a history of curriculum services canada
a history of curriculum services canada
a history of curriculum services canada
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2005<br />
Conference on Numeracy and Literacy – a very successful debut.<br />
On April 22, 2005, the Executive Director reported numerous activities relating to Business<br />
Development and Contacts. The former included a presentation to the Literacy and Numeracy<br />
Secretariat, a presentation to school board secondees working with OKNL, and a meeting with a<br />
Micros<strong>of</strong>t representative on potential partnership in training delivery. With respect to contacts,<br />
there were ongoing meetings and a review <strong>of</strong> textbook evaluations in preparation for delivery on<br />
April 15. On the HR front, a new FSL Senior Subject Specialist was recruited.<br />
The Director, Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Learning Services, reported that many opportunities had resulted<br />
from the April 1 Principals’ Conference and many CSC hosted web conference sessions were<br />
being discussed and planned for various parties – associations, boards, and individuals.<br />
OCC continues its work with the Locally Developed Compulsory Courses project, the third<br />
phase <strong>of</strong> which involved the planning and implementation <strong>of</strong> seven regional pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development sessions. To complete the benchmarking project, OCC worked with teachers in the<br />
disciplines involved (Kindergarten, ESL, and Language/English). The final submissions <strong>of</strong> their<br />
work have been made.<br />
By May 31, 2005, Trillium List postings for the CERC (Canadian Educational Resources<br />
Council, the pr<strong>of</strong>essional association for major school textbook publishers) project, Phases 1 and<br />
2, had been completed. Web conference training had been completed to more than 800<br />
connections. Statistics <strong>of</strong> usage for “Live Streaming Video” and “Video on Demand” were<br />
positive. For the latter, between May 11 and May 31 over 6,000 connections were made.<br />
On June 17, 2005, board members were advised <strong>of</strong> a meeting with McGraw-Hill Ryerson on the<br />
use <strong>of</strong> the CSC Seal across Canada on supplementary resources. Among various contact<br />
activities, the Executive Director had met with Dr. Michael Fullan on the evaluation <strong>of</strong> new<br />
education initiatives. The Curriculum Foundation selection process was completed with a<br />
subsequent news release and letters to donors. Two university student interns were recruited and<br />
began their term with CSC on May 2.<br />
By June 17, a total <strong>of</strong> 34 Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP) quality samples for<br />
Co-op teachers had been posted on OCC, Ontario Skills Passport training sessions via web<br />
conferencing had commenced, and new material was added to the CSC website to promote web<br />
conferencing activities.<br />
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