Transcript Integrated Access Management

WHAT’S NEW?
Alberta Education
Curriculum and Program Implementation Zone
Meeting Update
NEW
Curriculum Coordinator Corner
Our new site is launched!
http://education.alberta.ca/admin/resources/curriculum-coordinator.aspx
For information please contact:
Heidi Dempsey at 780-422-4604
[email protected]
Amber Chipman at 780-644-3774
[email protected]
Highlights of
New Features:
Search function
Updated links
Highlights of
New Features:
Master schedule and iCalendar files
that when opened go into your
calendar automatically
Interactive map links to
pages with zone-specific
information and school
authority names
Online Reference Centre
The Visual Thesaurus
http://www.learnalberta.ca/OnlineReferenceCentre.aspx?lang=en
For information please contact:
Jamie Davis at 780-414-0805 ext. 229
[email protected]
Speak Out
• Currently, the engagement tools include:
– online discussion forums and blogs on the Speak Out website;
– in-person forums with the Speak Out team or through the DVD
toolkit;
– the Annual Speak Out Conference; and
– the Minister’s Student Advisory Council.
For information please contact:
Al Chapman at 780-422-0390
[email protected]
www.speakout.alberta.ca
New to Diploma Exams for 2012-2013
Diploma Examinations go a Little Greener
http://education.alberta.ca/resources/backtoschool/diploma.
aspx
New to Diploma Exams for 2012-2013
Diploma Practice Items
Special-format practice tests are for practice only. The provision of these tests does not
imply that the student using it will be granted accommodations in the writing of a diploma
examination/provincial achievement test. For more information about accommodations for
the writing of a diploma examination/provincial achievement test, please refer to the Alberta
Education website at education.alberta.ca.
Tests to be available through the Learning Resource Centre. The
first tests to be available will be for those subjects with November
examinations (ELA 30-2, Math 30-1, Chemistry 30 and Physics
30).
These tests are for special formats ONLY, and are composed of
items that have already been made public.
Need help with your English Language Learners?
Check out our new website!
Supporting English Language Learners
at www.learnalberta.ca (enter the keyword “ESL”)
A resource for all teachers and administrators working with
English language learners—not just ESL specialists.
Here’s just some of the information you’ll find:
• Dynamic and searchable digital benchmarks for Kindergarten to
Grade 12
• Characteristics of English language learners
• Interactive student writing samples that model how to analyze
writing proficiency using the benchmarks
• Videos of English language learners in inclusive learning
environments
• Tips for organizing for instruction and assessment
Stay tuned for new content to be added in the future.
For more information, contact:
Mike Ettrich
Team Leader, ESL
[email protected]
780-644-8195
Online Courses
In an effort to provide up-to-date information to individuals
interested in taking high school courses online, the high school
completion team is updating the Online Learning page on the
Alberta Education website:
http://education.alberta.ca/resources/onlineprograms.aspx.
If you have online learning courses you would like to post on this
site, please send them to:
[email protected]
by November 15, 2012.
Alberta Mentoring Partnership
The Alberta Mentoring Partnership is focused on building capacity
by offering access to best practices and sound research to
enhance schools’ and agencies’ expertise to develop or
strengthen their mentoring programs. Please visit the website at:
www.albertamentors.com
For information please contact:
Sue Bell at 780-415-0259
[email protected]
October 2012
List of Alberta Education Presenters
Curriculum Redesign:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mathematics:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Inclusive Education:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Rethinking High School
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Locally Developed Courses
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Career and Technology Foundations
[email protected]
[email protected]