Image Credit: http://www.bitpad.com/.a/6a00d834202e5653ef0120a4fc28d8970b-pi Fellow Occasional Teachers: I was made aware of something amazing tonight and I felt as though I just had to share it with everyone; yell it from the rooftops, as they say.
I discovered this amazing piece of information at the bottom of an email that I receive every few weeks from one of the school boards that I work for. A dedicated woman at the board (bless her heart) sends out an email to all Occasional Teachers with a list of professional development opportunities being offered within the board for the month. Usually I scroll through, get excited about one or two sessions, and then promptly forget to pay the fee, or decide that I don't want to drive to a school on a weekend. However, tonight I scrolled to the bottom of the email and found something that I could really get excited about! A series of webinars offered by the Ontario Teachers' Federation that are.... wait for it.... COMPLETELY FREE!! NO MORE getting excited about a session and then worrying about the cost of it - FREE. NO MORE getting excited about a session, and then having to commit to driving to a far away school on a weekend - they are webinars, so you can participate from the comfort of your own home on a boring old weeknight! This time, I could just stay excited! So I promptly signed up for no less than fifteen sessions. Oopps! After spending seven years paying for lectures (some of which I enjoyed and some of which I did not), I can finally choose lectures that I am interested in... for free! (Have I emphasized that enough?). The webinars are called OTF Connects. OTF Connects is dedicated to helping teachers from around the province connect, learn from, and collaborate with one another. For all of you Occasional Teachers who have been craving some professional development, but were not sure how to find it... Enjoy, and spread the word! The link to the website is below: http://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/otf-connects/sessions/
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