a history of curriculum services canada

OPHEA, and the English Language Arts Network (ELAN). ThinkQuest Canada, an organization
with a collection of about 3000 prize-winning websites developed by children worldwide, also
requested assistance from CSC but, being a small organization, did not have sufficient funding to
pay for evaluations. The possibility of joint fundraising was explored but was not feasible.
The results of the focus groups and interviews concerning CSC’s public profile were available in
June. Teachers specifically indicated that materials offered on the website needed to be
enhanced and more practically oriented. CSC established a website editorial team, which then
responded by implementing new additions, and making adjustments and enhancements where
possible.
The remaining months of 2000 were spent primarily in promotional activities. These included
ongoing meetings with Ministry officials to negotiate contracts, partnership explorations, and
educational presentations on the pdstore.com concept. Marketing efforts across Canada
continued in the areas of review services and pdstore.com ordering systems, with an outside
contract for services negotiated to fulfill this mandate. A full-time position of Administrative
Assistant and Customer Service Representative was created in September.
In the fall, CSC attended the 14th Commonwealth Conference of Ministers of Education held in
Halifax. This was the first attempt of CSC to reach out to other countries with its services, and
its promotional booth at the conference received steady interest and inquiries.
A six-month follow-up internal and external audit, after the ISO 9002 accreditation, was
successfully completed in October.
Planning sessions to address the CSC policy changes took place in October and November, and a
Policy Manual was completed by the end of November. However, another strategic planning
session was proposed for February 2001 to determine the direction the organization should take
for the new fiscal year (1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002).
In December OCC received another contract to mentor the development of Workplace
Textbooks in English, Science and Mathematics. Also in negotiation was a contract to conduct a
peer review process on Grade 12 Course Profiles.
December ended with the resignation of Terry Lynch, Director of The Curriculum Foundation. It
was suggested that, through Terry’s new position as Executive Director of the Retired Teachers
of Ontario, links could be maintained with CSC for the purposes of developing a volunteer
network of retirees.
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