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achieve this goal rested directly upon the successful development of a database. Criteria for both the catalogue and the resource materials to be listed therein had already been drafted. Dubbed Phase 1, this initial catalogue would focus exclusively on the Transition Years. The catalogue would include "… any curriculum resource material that has been created by a consortium that has received Transition Assistance Funding from the Ministry of Education and Training … subject to the criteria established by the OCC." To help ensure that the best database was chosen or developed to support the catalogue and future website, extensive research was done into existing educational databases from places as far flung as California and England. Numerous ideas derived from this research would eventually be incorporated into the OCC database and website facilities. During the summer, meetings took place with Réseau Interaction Network, Inc. in Ottawa. This company had designed the Electronic Village for the OTF’s "Creating a Culture of Change" project and provided insight into building databases and mounting them on an electronic network. Before breaking for the summer months, the Work Group reviewed a Draft Implementation Plan that would form part of the business plan submitted to the Ministry with their request for the second half of the project's funding. This plan included several far-reaching items of interest, for example - under the heading “Catalogue”: • the translation of all versions of the OCC catalogue into French • development of a registry of curriculum resource materials that are currently in development • broadening of catalogue records to include full text or samples of documents • expansion of the OCC catalogue to include educational materials created by the broader public/private sector, e.g., CBPC, commercial software producers, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health, etc. - under “Distribution and Marketing”: • distribution of the OCC catalogue to a broader base (e.g., the public, other provinces) • marketing of OCC services through newsletters, electronic conference, media contacts, etc. - under “Partnerships”: • Curriculum resource materials produced by teachers and groups or individuals outside the education sector will be vetted according to the OCC criteria using the "train the trainer" model. This process will include members of the outside community and will be organized by region. 1994 ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 13
Clearly OCC planned to expand and extend its operations well into the future. With this in mind, the Work Group discussed plans to meet with Deputy Minister of Education and Training to consider possible models to move the OCC toward a more self-supporting future and reduce dependence on MET funding. The Clearinghouse also acknowledged that to build support within school boards would be essential to its success. In early summer 1994, the first Vision and Mission statements for OCC were completed and read as follows: Mission Statement - Stage I The Ontario Curriculum Clearinghouse is the central point of contact for sharing information about transition years curriculum resource materials among teachers and school boards throughout Ontario. Vision Statement The Ontario Curriculum Clearinghouse is the central point of contact for facilitating the sharing of curriculum resource materials among teachers and school boards throughout Ontario. The Clearinghouse is accessible, responsive, and interactive. We work in co-operation with educators to foster the timely development and delivery of innovative, high quality resource materials to meet contemporary curriculum needs. The Clearinghouse uses a variety of communication methods to ensure equity of service to all teachers in Ontario. The Clearinghouse includes curriculum resource materials from the broader public and private sectors as part of our continued effort to provide teachers with access to the knowledge and expertise of the community as a whole. With the development of these Mission and Vision statements and a firm commitment to a catalogue for January, OCC's tasks for the remainder of the year became more clearly defined. Work began immediately to develop the catalogue. Final criteria for material submissions (adapted from C-14 eligibility criteria in consultation with MET) plus release forms covering copyright clearance and availability guarantees were prepared, together with forms for submitting details about the resource material and for ordering it from the developer. A thesaurus would be created to help users find material using key words and a concepts index was also planned to aid teachers in identifying appropriate materials. To ensure maximum teacher access to the catalogue, several output formats were selected. These included print, a FileMaker Pro version on diskette for both MAC and PC platforms, a CD-ROM entitled ONeducation (a partnership venture by MET, OCC, ONTERIS, and 1994 ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 14
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Evaluation Services continued to pr
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2005 Trillium and other processes.
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2005-2006 The Ministry liaison note
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