The Directory offers
- accessible on-line with little or no cost
- instructors can quickly access activities, information about a topic, lesson plans example curriculums
- managers can download curriculums and professional development activities
- practitioners can search for relevant professional development
- new instructors can access foundational resources to develop their teaching competencies.
- each resource has been vetted for Best Practice standards to maintain the validity and reliability of content
- resources link to an original site (where possible and applicable)
- resources have been used and approved by users
- resources and content have been referenced to Keystone Concepts and CLBs for curriculum and lesson development and/or professional learning
- the site will be monitored to ensure that resources are current and vetted, and to ensure that links are functioning
How to use the Directory
"How To" webinars have been developed in French and English.
- Using the Best Practices Directory of Resources
- What’s New in the Best Practices Directory in 2019
- What's New in the Best Practices Directory in 2020
- Répertoire ontarien des pratiques exemplaires en matière de formation linguistique (FSL)
- Répertoire ontarien des pratiques exemplaires en matière de formation linguistique (FSL) Update
Best Practices Webinars
- A critical look at Open Source Learning Management Systems 2020
- Accessibility in Language Teaching
- Activities to Enhance Vocabulary Learning
- An Inter-Culturally Sensitive Approach to Address ‘The Issue’ of Plagiarism
- Best Practices in Pronunciation Teaching
- Creating Assessments - Receptive vs Productive Skills
- Digital Backchannels for Formative Assessment
- Digital Breakouts using Google Forms & Google Sites
- Educational Technology: Remote Learning + Instruction Best Practices
- Google Docs - GAFE Tools for ESL
- Google Forms – Quizzes, Data Collection & More
- Google Slides - G Suite Tools for ESL
- Importance of Lesson Planning
- Planning the Use of Small Mobile Devices in your Adult Language Classroom
- Power Listening - Pre-Listening Strategies for Success
- Pragmatics in the Adult Language Learning Classroom
- Project Based Learning 2018 - Approaches and Tools
- Task-Based Language Teaching - Theory to Practice
- Teaching Intercultural Awareness and Communication
- Technology Enhanced Personalized Learning for Adult Language Classrooms
- Team-Building Skills in a Virtual Environment
- Using Reflection in a Language Classroom
Best Practices Newsletters
A quarterly newsletter will be sent to all TESL members introducing new resources, highlighting a “toolkit” (a curated set of resources) and news of interest.
Recommend a resource?
Please send an email to bestpractices@teslontario.org