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The Jewels of Change - Mining Treasures in an Evolving Workplace
This popular workshop presentation has been received well by corporations for its unique strategies and original concepts. Participants walk through the tools for mining treasures in a changing workplace. They will benefit from learning to manage change through the popular D.I.A.M.O.N.D. principle.
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Adele Alfano
Workshop Presenter
Professional Motivational Speaker & Author
Diamond Within Resources
Tel: 905-578-6687
Fax: 905-578-6687 (phone first)
Email:
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Safe Schools and the Bullying Factor
A uniquely Canadian look at the increase in school violence will be provided and the tools required preventing further erosion of a historically safe school system.
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Stuart Auty
Keynote Speaker
President
Canadian Safe School Network
Tel: 416-540-1265
Fax:
Email:
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Diversity in Music Education - Drumming in Schools
A workshop in how to teach hand drumming in a classroom. Learn music notation using the drums. Hands-on workshop.
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Carlos Bastidas
Workshop Presenter
Music Teacher
Central Peel SS
Tel: 905-451-0432
Fax:
Email: carlos.bastidas@peelsb.com
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The New Realities: The Third Voice
The new English Curriculum (1999) speaks of the need "to prepare students for literacy and cultural demands they will face as Canadians and members of the global community." This workshop will present specific ideas and strategies to meet these new demands in our diverse classrooms.
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John Borovilos
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter, Panel Member
Author, Docent of the Royal Ontario Museum
Tel: 416-499-9025
Fax:
Email:
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Find Your Shade of Green
Is your world about to get smaller? Is the green economy the next economic revolution? Learn about emerging trends in the green economy and ideas to help connect students with green opportunities.
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Kevin Bray
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Counsellor / Editor
A.Y. Jackson SS / www.findyourshadeofgreen.com
Tel: 416-345-3140 X 20046
Fax: 416-395-4454
Email: bray.shadesofgreen@gmail.com
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Intercultural Communication Skills
This workshop will examine five principles of intercultural communication that can help those involved in public education thrive in a diverse environment.
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Kathryn Brillinger
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Professor/Teacher Trainer
Conestoga College
Tel: 519-748-5733
Fax:
Email:
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Addiction Crossing the Line
An exploration using approachable, anyone can do "drama" activities, to understand the nature of addiction.
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Suzanne Burchell
Workshop Presenter
Teacher
Orchard Park SS
Tel: 905-573-3550
Fax: 905-662-6603
Email:
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ACTING UP! - Taking Your Performance to the Next Level
William Shakespeare said … ‘All the world’s a stage …” What happens when we seriously apply this truth to our work and lives? Bill Carr uses his extensive professional experience as a theatre artist to help you take your performance to the next level. By helping you understand your leading role Bill directs you toward achieving the performance of your life. This entertaining, engaging, interactive workshop has been developed from Bill’s twenty years experience as a motivational speaker, and twenty-five years as a theatre and film professional. His extensive work as an actor, director, producer and writer combined with years of research into companies and organizations from across Canada and beyond in his work as a humorous motivational speaker feed into one another to become what Bill calls his “life’s workshop.” Bill’s theological and theatrical training, together with this business experience as an entrepreneur create a lively, fun, intensive, interactive and worthwhile event for you and your people. Knowing that the fundamentals of theatre are in essence the fundamentals of one’s professional life – with effective dynamic communication at its very care, Acting Up!
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Bill Carr
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Tel: 416-345-1559 / 1-800-333-4453
Fax: 416-345-9589
Email:
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Humour & Creativity
This is a workshop that discusses a creative approach to business and life in general that serves as a foundation for problem solving, teamwork and innovation. This workshop shows how creativity and humour involve seeing the ordinary in an extraordinary way.
Everyone has humour and is creative. It is a sad fact, however, that there are those who have had these lifesaving, invaluable natural talents suppressed by everyone from parents though teachers, friends, spouses, bosses and co-workers, to the greatest creativity buster – ourselves.
This workshop is designed to help you discover how to get past your fears and the censorship of your mind placed there by society. It will show you how to have more humour and creativity in all facets of your life. The four steps of creativity are examined: preparation, incubation, illumination and verification. We talk about fools, clowns, humour and where humour fits in the creative cycle.
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Bill Carr
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Tel: 416-345-1559 / 1-800-333-4453
Fax: 416-345-9589
Email:
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The Literacy Imperative: Teaching Reading to At Risk Students
This focus of this interactive workshop will be the presentation of models based on new and traditional reading theories. Participants will explore models for teaching reading in order to practise strategies which can be adapted to small or large groups in a variety of programming situations.
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Joanna Carter
Workshop Presenter
Consultant
Ottawa-Carleton DSB
Tel: 613-596-8211 X 8132
Fax:
Email:
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Mentoring for Developing OSSTF/FEESO Leaders
It is imperative to plan for succession and to continue to build a strong federation through the development of future leaders. This interactive workshop identifies the steps towards the development of a mentoring culture through engaging existing and new members, developing leadership at the unit and district level. Come share what you have developed and bring home more great ideas from other established and budding OSSTF/FEESO leaders.
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Bonnie Cheung
Workshop Presenter
President - ESP
OSSTF District 25 Office
Tel: 613-729-7211
Fax: 613-729-8565
Email:
Co-presenter: Gale Dores
Tel: 613-937-0120 X 211
Fax: 613-930-7245
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Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Tai Chi Exercise
MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint are taught in separate workshops. In each workshop, participants will learn basic features, e.g. Formatting, page setup, formulas, files merge, etc. In addition, participants gain hands-on experience from working on exercises.
With the Tai Chi Exercise, participants will learn the first set of Tai Chi movements. The movements help the participants to relax, help on their concentration and find their inner balance.
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Belinda Choi
Workshop Presenter
SERT – Eastern Region
T.R. Leger School
Tel: 613-937-0120 or 1-877-875-3437 x222
Fax:
Email: Belinda.choi@ucdsb.on.ca
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Living with Bipolar
I share my personal journey with having Bipolar Illness in a candid, humorous and at times, heart wrenching manner. You will learn and understand more about mental health after hearing my story. My goal is to educate and change the stigma around mental health illnesses.
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Tracey Crewson
Workshop Presenter
Educational Assistant
Centre Wellington DHS
Tel: 519-846-0767
Fax:
Email: trace7261@bell.net
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Crock of Laffs
Interactive, personalized, customized clean, non-offensive comedy. Ventriloquist.
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Mark Crocker
Interactive Entertainer
Comedic Entertainer
Crock of Laffs
Tel: 705-342-7582
Fax: 705-342-7583
Email: info@markcrocker.ca
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Balancing Life With Humour: We Are All Jugglers and the First Ball to Drop is Usually Our Own
Between our jobs, home, relationships with family, friends and co-workers learning how to balance our busy life demands a strong sense of Personal Development and most importantly a Sense of Humour.
People, who attend "Balancing Life with Humour" lecture, leave with an understanding of practical techniques for refuelling, rediscovering, and reengaging their true selves. Learning to use humour as an instrument of communication creates an atmosphere of compassion, caring and productivity.
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Kate Davis
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Tel: 416-345-1559 / 1-800-333-4453
Fax: 416-345-9589
Email:
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Reaching for the STARS - Effective Ways at Identifying, Addressing and Meeting the Needs of Students at Risk
Co-author of "Reaching for the STARS" Vol I and II, her workshop offers sage advice for identifying, addressing and meeting the needs of students at emotional, social, academic and/or psychological risk. All educators should come and get some sanity saving ideas, some stellar support, plus some new ways of seeing a galaxy of STARS (Student at Risk) in a whole new light!
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Angie Dornai
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Restorative Approaches Facilitator
York Region DSB
Tel: 416-414-1686
Fax:
Email:
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Restorative Approaches: Building Relationship for Success
This interactive presentation allows participants to work collaboratively to expand understandings of what it means to operate "restoratively." Participants can expect to make explicit connections between relationship building and their current practices to strengthen conflict resolution and classroom management skills, as well as increase cultural proficiency and decrease the likelihood of bullying behaviours. Available for workshops or as keynote address.
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Angie Dornai
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Restorative Approaches Facilitator
York Region DSB
Tel: 416-414-1686
Fax:
Email:
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Building Academic Vocabulary Grades 7-12
When a teacher notices that students are not achieving as well as they should, especially in the content areas, it could be that the students need to build their academic vocabulary. Building, maintaining and rotating word wall strategies in content area subjects will see growth and achievement in all students. Confidence builds and teachers will see improvements in the students' literacy skills, reading and comprehension in their subject areas.
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Melanie Douglas
Workshop Presenter
Teacher & Teacher Consultant (retired)
Tel: 519-443-4215
Fax: 519-443-0207
Email: melanieedouglas@gmail.com
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Formative Assessment in Intermediate/Senior Classrooms
The new assessment document "Growing Success" will be released in 2009 and implemented in 2010. This workshop will give you a head start on developing practical strategies for implementing Formative Assessment in your classroom. An introduction to Learning Portfolios as a formative assessment strategy will also be included.
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Melanie Douglas
Workshop Presenter
Teacher & Teacher Consultant (retired)
Tel: 519-443-4215
Fax: 519-443-0207
Email: melanieedouglas@gmail.com
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ESL through First Nations Character Education Teachings and Aboriginal Language Strategies
Explore literacy activities involving storytelling, illustrated print material, videos, CDS and website search activities. Translate theory into practice. This 2003 OSSTF Janet Cass Action Research Project earned CASLT's 2003 H.H. Stern Award. Experiment with strategies now used in classrooms in Saskatchewan and shared as far away as the 2005 WIPCE conference in New Zealand.
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Yvonne Dufault
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Teacher
Langstaff SS
Tel: 905-479-0009
Fax:
Email: yvonnedufault@live.ca
Website: http://www.caslt.org/about/about-history-past-awards_ydufault_en.php and
http://www.caslt.org/pdf/Character-Traits-Stories.pdf
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L'emploi des intelligences instructionnelles: Une expérience pour ouvrir les coeurs de nos élèves à l'apprentissage et pour réduire la fossilisation des erreurs
Participer pleinement aux activités qui démontrent l'impact de l'emploi des techniques de l'intelligence instructionnelle sur la motivation et l'apprentissage des adolescents au secondaire dans nos classers d'immersion et de français cadre. Constatez pour vous-même à quel point cette approche améliore la production langagière et soutient les politiques d'alphabétisme au niveau du département et de l'école. Découvrez en jouant, des ressources et des jeux qui aideront les élèves à avoir plus de confiance en soi et s'ouvrir au monde.
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Yvonne Dufault
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Teacher
Langstaff SS
Tel: 905-479-0009
Fax:
Email: yvonnedufault@live.ca
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Instructional Intelligence
Aboriginal Character Education Strategies: This hands-on holistic, experiential workshop shares successful experiments with ESL and DD students. Learn practical strategies to help at risk learners. Internet links dealing with research will be provided. Dress comfortably.
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Yvonne Dufault
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Teacher
Langstaff SS
Tel: 905-479-0009
Fax:
Email: yvonnedufault@live.ca
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Phat Love & the thin girl
Written and performed by Tara Duffy
Directed by Cynthia Rose
What could be worse than trying to find love in our fast-paced, fat-obsessed, ultra-cynical world? How about including an open bar and a four-minute buzzer that signals the end of every romance. Speed Dating: the Final Frontier. Watch out Love - here I come! Don't miss one of Toronto's funniest comedians in this hilarious one-woman show!
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Tara Duffy
Performer
Drama Dance Performance Arts Teacher
Silverthorn CI
Tel: 416-394-7010
Fax: 416-394-7924
Email: taraduffy@gmail.com
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Teaching the Adult Learner
Adult learners have different learning styles and needs. This workshop will present these styles and strategies to meet the needs of the adult learner.
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Ron English
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Professor
Niagara County Community College
Tel: 905-643-2690
Fax:
Email:
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Computer Studies - Programming Process
Computer Programming is a complex process. This workshop will present a five-step process to writing good programs and various strategies to teach the process.
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Ron English
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Professor
Niagara County Community College
Tel: 905-643-2690
Fax:
Email:
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How to Build a Rubric
A Rubric is an interdependent list of evaluation criteria. This workshop will help you develop a comprehensive and effective rubric for any course.
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Ron English
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Professor
Niagara County Community College
Tel: 905-643-2690
Fax:
Email:
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Who Is This Guy and Why Should I Spend the Next Hour Listening to What He Has to Say?
Whether you know it or not every student in your classroom asks that question almost daily. This session will help you answer those students using demonstrations, puzzles, and engagement strategies for the 7-10 classrooms. There is a science bias with a slant towards creativity, scepticism, and wonder, but the underlying focus applies to all.
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Dave Erb
Workshop Presenter
Science Teacher (Retired)
Shores of Red Lake
Tel: 807-735-3036
Fax:
Email: daveerb@goredlake.com
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Good Grief in the Classroom
Death, illness, divorce, moving, lifestyle change, economics ... GRIEF is experienced by all of us. Good Grief can be achieved in how we acknowledge and address it. This "hands-on" workshop encourages participants to understand and explore grief through easy to implement tools and techniques for the classroom. Activities will centre on drama, music, arts, movement and journaling.
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Patricia Gray
Workshop Presenter
Bookmobile Driver/Clerk for the City of Guelph Public Library
Tel: 519-760-2765
Fax: 519-824-2045
Email:
Co-presenter: Kevin McFadden
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Greening your life and your workplace
This workshop provides suggestions and advice on how to limit your ecological footprint in both your personal and professional life. The presenter will describe and provide examples of a number of different products and ideas that can change the way you live and work without breaking the bank or affecting your productivity. In this day and age, going green is not only good for the plant; it also often means supporting ethical working conditions and environmentally responsible standards. This workshop is positive and will provide ideas for everyone from those beginning the journey to a sustainable lifestyle all the way to the most committed environmentalist.
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Glen Hodgson
Workshop Presenter
President, OSSTF District 4
Co-Author: Greening our Union
Tel: 705-477-2839
Fax: 705-472-1408
Email: Waubeck@hotmail.com
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Differentiating Your Teaching Based on Student Readiness
Readiness to learn and student engagement varies from student to student and concept to concept. We need to Astart where they are@ for learning to take place, but it is challenging to address a wide variety of starting points in a whole class setting. In this workshop, we look at simple pre-assessment strategies that provide appropriate challenge.
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Karen Hume
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Author, Professional Speaker/Workshop Leader
Tel: 905-349-9933
Fax: 905-349-9933
Email: karen@karenhume.ca
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Depression in Children: Practical Strategies for Classroom Recognition and Management
High school teachers and support staff will learn how to recognize and manage depression in the classroom. A video will demonstrate signs and symptoms, and case studies will illustrate risk factors for suicide.
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Dr. Marshall Korenblum
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Hincks-Dellcrest Centre; Associate Professor, U of T
Hincks-Dellcrest Centre and U of T
Tel: 416-972-1935 X3316
Fax: 416-924-9915
Email:
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Motivating Students and Staff to Learn
The foundational principle for optimum learning is positive relationships. If good rapport exists, students will perform positively and staff will be motivated to be their best. This workshop explores the three main components to building positive relationships: mutual respect, good communication, and encouragement; and how each affects the learning/working environment.
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Maxine Kossy
Workshop Presenter
Support Teacher
W.E. Gowling PS
Tel: 613-728-3537
Fax:
Email:
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Building Positive Self-Esteem
Messages that we receive about who we are build positive or negative self-esteem. People with positive self-esteem believe they are capable and lovable. Misbehaving students are discouraged students. Students who feel good about themselves learn better. Come and explore the language of encouragement and how that builds positive self-esteem.
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Maxine Kossy
Workshop Presenter
Support Teacher
W.E. Gowling PS
Tel: 613-728-3537
Fax:
Email:
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Redirecting Inappropriate Behaviour
The most common misbehaviours are negative attention-getting behaviours and power struggles. This workshop will explore effective discipline techniques and ways to deal with negative behaviours and redirect them into positive expressions.
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Maxine Kossy
Workshop Presenter
Support Teacher
W.E. Gowling PS
Tel: 613-728-3537
Fax:
Email:
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First Steps … Creating an Inclusive Environment for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Students
Using the medicine wheel as a framework, the facilitators will guide participants through a series of activities designed to examine their individual school communities. Participants will receive practical suggestions and resources to enhance and support the success of Aboriginal students.
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Rocky Landon
Workshop Presenter
Teacher
Sundance @ Bayridge Secondary School
Tel: 613-384-4869
Fax: 613-384-5341
Email: rlandon1@cogeco.ca
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Brain Gym - Learning through Movement
Brain Gym is a worldwide network dedicated to enhancing learning and living. Simple and fun physical movements bring about rapid and automatic improvements in such skills as: focus, communication, balance, reading, writing, math, and de-stressing. A teacher relates these movements to learning activities to teachers and students of all ages: in Special Education learning environments and in regular classroom settings.
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Sharon Loucks
Workshop Presenter/Keynote Speaker
Teacher of at-risk teens and adults
TVDSB
Tel: 519-686-2882
Fax:
Email:
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Reading Across the Curriculum
This workshop will provide teachers with practical strategies for improving reading in the content areas. Research based activities will be used to assist teachers in identifying the most effective techniques for helping the struggling reader in science, history, geography, etc.
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Jeannette MacKenzie
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Director of Research & Teacher In-Service
Nelson Education
Tel: 416-617-3948
Fax:
Email:
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Overloaded: Strategies to Stay Healthy in a Stressful World
A one-day or half day presentation on chronic stress, anxiety, depression and burnout. We explore concrete strategies to assist staff in making changes in both their personal and professional lives.
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Françoise Mathieu
Keynote Speaker
WHP - Workshops for the Helping Professions
Tel: 613-547-3247
Fax: 613-547-0655
Email: whp@cogeco.ca
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Using Social Media and Emerging Technologies to Build Communities
Blogs? Tweets? Wikis? Not sure what these are let alone how to use them? Does the expanding variety of communication tools available intimidate and scare you? Contemporary Communications is an interactive workshop that deals with the full gamut of communications and blends the use of new modes with tried and true ones. Communicating with a range of audiences using a multitude of techniques and through various medium, including social media, will be covered in the workshop. Communicating in a crisis and laying the foundation for effective and ongoing relationships with your members and the media will also be featured in the workshop. If you have a laptop computer available to you, please bring it to the workshop.
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Anthony Marco
Workshop Presenter
Vice-President, OSSTF District 21
OSSTF District 21 Office
Tel: 905-574-8285
Fax: 905-574-8166
Email: amarco@shaw.ca
Co-presenter(s): Kara Hiltz or Karen Littlewood
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Social Media, Part 2 – Becoming Conversant
What can you do to take your social media experience to the next level? We'll show you some practical skills in moving from lurking to sharing to conversing.
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Anthony Marco
Workshop Presenter
Vice-President, OSSTF District 21
OSSTF District 21 Office
Tel: 905-574-8285
Fax: 905-574-8166
Email: amarco@shaw.ca
Co-presenter(s): Kara Hiltz or Karen Littlewood
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Google Sites
“Google Sites” are a free way for teachers to organize and deliver course content. No HTML knowledge is necessary and you can easily share your website with the world or just your students. With little effort, the sites can be linked to a calendar, videos, word processed documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You can even host on-line forms.
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Blake Martin
Workshop Presenter
Teacher
John F. Ross CVI
Tel: 519-821-5195
Fax:
Email: blakelymartin@gmail.com
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The Rookie-Veteran Matrix: The Creative Leap
A laugh-filled (yet still practical) one to two hour presentation on (I) why the best teachers are both rookies and veterans at the same time, (ii) what the best three methods are to place yourself in the "sweet spot" on the matrix, and (iii) creative leaping for veterans.
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Cameron McBain
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Teacher, Assistant Head of English
Bluevale CI
Tel: 519-725-7729
Fax:
Email:
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Get Your Staff Talking about Learning Disabilities
This workshop will give you many ideas to get your staff addressing the many different aspects of learning disabilities. The workshop will show data on what learning disabled students are up against. The workshop will present unique and interesting approaches that look at this subject, from comics to trivia games to Jackie Stewart and more.
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Wayne McFarlane
Workshop Presenter
Special Education HS Teacher
Cobourg DCI East
Tel: 905-372-2271
Fax: 905-372-5343
Email: wayne_mcfarlane@kprdsb.ca
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How to Improve Your Life and Classroom Through Stress Relief
Participants will leave the workshop as Resilient Educator(s) having learned to relieve Stress anywhere at anytime through scientifically researched and field-tested techniques developed by the Institute of Heart Math. They will be encouraged to teach these to their students of all ages for improved academic success and better relationships.
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Jane Milligan
Workshop Presenter
Retired Teacher
Tel: 416-694-1636
Fax:
Email: johndm@rogers.com
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Using Film in English
This workshop is conducted by English Teachers who have a strong interest in media and popular culture. They present films, videos and explain how these can be integrated into the English Curriculum. Handouts and assignments will be shared and discussed.
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Andy Milner
Workshop Presenter
Head of English
Lakefield DSS
Tel: 705-652-3333
Fax: 705-652-3340
Email:
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Memoirs Made Easy
This workshop will introduce you to documenting your memoirs. Topics include getting started, genealogy and lots of writing prompts. Participants will leave with lots of information and, hopefully, inspiration.
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Catherine Mochrie
Workshop Presenter
Retired Teacher
Tel: 807-662-1149
Fax:
Email: imochrie@sympatico.ca
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Web 2.0 Toolkit: Top Websites to Engage the 21st Century Learner
In this workshop, you will learn about a selection of the best online tools to integrate into your 21st century classroom. We explore how you can use Web 2.0 for any subject and why you should. By the end of the session you’ll have a toolkit full of engaging, practical applications and links.
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Paul Murray & Sarah Fernetich
Workshop Presenters
Tel: 613-730-5512
Fax:
Email: paul.murray37@gmail.com
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Discover the Writer in You
Writing is not for famous authors only; writing is something we can all enjoy. Participants will discover the enjoyment in writing by "free writing" and sharing their stories in a fun and interactive setting. There is a writer in all of us. Come and discover the writer in you. Many of the activities and resources could be of use to English teachers.
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Catherine Mochrie
Workshop Presenter
Retired Teacher
Tel: 807-662-1149
Fax:
Email: imochrie@sympatico.ca
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The 10-80-10 Principle - Unlocking Dynamic Performance
This program can be offered as a keynote or workshop and provides a framework to help focus on strengths and energies to get the most out of groups and individuals. It helps participants perform at higher levels, have greater balance and achieve more.
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Sunjay Nath
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Professional Speaker
Tel: 905-466-4270
Fax: 905-827-2030
Email: sunjay@sunjaynath.com
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Staying Safe in a Wired World
Internet safety presentation and cyber-bullying.
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Rob Nickel
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter, Student Assembly
Speaker / Author
Tel: 519-654-0002
Fax: 519-654-0002
Email:
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Appealing, Not Appalling Presentations Workshop
How to prepare and present effective presentations to your members and other non-member groups such as trustees, labour councils, and school councils.
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Kara Percy
Workshop Presenter
ESC Member
F.X. O'Reilly ES
Tel: 905-936-6106
Fax:
Email:
Co-presenters: Mike Bettiol, Paul Murray
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Effective Leadership
Leadership skills don't just happen; they are a specific set of skills that are developed over time. Quality leadership is what guides programs to full potential. Speaker, Brian Risk, is a 25-year teacher in the secondary schools, a 14-time National Team Coach for Athletics Canada and published author. His leadership session will guide participants through the critical areas of goal setting, communication, conflict resolution, encouraging followers and much more. Participants, regardless of their experience, will leave this discussion at a new level. This session is applicable to aspiring leaders in the student body, educational workers, faculty, administration and senior administration.
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Brian Risk
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
National Team Coach, Author, Teacher
Chippewa SS
Tel: 705-497-8779
Fax: 705-476-0845
Email: risk@vianet.ca
Website: http://www.brianriskperformance.com
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Mental Preparation for a Bulletproof Performance
Have you wondered why some people shine under pressure and others struggle? Speaker, Brian Risk's, book on human performance called Periodized Sport Psychology - Building the Bulletproof Athlete has revolutionized how mental training can be applied to sports, on-stage performers, teachers, and business people. His experience as a 14-time National Team Coach and 25-year veteran of the classroom is put to full use as he provides direction on goal setting, focussing, re-framing, countdown strategies, emotional control and much more. This session is applicable to students, educational workers, faculty and administration as they strive for full potential.
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Brian Risk
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
National Team Coach, Author, Teacher
Chippewa SS
Tel: 705-497-8779
Fax: 705-476-0845
Email: risk@vianet.ca
Website: http://www.brianriskperformance.com
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The Power of the Dream
The Power of the Dream is a motivational session for those who wish to pursue their dreams. This discussion will provide the tools and formula to chart a path from right now to full potential in their career, lifestyle or hobby. Brian Risk, a published author of three books, highly sought after guest speaker and National Team Coach on 14 Canadian track and field teams, provides a simple and effective approach to achieve greatness. The presentation, with multi-media presentations and stories of triumph and tragedy, Brian has motivated audiences to new levels of performance. This session is applicable to students, educational workers, faculty, and administration as they strive for full potential.
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Brian Risk
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
National Team Coach, Author, Teacher
Chippewa SS
Tel: 705-497-8779
Fax: 705-476-0845
Email: risk@vianet.ca
Website: http://www.brianriskperformance.com
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CIA in the Classroom
Susan, a classroom teacher with 28 years of experience, delivers workshops designed to meet specific professional development needs in the areas of curriculum, instruction and assessment. In Collaborative and collegial adult learning environments, participants engage in interactive tasks to learn teacher-friendly strategies and classroom practices that foster and support learning and success for the wide range of learners in our schools.
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Susan Robinson
Workshop Presenter
Secondary Science Teacher
Hillcrest HS
Tel: 807-345-1461
Fax: 807-345-9369
Email:
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Humour in the Workplace
The Humour in the Workplace program is a skills-based enjoyable workshop that helps individuals recognize their own unique sense of humour. The Humour program teaches how to apply humour to reduce counter-productive stress and increase morale and teamwork. Participants will learn from cartoons, taped comedy routines and handouts about the structure of humour, and about how to find common ground with others while adding more fun to daily routines.
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Leslie Rose
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Trainer
Leslie Rose Seminars
Tel: 416-423-0400
Fax: 416-423-0400
Email: leslie@leslieroseseminars.com
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Dealing with Difficult People
The Dealing with Difficult People seminar is practical and enjoyable. The seminar helps participants to improve their communication skills in order to build successful relationships. Participants learn how to adjust what they say in order to speak effectively to stressed individuals. They learn how to motivate others by clarifying goals, giving appreciation and resolving conflict. As well, participants learn how to understand and work well with others using the essential components of effective listening, including mirroring, paraphrasing and asking helpful questions.
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Leslie Rose
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Trainer
Leslie Rose Seminars
Tel: 416-423-0400
Fax: 416-423-0400
Email: leslie@leslieroseseminars.com
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Optimal Stress for Optimal Performance
The Optimal Stress for Optimal Performance presentation has helped many individuals to measurably improve health and well-being. During the presentation, participants discover small changes that they are willing to make in order to manage everyday pressure at work, and at home. Participants find they are able to change bad habits, replace self-defeating thoughts, and set new achievable goals. After the presentation, individuals often report eliminating headaches, improving work effectiveness and sleeping better throughout the night.
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Leslie Rose
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Trainer
Leslie Rose Seminars
Tel: 416-423-0400
Fax: 416-423-0400
Email: leslie@leslieroseseminars.com
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Les comportements d'opposition
L=enfant ne se reconnaît pas comme opposant, ce sont les autres qui lui cherchent des problèmes. Souvent, il peut même résister indirectement par des pertes de temps, des erreurs, des oublis, le négativisme, en prétextant qu=il ne fait pas exprès. Ces élèves présentent des défis particuliers au niveau de l=adaptiation et du comportement en salle de classe. Pendant cet atelier, nous étudierons les sujets suivants les définitions des comportements opposants, les manifestations de ces comportements, les croyances irrationnelles et les stratégies d’intervention.
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Camil Sanfaçon
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter, Consultant
Consultant en éducation inc.
Tel: 418-622-1593
Fax:
Email: c.sanfacon@videotron.ca
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L=enfant rejeté
L=enfant cible, souffre-douleur, bouc émissaire, rejeté, existe. Comment l=expliquer? À qui la faute? Aux parents? À l=éducation? Aux chromosomes? À l=école? À l=enfant lui-même? Pendant cette rencontre, nous allons aborder le phénomène, essayer de le comprendre et surtout envisager une démarche de relation d=aide. Aider l=enfant persécuté, c=est combattre l=exclusion.
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Camil Sanfaçon
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter, Consultant
Consultant en éducation inc.
Tel: 418-622-1593
Fax:
Email: c.sanfacon@videotron.ca
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Aider sans se brûler
J’aime ma profession, jai peur d’y laisser ma peau. Les besoins des jeunes, les attentes des collaborateurs, des professionnels, des parents exercent une pression sur mon rendement. Comment garder mon enthousiasme, ma détermination, ma motivation? Nous abordons l’image de soil, l’importance de la relation de qualité, les besoins des personnes aidantes savoir se protéger et les limites de la relation d’aide.
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Camil Sanfaçon
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter, Consultant
Consultant en éducation inc.
Tel: 418-622-1593
Fax:
Email: c.sanfacon@videotron.ca
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But I am Sweating the Small Stuff!
It's the little things that wear us down! Recognizing stress and learning to cope by using the relaxation response is half the battle (a little humour helps too!) A fun, practical, active workshop presentation using mind-set imagery, controlled breathing techniques, and the progressive relaxation method, that will help the participants learn to relax and to recognize the value of a little humour in the workplace.
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Harold Sawchuk
Workshop Presenter
Partner
H & H Associates
Tel: 519-756-5468
Fax: 519-756-8032
Email: haroldsawchuk@yahoo.ca
Co-presenter: Herwig Baldauf
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Positive Space, Positive Schools
The focus of this workshop is to support teachers in creating a positive and safe learning environment for individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities. It addresses everything from commonly used terms, to how to respond to homophobia and transphobia in classrooms, hallways, and the staff room. Participants will engage in group activities and problem-solving dialogue, and they will have the opportunity to view resource material.
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Adrienne Sefton
Workshop Presenter
Co-chair
Milton DHS
Tel: 905-878-2839 X 252
Fax: 905-878-0617
Email: sefton@hdsb.ca
Co-presenter(s): Spectrum Team, Halton DSB
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Mindful Wellness: A Novel Way of Responding to Teacher Stress
Mindful wellness develops mindfulness skills that serve as a foundation to well-being. Mindfulness, or present moment awareness, is a practice that nurtures patience, non-judgement, empathy and balance. This workshop will enhance your ability to respond (vs. react) to stressful situations both within and outside the classroom in order to reduce levels of stress and improve your health.
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Geoffrey Soloway
Workshop Presenter
Principal
MBWE Professional Development
Tel: 647-407-1078
Fax:
Email:
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Laughing Matters!
Many people work in competitive, stressful and isolated conditions, and feel the balance in their lives is lost. We'll focus on these three critical learning and laughter areas: your own wellness and happiness, your leadership style and student learning! Sue is a co-author of Laughing Matters: Strategies for Building a Joyful Learning Community (2006).
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Susan Stephenson
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Team Leader
TNT Top Notch Team Associates
Author: Laughing Matters and Leading with Trust
Tel: 905-453-9178
Fax: 905-453-6642
Email: suestephenson@rogers.com
Website: www.suestephenson.ca
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Leading with Trust: from a group to a team
Trust is a crucial ingredient for leaders of learning communities with powerful effects on relationships and student achievement. This interactive session, based on Susan’s book Leading with TRUST (2009), will focus on:
- barriers to trust
- building personal and interpersonal capacity
- strategies to build from distrust to mature trust
- the nature of professional learning in a trusting culture.
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Susan Stephenson
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Team Leader
TNT Top Notch Team Associates
Author: Leading with Trust and Laughing Matters
Tel: 905-453-9178
Fax: 905-453-6642
Email: suestephenson@rogers.com
Website: www.suestephenson.ca
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Meetings, Motions and Minutes
D/BU leadership will learn how to organize and run more effective meetings. D/BU members will learn how to participate more effectively in D/BU meetings. This presentation references OSSTF Rules of Order, and relates them to specific situations encountered in meetings.
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Peggy Stevens
Workshop Presenter
ARM Member
Tel: 905-939-7535
Fax:
Email: peggy.stevens@sympatico.ca
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Go with the Flow
An introduction to the world of improvisation! Participants learn the skills that create successful improv and how they can strengthen their performance and teamwork back in the workplace.
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Susan Stewart
Workshop Presenter
Professional Speaker, Author
Tel: 416-828-0064
Fax:
Email:
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Interventions for Bullying: First Aid and Long Term Cures
This workshop will focus on our response to reports of bullying at school and provide a co-ordinated approach for successful intervention. The impact of various home and school factors on the bullying behaviour and effective intervention strategies will be discussed.
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Dr. Marlies Sudermann
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Psychologist
Thames Valley DSB/Private Practice
Tel: 519-473-9956 / 519-452-2948
Fax: 519-473-99
Email:
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Burnout: Understanding that there ARE limits
No one has to burn out. Some people work hard and get tired. They rest, recover and get at it again. Others never seem to be able to get out of "driven" mode. They find that they are boundary-less, unable to stop, and constantly overwhelmed. They become a health hazard to themselves and eventually become a hazard in the workplace. Bosses love them because they accept every request. However, rage builds up within them and they begin to explode in a variety of manners. In some cases, death awaits from systemic exhaustion or suicide. This session is designed to help that kind of person as well as those colleagues who have to put up with it all.
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KellyWalker
Keynote speaker, Workshop Presenter
Author, Speaker, Singer-Songwriter
Tel: 519-272-0477
Fax:
Email:
Website: www.kwalker.com
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Health and Safety Awareness
The workshop is designed to cover some basics regarding workers rights, responsibilities, etc., regarding the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and to encourage activism amongst our members.
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Norm Westbury
Workshop Presenter
President, D.35
Brock University
Tel: 905-688-5550 X 4978
Fax: 905-688--0541
Email: norm.westbury@gmail.com
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Your Voice Is Your Profession
Teachers are professional voice users. However, many teachers experience vocal damage resulting from poor vocal habits. In this interactive workshop, teachers will learn how the voice works and have experience of exercises and tips designed to warm up the entire vocal mechanism and avoid problems. This is a speech workshop.
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Jean Winter
Workshop Presenter
Head of Special Education
Thomas A. Stewart SS
Tel: 705-743-5230 X176
Fax: 705-749-9452
Email: jwinter2@cogeco.ca
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming as a Tool for Educators
Neuro-Linguistic Programming uses the information we receive through the senses, language, and other non-verbal communication systems through which our world is given meaning. NLP helps us discover and use the communication programs we use to achieve our desired outcomes. We need outcomes to direct our behaviour. Through learning to read non-verbal cues, paying attention to language and understanding how to achieve outcomes, educators can use NLP techniques to help their students' learning.
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Jean Winter
Workshop Presenter
Head of Special Education
Thomas A. Stewart SS
Tel: 705-743-5230 X176
Fax: 705-749-9452
Email: jwinter2@cogeco.ca
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Are They Illiterate or Alliterate?
The demands of school curricula put poor readers at risk. Participants will learn strategies to help identify students' reading issues and work with reluctant readers to help them make meaning and become more motivated to read. These ideas can be used in all learning situations.
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Jean Winter
Workshop Presenter
Head of Special Education
Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School
Tel: 705-743-5230 X176
Fax: 705-749-9452
Email: jwinter2@cogeco.ca
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Dynamix - Team Building with a Twist!
Dynamix, the leader in team building and character development for kids and teens, brings you an incredibly unique and exciting series of professional development workshops. Our custom designed workshops can focus on team building, creative programming, and more ...
Workshop participants will utilize a team-building resource which is available for purchase from the presenter, but not required to implement workshop strategies.
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Mitch Zeltzer
Workshop Presenter
Dynamix
Tel: 647-477-7615
Fax: 647-477-5214
Email: toronto@getdynamix.com
Website: www.getdynamix.com
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