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Welcome!Communities of Practice
April 2012
We will begin at 3:00pm
Try out the chat box while you wait!
Agenda
• Tour of WIMBA classroom - Christina• Summary of this initiative to date – Gareth • Review results of the survey – Christina • Open the floor to questions/comments – YOU• Tentative next steps
WIMBA
• Chat• Icons• Questions• Recording
Outcomes
• Identify your professional learning needs, and meet those needs in a professional development context
• Meet your ‘human needs’ for community, networking, and social interaction with your professional peers
• Increase your understanding of other organizations and programs in the Community of Practice
• Identify the areas in which programs are either complementary of, or in competition to, one another
• Identify education ‘gaps’ in the delivery of your topic (e.g. water education)
Outcomes cont.• Explore the potential to coordinate activities and
program plans; create efficiencies and synergies in your work
• Develop coordinated approaches to the funding community
• Identify common barriers to your work, and identify ways to overcome these barriers
• Provide support to teachers working together through professional learning communities
• Build your capacity to deliver on mission
Topics
• Water Education – includes education about wetlands, oceans, water conservation, etc.
• Energy and Climate Education – includes education about energy efficiency and conservation, alternative energy, transportation, climate change etc.
• Land Use and Conservation Education – includes education about parks, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, forestry, etc.
• Outdoor Education – includes education about outdoor skills, healthy outdoor lifestyles, sensory activities, camp experiences, nature centres, etc.
• Waste Education – includes education about recycling and the 3Rs, composting, consumerism etc.
Survey Summary
• 63 people responded to the survey
Support for Outcomes
ACEE as Secretariat
Hiring CoP Leaders
On-line Tools
Timeline
Topics
1. Water Education
2. Energy and Climate Change Education
3. Land Use and Conservation Education
4. Outdoor Education
5. Waste Education
Questions/Comments/Clarifications
Tentative Next Steps
• May – recruit for first two CoP facilitators• June – announce CoP roll out• October – first CoP face to face• October – recruit for next CoP facilitators• November – second CoP face to face • Winter 2013 – face to face for next three
CoPs