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infrastructure & people • • • • Bricks and Mortar A leading educational institution must also be supported by an equivalent calibre of physical space. In the past seven years, we have made tremendous strides to improve our aging infrastructure and more is needed to fully realize our potential to provide an outstanding student experience as well as to support the needs of our scholarly community. OISE is housed within the following buildings on the St. George campus: › OISE Building (252 Bloor Street West) Third largest building on campus › Institute of Child Study (45 Walmer Road and 56 Spadina Road) 58 Spadina Road was acquired in 2008 for future expansion › University of Toronto Schools Building (371 Bloor Street West) Houses Initial Teacher Education classes in science, computer science, physical education Institute of Child Study 45 Walmer Road Acquired: 1953 Improvements: Improved playground › Renovated ground floor and conference room Completed exterior painting › Walmer Rd Spadina Rd 252 Bloor Street West Built: 1970 OISE Building Improvements: › › Parking Levels 56 Spadina Road Acquired: 2000 › Ground Floor Improvement: › Created Jackman Art Studio St. George St Bloor Street W. Bedford Rd › › › Throughout the building: • Replaced chiller and boiler • Modernized main and auxiliary elevators • Replaced lighting to energy-efficient T8 type • Added motion-sensor lighting controls to more than 40 rooms • Major refurbishment of parking structure • Improved lighting • Created additional accessible spaces • New carpet, new furniture, presentation stage, new barrier-free washroom in the Education Commons • Replaced carpet and installed new stadium seating in auditorium • Expanded and modernized food services kiosk • Replaced security desk • Created new seating areas in the lobby • Renovated washrooms and added barrier-free washroom • Installed digital display screens 5th Floor • Reconfigured floor to create ten new classrooms with flexible furniture and provisions for A/V • Created two new lounge spaces 8th Floor • Reconfigured floor to create four new classrooms and meeting room with flexible furniture and provisions for A/V 12th Floor • Created specialized conferencing facility for research • Renovated Dean’s Office suite and created new meeting rooms • Reconfigured floor to create four new classrooms and meeting room with flexible furniture and provisions for A/V 23 OISE Annual Report
Governance Our governance structure works through the OISE Faculty Council. The decisions of Faculty Council are consistent with the policies of the University’s Governing Council. Together with the Dean, Faculty Council is responsible for OISE’s overall policy and direction. In 2006, Faculty Council became a representative body with separate standing committees for teacher education, graduate education and six other areas. To complement the smaller, representative structure, Faculty Council hosts annual Town Hall meetings to provide a forum for the entire OISE community to participate in the direction of the institute. Seven standing committees report to Faculty Council for final approval of policies. Committees include: • Executive Committee • Graduate Education Committee • Initial Teacher Education Committee • Appeals Committee • Research Committee • Equity Committee • By-Laws, Nominations and Elections Committee In 2006, OISE’s Graduate Education Committee welcomed the opportunity to take on greater responsibility for academic policy recommendations affecting graduate education at OISE. Before then, decisions regarding graduate admissions, program development and governance had been made centrally by the University’s School of Graduate Studies. Since 2006, OISE has approved 25 new graduate courses and made major changes to five of our graduate programs. Teaching Task Force OISE’s Teaching Task Force formed in 2006 in the context of the University’s strong emphasis both on enhancing the student experience and on supporting and celebrating teaching. This group examined how OISE could better: enhance support for helping faculty members with their teaching › bring OISE’s 1999 Guidelines for the Assessment of Teaching at OISE into line › with U of T guidelines and current best practices acknowledge excellent teaching increase opportunities for graduate students to learn to teach at the University level Faculty Council approved the final report of the Teaching Task Force in 2008, and as a result, the Office of Teaching Support at OISE (OTSO) was created to serve as a resource for both faculty and graduate students who are engaged in teaching. In addition to OTSO, the Task Force recommended the following: › the adoption of the revised OISE Guidelines for the Assessment of Teaching (OGAT), which include course evaluations with common core items, provisions for the sharing of data, and clearer criteria for competence and excellence in teaching › changes to OISE’s internal teaching award nomination forms to better match the University’s awards process and allow for a more coordinated approach to developing nominations for internal and external awards Both of these recommendations were successfully implemented. The final report of this group also informed a number of discussions about graduate student teaching, which led to an increase of graduate student teachers in 2009-10. Njoki Wane, Director of the Office of Teaching Support at OISE OISE Annual Report 24
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