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INTRODUCTION:
For over 20 years the Educational Communications Division of
the Onondaga- Cortland-Madison
BOCES has provided two major services which have been guided
by an advisory council of school district representatives. These
services are the Media Library and Technical Repair Services and are known
collectively as the Curriculum Resource Center.
PURPOSES:
Timely and accurate communication between school districts and
the Curriculum Resource Center is a major responsibility of the
council representatives. Anticipating and knowing the needs,
concerns and instructional goals of the district and being able
to share those issues with other representatives is a vital role
for council members. With this information the council can carefully
guide the development of special collections, help design services
and focus on priorities that will provide component schools with
a program that provides the best support at affordable costs.
The primary client of the BOCES Curriculum Resource Center services
are classroom teachers. Therefore, the goal of our council is
to provide support services that are important to teachers in
their role as instructional managers in their various subject
areas and grade levels.
COMPOSITION:
Each of the 23 component school districts which make up the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison
BOCES are encouraged to select a faculty representative of their
choice on the council. This person selected should be able to
communicate the media needs of their district at council meetings
and provide each of their schools with feed-back on BOCES services.
In addition, educational specialists from public television,
higher education, and library systems frequently attend meetings
and provide special reports of particular interest to the school
representatives. The Director of the Educational Communications
Division is responsible for organizing the meetings which are
usually held on the first Thursday of the month from 1 P.M. to
3 P.M. throughout the school year.
Agendas are prepared and mailed to each representative 1 week
prior to the meetings with items suggested by the council and
the director. Minutes of the proceedings are mailed to representatives,
school administrators, media personnel, and others who have requested
copies of the minutes.
Advisory Council Members
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