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New Year Wishes and Educator Guidelines
inNew Year Wishes and Educator Guidelines
Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2017 from the GCAT Career Edge Team!
With the new year upon us, we thought we’d share our revised Educator Guidelines – Tips & Suggestions Package for successful classroom presentations.
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Statistics Canada: Perspectives on Youth Labour Market
inStatistics Canada: Perspectives on Youth Labour Market
Click on the following titles to be directed to corresponding web article:
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Expanded Catchment Area for GCS Career Edge Program!
inExpanded Catchment Area for GCAT Career Edge Program!
EDUCATORS! GCAT Career Edge will happily arrange for an industry representative to visit your classroom and introduce the Construction Careers Roadmap & the many exciting professional careers within our industry. Our catchment area is outlined below.
Simply visit the EDUCATORS TAB and scroll down to complete the Speaker Request Form or download the PDF and email it to: education@gcsection.com. You will be contacted within 24 hours of your request.
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Take Our Kids To Work Day (Picture) – Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
inTake Our Kids To Work Day (Picture) – Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
GCAT Member, EASTERN Construction, hosted several Grade 9 students for Take Our Kids To Work Day (an initiative of The Learning Partnership) on November 2nd, 2016. In keeping with the season, pictured below are students participating in the design/build haunted house challenge.
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Making Matters! How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education
inMaking Matters! How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education
Learn about the Maker Movement! There is a technological and creative revolution underway. Fortunately for educators, the Maker Movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of young minds and the power of learning by doing.
Visit the link below for a better understanding of how this movement works hand in hand with the Ontario Skills Passport – Essential Skills, while teaching the basics of construction.
Consider how the construction industry can collaborate with educators to enhance the Maker Movement, while promoting professional construction careers in the classroom.
http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/04/03/how-the-maker-movement-is-transforming-education
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Great Opportunity for GCS Members to Promote Professional Careers in Construction!
inDownloadGreat Opportunity for GCAT Members to Promote Professional Careers in Construction!
GCAT Career Edge is a Partner in Learning with The Learning Partnership (TLP). Together, we are focused on promoting professional careers in the construction industry. Please consider assisting us with the VIRTUAL REALITY WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE PROJECT to enhance students’ career development through virtual career exploration. Please refer to the downloadable file below for further detail or contact GCAT Career Edge @ education@gcsection.com.
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GCS Career Edge In The News
inGCAT Career Edge In The News
GCAT Career Edge attended Future Building April 2015 as the only exhibitor promoting professional careers in construction. Check out this link for details of the event.
http://dineen.com/2015/ontario-construction-secretariat-%E2%80%93-future-building-exhibition/
Visit us again soon for details about Future Building, April 2017, EY Centre, Ottawa, ON.
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Welcome to Career Edge!
inWelcome to Career Edge!
Visit our new website and stay up to date with all the latest GCAT Career Edge news, events and special announcements.
GCAT Career Edge introduces exciting professional careers in construction to students, parents and educators.