Learning Integration
About this Online Workshop
Ongoing application of the theories, competencies, principles and practices found in all curricula within the program, is necessary for the integration of each participant’s learning in their everyday work.
During these sessions, learners will receive tools and resources to build their learning portfolio, illustrating how their competencies will be applied in their day-to-day work.
Over the summer, July and August, there will be Learner Check In sessions (dates and times to be negotiated with the cohort), to talk with facilitators about theories and concepts, competency development and application, learning portfolio development and preparing for fall courses.
Who Should Attend?
Any staff in a human, social or community services organization.
Duration
6 hours.
Registration
No session dates are currently offered.
Workshop Dates and Registration
All sessions in Eastern Standard Time.
Pricing
Human Services Certificate Program: Path 1
- Members: $1,895 + HST
- Non-Members: $2,460 + HST
- Non-Member Education Level 1 & 2: $1,970 + HST
Path 1 and Path 2 Information
For more information about Path 1 or Path 2, please contact Christie Herrington at omssa-academy@omssa.com.
Anyone who has not completed Path 1 of the program, but has taken Person-Centric Strategies, Making Difficult Conversations Easier (with 4-Step Listening)*, and Being Trauma-Informed, can take the Competency Indicators assessment for Path 2.
About the Facilitators
Marianne Seaton is the principal of Collaborative Strategies Inc. Marianne is the former Acting Executive Director and Director of Professional Development for (OMSSA). Following a successful career as a social assistance and employment programs front-line worker and manager, Marianne achieved recognition in her consulting role as a leader in community, organizational, program and team development and change. Her passion in work is building better lives and environments. Marianne resides in Crystal Beach, “Canada’s south coast,” in the Niagara Region.
John Howley is the principal of Labour Market Partners Inc. Following his career as an employment counsellor, manager and director, John has worked across Ontario and internationally in designing curricula and delivering a broad range of programs, not only in the social services sector, but also in policing and community development. Hailing originally from Cape Breton Island, John is a resident of the City of Toronto.
John Howley and Marianne Seaton are the pre-eminent designers and deliverers of professional development curricula in Ontario Works and related social services programs and agencies throughout the province, and beyond. Marianne has been consulting in the social services sector as the principal of Collaborative Strategies Inc. since 2008 and John through his company, Labour Market Partners Inc., since 1997. Their work encompasses many Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Services Administration Boards, from the largest urban municipalities to the most rural and remote.
Following their careers as social assistance and employment program front-line workers and managers, each achieved subsequent success and recognition as a leader in program development and change. Marianne is the former Acting Executive Director and Director of Professional Development for the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA). John is the former Director of Employment and Training for the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Social Services Division (now the City of Toronto).
Their work in helping multi-barriered Ontario Works clients achieve success in the world of work includes the design and delivery of SAIL for Clients, a competency-based program that they have delivered in various areas of the province, often in association with community colleges, including Sault College, Confederation College and St. Clair College. John and Marianne also collaborate on designing and delivering employment programs for social assistance clients in a range of other programs, including Movement to Employment (employability profiling); Movement to Improvement (life skills development), and Movement to Learning (literacy and skills training preparation).
Technical Requirements
OMSSA will be hosting this virtual workshop on Zoom, an online, interactive platform that you can join straight from your web browser, or by downloading ‘Zoom Client for Meetings’ on your computer or tablet.
Participants will be expected to join the workshop via both video and audio. Participants should therefore have access to a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet with:
- a webcam or built-in camera
- a built-in microphone or a headphone jack where you can plug in a headset or earphones
We strongly recommend that participants use a headset or earphones with a built-in microphone in order to limit background noise.
System requirements: Click here for more detailed information on system requirements from Zoom.