Copyright 2007 CDLI http://www.cdli.ca http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6917&Type=News Beginning on February 9, CDLI
will be offering online career presentations to ANY STUDENT in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. These presentations will
be scheduled at lunch hour (12:05-12:55 island time).  The presentations will be approximately 45
minutes in length to provide ample time for student questions.

A presentation schedule will be posted within
the News section of D2L for CDLI students as well as at the end of this news
story for all other students.

The presentations will provide students with
an excellent opportunity to gain valuable career information that will help
them make key career decisions.  The
focus will be on trying to provide presentations across a wide range of career
options so all students can participate.

If you have any questions or comments please
contact Mr. Jim Paul at jimpaul@cdli.ca or
call (709) 651-8127.

Presentation
Schedule for February 2010

In
order to register for any of these presentations please email Mr. Paul at
jimpaul@cdli.ca.  Mr. Paul will then
provide you with the instructions on how to access the presentation.  All presentations will take place in the
Guidance Room and will start promptly at 12:05 p.m. island time.



Tuesday, February 9th - MUN Recruiting - MUN is the largest university in Atlantic Canada
and offers more than 100 degree programs to a student population of 17,000.



Thursday, February 11th - College of the North
Atlantic - CNA is one of the largest post
secondary educational and skill training centers in Atlantic Canada. It has 17
campuses and offers 100 full-time programs and more than 300 part time courses.



Tuesday, February 16th - Student Financial Services
(Student Aid) - This presentation will focus on the
options available to pay for your education.



Thursday, February 18th - Marine Institute - MI is world known
specializing in career programs related to the fisheries and marine
industries.  The Institute offers bachelors and masters
degrees, certificates, one-three year diploma programs.Thursday, March 4 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) - A career nowhere near ordinary.  Forget ordinary. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police offers meaningful work, vast opportunities, the chance to serve across Canada and a career like no other.  Join us as the RCMP provide you with all the relevant information on pursuing this career.Monday, March 8th - Nursing - Nursing is one of today's most challenging and rewarding fields. Memorial’s School of Nursing offers high-quality, student-centered programs that prepare graduates for a range of exciting careers and opportunities.  Come and learn about nursing and what MUN School of Nursing has to offer.Tuesday, March 9th - MUN Faculty of Medicine - MUN offers a four-year undergraduate medical program .  The primary objective is to teach medical students to be physicians, and to prepare graduates to practice medicine at the highest standards.  This presentation will be conducted by two current medical students at MUN.  Come listen as they tell you about the program and their experiences in it to date.Wednesday, March 10th - Sir Wilfred Grenfell College  - Located in the beauitful city of Corner Brook, Grenfell College will give you the experience of a personalized environment and the accreditation of being part of MUN.  Still a part of MUN this smaller campus has much to offer so join us for this presentation.Thursday, March 11th - MUN Engineering - This program offers co-op programs that are highly respected for educating extremely qualified, enterprising young engineers who graduate with a strong academic and profeessional background. It offers six degree programs: civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, ocean and architectural engineering and process engineering.Friday, March 12th - MUN Faculty of Education - Education is a dynamic and exciting career, full of possibilities for yourself and those you teach.  Come learn about what MUN has to offer you on your road to the teaching profession.Wednesday, March 17th - MUN Faculty of Science - Whether you are interested in the ocean beyond, the forests next door, or the rocks under your feet Memorial is uniquely positioned to bring science right to you.  With many programs to offer come along and discover about the programs available.Thursday, March 18th - The Oil and Gas Industry - With the booming oil and gas industry upon us there are many career opportunities available.  Come and find out more about the industry and what it has to offer. http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6915&Type=News After much discussion with e-teachers and investigation into what is happening in the various districts around the province we have come up with a plan for midyear exams/cumulative testing that will hopefully fit into everyone's plans and at the same time provide some flexibility to the schools. This plan will reduce the amount of lost instructional time and increase time on task.Since districts have set aside the period from January 25 to January 29 for midterm/cumulative testing, we have decided to administer our exams basically during the same time period with a few select exams beginning on the Friday before exam week. This was necessary to accommodate the number of different exams and avoid many student exam conflicts which resulted from a blending of various exam schedules. We have developed a fixed/flexible schedule which schools can use. In other words, we have developed a fixed schedule which we hope most schools can follow or use as a guideline for administration of exams. However, we do realize that weather or other factors may play havoc with this schedule and in these cases we ask schools to fit our exams in wherever they can during that exam week. Our preference, for security reasons, would be that schools write missed exams as close to the fixed schedule date as possible.If your school has a fixed formal exam schedule during that week, then we request that you integrate our fixed schedule with your own to ensure that CDLI exams are written concurrently in all CDLI schools and security of exams is maintained. However, if for weather or other reasons, your midterm/cumulative testing schedule does not follow the fixed schedule we have provided then we will need your help in maintaining the security and validity of the exam materials. Following the procedures outlined in this document will guarantee this result.If your school does not have a designated mid-year exam week, then we request that CDLI exams be scheduled for the same week (Jan 22-Jan 29). There are two available options. You may choose to allow students to write the exam in one sitting or you may choose to stick with periods (online or offline) designated for CDLI courses in your schedule. Firstly, you may choose to administer the two part exam in two consecutive CDLI time slots (e.g. Slots A and B on Day 8). Or, secondly, you may administer the exam in two periods of the same timeslot within the narrowest possible time frame (e.g. Slot A on Day 8 Period 1 and Slot A on Day 9 Period 3). Both options afford administration of exams with minimal infringement on the teaching time of your face to face teachers. Again, schools have the flexibility of administering the exam in either one sitting or two.  However, due to security reasons, we do request that schools follow the fixed schedule as closely as possible.The only exception we have to the above scenario is Math 3103 (Slot E) which has been semesterized. The exam for this course is not a midyear exam but a final exam. In this case we expect this exam to be written in one sitting and it will be 3 hours in duration. At the discretion of the school some extra time may be given. Normally, the policy of 10 minutes per hour is a good guideline to follow. We hope schools can accommodate this request.By providing this fixed/flexible schedule we hope to do a number of things:1) Reduce the loss of instructional time. 2) Provide some guidance to schools with formal midyear exams while allowing some flexibility. 3) For schools without midyear exams, CDLI exams can stay within the CDLI schedule. Since CDLI classes often cross district boundaries, we do need your help in maintaining the security of exams and the validity of results.Exams will be sent electronically to the schools on or before Wednesday, January 20th, 2010, using the exam dropbox. Instructions for M-teams 1) Please call the e-teacher directly if you have any trouble accessing the exam materials. 2) M-teams should print off the exams on CDLI equipment at least 24 hours before they are to be written (for clarity and security) and store them in a secure place until the day of administration. 3) M-teams must collect all exam materials, including scrap paper, so that copies of questions cannot be carried outside the exam room and shared with other schools/districts. 4) M-teams must ensure all exams are monitored and supervised continuously from beginning to end. 5) M-teams must ensure that the scanning of exams for return to the e-teacher is done by a member of the m-team. The attached file is to be returned to the e-teacher using the exam dropbox. Under no circumstances should it be sent using a student email account or saved on a machine that students can access as this would give the student access to the exam electronically in their sent mail which could then be forwarded to other students across the province. (Important - Security) 6) All CDLI midyear exams will be 2 hours and can be administered in one sitting or in two parts, at the discretion of the school and in consultation with the e-teacher. 7) Midyear Exams/Cumulative testing will occur in the following courses: all math two credit courses (M1204, M2204, M3204, M2205, M3205, M3207, M1231, M3231), most science courses (C2202, C3202, C3239, P2204, P3204, Sci1206, Sci1236 B2201, B3201, B3231), most French courses (F2200, F3200), World Geog3202, Can Hist1201, Eng 1201, Eng2201 and Eng3201. It is important to note that it is a school responsibility to ensure that graphing calculators are available for students to use during mathematics exams.In addition, Math 3103 will be a Final Exam for those in Slot E. It is worth noting that there is no midyear exam in World History 3201, Environmental Science 3205,  NL Studies 2215, Design & Fabrication 2212, Experiencing Music 2200, Applied Music 2206, Art Technologies 1201, Art & Design 3200, Communications Technology 2104/3104, Integrated Systems 1205, Career Development 2201, Writing 2203, French 3201 or Math 3103 (full year). In the case of World History 3201, a comprehensive exam will be given during mid to late February after Unit 3 is completed. As for the others, the nature of these courses and the evaluation scheme in place, more emphasis has been placed on unit testing and/or alternate forms of assessment. In the case of French 3201, an extensive oral interview will occur during the examination period in place of a written evaluation.During the week of Jan 22-Jan 29, e-teachers will not be covering any new material. All online classes will be tutorial and review classes for those students who want to “drop by” and get help. In the case of French 2200 and 3200, every effort will be made to schedule oral interviews during or prior to the examination week during online and/or offline periods.Please remember that Provincial CDLI Tutors (post secondary students) are available during the afternoons and evenings to do free tutoring in most courses. Contact the e-teachers for times these tutors will be available. Students must realize that it is never too early to start preparation for comprehensive cumulative testing.Hopefully this clarifies the CDLI Plan of Attack for Midyear Exams/Cumulative Testing for 2010.  Any questions please drop me a line (bob@cdli.ca). http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6911&Type=News CDLI wishes to inform all students and parents that the Provincial Tutoring program will begin Wednesday, October 7th. This online tutoring service will be available to all students in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and cover most high school courses including English 1201, English 2201 and English 3201, Science 1206, Physics 2204 and Physics 3204, Chemistry 2202 and Chemistry 3202, Biology 2201 and Biology 3201, French 2200, French 3200 and French 3201, World Geography 3202, World History 3201, Math 1204, Math 2204, Math 3204, Math 3103, Math 2205, Math 3205 and Math 3207. This service will supplement the face to face tutoring that is currently available in all schools. Tutors will be available during various evenings each week and on weekends to assist students with academic difficulties. Students who have access to a computer and an internet connection will be able to receive online tutoring assistance from their homes or alternate venues.To avail of this tutoring service, students need to follow these instructions:1. Go to www.cdli.ca/tutoring.2. Click on the TFT Program tab on the top toolbar3. Click on Online Tutoring outlined in blue.4. Click on the appropriate room from room # 1-9.5. For “Login Name” please put in your full name followed by your community in brackets.6. For the “Password” type in help.Room nine is the tutor coordinator room where you can obtain help with the tools of the virtual classroom or access guidance on topics such as study skills, test anxiety, organizational skills and time management.If you have any questions please contact your district coordinator from the list below:Labrador School Board: Mr. Robert Swyer (709) 896-2431 Ext. 238; rswyer@lsb.caWestern School District: Mr. Eugene May (709) 637-4616; eugene.may@wnlsdNova Central School District: Ms. Collett Kelly (709) 256-2547 Ext. 230; ckelly@ncsd.caEastern School District (Vista Region): Mr. Maurice Kelly (709) 466-3401 Ext. 225; mauricekelly@esdnl.caEastern School District: Mr. Glen Williams (709) 758-2348; glenwilliams@esdnl.caCentre for Distance Learning and Innovation: Mr. Jim Paul (709) 651-8127; jpaul@cdli.ca http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6908&Type=News Sept 17, 2009 - Important Dates - Reporting Periods and
Course Drop DeadlineThis year, as with last year, CDLI has
established specific reporting periods based on an analysis of what F2F schools
are doing. Reports will be distributed to schools via the DropBox in the
Portal, something most m-team members will be familiar with. Once they are
placed in the dropbox, they will stay there for 2 weeks to give schools an
opportunity to download these reports.

Progress Reports - First Term will be available on Friday, November 13,
2009.Midterm Reports  will be available
on Monday, February 8, 2010.Progress Reports - Second Term will be available on
Friday, April 23, 2010.

These dates refer to CDLI courses which run all year. For the lone  semesterized course (Math 3103 in slot E),
there will be two progress reports provided on November 13th and December 11th,
2009.

One more important date to remember is the Course Drop Deadline date which is
set for Friday, October 16, 2009. Like most schools in the province we are
setting this date for mid-October which reflects our view that by this time
students should be settled into courses and working to the best of their
abilities.

CDLI no longer uses a drop form, however, the CDLI Student ADD form will still
be used to accommodate students who may change schools during the year and may
need to pick up online courses.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6907&Type=News Links below to 14-day calendar and blank timetables: http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6904&Type=News Below are 2 links for the Lab Materials that will be needed for Chemistry 2202/3202 for the 2009-2010 school year. http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6906&Type=News Below are 2 links for the Lab Materials that will be needed for Biology 2201/3201 for the 2009-2010 school year.
NOTE: the materials lists have been revised from last year so be sure to look at them before ordering your Lab supplies for next year.
  http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6905&Type=News Below is a link to the Text list of All CDLI English Language Arts courses for the 2009-2010 school year. http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6900&Type=News Provincial Online Tutoring Program
On Monday, January 12, 2009, CDLI, in partnership with the Department of Human Resources, Labor and Employment and School Districts launched a free Provincial Tutoring Program.  This program will provide tutoring in most public exam courses including French 3200, Math 3204, Math 3205, Physics 3204, English 3201, World Geography 3202, World History 3201, Biology 3201, and Chemistry 3202.  This program is meant to supplement the existing face to face tutoring currently available in schools.  Online tutors will be available during various evenings each week to assist students with academic difficulties. Students who have access to a computer and an internet connection will be able to receive online tutoring assistance from their homes or alternate venues. This online support is beneficial as many students often encounter problems understanding key concepts during evening hours. 
CDLI students can access this free online tutoring program by clicking on the “Provincial Tutoring” link under “Other Services” on the main CDLI webpage.
If you have any questions please contact the CDLI guidance counselor at 651-8127 or jpaul@cdli.ca. http://www.cdli.ca/index.php?PID=AnnounceFull&NewsID=6880&Type=News