Diversity and Assessment: Learning It/Sharing It

At our last CAPSC meeting, Jenny Regal, President - Calgary Public Teachers' ATA Local 38, invited parents to attend their symposium on Diversity and Assessment: Learning It/Sharing It. The Symposium is being held Monday, October 17 from 6 to 9:30 pm. We have included an excerpt from the brochure below:

Amidst Calgary’s growing diversity, how can we create schools where students are engaged in their learning in order to live purposeful lives? The temptation to confuse learning with achievements, and the rush to measure the results of these achievements, can cloud our vision of creating the schools we really desire. How can we nurture the important relationships between students, parents, and teachers, which is what forms the backbone of meaningful learning and assessment?

This symposium presents a unique opportunity to discuss a vision of how we know our children are learning. It is meant to bring forward the best values and attributes for being forward-thinking members of the next Alberta.

Calgary Public Teachers Local 38 and The Alberta Teachers’ Association wants you to be part of the exploration that awaits Alberta’s next generation as our province defines its place in the world.

The keynote speaker is Dennis Shirley who is a highly respected researcher and author with an international reputation. He will be joined by Dr. Dennis Sumara, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the U of C, Jenny Regal, President of Calgary Public Teachers' Local 38 and Eryn Kelly, Co-President of the Calgary Association of Parents and School Councils.

Race to Nowhere Screening comes to Calgary!

NormKelly Law, Leadership Calgary, Leadwell Foundation, TedX YYC and the Calgary Public Library, come together to bring Calgarians a very important Documentary, Race to Nowhere.

What role should our education system play in preparing young people to meet the challenges and opportunities of a changing world?

How do we best prepare young people to become healthy, bright, contributing citizens?

Please join us in the screening of Race to Nowhere, an important new film that explores these questions.

R a c e t o N o w h e r e is a call to mobilize families, educators, policy makers and citizens at large to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare youth to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens. In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film throughout the US and Canada. We will be screening it on January 12th, 2011.

Register at,

http://leadingforwellness.com/docs/relatedevents/RaceToNowhere_Calgary.pdf

The registration/ticket page and related information is on the LeadWell Foundation/LeadWell Initiative website at:
http://race.leadwellinitiative.com