KLC Newlsletter December 2013

KINGSTON
RICHMOND HILL
SMITHS FALLS
WHITBY
NEWSLETTER DATE DECEMBER 19, 2013
VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4
The Gift Of Giving
KLC College has been a hub of activity centering around the Education
Assistant and Child and Youth
Worker classroom. There have
been donation boxes put around
the college, Bake Sales, a Silent
Auction and a Pizza day. We all
enjoyed the fruits of their labour.
Piles of baked goods made their
way upstairs to be enjoyed by all.
Winter clothes, mitts and toques
were washed, dried and brought
in to be reused. Canned goods Amanda Sweet, Natasha Strickland (in front), Sarah
and other non-perishable food Bloom, Ashley Kelly, Darryl Weaver and Instructor
Barb Matson (in front)
items over filled the boxes
around the College and were
collected to be stored
away for the final delivery.
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Here is a note from the class: We are
pleased to announce that through all of
our hard work and generous contributions
from our school and supporting community members, we raised over $1000.00 and filled two trucks and one van
with non-perishable food and gently used winter items and toys.
The proceeds that went to the two shelters were received with overwhelming
appreciation. This experience has brought us great feelings of joy and a
greater understanding that we are a part of something much greater than
ourselves.
It is more of a blessing to give than to receive.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
EA/CYW 2013
Special points
of interest:
Interval House,
Youth Shelter and
KLC
Graduation
A graduate’s story—
Susan MarshallKewin
Inside this issue:
EA/CYW class
helping Interval
House and Youth
Shelter
1
Happy Holidays
from KLC College
Students and Staff
2—
3
A Graduate’s
Story—Susan
Marshall-Kewin
4
The New Look in
the Pharmacy Lab
5
Hallowe’en in PSW 6
Open House
7
Graduation
810
Graduation Photos 11
PSW Full Time
Education Assistant
Richmond Hill
Back row—left to right: Jennifer Coyle, Christine Leeder, Natasha McCumber, Courtney Collins, Kera Fox, Ashley McLuckie,
Brendan McLuckie, Shannon Colby, Tonya Snyder, Sarah
Abrams and Sarah Blair,
In Front—left to right: Instructor Brook Jones, Josh Rising,
Lindsey Lattimore, Brittany Wight, and Samantha MacAneney
Left to right: Mathew Mendez, Linda Shea Carter, Orwin
Bates, Wendy Murchie, Norman Rudd, Teresa Wan,
Annisa Santagato
Pharmacy Technicians
Education Assistant and
Child and Youth worker
Left to right: Natasha Strickland, Amanda Sweet, Darryl Weaver,
Instructor Barb Matson, Ashley Kelly, Sarah Bloom
Pharmacy
Left to right: Carol Peterson, Shelley Beaulne , Audrey DeCecco, Jocelyn Sutton, Katie Desjardins, Dustin Walther, Jill
Frederick, Steve Lance, Alicia Campbell, Godfrey Cortez,
Darlene Baddeley, Nosheen Jamil, Melanie White, Tara Westman
Physiotherapy/ Occupational
Therapy Assistants
Left to Right: Coordinator Joanne Karlos, Maria Gutiérrez, Brian Greene, Jacqueline Luney, Candis Daly, Hana Rossiter, Emily Rodrigues, Katelyn
McPhail, Sasha Blackman, Katarina Fischer
KLC Staff
Top row—left to right:
Debbie Kozak, Kyle
Kitson
Bottom row—left to
right: Rhonda George and
Darlene Hie
Whitby Personal Support
Worker
Top row—left to
right: Shawn Davidson, Chelsea Goldsworthy, Lori Allan,
Inga Ankus, Bernadette Heyse, Lisa
Prithipaul, Julie
Marie St. Onge
Education Assistants—Whitby
Left to right: Elizabeth
Farrar, Loreen Hynes,
Melissa Higgins and
Melissa Shanks
Office Staff
In the arc—bottom left running
up through centre to
bottom right: Jordan Sherman,
Megan Todish, Lindsay
Fournier, Jodi Forsyth,
Instructor Alika Boyd,
Jasmine Clement, Harley Gransden-Kennedy, Hailey Reynolds,
Ricarda Forbes-Loth, Coordinator Cindy Coulter, Lacey
Shields, Chrissy Fobert
Intra-Oral
Dental
Office and Business
Administration
Left to right: David Frood, Veronica Robidoux, Cyndi Howe, Mark Linderman, Tammy Galloway, Shelby Allan, Wendy Santin, Carissa Cronk
(in front) Larissa Badour, Megan Desgagnes, Tawnya Leingang
Web Design and
Development
Left to right: Coordinator and Instructor Marc Rogall, Kim MacIntyre, Julie Boucher, Russell Brule
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A Graduate’s Story - Susan Marshall-Kewin - Whitby Campus
I was a stay at home mother when
my son was born. I decided after
he went to Kindergarten, I would
volunteer at his school.
I was involved with the reading
program. I absolutely loved it. I
knew from volunteering the first
year, I wanted a career in the education field. It was nice to see
how much impact you had on
children you work with from day
to day.
I first applied to a community
college. While in the process of
acceptance, I was reading the
local paper one night and saw an
advertisement for KLC College
and that they were offering the
Educational Assistant Program. I
then went online to check it out,
and saw that the course was only
one year. The community college
course was three years. I wanted
to get my career started as soon as
possible, so I filled out the request
for more information form on the
website. The next day Martha
called me and I started my application as soon as possible. I
decided with all the information
Martha gave me, KLC was the
right college for me.
I choose KLC College for the
convenience, the staff and, overall, the in-depth program that an
Educational Assistant needed, to
become effective.
I enjoyed the structure of the programs that my two instructors
taught. They made everyday more
and more interesting and added
enjoyment. There was never a
boring day. Al and Judy made the
program very interactive. We had
a lot of group work and they
shared their personal stories with
us about their time in the
Education Assistant, Susan MarshallKewin, in front of the billboard at one of her
schools.
classroom.
When asked what challenges, she encountered in her time as a student at
KLC College, Susan answered: “I can
honestly say for myself, I had minimal
challenges. The instructors were always
there when you had any questions.
Norm Rudd our Program Coordinator,
always stopped by the class and made
sure we were all content and if we had
any questions that needed to be addressed. One challenge for my class
was our new campus we had to move to,
in January of 2013. A lot of us were
excited about the move. We settled in to
our classroom and we had some issues.
With anything new, there will always be
kinks. We all knew that things weren’t
perfect with the new place, but made do
with what we had.
One happy memory I can think of in
KLC was Al’s music that he played
every morning, before class and during
lunch. Whenever I hear Gordon
Lightfoot on the radio and in the car, I
will say to my husband, ‘Every time I
hear one of his songs, it reminds me
of Al”. I think everyone in the class
would agree with me.
My first placement was at Monsignor
Phillip Coffey in the south part of
Oshawa. This school was not my first
choice. It was my third. I had my
doubts about this school because of its
reputation. It was my teacher, Judy,
who told me I should go. She said it
would be challenging and different
each day. Also, she said I would get a
wide range of everything which, in
the end, is what I needed to be wellrounded as an EA. I listened to her
and so glad I did. It was a very big
eye opener.
You get to know all kinds of fascinating people with different qualities.
People that want to help you succeed
in this career path. So many of them
that I met were wonderful and from
meeting some, they offered to give me
references and write me reference
letters. I did not even have to ask.
When I left my last placement, I knew
I was going to enjoy being an Educational Assistant. My placement
handed me the experience that I could
move forward with ease and also
more self-assured.
The mock interviews in class were so
helpful. Prior to my interview, I
looked over these questions and was
so happy I did. The questions were
very comparable to the ones that I was
asked. This made my anxiety about
the interview less.
I knew there were four boards in my
area that I wanted to apply to. One of
them was PVNCCDSB. I knew they
were hiring before I graduated but
kept it to myself. After graduation, I
applied and four weeks later, I received an interview. I was ecstatic.
My interview went well and by the
end of September, I was one of the
new Supply Educational Assistant
Employees with the board.
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A New Look in the Pharmacy Lab
Ever-changing the Pharmacy lab at KLC has been renovated
to provide more work stations and more room for the
students to practice skills that they will need as they enter
their new career. The lab is set up to mimic a pharmacy that
you might find in any drug store. In the pictures below, the
students can practice loading syringes from packs hanging
from the ceiling. The shelves are filled with bottles labeled
with items needed to practices mixing drugs and preparing
prescriptions. All equipment such as scales, bottles, gloves,
masks and gowns are all located in the cupboards or on the
shelves.
Read about other renovations at KLC in the Dental
lab by clicking on the link below:
http://www.kingstonregion.com/newsstory/4244633-significant-changes-to-the-klcfacilities/
Second Annual Hallowe’en Party
The whole school was invited to the Hallowe’en party and potluck sponsored by the Personal Support
Worker Students and Staff. A majority of the students from the Pharmacy Technician class, Personal
Support Worker and the Web Design classes came to take part in the fun. As you can see from the pictures, the centre of the room was reserved for the piles of food. Around the outside of the room lurked
red-masked business people (Stephen Bartolini) and ghoulish students and staff. Can you recognize
any of them? The winners of the costume contest were, in first place, Dustin Walther from the Pharmacy Technician class dressed as Curious George’s owner (accompanied by a stuffed Curious
George), Samantha McAneney dressed as a Minion and Courtney Collins as Freddy Kruger. Prizes
included, for first place, a $15 shoppers drug mart card, a gym bag and shirt, and 2nd &3rd place winners won $10 Tim Horton’s card each and a shirt each! Thank you to Audrey DeCecco and all the Personal Support Worker Instructors and students for a great time.
Lots of food
appeared on the
centre tables.
Jenn
Vandusen
came with
a friend.
Masks came off when it was time
for food.
The winners from left to right: Samantha
McAneney, Dustin Walther and Courtney
Collins.
Instructor of
the Web
Design
program
Marc Rogal
stayed in
character.
Open House at KLC College
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Registration at the
entrance.
On Wednesday, November 6, KLC hosted an Open
House to invite the public in to see our new facilities and
to learn about our various programs. Melissa Shanks
was available to talk to prospective students and Stephen
Bartolini, Director of KLC College, took the invitees on
a tour of our facility. We even used the services of two
of our former students. Judy Botting walked interested
parties up to the East Campus where they were introduced to the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
Assistant Program and the Personal Support Worker
Program. Lauri Snider helped Brook Jones describe the
PSW Program. We want to give a huge thank you to
Judy and Lauri. It is great students like these that make
KLC so great.
Mr.Bartolini gave tours of the
main campus while two children
stayed close to the treats.
Pharmacy Technician Coordinator, Audrey DeCecco
(right) speaks to prospective students.
Brook Jones and Lauri Snider are prepared to speak to
guests about the Personal Support Worker Program.
Joanne Karlos speaks to an excited person
who would like to be a Physiotherapy Assistant.
Barb Matson, Instructor in the EA and
CYW programs waits
for visitors
KLC Graduation, November 13
All the gowns were laid out in the dressing room
ready for the graduates.
Mr. Bartolini helped
Amber Wells with
her collar.
Jessica Gillam, Education Assistant, Taylor
Burns, Dental Assistant and Leanne Legros Child
and Youth Worker during the ceremony.
The room was ready for all of the graduates.
Some guests were filling up the seats.
Guest speaker, Alan Smith, B.Sc.
Co-Director of Drug Distribution
Services at Kingston General
Hospital
Valedictorian—Amy Pierrson
Welcome fellow graduates, family, friends,
KLC instructors and staff.
Since I basically have you captive for the
next few minutes, I am going to tell you a
story, my story, of how I got to be standing
here before you today. My fellow graduates, I wish I could share in each and every
one of your stories, to share in your ultimate triumph of graduation, but since I am
unable, I am going to tell my own and
hope that my story resonates with you and
that you see our similarities.
My story begins, as I suspect many of
yours do, with a major career change. Perhaps you were unhappy in your job, you
needed to make more money, you moved,
or for whatever reason, you decided to go
back to school. For myself, I was in the
Canadian Forces. Yup, it's true. I was a
soldier in the army. My time in the army
was nearing the end and I had to decide on
a new career.
Perhaps some of you already knew what
you wanted to do and found the perfect
program at KLC. Or perhaps you originally had no clue what you were looking
for, you just knew you NEEDED a
change...and so you did some career tests,
took a few personality quizzes, and basically researched your options.
My career test listed web designer and
developer as one of my top options. I'm not
kidding. One panicked midnight hour I
resorted to Google to help me choose a
new career path. Okay, I admit, I'm being a
bit disingenuous. I was already doing
graphic design for the military and loved it.
Problems arose though, whenever someone
asked for both a logo and a website. It was
maddening. I felt like yelling, “I don't
know how to code! Draw a picture, yes.
Develop a website? Not clue!”
Then I did my career test and website
designer and developer came up. My fellow graduates, that was my ah-ha moment.
And yes, it took that long. I think I actually
said it aloud: Amy Pierrson, website designer and developer. It sounded right, so
now I needed a school.
I could do a big long spiel here on how
KLC was the perfect choice and blah, blah,
blah, but I'm not trying to sell the school to
anyone. We're all graduates after all. Suffice it to say, KLC was my final choice.
I'm truly sorry Steve, if you wanted this to
be a marketing campaign as well.
The next part of my story, the middle, if
you will, takes place at the college itself.
We spent many, many months at the college and it became our central existence.
I knew I had made a good choice in
schools when I met my instructor, Marc Rogall. He has experience and industry knowledge, humour and patience, with patience
being of paramount importance. Thank you
Marc, for that patience when I asked you to
explain positioning again and again and yet
again. I think I'm finally starting to get it.
He was also very accepting on days when I
started cursing my computer.
As with anything computer related, I quickly
realized that by fixing one piece of code, you
break three others. The cursing got more
imaginative as the course went on. Joe, my
classmate, applauded my inventiveness. Marc
took in stride.
Cursing of computers aside, classes were a lot
of fun. Whether we were watching a webinar,
going through a lecture or working on our
own, there was a lot of laughter and sharing of
easy confidences. My class became my
friends, so thank you.
I immensely enjoyed my education. I found it
suited me almost perfectly. I know how lucky
I am to have found a career path that I get so
much enjoyment from. I really hope you have
too.
If being in college is the middle of my story,
then the happy ending should have me in the
job of my dreams, right? Well, as each and
every one of you know, getting your dream
job is, well the stuff of dreams. More on this
later…
The idea of our future career is with us when
we decide to go back to school. But there is a
point when the end of school is near that we
have to manage the concrete business of finding a job. I decided early on that I would have
no shame in this area. Any potential contacts
became instant besties. “You own your own
business,” I would ask? “I can do website
design and development.” Notice my use of
the present tense. I was telling people about
my skills before I even had them. I sold one
project on the basis that I could do responsive design. I didn't even know what responsive design meant. I just knew Marc had
talked about it, so it must be important,
right?
For those of you as web inept as I was, responsive design is an approach to creating
websites to provide a good viewing experience across a wide range of devices like
mobile phones, tablets, and desktop monitors.
Now go sell yourself as a web developer.
I mentioned earlier that I had no shame
when it came to finding a job. Here's proof:
I negotiated one with Steve to teach a
graphic design course.
So there we all are, each of us: Trying to be
ourselves, but more perfect. School is just
finishing or just finished. We are told we
have all the knowledge needed to work in
our field, and yet we somehow feel not quite
ready. That's how I feel anyways, as I
search for jobs.
So now you're all wondering: Did I get my
dream job? Well from what I understand, all
jobs, even dream jobs, has aspects that are
difficult or annoying. So my approach is to
find the job that means a lot to me and upholds my personal values.
My career choice of web design and developer has allowed me to take on contract
work. This has been my goal, my dream: To
work at home in my pajamas. Only in future
years will I know if I'm successful.
Finding your dream job means really putting yourself out there for consideration. It's
about taking the chance that some other
candidate will be found more suitable. Take
the risk. Don't hold back. I wish that each
and every one of you find the career of your
dreams, the one that leaves you fulfilled.
We come to the end of my story. Could you
share in some of it?...I hope so.
My fellow graduates, I sincerely hope you
have similar stories and you've met life-long
friends here at the college. We are lucky to
be the class of 2013. Everywhere at the college I met great people. Whether I was chatting with students or instructors and staff of
the college, people were friendly and positive. And the future? Well, good luck. I
know you'll do well. You've got the knowledge; you've got new friendships, old
friendships and family to support you. So
thank you. Thank you to those that supported me, you know who you are, thank
you to the friends I've made. And now, of
course, the End.
Top Student Awards
Alika Boyd— Intra-Oral Dental Assisting
Joan Edwards—Education Assistant
Natasha Kellar—Personal Support Worker
Ashley Bridgen—Physiotherapy/ Occupational
Therapy Assistant
Guilio Veri—Child and Youth Worker
Melissa Clow—Pharmacy Technician
Angela Flood—Office and Business
Administration
Amy Pierrson—Web Design and Development
Graduation Photos
Graduation photos were taken on Friday, November 29 beginning at 1 p.m. The last photo was
taken at 5:50 p.m. All of the proofs are here at the front desk for those of you who haven’t
picked them up yet. Please return the envelope with your order by Friday, December 20.
Next Graduation Photos
May 7, 2014