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SUMMARY:Introduction to CLB Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesdays\, starting on March 2\, 2022\, and ending on March 30\, 2022 \nTime: 10:00 – 11:00 AM \nWhere: Online \nFacilitators: Dorte Weber\, Rural Routes \nRural Routes is offering a five-hour\, five-week study group that gives an overview of the Canadian Language Benchmarks for the purposes of determining learner proficiency\, planning instruction\, and assessing learning. Hands-on practice and activities make this series a useful foundation for using the Benchmarks in your own practice. We recommend participants come to each session. \nThere are four topics and a review session in the study group: \n\nMarch 2\, Increase familiarity with CLBs\nMarch 9\, Using CLBs to plan instruction\nMarch 16\, Using CLB to plan assessment\nMarch 23\, Increase understanding of CLB proficiency levels\nMarch 30\,  Review and question time\n\nPlease note that Google Chrome is the preferred web browser to use when accessing the Rural Routes session via Blackboard. \nClick here to register. \n 
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/introduction-to-clb-study-group/2022-03-02/
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SUMMARY:Making Meaning - Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, March 7\, 2022\nTime: 1:00 – 3:00 pm\nWhere: Online\nFacilitator: Nada Jerkovic \nThis workshop offers a practical and active approach to providing reading instruction to adult foundational learners who can decode individual words but struggle to comprehend what they have read. \nYou will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/making-meaning-afternoon/
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SUMMARY:ECALA Lunch n Learn: Padlet
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, March 10\, 2022\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\nWhere: Online\nFacilitator: Leanne Rempel and Wendy Peverett\, ECALA \nIn this Lunch n Learn\, we will explore the popular\, free program\, Padlet. You will learn how to create a Padlet to use in a learning opportunity and have some hands-on experience contributing to one. \nYou will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/ecala-lunch-n-learn-padlet-march/
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SUMMARY:March Wellness: Mind-Body Medicine; An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Date: March 11\, 2022 \nTime: 10:00 am – 11:30 am \nWhere: Online \nFacilitator: Marsha Shack \nMind-Body Medicine – an introduction is an interactive workshop that provides self-care tools that people can quickly integrate into their daily lives.  It investigates how we can separate our stress from our stressors\, the physiology of the mind-body connection\, and explores the variety of different types of mind-body skills.  All information and tools provided are evidence-based and adapted from the Centre for Mind-Body Medicine. \nClick here to register. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/march-wellness-mind-body-medicine-an-introduction/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20220314T090000
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SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Care
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, March 14\, 2022\nTime: 9:00 am – 3:30 pm\nWhere: Online\nFacilitator: Line Perron\, Imagine Institute \nDid you know that there are ways of responding to trauma that are often confused with personality traits?  In this one-day session\, we will explore the impact of trauma\, the different ways it shows up in individuals and ways in which we can create trauma-informed interactions.  We will explore the 6 principles of trauma-informed care and how they can be translated into a virtual classroom.   Trauma-informed care aims to provide services in ways that recognize the client’s need for emotional and physical safety\, as well as provide the opportunity for client choice\, control and collaboration (Arthur et al.\, 2013). \nBy the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to:\n– Define trauma and understand the different types of trauma\n– Identify the signs and symptoms of trauma\n– Understand the impacts and effects of trauma\n– Define and understand trauma-informed practice\n– Identify the main principles of trauma-informed practice\n– Understand how to implement trauma-informed principles\n– Recognize the impact working with trauma can have on a practitioner and understand the importance of self-care and reflective practice \nYou will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/trauma-informed-care/
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SUMMARY:Making Meaning - Evening
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, March 15\, 2022\nTime: 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nWhere: Online\nFacilitator: Nada Jerkovic \n[Repeat of the March 7\, 2022 session] This workshop offers a practical and active approach to providing reading instruction to adult foundational learners who can decode individual words but struggle to comprehend what they have read. \nYou will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/making-meaning-evening/
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SUMMARY:ECALA Classroom: Learner Centred Practice
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, March 21\, 2022\nTime: 1:00 – 3:00 pm\nWhere: Online\nFacilitator: Leanne Rempel and Wendy Peverett \nDescription: \nIn this session\, we will introduce adult learning principles and explore ways to practically design and foster a learning opportunity with learner-centred practice. Learning for adults should be relevant\, goal-focused\, and practical. We will practice activities to ensure that your course or learning activity fits within the CALP guidelines. \nYou will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/learner-centred-practice/
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