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2007-2008 English site of CultureSourrce.ca became live in December 2007 and the French site went live this month (February 2008). The first Marketing and Public Relations Report was presented at this meeting. The Curriculum Foundation developed the “Honour Your Favourite Teacher” fundraising campaign and funding proposals were sent to foundations and corporations. In the area of promotion, the red promotional folder was revised to become a more economical, fourpage newsletter style handout. CSC attended the Ontario Principals’ Council conference to promote the LNS webcast DVDs as well as Leading Student Achievement and Leading and Learning professional learning resources. A CSC Sales Summary for December 2007 to February 2008 was also provided. Professional Learning Services highlighted, in particular, many resources produced for the EDU Student Success/ Learning to 18 initiative. April 2008 Highlights of the Executive Director’s report were news of the web meetings with Nipissing University’s Faculty of Education to develop a research proposal on teaching pre-service teachers and professors how to integrate new technologies into teaching and learning, and preparations for a meeting with the Minister of Education. CSC was a guest at the CareerEdge recruitment agency awards night for new graduates, new immigrants and people with disabilities. CSC produced the promotional video shown at the event. Between February and April, Professional Learning Services conducted 27 web conferences and CSC was represented at a presentation to Kuwaiti principals, hosted by the Ontario Principals’ Council. Evaluation Services processed a total of 1,648 applications for the Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence. Twenty-four evaluators were recruited and provided with a scoring tool developed by CSC to assist in the ranking of candidates. After a short list of prospective recipients was determined, CSC facilitated the panel chosen by EDU to make the final selection of recipients. The Marketing and Public Relations (MPR) report highlighted advertising and promotional activities, but noted that sales were down from the last report. The MPR area also reported on the retirement event of Keith Clark, Director, Evaluation Services, on March 12. Keith had been a valued and highly competent member of the CSC management team for three years and a consultant to CSC for seven years previous. Curriculum Resource Services summarized ongoing activities. June 2008 In June 2008, the Executive Director’s report highlighted various meetings concerning fiscal funding, communications with legal counsel for the Trillium agreement and many other contracts. On the HR front, orientation was done for the university intern who would be a public relations assistant, as well as review and revision of job descriptions for the positions of Accountant, Office Production Assistant and Administrative Assistant, and recruiting for these positions. Curriculum Resource Services was engaged in many initiatives with and for the Ministry of Education (EDU); for example, an electronic resource was developed to support principals in granting equivalency credits to mature students in the core disciplines of English, Mathematics and Science. Evaluation Services outlined Trillium List activities, supplementary evaluations, and additional projects. As well as summarizing promotional and public relations activities, Marketing and Public Relations noted a gift from the George Lunan Foundation to ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 87
2007-2008 fund the resource “Population Dynamics Watershed Field Study.” Also noteworthy was an upswing in sales figures, mainly due to the sale of over 1800 LNS webcast DVDs. Professional Learning Services noted web conferences conducted since April, in particular, five Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner conferences for the Ontario Principals’ Council, with over 100 participants. Many other projects were ongoing. ©2008 Curriculum Services Canada 88
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III. 1994 The Work Group lost no ti
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