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Learning Link: November 14, 2008

Lessons in Learning: The replacements – Non-permanent teachers

Non-permanent teachers play an integral role in student learning and Canada’s education systems. From kindergarten through Grade 12, a student will be taught by a non-permanent teacher for the equivalent of one full year. As with permanent teachers, non-permanent teachers benefit from specialized pre-service preparation and continuing professional development, yet education and training geared toward non-permanent teachers is largely ignored. This article explores how teacher education programs, school districts and school boards, and teacher federations (unions and professional associations) might play a greater part in supporting non-permanent teachers. Go to article » 

Profiles in Learning: Buffy Sainte-Marie

She’s chummed around with Bob Dylan, won an Academy Award for Best Song and been made an officer of the Order of Canada. But Buffy Sainte-Marie’s proudest achievement to date is a digital learning resource that allows children of all backgrounds to learn what it’s like to grow up Aboriginal. Go to article » 

Economic success linked to investment in training

Connecting the Dots...Linking Training Investment to Business Outcomes and the Economy, a report published in April 2007 by CCL's Work and Learning Knowledge Centre, suggests that investment in training often helps businesses increase productivity and grow the economy more than upgrading equipment.

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More CCL news

• New report: It’s my life: A prescriptive decision model to help students explore, choose, and plan careers follows the development and testing of an online curriculum designed to help youth make career choices.
  
• CCL and its Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre will be providing three concurrent presentations on Redefining Success in Aboriginal Learning, Naturalizing Indigenous Knowledge and Responsive Learning Systems at the World Indigenous Peoples' Conference: Education 2008, to be held on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 7-11, 2008 
• CCL’s President & CEO Paul Cappon addressed participants at the Community Foundations Conference, in Montreal, Quebec, on Nov. 7, 2008

Reminders

• Workshops will be presented by representatives of CCL's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre at the National Child Day Forum, held Nov. 13–14, 2008, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• The 7th national Call for Knowledge Exchange Projects has been announced by CCL's Adult Learning Knowledge Centre. Submissions will be accepted until Nov. 28, 2008.
• Find out more about the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre's 2008–2009 Speakers Program. New speakers added monthly

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