Training and resources
No matter where you are, you can take part in our online training sessions or watch a recorded webinar. You can also download our free resources and toolkits!
All the webinars on this page are recorded and available for viewing 24 hours a day. We also run “live” training sessions. Check our Events & Workshops page for more information or to register.
~ Communicating: the tools and more ~
Our training sessions are ideal for parents, teachers, school council members and members of PICS!
Watch a free webinar now:
- Twitter the Fuss and Feathers: Insights on using twitter (Presented by Sheila Stewart – 8 minutes) Tweet Sheet – Twitter Tips.
- Twitter: How to get started (Presented by Tracy Bachellier – 15 minutes, plus 10 minute Q & A )
- Using Blogs and Online Communities to Connect (Presented by Aerin Guy – 20 minutes, plus 20 minute Q & A )
- Learn how to create a Facebook Page (Presented by Christy Heenan – 30 minutes)
- Learn how to create a free website (30 slides)
Manuals:
What helps parents feel connected to their children’s schools? Read our research, hot tips and cool ideas in this Parent Inclusion Manual .
~ Healthy Schools ~
Our training sessions are ideal for parents, teachers, school council members and members of PICS!
Watch a free webinar now:
- Make your school a healthy school (Presented by Annie Kidder, John Freeman and Margaret Good)
- Tips, strategies and supports to create healthy schools! (Presented by Jacqui Strachan and Margaret Good)
- Your 12 minute guide to the new healthy food policy in schools
- What’s new in healthy & physical education? (15 minutes)
Toolkits:
Step by step, our free toolkit will guide you as you work to create a healthier school. Ready: Use the multiple choice questionnaire to assess your school; Set: share the results; and Go: make a plan!
Ready, Set, Go! was funded by Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Spark Advocacy Grants .
~ Education and learning ~
These presentations are ideal for parents, teachers, school council members and members of PICS!
Watch a free webinar now:
- The Drummond Commission Report: What next? (Presented by Annie Kidder, Executive Director, P4E – 15 minutes, plus 15 minutes Q & A )
- Digital Learners – are students tuning out in class? (Presented by Karen Hume, Canadian author, principal and award winning teacher – 45 minutes)
- The Fourth Way: Inspiring the Future for Educational Change (Professor Dennis Shirley speaks about education in the 21st Century – 54 minutes)
Toolkits:
- Beyond school councils: Engaging parents to help their children succeed at school – this toolkit includes three Tip Sheets (one each for parents, teachers and principals) and report with quick facts.
~ Parenting ~
Our training sessions are ideal for parents, teachers, school council members and members of PICS!
Watch a free webinar now:
- Facebook, teens and privacy: What parents should know (Presented by Kristin Yates, Senior Education Officer, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada – 54 minutes)