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Provincial Adult Literacy Forum

Ideas are invited for topics and workshops to be discussed at a provincial forum on literacy next fall

The Provincial Adult Literacy Forum will take place November 28 - 29, 1997 in Victoria. The forum is sponsored by Project Literacy Victoria and its partners.

The goals of the forum are to:

• help participants develop strategies for identifying potential learners and improving access to literacy programs
• feature projects, research and innovations in the literacy field
• encourage coordination and partnerships among literacy agencies, education, government, non-profit societies and business
• emphasize to business, industry, unions and workers the benefits of a literate workforce

The registration fee is expected to be about $95. To ensure you receive a registration form - and to contribute your ideas about the forum - contact:

Project Literacy Victoria
930 A Yates Street
Victoria, B.C. V8V 4Z3

Phone: (250) 381-3755
Fax: (250) 381-4911

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Great Teaching Seminar '97

Post-secondary educators will have a unique opportunity this spring to reflect upon and explore the challenges they experience in teaching.

The Great Teaching Seminar will take place June 8 - 10 at the Naramata Centre near Penticton. The seminar is sponsored by The Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology.

Designed for educators who are interested in improving their teaching, this professional development event has been in existence in North America for over 25 years. Educators with experience in the Great Teaching Seminar format will serve as the facilitating team.

The goals of the seminar are to:

provide opportunities to find realistic, creative approaches to instructional problems

facilitate the exchange of information and ideas among educators across disciplines and institutions

For further information, contact:

Diane Morrison or Cheryle Wilson
Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology
Fifth Floor, 1483 Douglas Street
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3K4

Phone: (250) 387-6065
Fax: (250) 387-9142
Email: cwilson@ctt.bc.ca

Foundations of literacy: teaching and learning

Issues and strategies related to early and later literacy development - and second language learning - will be the focus of this summer institute.

The second annual Summer Institute on Balanced Early Literacy Programs will take place August 18 - 20 in the Lower Mainland. The institute is sponsored by The Early Literacy Network - an informal network of Lower Mainland educators interested in early literacy - and by Simon Fraser University.

Themes at the institute will include:

• early literacy assessment and instruction
• implementing guided reading in a classroom
• supporting literacy development when English is an additional language

A mini-conference to examine the unique roles parents and administrators play in the development of early literacy will also take place on August 20.

For further information, contact:

The Early Literacy Network
c/o Field Relations
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6

Phone: (604) 291-4156
Fax: (604) 291-5882
Email: logilvy@sfu.ca

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