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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-10-17, Page 2424 Times–Advocate Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Story telling — Stephen Central students Braiden Benoit (left) and Esmerelda Lopez -Rodriguez were among the students enjoying the story telling skills of arts educator Gail Fricker from Stratford Oct. 12.`UsingYour Detective Skills' is a program funded by the Foundation for Education and covers areas in the curriculum such as social studies, language arts, group work and problem solving. (photolPat Bolen) College students helping in schools By Stew Slater SPECIAL TO THE TIMES -ADVOCATE SEAFORTH — Second -year stu- dents from the Educational Assistant programs at Conestoga and Fanshawe colleges began earlier this month helping Grades 2 and 3 students in seven of the Avon Maitland District School Board's elementary facili- ties. The program is called "Tutoring in the Classroom," and sees the EAs-in-training paid a "token salary" through a funding partnership between the board and the Ministry of Education. At a regular board meeting Oct. 9, Primary Curriculum Co-ordi- nator Sandy Lusk provided details about two tutoring pro- grams introduced over the past year. After the Christmas break last year, the ministry's Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat provided full funding for boards which successfully applied for the "Investing in Tutoring" initiative. In the Avon Maitland version of that program, parents of stu- dents between Grades 3-6 agreed to have their children stay after school to participate in "Literacy Clubs" or "Numeracy Clubs," which ran twice -weekly from February until May. Lusk described the goal as "helping kids become account- able for their own learning," and the sessions typically included a "games component for when they finished their homework." Early this school year, an appli- cation was sent out for Secretariat support for "Tutoring in the Classroom." This program required the board to share in the funding, as well as seek out post -secondary students to lead the tutoring. "We were able to find second - year students from Fanshawe and Conestoga who are in year two of their programs, so they already have done some practicum placements," Lusk explained. "We're able to provide them with a token salary and an opportunity to work in our pri- mary classrooms." Interviewed after her presenta- tion, Lusk added these post -sec- ondary students "might be our potential EAs for the coming years." The new program takes place during school hours, within the classroom setting. "The (EAs-in- training) try to do things with the students that the Congratulations, Exeter Lions Club on your 7oth Anniversary 0-61,7 p0p{V68y4„ +Y .ut,AB E ., rvu�Ea�1 ETA.PID4T1ON Ausable Bayfield Conservation is proud to work in close partnership each year with the Exeter Lions Club on the Conservation Dinner and other projects. Congratulations, Exeter Lions, on having helped raise, through the dinner committee, more than $500,000 to support fish stocking, accessible trails, Commemorative Woods and conservation education. classroom teachers can't do in a Grade 2 or 3 setting," she explained. With both this year's program and last year's, administrators carried out a selection process to decide which schools and which students would take part. Schools were identified through their results in standardized test- ing, and students were identified through the same data as well as the input of teachers. "We asked teachers to look at particular students who might fit in with the program," Lusk said. "For some reason or another, they were identified by their teachers as someone who would benefit, and who wasn't already receiving support through (pro- grams for students with special needs)." According to Lusk, the board intends to again seek funding in 2008 for a renewal of the after- school "Investing in Tutoring" program. FREE Group Professional Resume Development Interview Preparation & Job Seekers & Coaching Club Call your local Centre For Employment & Learning Office 519-235-0471 "Employment Ontario Programs are funded in part by the Government of Canada" POLICE BRIEFS Lucan Biddulph theft LUCAN BIDDULPH — Personal documents were stolen from a purse in an unlocked vehicle Oct. 7, in Lucan Biddulph at Richmond and McGillivray Street. Man caught on video GRAND BEND — A 40 -year-old Point Edward man faces theft and mischief charges after it is alleged that he was caught on video surveillance camera commit- ting the act. On Oct. 6, Lambton OPP were called by the owner of a coin operated laundromat on Ontario Street in Grand Bend. The detergent vending machine at that location had been pried open and an undisclosed amount of cash stolen. Estimated damage to the vend- ing machine is pegged at $500 dollars. When video sur- veillance of the laundromat was reviewed, the footage not only showed the suspect allegedly committing the act, but also his unique vehicle. Lambton OPP were able to identify the suspect and have arrested and charged the offender. The tools used to pry the vending machine were also recovered. He will appear in Sarnia Court Dec. 10, facing charges of mischief under, theft under and possession of coin operated device breaking instruments. Impaired driver stopped BLUEWATER — On Oct. 10 Huron OPP officers con- ducted a vehicle stop on Bluewater Highway in Bluewater for a suspected impaired driver. The driver was found with open liquor in her vehicle and was determined to be impaired by alcohol. She was arrested and later provided two samples of her breath that were analyzed to be over two times the legal limit of 80 mil- ligrams. A Bluewater woman is facing one count of impaired driving and one count of driving with over 80 milligrams. She will appear in Exeter Court Dec. 3. Linda Reaume Design Consultant Bob Smyth Design Consultant West Coast k i t c h e n s... 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