We hope you’ll be able to join us in Sudbury this year for our 2013 Fall conference!
November 1st and 2nd
Sudbury, Ontario
We are now accepting workshop proposals. See the attachments below for details – deadline is June 24th!
Workshop Proposal Form
Presenter Remuneration Schedule
Exhibitor Letter Fall Conference 2013 – Invitation
Exhibitor Letter Fall Conference 2013 – Application form and Table contract
OMLTA is Proud to Support the 2013 European Day of Languages
As an initiative of the Council of Europe, every year since 2001, the European Day of Languages is celebrated on September 26. This occasion is celebrated not only in Europe, but throughout the world. The European Day of Languages represents the Council of Europe’s philosophy that “linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding”.
The Goethe-Institut Toronto championed the first Canadian celebration of this day in 2010. This year’s event will be held in collaboration with the Alliance Française, Istituto Italiano, Spanish Centre, Instituto Camões and Prologue to the Performing Arts!
This year, the EDL 2013 will take place on Friday, September 27 at the Spanish Centre (65 Hayden Street, near Yonge and Bloor in downtown Toronto). Special activities for high school students of second and third languages will be held in the afternoon (registration required)!
In addition, a full program of events for all interested adults will be offered free of charge in the evening.
Visit the EDL website to get an impression of the activities from previous years, and watch for further details about this year’s event: EDL site.
The Council of Europe nominated national coordinators for each country to support schools to organize their own European Day of Languages activities on September 26. If your school or your class would like to prepare an activity, and is looking for ideas and to order support materials, please contact Jadwiga.Baranowicz@toronto.goethe.org, the EDL National Coordinator for Canada.
The OMLTA is delighted to support this dynamic initiative.
The University for Foreigners in Siena offers through the Italian Cultural Institute one scholarship to an OMLTA teacher of Italian to attend a 4-week training course in Siena in the month of August 2013.
The scholarship covers the entire amount of the course tuition fee. Important application details are in the attached file here. The deadline for applications is June 7th so don’t delay!
The workshop handouts from our recent Spring Conference, Connections/Connexions, are now available in our Members’ Section!
Check out these exciting new resources!
On behalf of the OMLTA/AOPLV Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce to all FSL educators in Ontario that our 2013 Projet à Québec will be running again this summer. A special thank you must go out to the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Government of Ontario for their financial support of this exciting professional development opportunity.
The Projet à Québec program provides professional development opportunities for 40 Core FSL Teachers from Catholic and Public English-language district school boards across Ontario.
Le programme de 2013 aura lieu à la ville de Québec du 15 au 26 juillet. Cette formation intensive de 12 jours se concentre sur le développement des compétences linguistiques des enseignants et à la sensibilisation culturelle à travers divers ateliers et excursions. Les frais des sessions, les excursions, l’hébergement et certains repas sont pris en charge. Les lauréats auront seulement l’obligation de payer leur voyage aller-retour et quelques repas.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday April 12th at 5:00 pm.
2013 Projet Flyer
2013 Projet Application Form
Bonne chance!
Karla Torrente-Lepage
President OMLTA/AOPLV
The OMLTA is now recruiting officials for this year’s Provincial Concours d’art oratoire on Saturday, May 11 at Glendon College in Toronto. For more information and to sign up, check out our Upcoming Events page here.
Early-bird registration for this year’s OMLTA/AOPLV spring conference has been extended to February 22!
Visit our Spring Conference page for details.
Early-bird special registration prices are valid until February 22, 2013 at midnight.
Please renew your OMLTA/AOPLV membership to receive special conference pricing!
We look forward to seeing you at Connections 2013 Connexions!
The Education Office of the Embassy of Spain (Washington) is proud to offer the opportunity to be the recipient of a two week course in Salamanca, Spain to a Canadian Spanish teacher who is also a member of the OMLTA.
The application deadline is Wednesday, February 27 at 5 PM. ¡Buena suerte! See the flyer and the application checklist for details.
Registration is now open for this year’s OMLTA/AOPLV spring conference! Visit our Spring Conference page for details.
Early-bird special registration prices are valid until February 22, 2013 at midnight.
Please renew your OMLTA/AOPLV membership to receive special conference pricing!
We look forward to seeing you at Connections 2013 Connexions!
On behalf of the OMLTA, I would like to wish you and your family all the best for 2013.
With the start of the New Year come new beginnings. There have been a couple of changes to our office. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Heidi Locher for the nearly 5 years of service with the OMLTA. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors. The OMLTA is pleased to welcome Hélène Tardif-Ross to the position of Administrative Assistant. She brings a great deal of office experience to the role. We are looking forward to working with Hélène and to having you meet her.
The OMLTA office has also moved. Our mailing address is now:
OMLTA/AOPLV
PO Box 10055
Westway Centre Post Office
1735 Kipling Avenue
Etobicoke, ON M9R 4E2
Phone: (519)-763-2099
Website: www.omlta.org
Email: omlta@omlta.org
The start of 2013 also means that it is time to renew your OMLTA membership. Renewing your membership ensures that you have access to the members only section of the website, our newsletter Communication, as well as access to various awards, scholarships, information and resources for FSL and International language teachers. In addition, OMLTA members also receive access to discounted conference rates. Please take a few moments to renew your membership and update your information.
Our Editor of Communication, Pina Viscomi, is currently accepting article submissions for the next edition. Please email pictures and/or articles to omlta@omlta.org. The next deadline is January 28. Having our members’ voices appear in the newsletter, highlights the fabulous work that is being done in language classrooms across the province.
We hope to see you at our annual spring conference March 21-23, 2013 at the DoubleTree. Conference Chair Jayne Evans and her committee are busy putting the final touches on the program. This year’s theme is Connections. Registration for our 2013 conference will open soon. Please visit our website for more details. The early bird rate will be available until February 15, 2013.
We are excited about the new changes and look forward to continue to provide our members with excellent service and support.
All the best for 2013!
Karla Torrente-Lepage
President OMLTA/AOPLV
In the early 80′s I was just starting out as a Core French teacher. I attended a workshop at the spring conference given by Ron Henry, who had great ideas for motivating and engaging students. The social event was a dance on the boat beside the Harbour Castle. Matt Maxwell was playing and the place was packed. I took ideas from Ron and Matt back to my school and the students loved them. I will never forget the smiles in my primary classes every time “Rock and Roll Frères Jacques” changed from traditional to rock, and the junior students would have sung “C’est l’Hallowe’en” all year if I had let them. When the grade 8′s beautifully sang “Ce monde” for Earth Week, I was so proud of their committment to French and their proficiency.
So many other great workshop presenters inspired and helped me throughout the years, I can’t begin to remember them all, but the OMLTA certainly played a pivotal role in my career.