ORC Partners
The Ohio Resource Center is, in part, significant because it represents the
collaborative effort and vision of many individuals and organizations. ORC
gratefully acknowledges the Partners, Contributors, Participants, and Aligned
Efforts that have made this website possible.
Partners
The Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Reading, and Science is a virtual,
collaborative organization. Its success is dependent on the involvement and
support of education stakeholders across Ohio.
Primary funding for ORC comes via the Ohio Board of Regents
(http://regents.ohio.gov/).
The Ohio Resource Center had its beginning as a funded project of the Regents
and represents a linked network of two- and four-year public and private
institutions of higher education. It brings the combined intellectual,
research, technology, and resource delivery capacity of higher education to
bear on the mathematics, science, and reading needs in Ohio. The Ohio Board of
Regents is presently funding ORC's work with technology-integrated instruction
for teacher candidates through Catalyst Ohio Resources (COR).
ORC is located on the campus of The Ohio State University and is affiliated with
the College of Education and Human Ecology at OSU. The State University Education
Deans' original vision was that ORC maintain a strong connection with the resources
offered by higher education while serving the needs of the preK–12 community.
The staff of ORC and the staff of the Ohio Department of Education
(http://www.ode.state.oh.us)
collaborate on a variety of curricular and instructional initiatives that are
mutually beneficial to the work of each organization and to educators across
the state. This valued collaboration provides a unique and crucial kind of
support for ORC. Presently, the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
in the Department provides funding to ORC to support teachers of
career-technical students as they implement Ohio's academic content standards
through the Department's Standards First Project and the Ohio Pathways Project. In addition, the Office of
Literacy in the Department provides funding for the adolescent
literacy project, AdLIT—Advancing Adolescent Literacy Instruction Together.
This project addresses the unique literacy needs of adolescent learners by
promoting and supporting effective, evidence-based practices for classroom
instruction and professional development. The Office of Early Learning and School Readiness in the Department provides funding for the early childhood project, REC—Resources for Early Childhood. REC addresses Ohio's Early Learning Standards.
The Office of the Governor (http://www.state.oh.us),
the State University Education Deans, and the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio
State University work with ORC to improve teaching and learning in Ohio's
preK–16 classrooms. In addition, ORC is fortunate to work with a variety
of other entities from across the state. These partners are listed below under Contributors, Participants, or Aligned Efforts. ORC is grateful
for the working relationship it has with each organization.
Contributors provide ongoing, significant support to the products or functions
of ORC.
- The Centers of Excellence are working to expand programs of excellence in
mathematics and science both regionally and statewide by linking the
collaborating institutions with the online capabilities of the Ohio Resource
Center. Materials and best practices identified and/or developed by the Centers
will be disseminated by the Ohio Resource Center and will contribute to the
success of ORC's work to improve teaching and learning in Ohio.
Northeast Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Teacher Education
http://www2.uakron.edu/cci/NEOCEx
Northwest Center of Excellence
http://cosmos.bgsu.edu
West-Central Center of Excellence
South East Ohio Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science
http://www.seocems.org
Southwest Center of Excellence
http://www.excellentscimath.org/
Evaluation & Assessment Center for M/S Education Center of Excellence
http://www.muohio.edu/discovery
Participants
Varied organizations participate in the ongoing work of ORC by
providing representatives to serve on the ORC Advisory Board or the Review
Boards.
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Aligned Efforts
The organizations listed below have missions that are consistent with ORC's
mission in their efforts to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics,
science, and reading. The groups have agreed to work with ORC and to
communicate on a regular basis.
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