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News Release
April 30, 2008

Ontario and France Teachers Further Student Achievement

McGuinty Government Partners With Picardy, France

NEWS

A delegation of teachers from Amiens, France is visiting Ontario to talk about the use of new information technologies to improve student achievement in mathematics, reading, and writing.

The visit is part of a pilot project called CAPTER (Professional Learning Community–Technology, Expertise, Resources).

This pilot project will pair teams of mathematics and French teachers at Franco-Ontarian schools in Toronto and Aurora with their counterparts at two schools in Amiens. The teachers will be trained simultaneously in the use of new technologies to teach their respective school subjects.

The teachers on either side of the Atlantic will be in touch through a series of face-to-face meetings and via virtual meetings using videoconferencing, teleconferencing, email, and the Internet.

QUOTES

"CAPTER is an ambitious project in terms of the scope of its objectives. It will bring young Francophones from different parts of the world together," stated Madeleine Meilleur, Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.

"The CAPTER project focuses primarily on students' needs. It is one of many initiatives by our government to improve the achievement of Ontario students in literacy and numeracy," stated Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education.

QUICK FACTS

• CAPTER was initiated by the Office of Francophone Affairs in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Education.
• Several Ontario partners are supporting this initiative, including TFO and two of Ontario's French-language school boards, Conseil scolaire de district Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.
• "Education and New Technologies" was the theme of the last International Francophonie Summit held in Bucharest in 2006.
• This visit is part of an initiative to build ties between Ontario and the countries that form part of the International Francophonie.

LEARN MORE

Learn about the Ministry of Education's aménagement linguistique strategy, which promotes French-language education in Ontario.

Consult the resources of the Ministry of Education's Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat for more information on the improvement of student achievement in Mathematics, Reading, and Writing.

Discover other initiatives in the Picardy Region in the area of information technology, in particular its Digital Work Space Program, Espaces numériques de travail.

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Julia Sakas, Minister's Office, 416 325-5219

Charles Jean Sucsan, Communications Branch,
416 325-4968; Cell 416 476-5223

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