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The Aboriginal Education Directorate of Manitoba Education is pleased to inform you that the training session for A Journey from Cultural Awareness to Cultural Competency: A Training Manual for Professional Development in Aboriginal Education is in progress. Several school divisions have participated in the 4 day training session that provides strategies for divisions to establish training to build capacity in the planning, design, implementation, and integration of Aboriginal peoples' knowledge, histories, beliefs, world views, practices, and lifestyles in their school divisions. The individuals who are trained will be responsible for implementing Journey Training in their school divisions. Aboriginal Education to take part in a 4 day (consecutive days) training the trainer sessions that will provide clearer direction to those responsible with planning and implementing strategies in their schools and classrooms. The Aboriginal Education Directorate recommends that school divisions identify staff to be part of a divisional team to receive the 4 day train the trainer session. The training kits will only be distributed at the time of the workshop to those individuals who have been identified as part of the school division attending the 4 day training workshop. After all school divisions have been trained, additional copies of the training manual will become available.

I am looking for interested iteachers that would be interested in participating in this program. As indicated above, it will involve being part of a team that then offers the training to fellow FLB teachers. Dates are not confirmed at this time.