Ethics and Religious Culture - Elementary

Welcome to the new Elementary ERC section.  Here you will find:

• Resources
• Learning & Evaluation Situations (LES)
• The QEP Program ( & new Evaluation Tools)

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SHARE POINTS:

ERC PLC - Professional Learning Community
Think of it as a place where we can all share resources and experiences delivering the new Ethics and Religious Culture program.   Check out the Forums, where LES are being shared and ideas are brewing.
Click here to find out more....  

ERC NEWS and blog!
New for 2011, LEARN's ERC News and blogging site.  Get up to date, comment and make suggestions, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to the feed.
Check it out here.

TEACHERS, SPEAK UP AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
Ashort survey written by the DEEN ERC subcommittee.  Tell us what resources you need, and in which directions we can grow together as a community!
Click here to access the survey !

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Highlights:

New for June 2011 :  Rubrics !
Along with the various Learning and Evaluation Situations posted on LEARN, the MELS team has also produced new evaluation and record keeping tools connected directly to the competencies and the new evaluation frameworks.

Click to access the Evaluation & Record Keeping Tools page  >>>

Video:  Classroom Conversations !
Teachers express their opinions, discuss their own experiences, share teaching strategies, and learn about the new ERC program and its objectives as they go.
Click for more information....

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RESOURCE COLLECTIONS:

Resources arranged by cycle, including competency profiles,
graphic organizers, and various other content-related materials: 

Content Resources organized by theme Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3
Graphic Organizers Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3	Sample ERC graphic organizer

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LEARNING AND EVALUATION SITUATIONS

English Learning and Evaluation Situations
The Ethics and Religious Culture program is being offered in elementary and secondary level classrooms as of September 2008.  To support teachers in its application, several Learning and Evaluation Situations were written by Anglophone resource people, with the support and expertise of the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport.   Similarly, some French MELS LES have also been translated and are available here.

• Learning & Evaluation Situations   (click here)
  
  Note:   Your LEARN username and password may be required.
  
  

 

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PROGRAM INFORMATION

• The QEP program section includes links to MELS (Ministry of Education) programs, the MELS ERC site, and to other relevant documents.
  

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Icon Legend You will see these icons  on many of the resources in this site. They represent the three subject-specific competencies.

Competency 1 - Reflects on ethical questions   Competency 2 - Demonstrates an understanding of the phenomenon of religion   Competency 3 - Engages in dialogue