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CESBA releases response paper to MAESD’s Adult Education Consultation

CESBA recently released a response to the Adult Education Consultation and discussion paper by the Ministries of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Education, and Citizenship and Immigration. CESBA’s response represents comments provided by school board members collected through a bilingual survey using the 27 questions suggested by MAESD.

The final submission is a rich source of professional insights into the adult education system, with numerous examples of the elements needed to improve the system and make it truly learner-centred and seamless.

CESBA thanks all members for their valuable feedback.

Read CESBA’s Response Paper

Lire la réponse de CESBA

CESBA a publié une réponse à la consultation et document sur l’éducation des adultes par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Formation professionnelle, le ministère de l’Éducation et le ministère des Affaires civiques et de l’Immigration. La réponse de CESBA représente les commentaires des conseils scolaires qui ont été recueillis par le biais d’un questionnaire bilingue à l’aide des 27 questions suggérées par le MESFP.

Le mémoire final est une riche source d’idées professionnelles sur le système d’éducation des adultes, avec de nombreux exemples des éléments nécessaires pour améliorer le système et mettre en place un système véritablement centré sur l’apprenant et transparent.

CESBA remercie tous les membres pour leurs précieux commentaires.

 

Ministries seeking feedback on consultation paper “Strengthening Ontario’s Adult Education System”

The Ministries of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Education, and Citizenship and Immigration recently released a consultation paper Strengthening Ontario’s Adult Education System.

The CESBA Board and staff will be gathering feedback on the 27 questions listed in the document via a bilingual online survey in order to help prepare and submit a formal response to the paper. The deadline to send your feedback to CESBA via the survey is Monday, January 15, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

We also encourage boards to send their feedback directly to MAESD, in addition to our survey. Individual feedback can be sent to lifelonglearning@ontario.ca.The deadline to provide feedback to MAESD is January 31, 2018.

Thank you in advance for your ideas to help improve adult and continuing education in Ontario.

Read the memo from the three Ministries

Lire Renforcer le système d’éducation des adultes de l’Ontario en français

CESBA launches its new website!

CESBA is proud to announce the launch of its new website at www.cesba.com! The newly redesigned and updated site includes streamlined menus, simplified navigation and improved search-ability. It is also fully responsive, making it easy to navigate on a wide range of web browsers and mobile devices.

We’ve improved the structure of our content with clear messaging of who we are and what we do, as well as with easy-to-find information about our work in the school board-lead adult and continuing education sector. The improved menu functionality and sidebar menus direct users to information most relevant to them.

The new website gives quicker access to information on the About Us, News and Events pages. The new Our Work page lists our current projects and houses information and resources related to sector-specific initiatives such as LBS and PLAR for Mature Students. The upated Events page is now fully searchable by type of event, and each event has a link to its own page.

In addition, our easy-to-search Resource Library, carried over from our previous site, is host to hundreds of documents such as reports, tools, templates, manuals, presentations, webinars and guidelines designed to help you in your work.

Information about membership and Board of Directors log in are now easy to locate on the masthead.

We will be regularly updating our content with helpful information, important news and announcements in the News section. We will continue to expand our resources and the Our Work pages to deliver the most up-to-date and relevant information for adult and continuing education professionals.

We hope that you enjoy our new site and we encourage you to explore our wealth of resources.. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please send them to bhowlett@cesba.com.

To stay connected with CESBA, sign up to our monthly newsletter, CESBA Express Mail, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

CESBA Annual Report 2016-2017 | Rapport annuel de CESBA 2016-2017

 

 

 

CESBA has released its 2016-2017 Annual Report. Through the theme of Leading. Adapting. Transforming., we look back on our work and achievements over the past fiscal year in building a strong network of adult and continuing education professionals across the province. Read it online.

 

 

 

 

CESBA a publié son rapport annuel de 2016-2017. Avec comme thème central Diriger. Adapter. Transformer., nous jetons un regard rétrospectif  sur le travail et les réalisations durant le dernier exercice financier dans la formation d’un solide réseau de personnel chargé de l’éducation des adultes et l’éducation permanente en Ontario. Lisez-le en ligne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call for applications for CESBA’s Action Research Project 2017-2018

Are you a Principal or Vice Principal in Adult and Continuing Education? Are you and your staff interested in improving your adult student outcomes by looking more closely at:

  • Information, intake, assessment and referral;
  • Career counselling, guidance and pathway planning, including transition to college;
  • Role of PLAR for Mature Students in credit accumulation and OSSD completion;
  • Flexible delivery of programs and services

Learn more about CESBA’s Action Research Project 2017-2018 and fill out the application form here. This project is open to all boards who deliver Adult and Continuing Education. The submission deadline is October 6, 2017.

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We’ve changed our look!

CESBA is excited to introduce its vibrant new look, inspired by our passion for adult and continuing education (A&CE). Our makeover includes a fresh new logo and bilingual tagline: “Supporting Professionals. Igniting Learning.”, elements that will accompany our new website coming this spring!

CESBA’s new branding represents the next chapter of the organization, and reinforces our commitment to advancing A&CE in the province through advocacy, professional development opportunities, resource development and knowledge exchange while also championing innovative A&CE programs run by school boards across Ontario. The spirit of our brand lives in the desire to ignite the learning process for the betterment of adult and continuing education learners. Our valued members and all the inspiring professionals working in the A&CE sector continue to be the foundation of our organization.

A big thank you to everyone who gave us input and feedback along the way. We hope that you love our new look as much as we do!

Why the change?
Adult and continuing education in Ontario’s school boards has changed a lot since we became an incorporated not-for-profit organization in 1999. We’ve grown as an organization, and with the constant evolution of the A&CE sector we felt that now was the right time to refresh and modernize our image to better reflect who we are and what we stand for. CESBA is proud to represent so many varied A&CE programs and services offered by school boards across the province. We wanted a new look that touched on the past but looked forward to the future. We’ve retained a stand-out ‘e’ (for ‘Education’) and added a vibrant touch with the spark graphic to emphasize the importance of “Igniting Learning”!

Nous avons changé d’image!

CESBA a le plaisir de présenter sa nouvelle image attrayante, inspirée par sa passion pour l’éducation des adultes et l’éducation permanente (EAEP). Notre nouvelle image, avec son nouveau logo et sa signature bilingue, « Appuyer les professionnels. Susciter l’apprentissage »,  sera intégrée à notre nouveau site Web, qui sera inauguré au printemps!

La nouvelle image de CESBA ouvre un nouveau chapitre dans l’histoire de notre organisme et souligne son engagement à l’égard de la promotion de l’EAEP en Ontario : prises de position, création d’occasions de perfectionnement professionnel, développement de ressources et échange de connaissances avec, parallèlement, une promotion vigoureuse des programmes novateurs d’EAEP offerts par les conseils scolaires de la province. L’esprit de notre « marque » traduit le désir d’instiller la passion de l’apprentissage en matière d’éducation des adultes et d’éducation permanente, pour le plus grand bien des apprenants. Nos membres, que nous tenons en grande estime, et tous les professionnels qui œuvrent dans le secteur de l’EAEP et qui nous communiquent leur inspiration demeurent le fondement de notre organisme.

Un grand merci à toutes celles et tous ceux qui nous ont fait part de leurs commentaires en cours de route. Nous espérons que notre nouvelle image vous plaira autant qu’à nous!

Pourquoi ce changement?

Dans les conseils scolaires de l’Ontario, l’éducation des adultes et l’éducation permanente se sont beaucoup transformées depuis 1999, année où sommes devenus un organisme à but non lucratif constitué en personne morale. Notre organisme a pris de l’expansion et le secteur de l’EAEP n’a cessé d’évoluer. Nous avons donc estimé qu’il était temps de dépoussiérer notre image et de la moderniser pour mieux refléter ce que nous sommes et les valeurs qui sont les nôtres. CESBA est fière de représenter les nombreux programmes et services diversifiés d’EAEP offerts par les conseils scolaires de la province. Nous souhaitions nous doter d’une nouvelle image qui, sans renier le passé, serait résolument tournée vers l’avenir. Nous avons conservé la prééminence de la lettre “e” (pour « Éducation ») et ajouté une touche lumineuse au dessin du logo pour mettre en relief l’importance de la partie « Susciter l’apprentissage »!

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