a history of curriculum services canada
a history of curriculum services canada
a history of curriculum services canada
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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 />
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