balanced school calendar are shorter, for a period of about 6 weeks. Students, teachers and administrative staff enjoy a week of leave in October, two weeks of holidays at Christmas (like everyone else), two weeks of leave in March (instead of one), and one week of leave in May. The school year ends a week later than in other schools. Read more…
In order to expand the Francophone space in Ontario, community liaison officers have been supporting the French-language education sector since September 2007. This initiative contributes to the implementation of the Ministry of Education’s Politique d’aménagement linguistique (PAL)-A Policy for Ontario’s French-Language Schools and Francophone Community.
To maintain and strengthen the vitality of the French-speaking community, three areas of intervention are targeted for the creation of partnerships: community groups, the private sector and government bodies. Read more…
In a previous post, I mentioned that French-language education in Ontario was leading the way in terms of French resources for the interactive smartboard. Elementary and secondary school teachers in Ontario can also count on a variety of multimedia resources in French to help liven up their lessons and capture the attention of students. Some of these resources take the form of games, others, of educational activities. How can we navigate in this array of offers of attractive attributes without losing sight of the pedagogical objective? Read more…
THE INTERACTIVE SMARTBOARD: INNOVATION FOR EDUCATION
For some years now, interactive smartboards have been emerging in the classrooms of Ontario French-language schools.
Always aware of new teaching and learning tools, our schools and teachers were the first in Canada to make the jump and to integrate this technological tool in their teaching strategies.
How can this new technology promote student learning?
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In 2004, French-language Education in Ontario was visionary by initiating the balanced school calendar (also known as the year-round school calendar) as a pilot project in the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est. This project was focused on the needs of its clientele and adapted to the pace of contemporary life.
