VOLUME 3 : NUMBER 01 : JANUARY 07, 1985 VCC-VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUlE TELEPHONE LOCAL CHANGES LIBi'iARY JAN 1 7 1985 Please make note of the following telephone local changes: In the last issue of the VVInsider it read "Phone C.E. at Local 242 if the First Aid Attendant can not be reached at Local 227", this should have read, "Phone C.E. at Local 252 if First Aid can not be reached at Local 227. A1 so, Syd Hartley was Local 243, was Local 247, Roy Wren was Local 382, Brian Dwyer Janine Huot was Local 381, Flo MacGregor was Local 244, change thi s to Local 381 change thi s to Local 382 change thi s to Local 243 change this to Local 247 change thi s to Local 233. EXTENDED HOURS FOR THE BOOKSTORE From January 12th to January 31st, the Bookstore will extend its hours as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 08:30 - 20:00 Friday 08:30 - 16:00 Saturday 09:00 - 15:00 After January 31st normal hours will be restored: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 08:30 - 16:00 Thursday 08:30 - 19:30 Saturday 09:00 - 13:00 VIA GENERAL MEETINGS By a motion of the general membership, the Board has been committed to hold the General Meetings on alternate campuses and upon approval will schedule the January meeting on Thursday the 24th, from 13:15 to 16:00 in the King Edward Campus Auditorium. The February meeting is scheduled for Wednesday the 27th in the V.V.I. Campus Auditorium between 13:15 and 16:00. mWCOUVER COMMUNITY Vancouver Vocational Institute SPECIAL NOON HOUR PRESENTATION FLASH1. On Thursday, January 17th, from 12:00 to 13:00, a film session on Awareness About the Disabled will be presented. Films showing are: The Seven-Minute Lesson (teaching you in seven minutes on how to be a sighted guide); InvisibleThiIdren (children's T.V. special designed to show how disabled and non-disabled puppets encourage non-disabled children to ask about and learn about their handicapped peers); You and Your Ears (Jiminy Cricket explains that the ear does two jobs). The film location is outside the Library — contact Rochelle Brandt in Counselling for more information. DOUGLAS COLLEGE COURSES Douglas College is offering the following courses for adults who wish to learn more about hearing impairments and who wish to develop skills in communicating with hearing impaired friends, family members, co-workers, employees and clients. SIGN LANGUAGE AMESLAN LEVEL 1 and SIGN LANGUAGE AMESLAN LEVEL 2 The location is Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster. The cost (each level) is $65.00 for 12 sessions scheduled between 19:00 to 21:30 on Mondays from January 14 to April 1. Clifton Carbin instructs Level 1, Dottie Rundles instructs Level 2. An AMESLAN CONVERSATION GROUP will be offered in April and May - for details call 520-5473 after March 15, 1985. TECHNOLOGY FORUM All are welcome to the Langara Campus lunch hour meetings (12:30 - 13:30, L501, 5th floor of the Library), for the following forums: January 10 Preparing Staff for the Automated Office. Speaker: Richard Rittenberg, Partner, Peat Marwick and Partners. Moderator: Barbara Wuhrer February 7 Computer Based Patient Care. Speaker: P. Sulkers, Manager Systems Planning, B.C. Health Association. Moderator: Linda Fennema March 6 Practical Artificial Intelligence. Speaker: Dr. N. Cercone, Chairman, Dept. of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University. Moderator: Eric Holmes. April 11 The Use of Business Computer Graphics in the Future. Speaker: Tom Berryhill, President Expression Technology Inc. Moderator: Cornelius Constantinescu. TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM NOTES The Train the Trainer is a program which emphasizes a practical 'hands-on' approach to instructor training providing the knowledge, skills and experiences to successfully plan, design, prepare and manage training sessions. There are four courses in the program: 1517 Program Design (30 hours) 1518 Giving of Instruction (30 hours) 1519 Evaluation of Learning (30 hours) 2481 Practicum (30 hours max. tutorial) Courses 1517, 1518 and 1519 may be taken in any sequence and scheduled dates for the winter semester are: 1517 Program Design 1517 Program Design 1518 Giving of Instruction 1518 Giving of Instruction 1519 Evaluation of Learning 2481 Practicum 85 01 16 - 85 02 20 0900-1500 $77 Wed 85 02 27 - 85 05 15 1300-1530 $77 Wed 85 01 14 - 85 03 18 1800-2100 $77 Mon 85 03 07 - 85 05 23 1300-1530 $77 Thur 85 04 02 - 85 05 02 Tues/Thur 1800-2100 $77 Tutori al to be arranged $77 LIBRARY NEWS The Noonhour film for January 15th is As Friend and Foe. This is a film which describes the early history of labour in Canada, the growth of unionism, and the role of government as both friend and foe of workers. Particular attention is given to the 70's, when a new era of collective bargaining relations emerged. New acquisitions: Schizophrenia: removing the veil (filmstrip set/1983) Hairshaping (filmstrip series/1977) psychodynamics of pain (video/1979) Stress in critical care nursing practice (video/1979) Your image: make it work for you (16 mm film/1983) You're not listening (16mm film/1978) Discover your high tech talents: the national career aptitude system and high-tech career directory. Encyclopedia Americana, 1984 (30 volumes). Family Health and Medical Library, 1984 (18 volumes). Making Successful Presentations: a self teaching guide. The New Book of Popular Science, 1984 (6 volumes). Office Automation and Word Processing Buyers Guide, 1984. Speaking the Language of Sign: the art and science of signing. World Population 1983: recent demographic estimates for the countries and regions of the world. Microfiche copies of the following ERIC documents: ED 244 061 Effective microcomputer assisted instruction for the vocational education of special needs students ED 244 058 Courseware evaluation: form and guide for vocational and technical education. Special publication No. 44. ED 244 141 A system for evaluating microcomputer courseware for vocational and technical education. Final report. JOB OPPORTUNITIES KEC Coordinator II, Automotive Body Repair. The position commences April 1/85. Closing date is February 15/85. VVI Coordinator I, Dental Auxiliary Department. Commencement date is March 15/85. Closing date is January 23/85. Coordinator I, Baking. Commencement date is March 31/85. Closing date is March 1/85. ACCC Sponsored Projects in Kenya. Placements will be held from January 1985 through April 1987 for instructor/program developer positions in Plumbing, Electrical Installation, Civil Engineering/Technology, Civil/Chemical Engineering/Technology, Agricultural Engineering Technology, Agricultural Engineering Mechanics, Farm Management, General Agriculture, and Agricultural Specialist. Contracts are for two years. Applications are being accepted on a continuing basis. Apply to: Canadian Project Coordinator Harambee Institutes of Technology Project Post-Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education Division Department of Education Room 311 - 1200 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0T5 Phone (204) 945-8527 ACCC is also recruiting faculty for the Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic in the fields of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, and Electrical Engineering commencing in May 1985. The deadline for application is January 30, 1985. Apply to: ACCC - International Bureau 110 Eglinton Avenue West, 2nd floor Toronto, Ontario M4R 1A3 Attn: Nejat Gorica I.D. PROGRAM SCHEDULES I.D. scheduling for programs 102 and 104 will be: I.D. 102 Tuesday and Thursday January 15 - April 4 16:00-18:30 Room 237, VVI. David Little instructing. I.D. 104 Monday and Wednesday January 24 - February 27 16:00 - 18:30 Room 237, VVI. Nigel Mack!in instructing.