Training, Resources and Workshops

Frontier College
35 Jackes Ave.,
Toronto, ON M4T 1E2
(416) 923-3591

Frontier College, Canada’s oldest literacy education organization, offers a range of resources and services to assist community agencies in the Toronto area with their after school learning support programs, including one to one tutoring, homework clubs, and reading circles.

These resources and services include:

Tutor Training and Train the Trainer workshops and resource manuals;
How to Set up a Homework Club and How to Set up a Reading Circle manuals and workshops;
Free annual Homework Club and Reading Circle conferences with a variety of relevant workshops by various presenters;
Workshops for parents on how to support their children’s learning.

For more information on Frontier College’s resources, please go to:
www.frontiercollege.ca/english/learn/literacy_resources.html

For more information on our workshops and other support services, please contact:

Contact Person:	Secondary Contact:
Sandra Huehn, Community Coordinator	Maureen Anglin, Regional Coordinator
(416) 923-3591 ext. 319	(416) 923-3591 ext. 322
shuehn@frontiercollege.ca	manglin@frontiercollege.ca

Learning Support Websites

Worthwhile Web Sites for Learning was put together as a resource for parents to use at home with their children to enhance what the child is already learning at school. http://www.learning.ca/
TVO Parents - http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/tvoparents/
Publications for Parents, http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/publications.html
ABC 123, Simple steps to your child’s success, http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/abc123/
Classroom Connections is a non-profit organization dedicated to initiating positive societal change by producing progressive educational resources for Canada’s youth. Our award-winning resources are ready-to-use, curriculum-aligned and innovative in content and pedagogy. Since 1997, we have provided more than 15 free support resources to 80% of schools nationwide. http://www.classroomconnections.ca/en/
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
International Children’s Digital Library, A Library for the World's Children http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
Reading is Fundamental, Download Lesson Plans for Your Classroom! These hands-on lessons, divided by age range, will inspire reluctant readers and advanced readers alike. http://www.rif.org/educators/lessonplans/default.mspx
Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers is a site where educators can find the latest links to free resources, materials, lesson plans, software, samples and computers. http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/
Math Resources. This page lists Web sites with free materials and Web sites with free materials as well as those for purchase. http://www.nea.org/tools/15861.htm
Parent Tip Sheets - http://www.peopleforeducation.com/resources/tips.html
- Free Tutoring for High School Students, www.ilc.org – and select the tab “Ask a Teacher”.
- Solving Problems at School, http://www.peopleforeducation.com/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=717
Ready for School Connects, http://www.rfsc.ca/toolkit.html This school readiness program supports parents and caregivers who are new to Canada to help their children make the transition from home to school. An online toolkit describes what has been learned during the three year project and offers service providers a program model and tools. The program has components for pre-school children and for parents and caregivers. It was developed by Growing Up Healthy Downtown, a partnership of eight Toronto community agencies. http://www.fsatoronto.com/programs/guhd.html
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), http://www.settlement.org/ This website for newcomers to Ontario is managed by the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), and funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The site contains free resource kits on a variety of topics including parenting, information on early child development and parenting teenagers, many of which are published in multiple languages.
Association for Bright and Gifted Children of Ontario, http://www.abcontario.ca/ This volunteer, provincially incorporated support and advocacy group, has chapters across Ontario. It is dedicated to providing information and support to parents of bright and gifted children/adolescents through newsletters, networking, an annual conference and local workshops.
Autism Society of Ontario (ASO), http://www.autismsociety.on.ca/ ASO has 29 Chapters throughout the Province of Ontario and provides information and education for families, supports research, and advocacy for programs and services for the autism community.
Canadian Parents for French, Ontario, http://www.cpfont.on.ca/ CPF is an organization of individuals and families who value French second-language programs. They work to enhance the quality of French as a Second Language education in schools and in communities. Members plan, provide and encourage activities in French outside the classroom.
Families Are Important Resources (FAIR). www.fsatoronto.com/programs/guhd/fair.html FAIR is a project of Growing Up Healthy Downtown, a partnership of eight community-based multi-service agencies working with families across downtown Toronto. It offers a range of programs to support children from birth to age six and their families. The FAIR project will increase skills and knowledge for parents, enhance local parent advisory councils and develop broad-based networks. The long term impact of this project will be sustained involvement of disadvantaged families in their communities either through FAIR, parent networks or with other groups.
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario. http://ldao.ca/, LDAO is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth and adults with learning disabilities. The organization is supported by thousands of members across Ontario and has a newsletter, an information line and annual conferences.
Common Reasons For Not Doing Homework, http://cetehama.ucdavis.edu/files/18489.pdf