a history of curriculum services canada

2005
Conference on Numeracy and Literacy – a very successful debut.
On April 22, 2005, the Executive Director reported numerous activities relating to Business
Development and Contacts. The former included a presentation to the Literacy and Numeracy
Secretariat, a presentation to school board secondees working with OKNL, and a meeting with a
Microsoft representative on potential partnership in training delivery. With respect to contacts,
there were ongoing meetings and a review of textbook evaluations in preparation for delivery on
April 15. On the HR front, a new FSL Senior Subject Specialist was recruited.
The Director, Professional Learning Services, reported that many opportunities had resulted
from the April 1 Principals’ Conference and many CSC hosted web conference sessions were
being discussed and planned for various parties – associations, boards, and individuals.
OCC continues its work with the Locally Developed Compulsory Courses project, the third
phase of which involved the planning and implementation of seven regional professional
development sessions. To complete the benchmarking project, OCC worked with teachers in the
disciplines involved (Kindergarten, ESL, and Language/English). The final submissions of their
work have been made.
By May 31, 2005, Trillium List postings for the CERC (Canadian Educational Resources
Council, the professional association for major school textbook publishers) project, Phases 1 and
2, had been completed. Web conference training had been completed to more than 800
connections. Statistics of usage for “Live Streaming Video” and “Video on Demand” were
positive. For the latter, between May 11 and May 31 over 6,000 connections were made.
On June 17, 2005, board members were advised of a meeting with McGraw-Hill Ryerson on the
use of the CSC Seal across Canada on supplementary resources. Among various contact
activities, the Executive Director had met with Dr. Michael Fullan on the evaluation of new
education initiatives. The Curriculum Foundation selection process was completed with a
subsequent news release and letters to donors. Two university student interns were recruited and
began their term with CSC on May 2.
By June 17, a total of 34 Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP) quality samples for
Co-op teachers had been posted on OCC, Ontario Skills Passport training sessions via web
conferencing had commenced, and new material was added to the CSC website to promote web
conferencing activities.
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