highlights - Conseil des ministres de l'Ãducation du Canada (CMEC)
highlights - Conseil des ministres de l'Ãducation du Canada (CMEC)
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québec• The summer recovery or catch-up project set up by the QuébecBoard of Black E<strong>du</strong>cators (QBBE) and the English-Montréal SchoolBoard reached more than 200 young people in different culturalcommunities. Sixty-four elementary and 144 secondary schoolstu<strong>de</strong>nts who were having difficulty in school or had failed examsin one or more core subjects <strong>du</strong>ring the year were enrolled inQBBE activities. The elementary stu<strong>de</strong>nts improved their skillsin languages, mathematics, science and technology, as well asthe arts.• The PERFORMA (Perfectionnement et formation <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> maîtres au collegial)[professional <strong>de</strong>velopment and training for college teachers] team<strong>de</strong>veloped courses and now offers e-learning mo<strong>du</strong>les. It completedthe English si<strong>de</strong> of the PERFORMA portal, and has offered severaldistance e<strong>du</strong>cation activities and sessions. More than 260 teachershave enrolled in the Master Teacher Program (MTP).HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS INSECOND-LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONQuébec’s achievements in second-language instruction, between2005–06 and 2008–09, inclu<strong>de</strong>d the following outcomes supportedby fe<strong>de</strong>ral–provincial funding arrangements:• Bursaries were awar<strong>de</strong>d to improve teachers’ written and orallanguage proficiency in English and thereby increase their skills inteaching English as a second language (ESL). This addressed theincreased need for personnel qualified in the methods of teachingESL that was generated by the new requirement for ESL instructionto begin in Elementary 1.• French-as-a-second-language (FSL) teachers benefitted fromprofessional <strong>de</strong>velopment activities focused primarily on the<strong>de</strong>velopment of learning assessment tools in accordance with thegui<strong>de</strong>lines of the ministère <strong>de</strong> l’É<strong>du</strong>cation, <strong>du</strong> Loisir et <strong>du</strong> Sport [ministryof e<strong>du</strong>cation, recreation, and sports]. Training sessions enabledhundreds of teachers to <strong>de</strong>velop their skills in planning and pilotingcoherent teaching, learning, and evaluation situations.50Pan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in E<strong>du</strong>cation 2005–06 to 2008–09 HIGHLIGHTS
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