STAFF DEVELOPMENT at George Brown College

October 26, 2011 - Supporting. Learning.

Please join us for a day of exciting keynotes and workshops at the St James Campus that focus on supporting learning!

Keynote Speaker: Jenny Horsman (9:00am-10:15am)
Rethinking college practices: Acknowledging the impact of violence on learning

Everyday experiences of violence – from the mildest to the most catastrophic - impact learning, and the learning failure that often follows has its own ongoing impact on lives. As we work with students in any capacity – helping them to get into a program, navigate college systems, deal with difficulties they encounter, teach them new material, or support them in any way, if we pay attention to these impacts then we can approach their difficulties learning and navigating the college with a fresh perspective.

Concurrent Workshops (10:30am- 12:00pm)
Topics include: Copyright, Smart Board Basics, Supporting ESL Learners, and Presentation Skills

Stand Up For Mental Health – Comic Troupe (1:00pm – 2:00pm)
Stand Up For Mental Health, and its award winning founder David Granirer, teach stand up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building their confidence and fighting public stigma, prejudice, and discrimination.
“We use comedy to give consumers a powerful voice and help reduce the stigma and discrimination around mental illness” says Granirer. “The idea is that laughing at our setbacks raises us above them. It makes people go from despair to hope, and hope is crucial to anyone struggling with adversity. Studies prove that hopeful people are more resilient and also tend to live longer, healthier lives.”

Concurrent Workshops (2:15pm-3:45pm)
Topics include: Internationalization of the Curriculum: Developing Global Citizens, Creating Accessible Learning Environments: Tips for Reducing Barriers for students in the classroom, Supporting Students to Succeed: Addressing the impact of violence on learning, Smart Board: Beyond Basics, and Understanding Deaf Culture

*For workshop descriptions, please go to : October 26, 2011 – Supporting.  Learning.

**Space is limited, register early! Please go to the Staff Development Calendar.

Central Michigan University (CMU) Master of Arts degree in Education

This fall George Brown College will be hosting its fifth cohort of students for the Central Michigan University (CMU) Master of Arts degree in Education with a Community College concentration program.  

• CMU is ranked as one of the top ten most productive small research universities in the United States
• This program was designed specifically to address the needs of Ontario and is only offered in Canada
• CMU has been delivering this program for over 30 years and is fully accredited
• There are over 1200 graduates from this program currently working in Canada
• Many graduates have gone on to earn their Ph.D or Ed.D.

For more information, please visit the CMU website

Classes start soon. If you are interested please contact Vickie Oliver by phone 877-268-4636 or email olive1va@cmich.edu

M.Ed. Degree in Higher Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Emphasis on Leadership
Starting January 2011 [applications are still being accepted]

The M.Ed. Degree in Higher Education with emphasis on Leadership is specifically designed for individuals aspiring to be, or currently in, leadership roles in higher education (colleges and universities).

Download PDF of program flyer.

For information contact Dr. Katharine Janzen at 416-978-1232, katharine.janzen@utoronto.ca or log-on to http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/depts/tps

Launch of Community College Leadership Ph.D. Program

The University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education would like to announce the launch of Community College Leadership Ph.D. Program Cohort IV in the spring of 2010. The previous three cohorts have been very successful and have included a number of college presidents, senior staff and faculty. The program has been specifically designed for this target audience, involves a residential experience on a college campus, includes visits to various Ontario colleges and makes extensive use of guest lecturers drawn from institutions across Ontario and the U.S.

Learn more about the Community College Leadership Ph.D. Program