Once our team had recovered from the drive to Toronto we began making our plans in earnest.
For my individual project I contacted the Centre Franco-Ontarienne des Ressources Pedagogiques-- a wonderful center in Hull/Ottawa that helps Ontario French teachers locate and purchase quality resources.
I made contact with Madame Catherine Payant. I explained my project and was gratified to get an immediate response: She would help me and she was excited for me! Together Catherine and I put together a first group of books for my perusal. They are slated to ship out today. Now I just have to notify someone at the Board office that they can expect a large shipment of books...I wonder who?? Accounts payable? French resource? Literacy? hmmmm. I never can get the Who Does What of Board Offices straight!
Cheryl, Francine and I are busy emailing each other to make plans for next week. What in heavens name did people do before email? We hope to meet for a full day to firm up a few things and pick some initial tasks for our Immersion teachers to administer.
I have had lots of positive feedback about this blogs. Francine and Cheryl will be contributing soon and I'm hoping to take some pictures. My sister, the ever-brilliant Kendra, suggested creating some links to Lucy Calkins and curriculum resources too. I wonder how to do that?
