Nancy Battet is a Pedagogical Consultant with the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) where she oversees the Community Partnerships, GOAL (Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning), Entrepreneurship and ACGC (Academic and Career Guidance Content) dossiers.
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Multiculturalism, a Mural, Self-knowledge, and Teamwork
With an environment steeped in 32 different cultures, L.I.N.K.S. High School in the English Montreal School Board stands out. Multiculturalism now shouts out from a floor-to-ceiling mural depicting the island of Montreal bordered by 32 flags representing the cultures of the school’s students and staff. Working on the mural was a self-learning and teamwork experience.
Learn and Earn: Pizza for Chatting with Mentors
Through the LBPSB’s Family and School Support and Treatment Team (FSSTT), Beurling Academy brings career mentors from the local community and high school boys together over lunch hour to chat about real-life careers. Students earn their pizza lunch by showing that they have taken notes from conversations with at least three mentors.
A Little Tweak Here, a Little Tweak There
Beaconsfield High School teachers Rosemary Hill and Louise Adam are taking part in the pilot project of 27 schools that are sharing strategies for introducing compulsory GOAL content into the curriculum. Their enthusiasm is all the more appealing because their feet are planted firmly on the classroom floor.
No Shortcuts in Bagel-making. . . or Life
Students at Perspectives 1, an EMSB outreach school, had an inspiring lesson on entrepreneurship and hard work from Vince Morena, a co-owner of Montréal’s famed St-Viateur Bagel. Exposing students to a local success story is one way GOAL contributes to their self-discovery and career exploration.
