2010 tle fall edition

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F A L L E D I T I O N 2 0 1 0

News and Views

E d i t o r / L a y o u t : D a r l e n e B r o w n

w w w . T L E l i t e r a cy . co m

We are

p r o u d

to an-no unc e

a new

family literacy initia-

tive for parents of

school-aged children:

TLE Connections.

This initiative will help

connect parents to

interesting websites,

family literacy newsand activities, work-

shops, information and

resources. If you

would like to be a part

of TLE Connections

please forward us

your e-mail address.

TLE Connections! D. BrownBASIC TUTOR

TRAINING

Saturday Sept. 25th and

Oct. 2nd

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch is provided!

Everyone is welcome!

Congratulations to Anita Dankwah for winning the QELA

Learner Achievement Award which will be presented at

the Peter Gzowski Invitational (p.3). Anita has worked

diligently through the years to reach her goal of complet-ing her high school diploma in order to pursue her dream

of becoming a nurse. She has demonstrated a great deal

of perseverance and determination over the years to-

wards her studies, putting in the extra effort to work

with tutors from TLE when extra help was needed. Not only has she al-

ways been an attentive student but she has also shown a great deal of

school and community spirit through volunteering and participating in

many events held by SWL and TLE. As she strives to reach her goals,

through her continued efforts in her studies, I have watched her flour-

ish into the confident, successful, and lovely young woman she is today!

Inside this issue:

Presidents Message 2

From the ED Desk 2

Karens Office News 2

Margos Corner 2

PGI 3

Lets Go Margo andAimee!

3

Volunteer Conference 3

Pilot Study 3

Volunteers Wanted! 4

Contact Us 4

Dates to Remember 4

Excellence in Literacy

THE LEARNING EXCHANGE

Anita Dankwah at SWLs

CDC-Vimont Graduation

QELA Achievement Award D. Brown

TLE Annual General Meeting

October 5th at 7 p.m. in room 222


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From: Executive Directors Desk

Margos Corner

ries very high returns: it improves

livelihoods, leads to better child

and maternal health, and favours

girls access to education. In short

newly literate women have a posi-

tive ripple effect on all develop-

ment indicators. This international

day aims to mobilize everyones

attention to the urgent need for

increased commitment to literacy,

especiallyfor girls and women.

For Sept. 8th,

I n ternat i o na l

Literacy Day, inline with this

years theme of

Literacy and Womens Empow-

erment, UNESCOs Director-

General Irina Bokova conveyed

the following message:Investing in womens literacy car-

Hope everyone had

a great summer! If

you know when youplan on tutoring I

would greatly appreciate you

letting me know as soon as pos-

sible so I can schedule a room

ahead of time! Welcome back!!

Remember to RSVP to me for

all events and workshops!

Message from the President

Karens News

Page 2 NEWS & VIEWS

TLE Literacy Supporters

CANADA POST

CDC LAURIER - VIMONT

CHAPTERS.INDIGO

DOMINOSPIZZA - VIMONT

LAVAL ROTARYCLUB

NELSONPUBLISHERS

ORCHA BOOKS

SCHOLASTICBOOKSCANADA

2009/2010

President: Mona Arsenault

Vice-President: Lazar Jevremovic

Secretary: Christiane Dabbagh

Treasurer: Valerie Sauriol

Director: Enza Ciampanelli

TLE Board of Directors

Our ACE Festival was

so successful last year

we are planning to

make it an annual event! That

means we are starting a com-

mittee to begin planning. We

are looking for volunteers, stu-dents, teachers, staff, etc. to

be a part of the organizing

committee. Do you have ideas?!

eracy is still very fresh and excit-

ing to me. So lets enjoy our sim-

ple pleasures. Lets party with

time---fast or slow, it is all we

have. Every year about this timewe have an election; this helps us

keep TLE, our organization, work-

ing smoothly.

I will be sending a letter out to all

our members with information

about this years election. Please

consider us for some of that free

time on your hands.

If I cant see it

is time there?

Hello everyone.

Welcome back, it

seems as if sum-mer was just here and now winter

is about to start. Time passes so

fast when we want it just to stop.

And so unbearably slow when we

want it to be gone. My birthday

has come and gone once again, and

I am so much older than I ever

thought I would ever be, yet lit-

Volunteer Voice

Join Mona for Volunteer Voice!

Enjoy a pizza and take some

time to talk about tutoring.

November 17th6:30-9:00

Conference room


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LVQ Volunteer ConferenceLiteracy Volunteers of Quebec

THE LEARNING EXCHANGEPage 3

This one day conference will be a professional development session on

learning disabilities. On the agenda: The Whole Life Approach to

Learning Disabilities in Adult Literacy Settings, developed by a group

of adult literacy educators from British Columbia. Mark your calen-

dars for Saturday, November 6th. This will be a very interactive, hands-on conference, with

plenty of small group opportunities to try out methods and tools. Spread the word!

Following the success of last years preconference, LVQ will be organizing another half-day train-

ing session on Friday, November 5th, the afternoon prior to the Learning Disabilities conference.

The preconference will focus on conducting effective meetings; board and committee members

and staff are invited to attend. The Meetings that Workworkshop will be followed by a reception

to celebrate LVQs 30th anniversary, during which the Freda pin will be presented.

LVQ will be working together with six literacy councils to pilot between up to five

tools that measure non-academic outcomes of adult literacy students. The goal of

this project is to review, select and pilot tools that assess non-academic progress in

adult literacy learners. The pilot phase of this project will take place between Oc-

tober 2010 to February 2011. TLE will be participating and is looking for volunteers

working with students to help with this important study. A training workshop takes place Septem-

ber 28th at Hotel Maritime downtown. If you are interested please contact Darlene or Karen.

Measuring Non-Academic Outcomes D. Brown

PGI Brochureor see QELAs website:

www.QELA.org

For all our sports fans

out there, did you

know that Australian

football is played in

Canada? Recently, the

womens Northern

Lights Canadian team

defeated the United

States Freedom for the first time ever. Congratulations

to our very own Margo Legault and her sister Aimee who

are both members of the team and will represent Can-

ada in the 2011 World Cup in Australia. Way to go girls!!!

Lets Go Margo and Aimee!10th Annual

Quebec Peter

Gzowski

Invitational (PGI)

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Le Diamant Golf Club in Mirabel, QC

The PGI, founded by the late Canadianbroadcaster/journalist Peter Gzowski, isheld annually in every province andterritory. Over the past 25 years, PGIhas netted more than $10 million forliteracy programs across the country.

Info.: Carolyn Marsh at 450-242-2360or [email protected]

Northern Lights Canadian Team / 2010
http://qela.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pgi-brochure-sept-2010.pdfhttp://qela.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pgi-brochure-sept-2010.pdfhttp://www.qela.org/http://www.golflediamant.com/http://www.golflediamant.com/http://www.qela.org/http://qela.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pgi-brochure-sept-2010.pdf


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classrooms, read, do art pro- jects, organize activities, as-

semble book bags, participate

in our reading festivals, give

away books, etc. Its always a

lot of fun! Im also looking for

a volunteer who can play the

guitar at our reading festival.

First meeting is planned for

November 16th. Call Karen if

you are interested.

Book Club Get-Togethers*Meeting location TBA/Call TLE for info.

Sept. 8: Little Stranger by Sarah

Water Oct. 6: Sarah's KeysbyTatiana de

Rosnay

Nov. 10: February by Lisa Moore

Dec. 8: The Reluctant Fundamental-

istby Mohsin Hamid

Sept. 21: TLE BOD meeting noon

Sept. 23: PGI: Le Diamant golf club

Sept. 25 & Oct. 2: Basic Tutor

Training sessions (9 AM to 4 PM)

Sept. 28: LVQ Non-Academic Out-

comes training

Oct. 5: TLE AGM 4 PM/Pizza!!!!

Oct. 14: NPI Partners meeting/CLC

Laval 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Oct. 18 to 20: Spotlight on Learn-

ing conference/Toronto

Oct. 20 to 22: PROCEDE confer-

ence/Chateau Montebello

Nov. 5: LVQ Preconference and

30th Anniversary reception

Nov. 6: LVQ Volunteer ConferenceLearning disabilities 8:30 AM

Nov. 16: Family Literacy Committee

Meeting 2:00 PM

Nov. 25-26: QPAT conference

Dec. 9: NPI Partners meeting CLC

Laval 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Dec. 21: TLE Holiday Party

Dec. 23Jan. 9: Holiday Closure

Jan. 18: Family Literacy Committee

meeting 2 PM

Jan. 27: Family Literacy Day

Call Karen at:

450-688-2933 ext. 3126

or see our website for more details:

www. TLE l i t e r a c y . c o m

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Dates to Remember

Go to TLE online under EVENTSto view our

Google calendar for details of all dates/events

Life is ten percent what happens

to you and ninety percent how you

respond to it. ~ Lou Holtz

How to Contact Us

T H E L E A R N I N G E X C H A N G E

WE are look-

ing for volun-

teers to be a

part of our

Family Liter-

acy team for

2010/2011. Each year we meet

to plan the events. Members

of the team visit Sir Wilfrid

Laurier elementary schools

within the community to visit

We Need You!!! D. Brown

THE LEARNING EXCHANGE STAFF

Darlene BrownExecutive Director

Karen MocklerAdministrative Assistant

Diane RichardFinancial Officer

Margo LegaultCommunications Consultant

Excellence

inLiteracy

2100 Blvd. des LaurentidesVimont, Laval, Quebec.

Phone: 450-688-2933 ext. 3126Skype: TLETLE1Fax: 450-663-1290Email: [email protected]

TLE RESOURCE CENTER

WEBMASTER

Errol Pinto
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