LEARN News | June 2021 – Time To Sit Back and Unwind – Have a Great Summer!

A newsletter from a Canadian-based K-12 online learning program.

JUNE 2021 View this email in your browser

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LET’S LEARN IBELONG PROJECT Celebrating A Year of I Belong! This week LEARN will be celebrating a year of I Belong projects! Students from across Quebec (elementary cycle 3, secondary 1 & 2, and adult education) participated in the COM-Unity project and were given the opportunity to explore their identity and sense of belonging to Quebec society through the arts. In partnership with ELAN, project-based options teachers could choose from included  Spoken Word, Digital Storytelling, Intergenerational Comic-zine, and TAKE ACTION, a Community Service Learning project. A huge thank you to all the teachers and students that participated in the I Belong project. Join LEARN and our 5 community partners in the COM-Unity project for a virtual celebration of all the projects on Thursday, June 10 at noon. See the registration link below. In the video below, Emma Legault and Ben Loomer share some insights from participating students and teachers.  EXPLORE THE I BELONG PROJECT COM-UNITY Celebrating COM-Unity 2021: This Is Us Event Join LEARN via Zoom as we celebrate and share highlights from the I Belong project along with our Com-Unity partners (BCRC, ELAN, QAHN, SAQ, Y4Y) who also led initiatives that foster or explore what it means for English speakers to belong to Quebec society. Date: Thursday, June 10th from 12:00 PM to 1:40 PM Register now for this event.  (Note: the link will be emailed to registered participants prior to the event). REGISTER TO ATTEND LEARN TUTORING Thank You for Making This a Record Year! It was a pleasure to work with families across the province to provide more than 25 000 tutoring appointments this school year! A HUGE thank you to the LEARN Super Tutors who made a difference for students across Quebec. Tutoring continues until June 10 and will resume in the fall. ALL ABOUT LEARN TUTORING ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING Looking Forward to Another Year of Online Learning! While students across Quebec will hopefully be returning to in-school classes in the fall, some will still have access to online learning through select secondary 4 and 5 offerings available in partnership with LEARN. All requests for online learning support MUST come from the school or school board. LEARN MORE AND JOIN OUR MAILING LIST CLASSMARKER New Student Resource! Self-Tests with Feedback For students to test themselves and get feedback on topics in some secondary courses, we have introduced ClassMarker self-tests in math and science. Detailed feedback is provided and students can attempt these assessments multiple times. Login required to access tests. Select tests currently available for the following subjects: CST 4 Physics Science and the Environment Science and Technology More to come in 2021-2022! LOGIN AND TEST YOURSELF LEARN TUTORING TESTIMONIALS What Families Are Saying about The LEARN Tutoring Service!  READ MORE SUCCESS STORIES RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS NFB & CURIO Educators have access to NFB Curator’s Choice of the Week We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_can_t_make_the_same_mistake_twice/ Educators across Quebec can also access diverse media content from NFB CAMPUS and CBC’s Curio.ca through a provincial license funded by the MEQ. This month, the spotlight is on Indigenous Perspectives to watch and discuss with your class. ACCESS CURIO RESOURCES ACCESS NFB RESOURCES BLOG Pining for the Great Outdoors Taking time outdoors with your students can take many paths, even close to the school. We mapped out ways to help you get out the door with your class with activities to keep your students engaged and focused in nature spots close to the school. READ THE FULL ARTICLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Learning to Action: Environmental and Sustainability Education Institute (ESEI) During LEARN’s Environmental and Sustainability Education Institute, we heard from Sylvie Ozell, Forest Hill Jr. (LBPSB) & Kelly Fahey, Morin Heights (SWLSB) who shared their experience about building a culture of outdoor education within their schools. WATCH THE REPLAY OPEN CREATIVE SPACE (OCS) STEAM Activities to Support Preschool Outdoor Education LEARN has developed STEAM activities to support Pre-School Outdoor Education for our youngest learners according to two themes and the seasons: Check out the Virtual Outdoor Ed Activity Books for Outdoor Math Fun! and Outdoor Science Fun! EXPLORE THE STEAM ACTIVITIES WEBINARS Outdoor Education and Online Learning for K-Cycle 1 Learners If you missed our Outdoor Education and Online Learning for K-Cycle 1 Learners session, listen in while Debbie Myles and Annie Renaud of Forest Hill Jr (LBPSB) share their insights. Take a look at their talk and resources. LEARN MORE ORANGE SHIRT DAY Elementary Orange Shirt Day Join LEARN for “Orange Shirt Day” on Thursday, September 30th. LEARN will host an online event for teachers and students across Quebec to share what they are doing to promote awareness about the residential school system and the impacts on Indigenous Peoples. During the event, Elementary classes are invited to present a piece of art created in preparation for Orange Shirt Day, share a message sent to the local Member of Parliament/Députés and reflect on what they have learned about how #EveryChildMatters. Learn more about Education for Reconciliation at www.learnquebec.ca/ed4rec.  You can find examples of art and writing activities on LEARN’s Orange Shirt Day padlet. When: Thursday, September 30th 9:30-10:30am REGISTER Secondary Orange Shirt Day Join LEARN for “Orange Shirt Day” on Thursday, September 30th. LEARN will host an online event for teachers and students across Quebec to share what they are doing to promote awareness about the residential school system and the impacts on Indigenous Peoples. During the event, Secondary classes are invited to present a piece of art created in preparation for Orange Shirt Day, share a message sent to the local Member of Parliament/Députés and reflect on what they have learned about how #EveryChildMatters. Learn more about Education for Reconciliation at www.learnquebec.ca/ed4rec.  You can find examples of art and writing activities on LEARN’s Orange Shirt Day padlet. When: Thursday, September 30th 1:30-2:30pm  REGISTER Have a Safe and Wonderful Summer! Next Issue: September 2021

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LEARN News | May 2021 – May We Continue To Create

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MAY 2021 View this email in your browser CEO MESSAGE OF THE MONTH LET’S LEARN IBELONG PROJECT Digital Storytelling On April 1st, 2021, LEARN hosted a Film Festival featuring Digital Stories created by students participating in the “tell a story” option of the I Belong project. The digital stories were created using a 6-week process that allowed students to explore their identity and sense of belonging to Quebec. The film festival was hosted by Jessie Currell, founder of Hands-on Media Education. It was a wonderful celebration of the efforts of students and teachers from across Quebec to talk about their identity and places they feel a sense of belonging to. VIEW DIGITAL STORY BELOW CREATED BY A STUDENT DISCOVER MORE DIGITAL STORIES PARENTING IN THE PANDEMIC WORKSHOP SERIES Playlist Available for Replay If you missed our last Parenting in the Pandemic webinar for this school year, Fostering Resilience & Supporting Our Kids During Challenging Times, you can still watch the replay along with all the other sessions. VIEW THE WORKSHOP SERIES LEARN TUTORING Supporting Students Across the Province For a strong finish to the school year, LEARN Tutoring is here to help students into June. Tutoring continues until June 10. MAKE A REQUEST ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING Needs Assessment Survey LEARN’s Needs Assessment Survey was sent to all secondary schools in April and we look forward to working closely with school partners across the province to plan for 2021-2022, both Real-Time and Self-Paced options, to resume in the fall. Want to learn more about what the experience of our online students is really like? LEARN MORE ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING LEARN TUTORING TESTIMONIALS What Families Are Saying About LEARN Tutoring!  Thank you very much. Nicoletta is really enjoying the LEARN tutoring. All of the teachers she had are excellent! Patient, asking questions and making her feel comfortable. Bessie Skoulos, Parent, Cedarcrest Elementary School, EMSB I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised with how well the session went and how much Eva enjoyed it!! She actually genuinely loved her first tutoring experience and responded very well to Mme Dubuc!! Sara Alfonso, parent, Genesis Elementary School, SWLSB READ MORE SUCCESS STORIES BLOG Promoting Bilingualism: Educational Resources & Relational Strategies Youth attending English-language schools are more linguistically diverse than ever before. With many hailing from families with a French- and English-speaking parent, narratives surrounding what it means to be an English speaker in Quebec are changing. In 2018, a team of researchers from Université de Montréal received funding from the Direction du soutien au réseau éducatif anglophone (DSREA) to learn more about identify positioning among students enrolled in English school boards for three regions of Quebec: the Gaspé-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, l’Outaouais, and l’Estrie. The study’s focus on the regions was intended to complement other research findings developed in urban areas. READ THE FULL ARTICLE OPEN CREATIVE SPACE (OCS) Join LEARN Ped Team for an hour of tinkering at our final virtual makerspace! On Friday, May 7th, 2021 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM we will host a Virtual Open Creative Space session focused on Kitchen Table Tinkering. Let’s make together. This is a hands-on tinkering, discussion, and sharing work session. To prepare, get inspired with our capsules! Classes Welcome! REGISTER HERE OPEN CREATIVE SPACE (OCS) Spring into Outdoor Education: Where to Start? Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM EDT Virtual Zoom Event This LEARN online session is for all elementary educators who want to connect education to the natural world. Come discuss, share ideas and get inspired by outdoor education. REGISTER HERE CELEBRATE SCRATCH WEEK MAY 17 – 23 SCRATCHed Meetup  To join the global celebration of Scratch Week, we are hosting a Quebec Scratch MeetUp to share, create, and learn with other educators who are also passionate about teaching with Scratch. Date: Friday, May 21, 2021 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM EDT (Our Meetups are bilingual and at no charge.) REGISTER FOR SCRATCHED ArtistsInspire Grants Connect with Artists! $1500 School Grants for English Public Elementary & Secondary Schools Schools can apply for their 2020-21 ArtistsInspire School Grant anytime this school year! To support teachers and students in these unusual times, ELAN has suspended the ArtistsInspire School Grant deadline! They have created catalogues of ready-made Virtual workshops AND expanded eligibility criteria! Connect with ELAN Quebec’s ArtEd Team to find Artists for Virtual Workshops for Students learning from home or in their classrooms! APPLY NOW LET’S  STAY CONNECTED Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved. LEARN 2030, boulevard Dagenais Ouest Laval, QC

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LEARN News | April 2021 – Helping To Shape The Future of Education

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APRIL 2021 View this email in your browser

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. LET’S LEARN PARENTING IN THE PANDEMIC SERIES  Visit our website for all the replays and a full list of the Webinars. REGISTER TODAY VANIER COLLEGE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM  29th Annual Vanier Symposium on Holocaust and Genocide The 29th Annual Vanier College Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide will be taking place on April 12-16th, 2021. Educators and students enrolled in the Contemporary World course are encouraged to participate in this important symposium which has a full range of activities involving guest speakers, lectures, films, survivor testimony, and student participation. You can consult the brochure with the list of webinars here. LEARN MORE EARTH DAY ASSEMBLY April 29, 2021 3:30-4:30 pm Teachers, partners and CDAs are invited to share student Earth Day activities (April 22). Check out the Earth Day padlet for environment and sustainability ideas that engage the head, heart and hands of students. REGISTER FOR THE ASSEMBLY TODAY BLOG School-Community Partnerships: A Lifeline in Challenging Times On the LEARN blog, we hear from the Director of LEARN’s Provincial Resource Team, Debbie Horrocks, who reminds us how in the early days of the pandemic Quebec’s community schools/Community Learning Centres helped their local families by leveraging partnerships. For more than 15 years, schools participating in Quebec’s community schools (Community Learning Centres network) have been building social capital and developing strategic partnerships in communities across the province. The community school model places an emphasis on bringing together families, educators and community partners to strengthen academic and developmental outcomes of youth. This ultimately contributes to improved school climates, student engagement and equity in Quebec by facilitating access to services and resources in English both at school and at home. READ MORE LEARN TUTORING We’re Hiring! High demand continues for our online tutoring service, offered at no cost. We are looking for enthusiastic, qualified and experienced teachers to join our awesome team of Super Tutors! Our spring session runs from March 29 to June 10, 2021. APPLY TODAY ONLINE LEARNING Powered by LEARN LEARN’s Needs Assessment Survey was sent to all secondary schools in late March and we look forward to working closely with school partners across the province to plan how we can support online learning, both Real-Time and Self-Paced, for the 2021-2022 school year. All requests for online learning support MUST come from the school or school board. LEARN MORE ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING LEARN TUTORING TESTIMONIALS What Families Are Saying About LEARN Tutoring! (Hint: They Like It!) Thank you very much, we really appreciate the efforts made and Jacob has commented to us that it has helped him better understand the work at school. Paul Delorme, parent, Symmes Junior High School, WQSB Arianna is so happy to have the opportunity to learn with Ms. Outland. Grateful. I wish I would have known about Learn Tutoring earlier. I have 3 kids! Your help and advice is greatly appreciated. Filomena Maraventano, parent, Dante School, EMSB READ MORE SUCCESS STORIES SOCIAL SCIENCES Earn your I.O. Merit Badges! Use our Elementary Social Sciences content resources to practice and evaluate the Intellectual Operations! Recently updated with examples from the Elementary cycles two and three, the badge guides developed originally by the RÉCIT Univers Social (RÉCITUS) have found a new home on our English-language version of the Societies and Territories resource site. Learn how students can use different types of documents, and how digital as well as paper organizers can help students think like historians and be better prepared for the realities of secondary-level History and Geography courses. Breakaway from the textbook and explore our new and growing resources available online now! EXPLORE THE NEW RESOURCES SCRATCHED MEETUP Quebec Scratch Educator Meetup  Join LEARN’s Québec Scratch Educator Meetup online for a peer-designed professional learning experience to share, create, and learn with other educators who are also passionate about teaching with Scratch in the classroom. When: APRIL 23, 2021 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm (Our Meetups are bilingual and at no charge.) REGISTER TODAY BLOG How Schools Can Support Families for a Successful Transition to School Springtime heralds the beginning of the transition to school for our youngest students. While K4/K5 registration is underway across Quebec, families and schools are looking towards preparing for this next step with the little ones. As part of this process, school and community organizations are encouraged to work together to provide a more seamless transition from home to school. The QEP’s new Preschool Education Program highlights the importance of partnerships “that can be established with community resources that work together (e.g. during transition activities) and ensure that they address the needs of children and families,”. (MEQ, 2021). READ THE FULL ARTICLE OPEN CREATIVE SPACE – OCS #ExploreLightandShadow Activity Page The Open Creative Space team developed a hands-on session to explore the possibilities of lights, shadows, reflections, and refractions. The capsule is available online and is a wonderful way to get your students observing and tinkering with the world around them in a playful way. Discover, observe, and tinker with your students guided by the curriculum connections, materials list, and resources. Watch the replay of #ExploreLightandShadow below. DISCOVER THE ACTIVITY PAGE LEARN PODCASTS We are excited to announce the LEARN Podcast on Spotify! Follow to stay up-to-date on our two series, ShiftEd with Chris Colley and Bloomer Report with Ben Loomer and all of the episodes as they drop. The first episode of the Bloomer Report has been released! Listen to the Bloomer Report: Slam Poetry, where Ben Loomer interviews Maria Raskin, English Language Arts teacher from Marymount Academy (EMSB) about Slam Poetry. Tune in to our podcast to hear from educators in the English school system who are working in the field across the province of Quebec. Ranging from integrating educational technologies to project-based learning empowering student voices, our team has conversations looking at the current issues in today’s education system. You can also listen on YouTube where a collection of archived episodes are already available (with Closed Captioning)! WELCOME TO THE LEARN PODCASTS ArtistsInspire Grants Connect with Artists! $1500 School Grants for English Public Elementary & Secondary Schools Schools can apply for their 2020-21 ArtistsInspire School Grant anytime this school year! To support teachers and students in these unusual times, ELAN has suspended the ArtistsInspire School Grant deadline! They have created catalogues of ready-made Virtual workshops AND expanded eligibility criteria! Connect with ELAN Quebec’s ArtEd Team to find Artists for Virtual Workshops for Students learning from home or in their classrooms! APPLY NOW

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Dreams do come true! Introducing #LEARN’s My Goodnight Bag!

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MARCH 2021 View this email in your browser LEARN is committed to helping families and educators establish healthy bedtime routines. My Goodnight Bag is a bedtime routine kit developed by LEARN with funding from CHSSN and in collaboration with community partners. The resources in the kit are for children 3 to 5 years old and their families, to support their first transition to school. After many months of hard work and dedication, we are very excited to officially announce the launch of this website filled with free resources for educators and parents that support the development of healthy habits. Learn about the importance of sleep in this 5-minute video by Dr. Pamela Mitelman from the Kids’ Sleep Clinic in Montreal, Quebec. Tune in every Tuesday throughout the month of April for more Sleepy Time Tuesday Tips. DISCOVER THE GOODNIGHT BAG WEBSITE

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LEARN News | February/March 2021 – Recharge During March Break!

A newsletter from a Canadian-based K-12 online learning program.

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021 View this email in your browser CEO MESSAGE OF THE MONTH . LET’S LEARN PARENTING IN THE PANDEMIC SERIES  Visit our website for all the replays and a full list of the Webinars. REGISTER TODAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Learning to Action: Environmental and Sustainability Education Institute (ESEI) Calling all educators, community development agents (CDAs), and community partners empowering youth to learn and take action for global sustainability and the environment. Join LEARN and McGill for two online sessions (Zoom) to learn, design projects that empower youth, and network with like-minded educators from around Quebec. When: February 25 & 26, 2021 Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM Via Zoom (You must sign up in advance) SIGN UP FOR FREE LEARN TUTORING Important Dates Our final night of tutoring for the winter session is Thursday, February 25. Spring registration reopens on March 22. Tutoring resumes on March 29 and continues into June. REGISTER FOR LEARN TUTORING ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING Planning for 2021-2022 Our Needs Assessment Survey will be sent to schools and school board consultants in March. LEARN’s Virtual Campus is thinking ahead and getting ready for online courses, both Real-Time and Self-Paced, for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. An initial email has been sent to schools. LEARN MORE ABOUT ONLINE CLASSES TEACHER APPRECIATION Grateful for our Online Teachers! Here are some heartfelt messages from online students to their teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week: I thought chemistry was going to be really hard but turns out, it’s my favorite subject now. Thank you for always understanding and never making fun of our silly questions. 2020 has been a hard year for most of us and you understand that. Thank you for all of the effort you put into teaching us, and always pushing us to reach our full potential. Your passion for the subject is evident in the way you teach us. Although the class can be difficult, you make me look forward to learning physics! I just wanted to say thank you for being such a great teacher! Thank you for making us all feel welcome, making sure you’ve said good morning to everybody and asking how we’re doing! It really means a lot! Thank you so much for always being there to help and answer our questions without judgment; math class is always such a fun place! Math can be really hard, but somehow you make it so simple and easy to understand (and I still haven’t figured out how so I’ll just go with magic for now ). I was honestly nervous to start classes but it’s actually been fun. Thank you for being an awesome and understanding teacher! I love coming to class mainly because I look forward to what you have to teach and say. I’ve always found it very enjoyable when a teacher is really passionate about the subject they’re teaching and very encouraging and understanding to their students, so thank you for inspiring us to want to learn, to try our best, and engage in deeper levels of conversation. FRANçAIS, LANGUE SECONDE  Design d’apprentissage bimodal (DAB) en action! Cette série de capsules « Comment faire » répond aux questions concrètes des enseignant.e.s de FLS de la province portant sur l’utilisation efficace des ressources numériques de façon synchrone et asynchrone, que ce soit en virtuel, en ligne et en présence. Elles sont le complément pratique à l’initiative DAB de la commission scolaire Lester B. Pearson. Vous vous posez une question pour développer vos pratiques DAB? Profitez d’un jumelage pédago-numérique personnalisé avec un.e conseiller.ère. pédagogique du Québec! Posez votre question ici:  https://forms.gle/RFgT3vnjMCg5L5te6 Première capsule DAB en action – Comment faire une dictée en ligne? DÉCOUVRIR DAB EN ACTION SCRATCHED MEETUP Quebec Scratch Educator Meetup  Join LEARN’s Québec Scratch Educator Meetup for a peer-designed professional learning experience to share, create, and learn with other educators who are also passionate about teaching with Scratch in the classroom. When: March 12, 2021 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm (Our Meetups are bilingual.) REGISTER TODAY BLOG Outdoor Learning in Winter Why would anyone consider outdoor learning in the middle of Winter? Take a look to be inspired and find resources to bring your class outside. READ THE FULL ARTICLE OPEN CREATIVE SPACE – OCS LEARN’s Open Creative Space presents: #ExploreLightandShadow The LEARN Ped team will be hosting two virtual sessions to explore light and shadow. Live Stream on LEARN’s Youtube Channel: Friday, March 19th, 2:00-2:30 pm Virtual Creative Space on Zoom: Friday, March 26th, 2:00-3:00 pm Classes welcome!  Register in advance at https://forms.gle/fRRmDmo8B4vQZn9u7 JOIN US TO EXPLORE ArtistsInspire Grants Great News! $1500 School Grants for English Public Elementary & Secondary Schools Great news! Schools can now apply for their 2020-21 ArtistsInspire School Grant anytime this school year! To support teachers and students in these unusual times, ELAN has suspended the ArtistsInspire School Grant deadline! They have created catalogues of ready-made Virtual workshops AND expanded eligibility criteria! Connect with ELAN Quebec’s ArtEd Team to find Artists for Virtual Workshops for Students learning from home or in their classrooms! APPLY NOW Experienced Teachers and Personalized Service The tutors are certified Quebec teachers; experienced in tutoring, review, and consolidation. “These are teachers who are already practicing; they have the experience, they know exactly what the curriculum is, and they’re the teachers who you will find in schools across the province,” says Carolina Toteda, Program Integration, Marketing and Communications Lead at LEARN. “Your child might get a teacher who’s actually already teaching in their school!” CONTINUE READING Next issue: April 2021 LET’S  STAY CONNECTED Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved. LEARN 2030, boulevard Dagenais Ouest Laval, QC

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