At the request of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario, the Institute for Catholic Education has begun the task of developing resources to assist teachers, principals and Catholic School Boards in the implementation of the recently revised Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum. Writing teams have been established, and classroom teachers, consultants, program coordinators and administrators from Catholic Boards across the province will be working throughout the summer to produce the required materials.
The following information provides an update on the kinds of materials and resources that will be produced and the tentative timelines for the availability of these resources.
RESOURCES
The resources to be developed generally fall into three broad categories:
1. Elementary Program Supports
2. Secondary Program Supports
3. Communication and Leadership Materials
TIMELINES
The majority of the classroom resources will be developed through July and August of this year, and will be reviewed and vetted by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario prior to release. Classroom resources will be released and distributed to school boards throughout the 2015-2016 school year, with the first wave of resources to be ready for distribution in late October, after the approval process has been completed. As the themes within the Fully Alive program, which deal most directly with issues of human development and sexuality, are most typically delivered in the Spring, most materials will be available 3-4 months prior to teachers using materials in their classrooms, which will allow ample time for inservice at the school board level.
As resources are developed and approved, they will be released to school boards through a memo from ICE to the Directors of Education. The materials will also be available on the ICE website