a history of curriculum services canada

XVI. October 2005-June 2006
Curriculum Services Canada and its affiliates were extremely active on all fronts during this
period.
Starting with the activities reported at the Annual General Meeting on October 14, 2005,
covering the period June to October 2005, the Executive Director noted that the main focus of
the quarter was on Human Resources and Business Development. The Human Resources
component included evaluations of two student interns, a part-time secondment of an eSolutions
expert from York Region DSB, the hiring of a bilingual administrative assistant, and the
transition of all evaluation responsibilities from Pauline Beggs to Keith Clark, Pauline now
acting as consultant to evaluation and managing all mentoring.
On the Business Development side, CSC was engaged in responses to three Requests for
Proposals, investigating possible joint ventures with TEACH and ENO/REO, and investigating
e-strategies with the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.
Curriculum Resource Services highlighted various projects including: Math TIPS for English
Language Learners, TIPS for Revised Mathematics, an electronic site providing resources for
teachers; and a web page focusing on literacy for grades 7-12. Benchmarking of Ontario
curriculum for Science and Technology Studies was scheduled to begin later in the fall.
The Curriculum Foundation awarded grants to five projects for the year’s theme “Literacy and
the Arts.”
Highlights of the Professional Learning Services (PLS) report included the following: CSC
hosted 33 web conferences, broadcast two web casts, received 24 private school contracts, and
recorded professional learning material for video on demand. Perhaps the main accomplishment
for the quarter was the completion of the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) training delivered by
web conference. All 72 school boards and 131 Job Connect agencies participated. Eighty-six
web conferences were delivered, far exceeding EDU and CSC’s projection of 50. In addition,
PLS became totally self-sufficient at $188,980 in contracts between April 1 and September 30.
Website activity included completion of the first stage of the CSC website update. Also, on
contract, CSC had completed the design and implementation of four English and four French
websites, as well as designing and implementing the main portal page for the eight sites on the
Ministry of Education (“the Ministry”) page at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/.
Live webcasts (four) were all made available as video-on-demand and pdstore.com reported a
net income of $29,241.18.
The Director of eSolutions commented on strategic planning and new ventures since his arrival
in early October. A presentation to discuss strategic direction for all CSC e-related opportunities
was tentatively scheduled for January 2006. The Gateway Fund (Canadian Heritage), a new
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