PRESIDENT'S JOURNAL

When Faith Meets Pedagogy

Last week I had the privilege of attending Canada’s largest Catholic educators?conference in Toronto. The When Faith Meets Pedagogy (WFMP) conference featured exemplary speakers, inspiring liturgies, new and enjoyable liturgical music. More

CPCO 2010 CONFERENCE

Embracing Our Catholic Vocation

Come to Caesars Windsor Hotel near Windsor’s waterfront and enjoy the hospitality of the Windsor-Essex principals and vice-principals as they present Embracing Our Catholic Vocation conference, April 22-23, 2010. More

FAITH REFLECTION

The Joy of the Groove

In a marvelous book, The Force of Character, James Hillman shares this story: As a young man, sitting around one afternoon and listening to an old uncle telling stories, he got irritated when his uncle began telling a story that he had told many times before: "You've already told that story...More

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MEMBER SERVICES

Effective Practices Guide for
Principal/Vice-principal Terms and Conditions of Employment

The goals of the Ontario Leadership Strategy (OLS) are to attract the right people to the principalship and help them develop into the best possible instructional leaders…The development of transparent terms and conditions of employment is an integral component of good succession planning. More

Employers Impacted by Cellphone Ban
for Drivers

The Ontario government recently announced that Bill 118, Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009, comes into force on Oct. 26, 2009. For the next three months, the focus will be on “educating drivers”… More

I-Access ?What is it?

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Ideas Into Action

Five Core Capacities of Effective Leaders
In this issue of Ideas into Action we present a brief overview of the five Core Leadership Capacities (CLC) derived from Ontario’s Leadership Framework that have been adopted by the Ministry. More

Learn With the Experts

Have you registered for Marty Linsky’s workshop on Adaptive Leadership? Time is running out and space is limited. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in case studies, discussions and small group work sessions. More

Take Our Kids to High School Day

On November 5, 2008, Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough hosted 450 students from local elementary schools for Take our Kids to High School Day. As we said goodbye to our Grade 9 students leaving for Take our Kids to Work Day, sponsored by The Learning Partnership. More

KEEPING YOU INFORMED

The Learning Partnership

The Ultimate Dream Job Contest
Grand Prize Winner
With a dream of one day becoming a manga artist ?a Japanese inspired comic designer ?a grade nine student from Claresholm, Alberta has won! More