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Parks
and Recreation Ontario (PRO) is committed to increasing
the skills and knowledge of people working and volunteering
in the sector by providing current and innovative training
and education opportunities throughout the province
of Ontario.
PRO
offers a variety of training and education opportunities,
ranging from half-day workshops to multi-day conferences.
Our
major annual conferences are the PRO Educational Forum
and Trade Show and the Aquatics Conference.
Click
on the links below to learn more about current training
opportunities provided by PRO.
PRO TRAINING & EDUCATION
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Spring
Splash Worskhop - Ottawa May 22, 2008
Parks
and Recreation Ontario is pleased to offer Spring
Splash: Eastern Ontario’s Aquatic and Recreation
Workshop – Thursday May 22, 2008 at the Walter
Baker Sports Complex in Ottawa. This one day workshop
is filled with great sessions and dynamic speakers!
For more information and to register, please click
here.
Deadline for registration is May 15th.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact Julie Auchterlonie at Julie.Auchterlonie@ottawa.ca;
Renee Richard at Renee.Richard@ottawa.ca;
or Nathalie Vallieres-Loy at nvallier@uottawa.ca.
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Conflict
Communication and Building Better Children Workshops
May 13 and 14, 2008
Renowned expert on recreation, camp and education,
Michael Brandwein will present a series of workshops
on conflict communication and building better children.
The workshops take place in Ottawa
on May 13 and Mississauga
on May 14. Click on the city names to download
more information and a registration form. These
workshops will benefit parks and recreation, Boys
and Girls Club, YMCA, supervisors, volunteers, program
staff and leaders from community groups. You'll
receive practical tools and techniques to improve
your skills in working with children and youth.
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Workshop
on the Municipal Volunteer Toolkit
Parks
and Recreation Ontario in collaboration with Volunteer
Canada and PAVR-O are offering a series of workshops
that offer practical strategies to enhance municipal
support for your volunteer program. The workshop
will lead you through the Municipal Toolkit and
other valuable resources that will help you build
a strong volunteer program. The workshops will take
place during May in Belleville
(May 22), Norwich
(May 21), Sudbury
(May 26) and Welland
(June 9). You can click on the locations to
download more information and a registration form.
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PRO
Aquatics Conference November 5 - 7, 2008
The 2008 Parks and Recreation Ontario Aquatics Conference
is taking place November 5 – 7, 2008 at Deerhurst
Resort in Huntsville, Ontario and the PRO Aquatics
Conference Committee is seeking to recruit presenters
for this annual event. We are pleased to offer an
online application and information package. Please
click here
or visit www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iX38Luud5h0JML0ERHYk3w_3d_3d
for information on session topics and general information
and to complete the application form.
Please note the deadline for submissions is May
9th, 2008. Only selected applicants will be
notified on or before May 30th, 2008 for their participation
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PRO
Educational Forum and Trade Show
The 2008 PRO Educational Forum and Trade Show
was a great success. The four key note addresses
by Rob Parker (Kiwanis International), Dr. Kellie
Leitch (Federal Advisor on Healthy Children and
Youth), The Arrogant Worms, and Olympic rower
Marnie McBean were inspiring and informative and
very entertaining. With over fifty session, Forum
Delegates had plenty of opportunity to learn new
skills and share ideas, while the socials provided
the chance to relax and do some informal networking.
PRO would like to thank you all the sponsors and
trade show exhibitor for 2008! For a complete
list of all the sponsors, please click here.
Click here for
other training and development opportunities hosted
by others associations and that are relevant to
professionals and volunteers working in the parks
and recreation sector.
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HIGH
FIVE® is Canada’s only comprehensive
quality standard for children’s sport and recreation
programs and service delivery. It represents
a true
commitment to children and
is based on research involving child development
experts, recreation and sport professionals, families
and leaders.
Training
and Development is one of the four modules of the
HIGH FIVE ® Framework offers an extensive
menu of training sessions to support staff and volunteer
development. For further information about HIGH
FIVE ® trainings please visit
the following link:
http://www.highfive.org/Resources/Trainings.aspx
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