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Loreburn Central in Saskatchewan’s Sun West School Division highlighted in “P21 – Partnership for 21st Century Learning BLOGAZINE”

The Sun West School Division belongs to a Canadian national organization called “C21 – Canadians for 21stCentury Learning & Innovation”.  As such, our division is encouraging schools and teachers to focus on changing their teaching approach to one that enables students to be much more in control of their own learning.  This transformation in education has been called various names such as “Blended Learning” and now “Personalized Learning”.  Our Sun West School Division won a national award this year for this work and was highlighted in the December issue of “Readers’ Digest”.

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C21 Canada Board Member Krista Jones Featured in the Financial Post – What millennials really want from employers

Krista Jones C21 Canada board member Leads the Work & Learning Div. at MaRSDD

In her recent Financial Post article, Krista Jones, Lead Executive for the Work and Learning Cluster at MaRs offers valuable insights to emerging trends among millennials and their attitude towards work. Skills and training programs are deemed highly desirable when seeking employment. We face a potential skills and generation gap that can be filled through the use of tech and just in time training suggests Jones. Boomers in management positions need to be especially mindful of the the unique values and expectations that millennials share.  How is your organization adapting to new millennial worker? The following is a link to the full story.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Robert Martellacci, VP & Co-Founder, C21 Canada

 

 

 

 

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Denise Andre, Director of Education, Ottawa Catholic SB Joins C21 CEO Academy Board

The C21 Canada Secretariat is pleased to announce Denise Andre’s selection to the CEO Academy Board.

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Denise Andre is the Director of Education and Secretary Treasurer of the Ottawa Catholic School Board. She has been with the Ottawa Catholic School Board for over 35 years serving as a teacher, department head, vice-principal, principal, superintendent, and deputy (associate) director.Denise holds a Masters of Education and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University. Denise spent her early days in Cornwall, and has been married for over 30 years.

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C21 Canada and its members provide collaborative vision and support to help Canadian education organizations enhance learning in the foundation areas of literacy, numeracy and science while infusing 21st Century skills (creative problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, personal development, global citizenship and digital competency) into content, and instructional and assessment practices.

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