Toronto District School Board - Toronto District School Board, Head Office

Academic, commercial and technical, day and night, credit and general interest classes

• after school programs, child care, food programs
• adult education and services
• English as a Second Language (ESL), literacy, citizenship and heritage language classes
• French immersion
• International Baccalaureate
• special education including education programs for children and youth 14-21 years with developmental disabilities
• support services

Adult Education and Services: academic upgrading, day schools

• Pre-Apprenticeship/Apprenticeship Programs
• employment services
• ESL resource centres and Enhanced Language Training (ELT)
• participates in LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) in English, upon assessment by YMCA of Greater Toronto -- see separate entry
• Essential Skills Upgrading (Literacy and Basic Skills, LBS)
• Learning4Life, adult general interest courses
• newcomer services and
• reception centers for immigrants and refugees -- see separate entries

Alternative Schools Program: flexible learning environments to meet student's needs

• list of elementary schools
• list of secondary schools

Metropolitan Toronto School for the Deaf: elementary school that operates completely in American Sign Language (ASL)

Support Services: guidance counselling

• home instruction
• interpreting services for families and schools
• psychiatry, psychology, and social work
• reading and speech correction
  
• transportation for persons with physical disabilities
• Parenting and Family Literacy Centres, 416-394-2104
• youth alienation programs include advocacy, outreach to youth in community agencies and shelters
• all services may not be available in all locations

e-Learning

• day school program
• secondary credit courses offered through the Internet
• partnership with Ministry of Education

Next-Steps Employment Centre: see separate entries

For more information see branch listings