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In Québec, there are both French and English RÉCIT services. Each school board has their own local RÉCIT consultant and each subject area has a Provincial RÉCIT service. The Anglophone community also has a team of LEARN-RÉCIT consultants to support the integration of technology across the curriculum. They contribute to and support professional development in line with Québec’s Digital Competency Framework.

2023-2026 Mandate: RÉCIT Provincial Service for the Anglophone 

The mandate given to us by the MEQ is to provide support and accompaniment services to the Anglophone school network personnel in the integration of digital technology into the school’s mission. This is achieved through accompaniment, training, collaboration and consultation in response to the needs of the network, in partnership with stakeholders in the educational ecosystem, and ministerial orientations, notably the strategic plan and the Cadre de référence de la compétence numérique, as well as research data.

Target clientele

The teaching and professional staff of all Anglophone school boards for the general education of the youth sector.

General Orientations of the Mandate

1. Accompaniment and Resources

  1. Act as a resource person to support the integration of technology in teaching and learning.  
  2. Facilitate communities of practice and exchange.
  3. Production, distribution and promotion of digital educational resources for teaching and learning in the Anglophone sector, youth sector. 

2. Collaboration and Consultation

  1. Collaborate closely with RÉCIT and MEQ officials, in particular by participating in meetings coordinated by the MEQ or in any other activities authorized by the MEQ as part of RÉCIT activities.
  2. Develop partnerships with research institutions and organizations working in the education ecosystem.
  3. Organize and implement actions that are consistent with those of other national RÉCIT services, as well as those of regional and local services.
  4. Participate in professional development activities related to the mandate.

3. Outreach

  1. Disseminate innovative projects that have an impact on the integration of technology in the education ecosystem as a whole to network stakeholders.
  2. Develop a technology watch and share with the community
  3. Ensure visibility of the service.
  4. Experiment with new technologies and educational digital resources in activities related to the Anglophone community, youth sector.

RÉCIT Anglophone Network Community of Practice

Context

In some form or other, the English school board RÉCITs (and some ICT consultants) have been meeting since 2000 (QESN-RÉCIT) through monthly meetings, in person 4 times a year, codevelopment of PD, and sessions at the provincial meetings. This happened even prior to the existence of LEARN, when the network was the Québec English Schools Network – RÉCIT. 

Purpose

  • foster a collaborative culture
  • make links across sectors – youth, adult ed, vocational training, Indigenous communities, post-secondary
  • respond to the specific needs of the English-speaking community 
  • support all local RÉCITs and ICT education consultants
  • share best practices and collective resources 
  • enable members to anticipate and prepare for future needs
  • discuss local strategies for implementing and supporting the Digital Competency Framework
  • communicate through mailing list and shared documents
  • share documents and news from the broader provincial network – RÉCIT, CPGTIE, MEQ, various committees

Who participates?

  • Members of the Provincial Service for the Anglophone Community (youth sector – LEARN)
  • English School Board RÉCIT Consultants and some ICT Consultants (CSS Littoral, Kativik)
  • Members of AGE Provincial (Adult General Education) 
  • VT Provincial (Vocational Training) 
  • Provincial Service for Indigenous Communities (English-speaking sector)

Role of Provincial Service for the youth sector (LEARN) in organizing the CoP

  • Organize meetings, collaborative work sessions, and PD, which can include inviting guests.
  • Maintain a shared drive
  • Keep records and shared meeting notes
  • Maintain the LEARN-RÉCIT mailing list

2025-2026 Meetings

Various topics will be explored in small groups. The topics are as follows:

  • Subject-specific chatbots as teachers’ assistants. 
  • Development and/or adaptation of self-paced courses for educators on the Campus RÉCIT platform.
  • Process for loaning libraries and accompanying support/documents. 
  • Raising awareness for accessibility and accessibility resources development.
  • (Tentative) Review and update the Inquiry Process resources to add an AI component if/when the revised Digital Competency Framework comes out.

Meeting schedule: 

  • September 5th and June 12 all day
  • Every two weeks 1 hour check-in + 1 hour small group work

About this site:

The purpose of this website is to support the implementation of the Digital Competency. It integrates content from sites and resources that have been built by members of the anglophone community over a number of years with the support and funding of the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec. We hope that this site and its resources can build on the great work that was accomplished over the years.

We would like to acknowledge the legacy of the Inquiry Process/Processus de recherche, Digital Citizenship/Citoyenneté numérique, and Learn and Lead/Apprendre et guider Projects.