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2003<br />

April<br />

April brought good news regarding the status <strong>of</strong> board members and honorary patrons. John<br />

Bernard, a Native and President <strong>of</strong> Donna Cona Inc., accepted the invitation to become the 11th<br />

board member. The Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Senator and former New Brunswich<br />

educator, accepted the invitation to be the CSC’s fifth honorary patron, thus completing the<br />

recruitment <strong>of</strong> honorary patrons.<br />

April also brought a recommendation that the 2004 January/February meeting be an all-day<br />

workshop for all members to work into their schedules. There was general agreement that such a<br />

workshop would be beneficial.<br />

Significant updates in the area <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Learning Services included:<br />

• A face-to-face training session on Assessment and Evaluation with the Waterloo Region<br />

DSB<br />

• The establishment <strong>of</strong> a link with Jim Sebastian, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education (Private School<br />

Inspection), through whom CSC has been established as the point <strong>of</strong> contact for<br />

consultative and training <strong>services</strong> for developing and established private schools. As<br />

well, a plan to support private schools in Ontario and overseas is in development<br />

• The OPSOA Conference<br />

Regarding the Grants and Awards Program for Teachers and the resulting Teacher-Developed<br />

Resources, nine (<strong>of</strong> 14) projects have been completed and launched on the website. To date,<br />

there have been 28,406 total downloads for Teacher-Developed Resources. Plaques <strong>of</strong><br />

recognition were forwarded to Tricia Slipac<strong>of</strong>f and Caroline White at Lambton Kent DSB for the<br />

successful launch <strong>of</strong> Building a Career and Personal Portfolio.<br />

To date, OCC has evaluated three submissions to the Liste Trillium List with three more to be<br />

submitted in 2003-2004. Regarding the Early Math Call for Resources, six teams <strong>of</strong> three (18<br />

educators) conducted the evaluations <strong>of</strong> the submissions to this CFR. For the first time, OCC<br />

partnered with le CLÉ for the recruiting and training <strong>of</strong> these teams. In this CFR, record 638<br />

submissions were evaluated.<br />

The board addressed plans for the upcoming Annual General Meeting and Luncheon to be held<br />

at Metro Hall in Toronto. This year the board will be able to invite up to 100 guests for the<br />

luncheon program with the expectation that more educators will become aware <strong>of</strong> the service <strong>of</strong><br />

the CSC because 5 presenters representing various clients and stakeholders, will talk about their<br />

experiences with CSC. The program will be videotaped for future board use.<br />

©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 66

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