Learn more about ILEA Ontario Memberships here Download the registration forms here Pay for your Individual or Institutional Membership via PayPal here … [Read more...]
Aga Khan Museum – an ILEA Resource
June 29, 2018 by
Thanks to a special opportunity coming from the Ministry of Education and the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, ILEA is proud to launch its first resource that provides language educators with tasks that can be done in person or online at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. ILEA has looked at a few selections from the wonderful art objects and paintings available at the Aga Khan Museum and have created enriching and engaging activities that can be offered in language classes. Tasks are available in English across three levels with student resources also available in French, Persian and Arabic. We are … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Spring 2018
June 4, 2018 by
We look forward to seeing all of you at our "ILEA Spring Forum 2018" at the Toronto Catholic School Board on June 15 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Please come to this meeting prepared to share what your board is doing with curriculum, professional development and inservices in your International Languages Elementary and Secondary programs. We also hope to have a small discussion on the implementation of Trillium. As mentioned in a previous email the address for the ILEA forum is: CEC, York University Quigly Hall 80 Sheppard Ave East Thank-you to Manuela Sequeira and the International Languages … [Read more...]
Financial Literacy in IL 2nd Edition
November 5, 2017 by
ILEA Ontario is proud to announce the release of its second edition of Financial Literacy in International Languages. This resource document has been updated to reflect the most recent curriculum expectations for International Languages - Secondary. As in the past, this resource demonstrates assessment planning using the theme of financial literacy for levels 1, 2 and 3 of International Languages. The unit plan shows how the three types of assessments are connected within the unit and it is accompanied by tasks descriptions and sample materials for Assessment FOR Learning and Assessment OF … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Fall 2017
October 11, 2017 by
Greetings ILEA colleagues! Now that everyone is settled into their school year, we would like to invite you to our next ILEA Institutional Forum meeting to be held on Monday, November 6 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. We are pleased that the Aga Khan Museum will be hosting this meeting. The address of the museum is: 77 Wynford Drive in Toronto. A special thank-you to Jovanna Scorsone and her team at the Aga Khan Museum for making all the arrangements to host our meeting at the museum. If you have items that you would like to include on the agenda, please email agenda items to Luca Buiani, … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Winter 2017
April 3, 2017 by
We hope that all is well with you and your program. The ILEA Winter Forum in 2017 is now under the new format for all future Winter Forums - Committee Forum. This approach allows for smaller groupings based on current and popular topics identified by the Institutional Members. This will give ILEA representatives an opportunity to engage in rich dialogues on the topics that are of interest. Each committee will summarize key points and make recommendations. Members who are not ready to make a commitment to a specific committee yet, can feel free to move around to different committee … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Fall 2016
November 9, 2016 by
Hello ILEA friends and members, ILEA Institutional Forum - Fall 2016 will take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 10:00 am to 3 pm. The meeting will be held in Mississauga, and hosted by the Dufferin and Peel Catholic School Board. If you have items that you would like to add to the agenda, please email Luca (Chair) and/or Constantine (Executive Director) care of: info@ilea.ca AND luca.buiani@ycdsb.ca Agenda: 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Intercultural Awareness Storytelling Challenge 3. International Languages at the DPCSB 4. Report by ILEA's Executive … [Read more...]
“SEMPREVERDE:EVERGREEN”: THE FIRST GO-GREEN BILINGUAL MUSICAL CAPTIVATES THE STUDENTS OF ITALIAN IN TORONTO
November 9, 2016 by
Air and water, earth and fire … actually, metal and electricity. You may think: talking about pre-socratic philosophers? A famous R&B group of the 80's? Not at all. It’s the theme of a Canadian premiere, the Italian language edu-musical “Sempreverde/Evergreen”, that just landed in Vaughan, Toronto, at the City Playhouse Theatre, with eight performances in four days (October 24 to 27), for junior high and elementary school children who study Italian. Sempreverde is an ecological musical fully devoted to nature stewardship and a strong appeal for recycling and the preservation of the … [Read more...]
Intercultural Awareness Storytelling Challenge
May 16, 2016 by
ILEA is the subject association of IL-E and IL-S educators in Ontario and brings together teachers and administrators of the most diverse international languages and cultural backgrounds from every corner of the world. As such ILEA is committed to: · Excellence in second language education with a focus on authentic language interaction; · Inclusiveness; · Intercultural awareness; · Plurilingual education; · Strengthening identity with the goal of fostering plural identities and a sense of belonging of our students as global, cosmopolitan citizens. As an expression of and tribute to our proud … [Read more...]
