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OSSTF District 11- Thames Valley
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District 11 Office |
Educational and Resource Links
Links from the Provincial OSSTF Website
 | Web Directory of Educational Sites |
| Subject Associations in Ontario |
| Conference information for various subject areas and school boards listed at the Provincial OSSTF website |
OSSTF Educational Issues Information
| OSSTF Curriculum Package: Common Threads (Globalization, Sweatshops and the Clothes We Wear) | ||||
| Provincial
Educational Services Committee Website contains links to a great
many other documents and research about educational issues.
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OSSTF Educational Resource Books
| School Law 2002: A practical guide to legislation, case law and issues for educators. Topics include criminal law, human rights, the Young Offenders Act, safe schools, employee rights, negligence, health legislation, College of Teachers, special education and more. A must have for anyone working in public education in an increasingly complex and constantly changing environment. |
| Coping With the New Curriculum - Senior Grades: Strategies for working smarter not harder in the context of the new curriculum and secondary school reform. There are lots of tips for planning lessons, assessing, and reporting. There is even a chapter on how to make the electronic curriculum planner work for you. Plus a chapter on Looking After Yourself! |
| Survival Strategies: This book will highlight classroom management strategies, starting the school year, coping with student behaviour (both good and bad), managing your time, and working in the Full Service School. |
| Crisis Management: Keys to Prevention and Intervention: This book updates Managing Conflict by dealing specifically with myths concerning educators' powers to discipline, proactive programs to prevent violence, harassment and theft, and intervention skills and programs that are safe, easy to implement and effective. Programs like non-violent crisis intervention, Crimestoppers, CAVEAT, Peer Mediation and Break the Silence are highlighted. |
| Contacts: Literacy Across the Curriculum: Whole school literacy strategies, diagnostic tests, developing literacy in all subject areas, communication-centred instruction. |
An order form for these and other OSSTF resource books can be downloaded from the same page.
Other Sources of Educational Resources
| Virtual Reference Desk |
| Warchild.ca |
| What Research Says About Reading |
| The 6+1 Writing Traits Program |
| The Writing Process Website |
| YoungPoets.ca |
Anti-Bullying Resources
| List of Anti-bullying Resources from the Provincial Office |
| CALM (Crisis Awareness Learning Module) and STAR (Staff/Students At Risk) Workshop Information |
| Safe Schools Website from the Thames Valley District School Board |
| Bullying.org |
| Cyberbullying |
| Cyberbully.org |
| Bullying Awareness Network |
| Workplace Bullying (Canada Safety Council) |
| Bullying in the Workplace (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) |
| Workplace Bullying and Trauma Centre |
Government Resources
| Ministry of
Education Home Page
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| Apprentice Search (Research pathways to apprenticeships) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worksmart
Ontario!
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| Passport to Safety |
Teaching Elsewhere
| Canadian Education Exchange Foundation (information on teacher exchanges) |
| Teaching Opportunities in Europe with the Department of National Defence |
| Employment Opportunities Page (Provincial OSSTF website) |
For Fun
| How Stuff Works |
| So You Wanna |
| Mr. Lowe: Cartoons from the Classroom |
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