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March 3, 2023 My name is Marie Moftah. I have been with OSCA/ACOSO since 2018. I served as vice president of the Governance Committee in 2020 and 2021. I have worked as a guidance counselor at Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir since 2014. I just started a new position as board lead in guidance and Aspen within this same school board. Teaching, which I hold close to my heart, is not my first career. I began my professional life as an assistant lecturer at Alexandria University, where I worked my way up to the position of university professor. In love with scientific research, I toured the neuroscience laboratories at several European and American universities until arriving in Toronto, where I took an interest in behavioral neuroscience and children’s learning as well as young adult learning. My studies have shown that a large part of children’s education relies on their support network and environment. This is the reason why I joined OSCA/ACOSO. In my current role in this association, we try as a team to train guidance counselors so that they can ensure a supportive learning environment for students in Ontario. _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 March 2023 Je m'appelle Marie Moftah. Je suis avec OSCA/ACOSO depuis 2018. J'ai servi comme vice-présidente du comité de gouvernance en 2020 et 2021. Je travaille comme conseillère en orientation au Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir depuis 2014. Je viens de commencer un nouveau poste comme conseillère pédagogique en orientation et Aspen avec le même conseil. L'enseignement, qui me tient à cœur, n'est pas ma première carrière. J'ai commencé ma vie professionnelle en tant que maître de conférences adjointe à l'université d'Alexandrie où j'ai gravi les échelons jusqu'à occuper le poste de professeure des universités. En amour avec la recherche scientifique, j’ai fait le tour des laboratoires de neurosciences de plusieurs universités européennes et américaines jusqu’à arriver à Toronto pour m’intéresser aux neurosciences comportementales et l’apprentissage des enfants et des jeunes adultes. Mes études ont montré qu’une grande partie de l’éducation des enfants repose sur leur réseau de soutien et leur environnement. C’est la raison pour laquelle j’ai joins OSCA/ACOSO. Dans mon rôle actuel dans cette association, nous essayons en équipe de former les conseillères et les conseillers en orientation afin qu’elles / ils puissent garantir un environnement propice pour l’apprentissage des jeunes de l’Ontario.
PennyDrops is a student-run not-for-profit organization that teaches financial literacy lessons about concepts such as budgeting, taxes, investing and worker rights to students so that they can gain the confidence necessary to handle different financial situations they may encounter once they leave high school. PennyDrops has been teaching lessons across Ontario and Canada as a whole since 2015. In this webinar, some of PennyDrops' chapter executives and mentors will present on how financial literacy education is about building students' capacity to make knowledgeable decisions, and how different forms of curricula have varying levels of success in achieving this outcome. Don't miss this informative session!  Now is the time to nominate a deserving colleague for an OSCA award. Perhaps it is that person who has created a great resource that has allowed students to create their own pathway? Maybe you know a guidance counsellor who is the ''go-to'' person at your school? Perhaps a deserving community partner that provides excellent support for your school? You have until September 18, 2023 11:59 p.m. to nominate someone, but why not do it now? Chacun et chacune de nous connaît un collègue innovateur, qui accomplit avec enthousiasme son travail auprès des élèves de son école. Pourquoi ne pas reconnaître leur contribution à notre profession en posant leur candidature à l''un des prix de l''ACOSO? Pour poser la candidature de quelqu''un, appuyez sur le lien de la mise en candidature. Toutes les mises en candidature doivent être soumises en ligne d''ici le 18 septembre 2023 à 23h59. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Howard R. Beattie Award for Contribution to Counsellor Professional DevelopmentThis award is presented to a guidance counsellor who has created new and beneficial ideas and techniques for professional use and communicated these through such means as workshops, local leadership and the organization of a conference or guidance professional development activities.
The Student Awards Nominations are here! Please nominate a deserving student today within five Post Graduate Pathways;
Details can be found on the nomination form/link. The link is live on the OSCA website. You can access the nomination form through it. The nominations will close on May 5, 2023. Nominate a student today! 
Post Secondary Information
Thursday, May 4, 2023 Session 1: 9:00 - 11:00am Mohawk College would like to invite teachers, guidance counsellors and administrators from the school boards to join us for this important keynote and to be part of the discussion on supporting student mental health. We are pleased to welcome student mental health experts, Dr. B. Janet Hibbs and Dr. Anthony Rostain, co-authors of The Stressed Years of Their Lives, to discuss the rise of mental health concerns in students pursuing and enrolled in higher education. Learn what educators, parents and families can do to support students in preparing for, surviving and thriving in the post-secondary environment.
Come to Canada’s largest international university and student travel expo and meet with universities and colleges from around the world – including Canada! – offering undergraduate, post-graduate and vocational programs. And visit our special Travel Zone for gap year and other exciting travel options: volunteering; language travel; internships and work abroad programs. Keep checking back as we will be adding info on who’s coming, seminars, etc closer to the time. Be sure to pre-register online to be eligible for our incredible Grand Prize Draws.
Mohawk College Student Recruitment would like to offer your high school an opportunity to tour the Stoney Creek Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship campus. We will show the students around campus, tour our shops and labs so they can discover and learn more about the many trades programs we offer. Mohawk annually serves 2,400 apprenticeship students and is one of the largest trainers of apprentices in Ontario. Winter Stoney Creek tour dates will be booked on a first come, first serve basis and these times cannot be adjusted. We will be offering morning and afternoon tours, each one will be 1.5 hours long and busing costs will be the responsibility of the school. We have the following dates available: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Thursday, March 9, 2023 Wednesday, March 22, 2023 **Please request preferred time slot. Tour details:
Please send an email with your requests in order to secure a date! Resources
Are your students interested in launching a career in a green and growing industry? Landscape horticulture employers are hiring NOW for full-time, part-time and summer jobs! Landscape.Jobs is a FREE online job board for the horticulture and landscape industry with 600 employers and 900 posted positions. It utilizes built-in predictive analytics that allow job seekers to find the right job and employer. For those who are interested in post-secondary education and training, look for the orange tree! This symbol easily identifies employers who are involved in the Horticultural Technician Apprenticeship Program. A training program where, when completed, apprentices achieve nationally recognized Red Seal certification. We invite your students/job seekers to create an account and build an online profile to easily navigate and apply to the many open positions. What a great opportunity to explore the industry's career prospects and be seen by their local employers! Education "Tell me about yourself."
Whenever I hear those four words, my brain flatlines. I scramble for an answer and wonder if there’s anything interesting to say at all. Without exception, my response is the same: every time I’m asked to describe my life, I describe my job. Work has always anchored my identity. It was the engine that propelled my family from China to Canada in 1998, two years before I was born, and tales of my father’s heroic work ethic and self-sacrifice have played for years like a movie montage in my mind. There he is, waiting at a bus stop in suburban Toronto, starting his 90-minute commute to an IT job downtown. There he is, hunched in a chair at the Chapters bookstore near our home, poring over volumes about computer coding. There he is in our living room, where I’m lying on the couch as he paces with a book in hand, mumbling new English words to himself. "Dexterity," he says. "Dexterity, dexterity, dexterity."  New program focusing on life skills and post-secondary education, training and employment
February 15, 2023 Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services OTTAWA — The Ontario government is investing $68 million in a new program that connects youth in the child welfare system with additional services and supports they need to prepare for and succeed after leaving care. The Ready, Set, Go program, launching on April 1, 2023, will provide youth transitioning out of care with life skills and supports they need to pursue post secondary education, skilled trades training and employment opportunities.
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Cost: $650 Includes a one year OSCA-ACOSO: AQ subscription, if one does not have an active subscription and one link for a copy of Ethical Guidelines. Registration closes March 27 or sooner when session capacity is reached. Apply early to avoid disappointment! > Summer Session will be July 3 to July 31 with registration opening up later in the spring <
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