Connection: Information for Teachers (May 2011)

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Welcome to Connection, Alberta Education's online newsletter for teachers.  

In this edition ...

  • Curriculum and Resources: Action on Curriculum—Curriculum Standards and Process Redesign Project, subject-area curriculum and resource updates, professional development opportunities.
  • Action on Inclusion: New web presence for Action on Inclusion.
  • Early LearningEarly Child Development Mapping Initiative, Raising Children website—an information source for parents and teachers of young children.
  • Provincial TestingInformation sessions on Mathematics 30-1 and 30-2 Diploma Examination draft blueprints, professional development opportunities. 
  • Inclusive EducationChildren’s travelling low vision clinics, new sections within the Vision Education Alberta website. 
  • First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) UpdatesProfessional development opportunities. 
  • Technology Integration: LearnAlberta.ca—mathematics gizmos available and enhancements to video delivery.
  • Career InitiativesAlberta Consumer Champion Awards—youth poster competition winners; ALIS occupational and help videos available anytime and anywhere; CAREERinsite—Alberta's interactive, online career planning tool; profiles for emerging occupations.
  • Learning Resources Centre (LRC)Source for learning resources, 2011–2012 LRCA, 2011 EOD concludes, order your September resources now.
  • Other News: Alberta Arts Days 2011, Alberta Mentoring Partnership, professional development opportunities—high school completion. 

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