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Statistics Canada’s Education Outreach Program. Mary Townsend Statistics Canada DLI National Training Day Montreal, QC, May 14, 2007. It’s about the Kids. It’s about the national statistics agency. It’s about making the link. ← →. It’s about the challenge. 16,500 schools
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Statistics Canada’s Education Outreach Program Mary Townsend Statistics Canada DLI National Training Day Montreal, QC, May 14, 2007
It’s about the challenge 16,500 schools 305,000 teachers 5.4 million students 20% of Canadian population
It’s about Opportunity • Internet adoption • Appetite for data • New curricula
It’s about innovation • Vision and strategy • Culture change • Focus on multipliers
It’s about commitment Regional Education Representatives
It’s about commitment Classroom Outreach
It’s about commitment Expert Speakers
It’s about new technology Learning Resources site
It’s about new technology E-Stat
It’s about new technology Statistics: Power from Data!
It’s about new technology Census at School
It’s about partners • Teacher champions • Textbook publishers • Federal departments • Ministries of Education • Not for profit organizations
It’s about success • 10,000 schools with access to E-STAT • Over 15,000 teachers and students accessing the Learning resources site each day • Presentations to more than 70,000 teachers • Over 5,000 hours last year contributed in class • 60,000 teacher broadsheets distributed in 2006 • More than 50 new textbooks with StatCan data • Testimonials from teachers, parents, students
It’s about the future • E-learning • Data Fairs • Statistical literacy resources • International collaboration • Continue to invest in the Kids