You’re invited…

For the eleventh consecutive year, Skills Canada – Ontario is proud to host the award-winning “Think Skills…Think Future!” Young Women’s Conferences.  These conferences, held in conjunction with the Ontario Technological Skills Competition, are dedicated to showing female students that skilled trade and technology careers offer many great opportunities.  In a friendly, casual environment, students are able to explore career options and practise their networking skills as they meet women that work in skilled trade and technology careers.  These mentors discuss the rewards of their chosen career paths and provide advice, guidance and inspiration.  The agenda also includes lunch, hands-on activities, and a tour of the Ontario Technological Skills Competition at RIM Park in Waterloo.  Please consider joining us!
 

• Senior Elementary Conference: Monday, April 30, 2012
• Secondary Conference: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Holiday Inn Kitchener 9:00am - 1:45pm
OTSC at Rim Park & Manulife Sportsplex 2:00 - 3:00pm

SCHOOL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Note: A Teacher or Board Contact must complete the school registration.  If you are a student who is interested in participating, please speak to your teacher.

1. Print off the following resources and promote the event at your school.

• ELEMENTARY FLYER   or  SECONDARY FLYER 

2. Review the POLICIES.

• SIGN-UP SHEET
• WAIVER

3. Identify up to 8 girls at your school (to a maximum of 24 girls per school board per conference) who are interested in attending.

4. School registration will open on February 13, 2012 and close on March 26, 2012.  BEFORE MARCH 26th, return to the website and select the link below to access the School Registration Form.* (REMEMBER registration is first come, first served and it is advisable to register as soon as possible to secure your student spaces).
ONLINE SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM.* (Will go live on February 13, 2012)

• To complete the on-line registration simply fill in the require fields that appear on the form.  These fields will correspond to the information you have collected on the sign-up sheet.
• Note that one complimentary educator space is available to each participating school -- registration for this space can be completed on the school registration form.  Additional educators must fill out a guest registration form.  A guest registration fee of $25 applies.

5. Email april@skillscanada.com  if you would like additional students to be added to a wait list.  If there are still spaces available after the registration deadline of March 26th, they will be redistributed to students on the waitlist.

6.  Collect and bring all signed student waivers to the event.  (NOTE: Students MUST have a signed waiver to participate; if parents do not want their child to be photographed, they must indicate this by writing a note on the waiver).

MENTOR REGISTRATION:
A mentor is a woman who works, trains or teaches in a skilled trade or technology field and is willing to share her positive career experiences with the student participants through informal networking activities.  For further details on the role of a mentor, please review these MENTOR PREPARATION TIPS.
To register as a mentor, please select this link:   ONLINE MENTOR REGISTRATION FORM.*

GUEST REGISTRATION:
A guest is classified as an educator, parent, dignitary, community partner or other interested party.  A guest registration fee of $25 / conference applies.
To register as a guest, please select this link:   ONLINE GUEST REGISTRATION FORM*

QUESTIONS? For more information please contact April Albano at 807.228.5446 ext. 232 or email april@skillscanada.com.

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