a history of curriculum services canada
a history of curriculum services canada
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XVI. October 2005-June 2006<br />
Curriculum Services Canada and its affiliates were extremely active on all fronts during this<br />
period.<br />
Starting with the activities reported at the Annual General Meeting on October 14, 2005,<br />
covering the period June to October 2005, the Executive Director noted that the main focus <strong>of</strong><br />
the quarter was on Human Resources and Business Development. The Human Resources<br />
component included evaluations <strong>of</strong> two student interns, a part-time secondment <strong>of</strong> an eSolutions<br />
expert from York Region DSB, the hiring <strong>of</strong> a bilingual administrative assistant, and the<br />
transition <strong>of</strong> all evaluation responsibilities from Pauline Beggs to Keith Clark, Pauline now<br />
acting as consultant to evaluation and managing all mentoring.<br />
On the Business Development side, CSC was engaged in responses to three Requests for<br />
Proposals, investigating possible joint ventures with TEACH and ENO/REO, and investigating<br />
e-strategies with the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.<br />
Curriculum Resource Services highlighted various projects including: Math TIPS for English<br />
Language Learners, TIPS for Revised Mathematics, an electronic site providing resources for<br />
teachers; and a web page focusing on literacy for grades 7-12. Benchmarking <strong>of</strong> Ontario<br />
<strong>curriculum</strong> for Science and Technology Studies was scheduled to begin later in the fall.<br />
The Curriculum Foundation awarded grants to five projects for the year’s theme “Literacy and<br />
the Arts.”<br />
Highlights <strong>of</strong> the Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Learning Services (PLS) report included the following: CSC<br />
hosted 33 web conferences, broadcast two web casts, received 24 private school contracts, and<br />
recorded pr<strong>of</strong>essional learning material for video on demand. Perhaps the main accomplishment<br />
for the quarter was the completion <strong>of</strong> the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) training delivered by<br />
web conference. All 72 school boards and 131 Job Connect agencies participated. Eighty-six<br />
web conferences were delivered, far exceeding EDU and CSC’s projection <strong>of</strong> 50. In addition,<br />
PLS became totally self-sufficient at $188,980 in contracts between April 1 and September 30.<br />
Website activity included completion <strong>of</strong> the first stage <strong>of</strong> the CSC website update. Also, on<br />
contract, CSC had completed the design and implementation <strong>of</strong> four English and four French<br />
websites, as well as designing and implementing the main portal page for the eight sites on the<br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education (“the Ministry”) page at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/.<br />
Live webcasts (four) were all made available as video-on-demand and pdstore.com reported a<br />
net income <strong>of</strong> $29,241.18.<br />
The Director <strong>of</strong> eSolutions commented on strategic planning and new ventures since his arrival<br />
in early October. A presentation to discuss strategic direction for all CSC e-related opportunities<br />
was tentatively scheduled for January 2006. The Gateway Fund (Canadian Heritage), a new<br />
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