EPSB Staff Professional Development

Asserting yourself can be difficult. You might worry that you’ll be seen as selfish, demanding or just plain hard to get along with. Being active, direct and honest in your words and actions has enormous benefits for your relationships with co- workers, friends and family. Gain the confidence to express yourself without apology or aggression and say no when appropriate without feeling guilty.

With Google Forms, you can gather information and analyze it easily and quickly. Conduct a course evaluation, poll your students, survey your staff and so much more! Learn how to create, customize, and share dynamic forms. Then discover how to view the results in real-time and dump the data into any spreadsheet app (like Google Sheets) to manipulate and display as you wish.

Focus on your wellness. Rachelle Howse, Kinesiologist, Clinical Exercise Physiologist and mother, will take you on a journey through the seven dimensions of wellness to connect your body and mind and develop strategies to achieve long-lasting peace and wellbeing. You will move for the promotion of physical and mental health, journal reflection and intention and learn effective mindfulness techniques for the reduction of stress and anxiety. Reconnect with yourself and your family as you strengthen your wellness for a positive year.

In-person class location: Metro Continuing Education Map

Basic one-day course offering lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for the workplace or home. Includes training for adults, children and infants as well as use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Note: To receive your 3-year certification in Emergency First Aid and CPR Level A or C you will need to successfully pass a multiple choice quiz at the end of the session.

We all have to interact with difficult people at some time. It’s relatively easy to deal with those we’ll never see again but what if they are regular clients or co-workers? In this session we’ll explore what makes a person difficult. We’ll discuss how to recognize common behaviour patterns and how to deal effectively with them through the use of a variety of communication skills and techniques. The goal: to handle our interactions with others in a positive and effective manner.

Are you supporting students in the classroom? A parent? Or both? If you want to know more about the world of online education, then this Google Classroom overview is for you! Discover how Google Classroom gives both learners and those who assist them the tools they need to let their creativity and brilliance shine. Topics covered will include the components of and navigating the Google Classroom, posting questions and other types of interaction, uploading and downloading learning materials, working with assignments and how Google Classroom integrates with the other Google Apps. Join us for a fun and fascinating look at this user friendly online educational resource!

Explore how we repress difficult emotions and the effects that doing so has on our bodies. Discover physical techniques to take control of downward spirals in mood, and learn about emotional flooding (feeling controlled by our emotions). Unravel the tangles (build-up) of tension in your body using easy and practical methods (and tools) that include variations suited to help students, colleagues and/or family. Join Suzanne Belanger, a registered massage therapist, as she shares insider tips on self care and strategies to keep you healthy, limber and ready to tackle your day! A small supply list is required and can be found below.

Become more confident, make great first impressions, get along with others, and create better personal and professional relationships. This course provides a step by step process to become a great conversationalist as you use communication to build rapport and create trust, warmth, and respect.

The Individual Excellence course will teach you twelve vital career-enhancing skills. You will establish a clear career path and use skills like interpersonal communication and time management to achieve your goals. You will also learn how to utilize your creativity and problem-solving skills to work through adversity.

Enjoy the rewards that come from doing what really makes you happy! This course will help you fully understand your own interests, values, needs and abilities and help you use work to express yourself and share your interests and talents.

Become a more effective manager by learning the language of business management. This course provides skills in managing time, delegating responsibility, motivating your employees, solving problems and resolving conflicts so you can accomplish your job more effectively.

Do you want to know how to interact with anyone, regardless of how difficult you perceive them to be? This course will give you the skills to effectively meet your needs while protecting the dignity and rights of others to form more cooperative relationships.

Learn to quickly and efficiently use Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365 as you discover dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets. This course, taught by an experienced Microsoft Excel instructor, provides in-depth knowledge for beginners that will have you using Excel like a pro.

Master new skills and harness the power of Excel to become a power user. This hands-on course provides in-depth knowledge of charts, graphs, PivotTables, Slicers, Sparklines, AutoFilter, macros, and other advanced Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365 functions.

In this hands-on course, you will learn Microsoft Excel 2019/Office 365's advanced functions and often-overlooked features, including data analysis tools, data tables and databases, custom controls, and PivotTables.

Learn to create professional-looking letters, reports, and documents using Microsoft Word 2019/Office 365. This hands-on course will help you master the basic features of this powerful word-processing program to type, edit, and format text, and spell check and print documents like a pro.

Use Microsoft Word 2019/Office 365 more efficiently by mastering its more advanced features. This hands-on course will teach you how to create an index, build a list of figures, design a table of contents, perform a mail merge, and use timesaving shortcuts to develop professional documents.