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About Field Services |
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FIELD
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES |
The purpose of OISE/UT's field
development activities is to stimulate and facilitate beneficial change
in education in Ontario, particularly to schools. OISE/UT's Office of Field
Services and Research administers seven regional field centres. The Centre
for Leadership Development, housed in the Department of Theory and Policy
Studies in Education, also has field development responsibilities. Two
of the centres (Ottawa and Sudbury) provide services for francophone clients.
Because of their geographical location and their close association with the schools in their region, the field centres provide the main focus of OISE/UT's field development effort. However, OISE/UT as a whole is committed to field development work, and many of its academic departments are heavily involved. Field centres in turn make an important contribution to graduate studies by teaching distance education and off-campus courses, and to research and development through local research projects. The activities of the field centres are determined collaboratively by centre staff and regional representatives, taking into account regional contexts and special needs as well as the individual expertise of the centre staff. Each centre has a small staff, generally not more than one or two people. There are consequently constraints on the assistance that the staff can offer, and they prefer activities that will have widespread influence in their regions. Some examples of field centre activities are given in the descriptions of the individual centres. This document is a modified excerpt from the OISE/UT Bulletin 1997-98 |
Centre
for Leadership Development
Room 7-234, OISE/UT 252 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6 Telephone: (416) 923-6641,
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The major focus of the Centre for Leadership
Development is planned educational change and leadership roles in educational
improvement.
The main functions of the Centre are research on different aspects of its major focus, the design of pre-service and in-service programs, and field work and consultation based on the research program. |
OISE/UT
Midnorthern/ Northeastern Centre
Gatchell School 31 Tuddenham Avenue Sudbury, Ontario P3C 3E9 Telephone: (705) 674-8442
(Sociology in Education) |
The Sudbury office
of the Midnorthern/ Northeastern Centre works in
close collaboration with the North Bay office, the Centre de recherche
en éducation du Nouvel-Ontario (CRÉNO), the Northern Centre
for Instructional Leadership (NCIL), and the regional office of the Ministry
of Education and Training.
The faculty and research personnel take an integrated approach to graduate
studies, research, and field development, using the perspectives, concepts,
ideas, and methods of both classical sociology and the new sociology of
education. These guide a range of large-scale and small-scale projects
relating to equity, policy, planned educational change, and community development.
The Centre's involvement in research and development projects includes:
inter-agency collaboration; child abuse prevention; relational planning
in the FSL and regular program field; community involvement in education;
equity of access, program quality, and outcome in education; empowerment
and voice in education; First Nations education, including tuition agreement
and tuition agreement schooling; and the trusteeship. Most graduate course
offerings are in Sociology in Education, Curriculum, and Educational Administration.
Centre faculty supervise master's research projects, Qualifying Research
Papers, and both master's and doctoral theses.
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Centre Head:
TBA Secretary:
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OISE/UT
Midnorthern/ Northeastern Centre
North Bay Office Canadore College Commerce Court Campus 100 College Drive North Bay, Ontario P1B 8K9 Telephone: (705) 474-7600,
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The North Bay office offers expertise in staff development, system-wide evaluation, interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum development and implementation, business/industry/education linkages, leadership/management issues, career decision-making, student problem-solving, and site-based management. A special focus, in collaboration with the Sudbury office, is the establishing of links with the region's First Nations leaders. The North Bay office also works closely with the Northern Centre for Instructional Leadership (NCIL) in the areas of planned educational change and leadership, with the office providing research in pre-service and in-service, fieldwork, and consultation. Where demand exists, faculty teach off-campus courses in their area of specialization. | |
Faculty: Dr. Bruce Cassie | ![]()
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Centre
de recherches en éducation du Nouvel-Ontario (CRÉNO) 1311, rue Gemmell Salle #213 Sudbury (Ontario) P3A 1G3 Téléphone: (705) 560-5740
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Le CRÉNO dispense
ses services aux éducateurs et éducatrices de langue française
du Nord de l'Ontario. Ces services comprennent des cours en sciences de
l'éducation aux cycles supérieurs (Études franco-ontariennes
en éducation) offerts en français, ainsi que des engagements
dans des domaines de recherches qui reflètent les besoins du milieu
scolaire. Les secteurs de la formation et du développement professionnel,
de la planification stratégique, de la qualité en éducation,
de l'éducation à distance, de l'amélioration scolaire,
de l'éducation en milieu minoritaire, de la vitalité ethnolinguistique
et d'animation culturelle figurent parmi les activités prioritaires
du Centre.
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Centre Head:
Dr. Denis Haché Secretary:
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OISE/UT
Midwestern Centre 51 Ardelt Avenue Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2R5 Telephone: (519) 579-0780
(Sociology in Education) |
Over the past six years,
the Centre has been analysing changing roles of secondary school staff
resulting from restructuring.
Ongoing investigation of the role of department heads has contributed significant findings to both researchers and practitioners. The Centre has also been involved in facilitating action research through professional development programs based in individual boards and through graduate education. |
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Centre Head:
Dr. Lynne Hannay Secretary:
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OISE/UT
Southern Centre OISE/UT Southern Centre 252 Bloor St West 10th Floor, Room 120 Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6 Phone: (416) 923-6641,
(Sociology in Education) |
The Southern Centre's work is primarily in three areas: the holistic curriculum, staff development, and CRDI (curriculum review, development, and implementation). The Centre is involved in both off-campus and on-campus teaching. Centre faculty teach courses in the holistic curriculum and courses related to CRDI. Anne Jordan, Professor in Adaptive Instruction (OISE/UT), is also now connected with the Centre and is offering courses on site. | |
Centre Head: Dr. Jack Miller | ![]() |
OISE/UT
Northwestern Centre
Agnew H. Johnston School 145 Churchill Drive Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 1V6 Telephone: (807) 475-8110
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The Northwestern Centre
focuses much of its work on school improvement, restructuring, site-based
management, and program development. With respect to these initiatives,
the identification and enhancement of skills required by administrators,
department heads, teachers, and others is central to much of the Centre's
work in professional development. In program development, Centre staff
are especially involved in assisting schools and school boards in the development
of appropriate programs for intellectually gifted learners. The challenges
faced by small secondary schools and the opportunities presented by technology
are two other areas of particular interest. In addition, Centre staff are
involved in research in gender and the history of education in Ontario.
Centre faculty teach Curriculum courses via distance education, particularly
computer and audio conferencing.
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Centre Head: Mr.
Wayne Seller
Faculty: Dr. Elizabeth Smyth (currently Associate Chair, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE/UT) Secretary: Margaret Gerry |
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OISE/UT
Ottawa Valley Centre 60 Tiverton Drive Nepean, Ontario K2E 6L8 Telephone: (613) 224-0561
(Curriculum, Sociology
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The Ottawa Valley Centre serves school systems in the Ottawa Valley and as far west as the Kingston area. Activities include mainly workshops, consultation, and joint research projects with school boards in the areas of learning assessment strategies, program reviews, and research design and data analysis. Topics of interest include alternative learning assessment strategies in the classroom, education in religion, and stages of writing maturation. | |
Centre Head:
Dr. Marie Josée Berger Secretary:
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Centre
régional d'Ottawa 60, prom. Tiverton Nepean, Ontario K2E 6L8 Téléphone: (613) 224-0561
(Curriculum, Sociologie
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Le Centre régional d'Ottawa offre des services aux conseils scolaires de la région de l'est de l'Ontario. Ces services comportent principalement des ateliers, des consultations, des projets de recherche menés conjointement avec les conseils scolaires dans le champ des stratégies d'évaluation des apprentissages, l'examen de programmes pédagogiques, les schèmes d'expérimentation et l'analyse de données. Parmi les sujets traités on compte entre autres les pratiques d'évaluation en salle de classe, l'enseignement concernant la religion et l'évolution des habilités de productions écrites. | |
Centre Head:
Dr. Marie Josée Berger Secretary:
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OISE/UT
Trent Valley Centre 633 Monaghan Rd. South PO Box 719 Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7A1 Telephone: (705) 742-8827
(Curriculum, Teaching,
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The Trent
Valley Centre specializes in curriculum processes. Special attention
is given to the enhancement of students' ability to learn from peers, professional
development programs for teachers and other educators, and the use of evaluation
to strengthen programs and improve student achievement.
The Centre offers off-campus M.Ed. programs in Curriculum, with a special
interest in programs designed in collaboration with school systems to improve
school practice.
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Centre Head: Dr.
John A. Ross
Research Officer:
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