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General Working Plan for the LLRc
Specific Plans for September
Accessibility Standards
Workplace Violence
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|| DATE:
Tuesday June 25, 2010
TO:
Elementary Principals, Secondary Principals, Managers, and Supervisors
FROM:
John C. Forbeck, OLE_LINK2OLE_LINK1, Human Resources
CC:
C Boyle, Health and Safety Officer
J Ahrens, Worker Co-Chair Central JHSC
Scott Sincerbox, Superintendent of Education
SUBJECT:
Workplace Violence and Harassment –Worker Information and Instruction
MESSAGE:
Please be advised that recent changes to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act through Bill 168 (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace 2009), have come into force as of June 15, 2010. Workplaces in Ontario are now required to have the necessary policies, programs, measures and procedures in place with respect to workplace violence and harassment. The board has approved an interim policy with respect to Workplace Violence which is available in the policy section of the boards’ internet website. Workplace harassment provisions of the legislation have been incorporated into the Respectful Working and Learning Environments policy directive. Both of these documents are now required by law to be posted on your Health and Safety Bulletin Board.
The legislative changes also require that employers provide workers with instruction and information regarding workplace violence and harassment policies and procedures. To this end, the board has prepared a presentation for your use. Please use the link below to access the presentation. Principals are required to share this presentation with staff on the June 30th professional activity days. Managers and Supervisors are required to share this presentation with all their staff as soon as is practicable.
http://intranet.hwdsb.on.ca/safety/
Please contact the Health and Safety Department at 905-318-8878 ext 281 should you require any additional information.

Under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), businesses and organizations that provide goods and services to people in Ontario have to meet certain accessibility standards in five areas:
Þ Customer Service;
Þ Transportation;
Þ Information and Communications;
Þ Built Environment; and
Þ Employment.
Ontario’s first accessibility standard, the Customer Service Standard, came into effect on January 1, 2008. The Standard states what businesses and other organizations in Ontario must do to make the provision of their goods and services more accessible to people with disabilities.
The Ontario Educational Services Corporation (OESC-CSEO), in partnership with representatives from school boards across Ontario, developed exemplars for boards to assist in the development of policies and procedures related to the Customer Service Standard. In addition, OESC-CSEO and partners have also developed training modules which will assist us with the training requirements of the Standard.
This training, for all HWDSB employees, will help us to ensure greater awareness and responsiveness to the needs of persons with disabilities.
By February 15 2010, principals and managers must ensure that all staff in their buildings or departments (including custodial and secretarial staff) have viewed the training modules for Customer Service, which are available at:
http://oesc.apandrose.com/en_CA/welcome/ .
The complete training takes approximately 40 minutes.
When you have completed this training, please let me know by email.

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Link to Operating Plan
Link to compliance
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Specifics for September, 2010
Open House
Kit Services and Media Library Open House for teachers: Thursday September 23
Elementary TL meetings
Themes:
1st tl meeting
new website
new organization part Leadership and Learning – invite Lisa and Peter
book buying
budget for forest of reading books
Learning Commons Moment
Colleen and Svetlana
Marlene Turkington, Graphic Novels, Another Story
Ideas for K -2 to promote reading
Learning Commons
Forest of reading
Sur~F in the winter Feb meeting?
Sharing of Media Literacy ideas
Dates:
Monday September 20
Monday November 15
Monday January 17
Monday March 28
Monday April 18
Monday June 12
Secondary TL meetings
1st meeting Monday September 27 at LLRC from 3:30-5:00
Forest of Reading - ideas
Go back to Library for the older kids – presentations on a theme from the schools 3 cluster HS gyms for the Blue Spruce
Website
Go live.
Learning Commons
Focus on 2 schools in 1st term
Dale will be lead and hopefully the 21C cluster consultants can also participate.
Janet Lee
Parkdale – Glen Brown
Dundana Diane
What does this look like? Money to buy resources. Use release money from staffing
TL Inservices
Date: Tues October 5.
One in Feb
One in May
Do one full day and see how far the Min Funds stretch
Do Q tasks in the AM. Can we get Carol Koechlin?
Do other learning commons/21 C fluencies stuff in the PM
Marlene Turkington, Dewey Divas, Envionmental speaker, Graphic Novel store
Ask Lisa where the money for Carol and lunch come from
Our staff meetings
Wednesdays after 21st C Tuesday meetings.
First meeting Wed. Sept 15
Compliance –
Lisa and Peter and the new org
John Malloy
Polarities
Staffing to support General Working Plan
From Ministry money, hire a 21st C Technician – salary class 10
From Ministry money, hire one more clerk for the sur~F team
Upgrade Karen Redding’s position when she retires
Training Days in September
Tues 14, Basic Horizon for new TLs
Wed 15, Basic Horizon for new TLs
Tues Sept 28 EBSCO training for all secondary teachers
Wed September 29 EBSCO training for all elementary teachers

General Working Plan for LLRC for 2010-2011 - Three or 4 Concrete Focuses To Be Determined
Department
Horizon,HIP, Cataloguing
Media Library
Kit Services
LLRC General
Access
Access for libraries and bookrooms:
Customize the Hip to include enriched content, Google-like searching (Enterprise, Bibliocommons)
iphone APP for HIP
24/7 Online access to library cat / bookroom / virtual lib / databases
Provide equitable distribution to all classrooms through Medianet, Learn360, NFB
Provide resources in an expanding variety of formats.
Provide equitable distribution to all classrooms through courier delivery, Medianet ordering, kit cleaning and stocking.
Partnering with:
Corporate express
SirsiDynix
Web Clarity
HWDSB department
HPL
Dymaxion
Learn360
Video suppliers
Kits suppliers
Parent volunteers
Schools
Adherence and awareness of board policies
Up-to-date with 21C fluencies.
Support For Teachers and Teacher – Librarians and LLRC team
Sur~F
Collection development
Central purchasing
Cataloguing
Weeding
Book Processing
RDA instead of AACR2 and more support for keyword searching
Import Learn360 and NFB into Horizon for one stop shopping
Purchase/acquire resources that support differentiated instruction, 21C fluencies, comprehensive literacy, TLCP, studied languages, ESL, math, curriculum related, GLBTQ to engage and reengage students.
Teacher resource centre that includes, poster maker, laminator, die cut press
Hands on resources draw a direct line to the students. These resources contribute to differentiated instruction, 21C fluencies, comprehensive literacy, curriculum related.
Education opportunities for staff growth and development
Learn from each other
Trust that it is ok not to know it all and to ask.
Openness, inclusion.
Team work.
Forest of Reading.
Safe and creative environment.
Communication
Open house
Newsletters
Blogs
New Webpage
Teacher site visits
Teacher training
Publicize access info eg URLs, borrower cards, passwords
Move to Wikis, Nings, (linked from webpage) for information sharing
Develop a branding strategy for our name and job titles
Professional relationship building – start with Polarities
Weekly coordinator meetings – for a brief while, then monthly
Role definitions

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