In this section you’ll find information that will assist you in your role as an Occasional Teacher. It isn’t subject specific but is related to Ontario’s Schools. This is where you’ll find information about classroom management, character education, and safe schools to name but three topics.
Classroom supports
Suggestions for Group Work Lessons
This checklist provides students with suggestions for making their participation in groups more successful. It also shows them the areas in which they may need to make additional effort.
Learning Strategies: Think-Pair-Share
Think-Pair-Share is a cooperative learning strategy that can promote and support higher-level thinking. This site explains how to use think-pair-share in your class. It also provides hints on how to use it as well as what the benefits are of using this learning technique.
Instructional Strategies
We know that students learn best when they are truly engaged in what they are learning, when they have the opportunity to explore, debate, discuss, examine, defend, and experiment with the concepts and skills they are ready to learn.
This site, created for Idaho teachers, lists a wide range of strategies to use.
Graphic Organizers
This site contains a variety of downloadable graphic organizers that occasional teachers may use with their students.
Supporting English Language Learners in Kindergarten
The document examines strategies for supporting English language learners in Kindergarten.
Supporting English Language Learners With Limited Prior Schooling
The increasing diversity in Ontario schools presents an array of challenges and opportunities to educators. This resource attempts to demystify some of the challenges, and highlight strategies that educators may use to create possibilities and opportunities for English language learners with limited prior schooling.
Supporting English Language Learners With Limited Prior Schooling
Shaping a Culture of Respect in our Schools: Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships
This document, prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Education, is the safe schools report on gender-based violence, homophobia, sexual harassment and, inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Black History Canada
This site contains extensive resources regarding the history of Canada’s Black community. It includes a series of resources for teachers.
Teacher’s Gateway to Special Education
Developed by OTF, with funding from the Ministry of Education, the Teacher’s Gateway to Special Education provides specific strategies and resources to help teachers address the unique needs of students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Well organized and extremely user friendly, the Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education includes links to board special education plans, Ministry documents and other helpful resources. The Gateway also includes definitions of key special education terms, and can be used as a practical guide for teachers building Individual Education Plans (IEPs).