HomeMy WebLinkAboutOETF_1-19_Intro_Presentation_2019-10-07Outdoor Education Task Force
Darryl Gray
Director, Education and Training
October 7, 2019
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Legislative
Milestones
• 1954: Outdoor learning included in Ontario curriculum
documents.
• 1960: School Administration Act changes allow School
Boards to establish school facilities for the purpose of natural
science learning.
• 1965: School Administration Act changes allow School
Boards with enrollment greater that 10,000 students to
purchase property in any municipality for the purposes of
establishing a natural science school.
• 1965: School Boards enabled to conduct programs at natural
science schools in co-operation with conservation authorities.
• 1974: School Boards can pay student board and lodging for
natural science, conservation or other out -of -classroom
learning.
• 1980: School Boards can enter into agreements with
conservation authorities for the provision of lands, facilities
and programs related to natural science, conservation or
other out -of -classroom learning program.
• 2012: $20M allocated to Outdoor Education in EPO grant.
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Key System
Milestones
• 1944: London Conference on Conservation includes
resolution related to education.
• 1953: York Memorial Collegiate and Humber Valley
Conservation Authority deliver first Camp School.
• 1960: Island Natural Science School opens.
• 1963: Albion Hills Field School opens.
• 1967: TDSB purchases property that will become the
Boyne River Natural Science School.
• 1967 — 1969: Forest Valley (TDSB), Jack Smythe
(PDSB) and Burrlington (YRDSB) Outdoor Education
Centres open.
! 1974: Boyd Field Centre opens under a multi -
stakeholder partnerships: TRCA, TDSB, TCDSB and
YRDSB.
• 1982: Etobicoke Outdoor Education Centre opens at
Albion Hills Conservation Area.
• 2016: Swan Lake Outdoor Education Centre opens.
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Mandate
• Develop a framework for the long-term provision out -of -
classroom natural science, conservation and environmental
learning to the year 2040.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen and enable
partnerships that maximize the value of public assets and
learning infrastructure.
• Provide expertise and recommendations that strengthen
student learning connections between urban and natural
environments.
• Provide recommendations related to long-term sustainable
financial models and mechanisms, including but not limited
to:
• Government funding programs;
• Private grants, fundraising and endowments;
• Alternative business models (co-operatives, social
enterprises, etc.);
• Other funding models.
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Milestones and Deliverables
QDec. 2019 Q May 2020 Q Dec. 2020
Principles, Values and Destination Recommendations and Policy Final Report
Presentation: Current State and Statements Presentation: Final Report
Other Jurisdictions Presentation: Models and Action: Reports to TRCA and
Action: Working Group —Principles, Mechanisms Boards
Values and Destination Action: Working Group -
Recommendations, Framework and
Policy Statements
Models and Mechanisms
Presentations: Principles, Values Next Steps
and Destination Presentation: Recommendations,
Action: Working Group — Models and Framework and Policy Statements
Mechanisms Action: Working Group - Final Report
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Overview of Activities
Principles, Values and Destination
Facilitated session to develop a shared set of principles and values, along with an initial
vision for the desired system to support student out -of -classroom learning related to
natural science, conservation and the environment.
i Models and Mechanisms
Facilitated session on various models and mechanism may exist or could be developed
for the purposes of optimizing and delivering out -of -classroom learning experiences.
This may include shared ownership models, shared service delivery models, enterprise
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Recommendations, Framework and Policy Statement
Facilitated discussion on overall recommendations, framework for funding and a
shared policy statement or objective.
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Final Report
Delivery of Final Report to TRCA Board of Directors and Boards of Trustees.
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Secretariat
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Support
• Provide clerk and secretariat support for the activities of
the Task Force.
• Liaise with Board staff in bringing together reports for
Task Force.
• Facilitate the Task Force working groups and provide
necessary background materials for synthesizing of
recommendations.
• Compile and draft reports on behalf of working groups.
• Prepare final report and present findings to TRCA Board
of Directors and Boards of Trustees.
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