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Atlantic Provinces would be open to entertaining a proposal from CSC for managing the evaluation of learning resources. Mr. Lydon felt the timing was appropriate and would support placing CSC on the Atlantic Provinces Educational Foundation (APEF) Directors’ agenda. Kathryn McFarlane was also in contact with the head of curriculum for Alberta Learning (ministry). Since Alberta’s mandate has become to outsource as much as possible, this appeared to be an ideal opportunity for CSC. Of considerable importance to CSC, on December 24, 2002, the PDF version of the Liste Trillium List was replaced by an interactive, searchable database. The Ministry of Education contracted with OCC for the development of the new version. Fundraising remains a challenging process and the Executive Director continues to work on promoting the Foundation. As 2002 drew to a close, many initiatives and ongoing projects on all fronts indicated that 2003 would be another busy and challenging year for CSC. February At the February 2003 board meeting, with the new director, Guy Matte, in attendance, Kathryn McFarlane presented the Strategic Plan and Budget 2003-2004. She suggested that the year would be one of re-examination as CSC continued to pursue an expansion across Canada while deepening and broadening its services. Also, without large contracts, the budget would be smaller. Effective communications and CSC promotional ideas were also discussed. In terms of Ministry of Education activities, Early Math closed on February 21 for submissions. OCC cannot accept any resources that have not been approved by Shared Services at the Ministry. The Call for Resources for manipulatives was inspired by the EDU Expert Panel report for an early math strategy. Also, the board members received an announcement for Sustaining the Quality of Curriculum, a Ministry initiative for curriculum review which could mean contracts for CSC. The Executive Director gave an overview of ongoing projects (including APEF, Liste Trillium List, FSL CFR, Alberta Learning negotiations) and an update on meetings noted that fifteen funding proposals had gone to corporate and foundation potential donors. Progress on various initiatives of Professional Learning Services was reported E-learning initiatives included a NetMeeting course in web design, MarkBook Part One course in production; school board initiatives (e.g., Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB, Waterloo DSB); training and presentation requests (OPSOA Executive presentation and OPSOA Conference presentation and display – both for April). 2003 ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 65
2003 April April brought good news regarding the status of board members and honorary patrons. John Bernard, a Native and President of Donna Cona Inc., accepted the invitation to become the 11th board member. The Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Senator and former New Brunswich educator, accepted the invitation to be the CSC’s fifth honorary patron, thus completing the recruitment of honorary patrons. April also brought a recommendation that the 2004 January/February meeting be an all-day workshop for all members to work into their schedules. There was general agreement that such a workshop would be beneficial. Significant updates in the area of Professional Learning Services included: • A face-to-face training session on Assessment and Evaluation with the Waterloo Region DSB • The establishment of a link with Jim Sebastian, Ministry of Education (Private School Inspection), through whom CSC has been established as the point of contact for consultative and training services for developing and established private schools. As well, a plan to support private schools in Ontario and overseas is in development • The OPSOA Conference Regarding the Grants and Awards Program for Teachers and the resulting Teacher-Developed Resources, nine (of 14) projects have been completed and launched on the website. To date, there have been 28,406 total downloads for Teacher-Developed Resources. Plaques of recognition were forwarded to Tricia Slipacoff and Caroline White at Lambton Kent DSB for the successful launch of Building a Career and Personal Portfolio. To date, OCC has evaluated three submissions to the Liste Trillium List with three more to be submitted in 2003-2004. Regarding the Early Math Call for Resources, six teams of three (18 educators) conducted the evaluations of the submissions to this CFR. For the first time, OCC partnered with le CLÉ for the recruiting and training of these teams. In this CFR, record 638 submissions were evaluated. The board addressed plans for the upcoming Annual General Meeting and Luncheon to be held at Metro Hall in Toronto. This year the board will be able to invite up to 100 guests for the luncheon program with the expectation that more educators will become aware of the service of the CSC because 5 presenters representing various clients and stakeholders, will talk about their experiences with CSC. The program will be videotaped for future board use. ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 66
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