TFO and Aféseo inaugurate Ontario's most innovative training lab for the early childhood education

TFO and Aféseo inaugurate Ontario's most innovative training lab for the early childhood education


TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2014 /CNW/ - Groupe Média TFO and the Association
francophone à l'éducation des services à l'enfance de l'Ontario
(Aféseo) are uniting their expertise to set up an inaugural training
and experimentation laboratory in Aféseo offices in Ottawa. This
follows the signature, on November 23, 2013, of a three-year memorandum
of understanding between TFO and Aféseo aimed at promoting the
Francophone education sector in Ontario while supporting the
professional development of Francophone early childhood educators in
the province.



This partnership will allow Aféseo members to take advantage of various
interactive tools of the Labo TFO, which was designed and implemented
by Groupe Média TFO. Through this alliance, they will be able to
participate in distance education activities, and they will benefit
from a yearly subscription to educational resources offered on the TFO
Éducation website (tfo.org/education).



In return, Aféseo will offer privileged access to the laboratory through
the TFO Éducation website, providing its training and professional
development activities to Francophone early childhood educators and
teachers and increasing its visibility on various platforms.



"A partnership with Aféseo will allow us to highlight our educational
content for early childhood, to make the most of this association's
knowledge, and to consolidate our presence on the educational market.
Labo TFO will give teachers and educators a unique chance to explore
technologies in education-particularly where tablets and mobile
applications are concerned-and to update their training remotely. We
are very excited to work together for early childhood education," said
Julie Caron, Head of Educational Services at Groupe Média TFO.



On her part, Sylvie Gravelle, President of the Aféseo Board of
Directors, stated: "At a time when the sector is in dire need of access
to quality resources in French that are targeted to a Francophone early
childhood public, our entire team is delighted with this partnership
with Groupe Média TFO! In the past year, we, along with our members,
have all undertaken the move to digital for our communication tools and
channels in order to be in a position to respond to the inevitable
changes that the digital era will bring. After over two decades of
providing support to strengthen the capacities of all actors in the
early childhood education sector, Aféseo is proud and excited to be
able to give its members access to TFO Éducation's educational
resources and enhance its distance education opportunities."


About Groupe Média TFO
Groupe Média TFO is an educational public media company providing
award-winning multimedia content. Based in Toronto, TFO is Canada's
largest producer and broadcaster of French educational and cultural
products. In this respect, Groupe Média TFO contributes to the civil
and cultural enrichment of the Ontarian Francophone community, making
its content available to a vast audience on all digital platforms.

About Aféseo
For the past twenty years, Aféseo has been committed to the vitality of
Francophone communities all over the province. Aféseo's mission is to
bring together all those who have an interest in Francophone early
childhood education in Ontario, to see that their needs are met, and to
support them in their roles as our children's educators. As a
well-established provincial organization, Aféseo is familiar with the
issues associated with recent changes in the early childhood education
sector, and it is therefore in an excellent position to offer quality
education that will uphold its members in every step of their
professional development.

SOURCE GroupeMédia TFO

GroupeMédia TFO

CONTACT: Marie-Sophie Chavey
Groupe Média TFO - Marketing Specialist - Educational Products
mchavey@tfo.org
416-968-8381 Bianca Nugent
Association francophone à l'éducation des services à l'enfance de l'Ontario (Aféseo) - Communications and Public Relations Officer
communications@afeseo.ca
613-741-5107


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