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Professional Learning Committee Approves Over 200 Courses

You will find a host of new Professional Learning Program courses — now numbering over 200 — as well as new providers on the College web site at www.oct.ca ‹ PLP ‹ click on Providers or Courses. The courses provide a range of professional learning opportunities in each of the seven core areas — teaching strategies, student assessment, special education, curriculum, use of technology, communication with parents and students, and classroom management and leadership. "The greatest number of approved courses are in the curriculum core area," said Rick Chambers, manager of the College’s PLP unit. "But we will be monitoring core courses and if we think we see a deficiency of numbers in one area, we’ll be contacting providers to try to generate more. We’re very pleased at the number of courses that are already available." The approved courses are in addition to over 200 Additional Qualification (AQ) courses — each worth four PLP credits — that will soon be formally approved when applications are submitted by the universities that offer them. "Now that we’ve established the approval process for PLP courses, we expect to be adding new providers and courses every month," said Jerry De Quetteville, chair of the College’s Professional Learning Committee, which approves providers and courses for the PLP. Of the courses approved for core areas by the end of January, 59 had been submitted by school boards, 38 by independent schools, 40 by universities and colleges, 37 by professional associations and 92 by new or non-traditional providers. Many of the courses are offered in French or — as is the case with the Canadian Red Cross’ Prevention in Motion course — in both languages. back | next

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