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Career Roundtable Industry Expert Bio: Education

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November 7, 2013
Events

Introducing: Simon Leclerc

Title: CELTA course assessor

Simon Leclerc has been involved in the education field, both research and training, since 1997. His initial work experiences with education were through research projects at Wilfrid Laurier University where he conducted counselling groups for high-risk students. This led to his work in researching the influences of residential mobility on academic success and socialization.

After some travel around Canada, Simon completed his CELTA certification at LSC Toronto in 2000 where he took on ESL teaching duties at LSC until 2003. At that point, he decided to pursue a Bachelor of Education for K-grade 6 and spent some time in the public sector. Having added to his experience, Simon came back to ESL instruction at LSC and also developed curriculum. Two projects of note were a young learners summer program for ages 5 to 16 (for those from disadvantaged regions of Mexico) and redevelopment of a teacher training course for non-native speakers and TKT preparation. (more…)

Career Roundtable and Networking Event

JETAA Toronto Presents: Career Roundtable and Networking Event

When: Thursday November 7, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Where: The Japan Foundation, 131 Bloor Street West, Suite 213 (Between Bay and St. George Subway Stations)
RSVP: email Chris, conference@staging.jetaatoronto.ca (please RSVP, dropping in is welcome!)

Visit our Facebook Event Page here.

After returning from Japan, many JET Programme Alumni are faced with the question: ‘what do I do next?’ The answer isn’t always so easy to determine, especially if you’re experiencing mild disorientation from reverse culture shock. The question then may become: ‘what can I do?’ or ‘what jobs are out there?’ or even ‘what kind of networks do I have that can help me?’ Career searching may seem like a daunting challenge, but with help from JETAA Toronto it doesn’t have to be.

There are also JET Programme Alumni who have been returning from Japan since 1991, who have established careers in a variety of professional industries, and now may be looking to broaden their networks with like-minded individuals or even to provide sage advice to those looking to get into their chosen field. JETAA Toronto can help facilitate this as well.

If you’re a former JET Program participant (JETAA) and would either like to embark on a career path or network amongst established industry representatives then you should come out to the Career Round Table. With support from the Japanese Consulate of Toronto, it is with great pleasure that JETAA is able to debut this opportune career development and networking event on Thursday November 7th, 6:30-9pm at The Japan Foundation.

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