| | Strategies | Outcomes | Performance Indicators | Projected Investment 2003-2004 |
| Federal | Provincial |
| Educational structure/support | 1. Financial assistance to school boards for implementation and maintenance of French second language programs. | - School boards provide support to FSL teachers in the area of program implementation.
- School boards continue to offer existing FSL programs and expand and implement new programs as required.
| - Development and implementation of policy with respect to FSL education at the school board level.
- Number of Core French and French immersion programs.
| 350,000 | 120,000 |
| 2. Coordination of FSL Distance Education program. | - Students in small isolated schools study Core French through distance education.
- Access to Core French courses through distance education technology.
| - The number of students enrolled in distance
education courses. | 1,000 | 25,000 |
3. Administration and evaluation of programs and
policies related to second language instruction,
including the OLE agreement, the bursary, fellowship
and school trip programs, the OLMP and the SLBP,
and of the Language Programs section of the
Department of Education.
| - The ability to administer the second language instruction system is maintained.
- Leadership, advocacy and management of programs
and activities in support of FSL instruction. - The Department of Education administers bursary, fellowship and school trip programs, as well as the OLMP and the SLBP.
| - Description of programs and activities available in support of FSL instruction.
- Number of students, schools and monitors
participating in various programs. | 139,000 | 45,000 |
4.Financial assistance to schools for cultural
excursions and exchanges. | - Intermediate and high school students participate in cultural exchanges and trips to a French milieu to increase understanding of francophone culture and interest in FSL study.
| - Descriptive reports submitted by participants.
- Number of participants.
| 129,000 | 42,200 |
| Total - Educational structure/support | - | - | - | 619,000 | 232,200 |
|
| Program development | 1. New programs and learning resources in Core French. | - Developmental work and implementation support on strategic priorities, including a revised intermediate Core French curriculum and Intensive French.
- Publication of curriculum guides.
- Inservice to teachers and school board personnel.
| - Number of curriculum guides published.
- Number of working groups.
- Acquisition of learning resources.
- Number of participants in inservice.
| 134,000 | 93,900 |
| 2. New programs and learning resources for French immersion. | - Developmental work and implementation support on strategic priorities including a new curriculum guide for Français M -3, Français 10-12 and Religious Education 7-9.
- Publication of curriculum guides.
- Inservice to teachers and school board personnel.
| - Number of curriculum guides published.
- Number of working groups.
- Acquisition of learning resources.
- Number of participants in inservice.
| 196,000 | 92,700 |
3. New French immersion and intensive French programs.
| - More students have access to French immersion and
intensive French programs. | - Enrolment trends in French immersion and intensive French at the provincial level.
| 250,900 | 85,000 |
4. Testing instruments for French second language.
| - Development and administration of testing instruments,
principally criterion-referenced tests.
| - Reports on student performance in French second language.
| 500 | 500 |
| 5. Activities to support FSL study. | - Incentives for stud ents to study FSL, such as Late
immersion summer schools. | | 30,300 | 12,100 |
6. Participation in collaborative projects with other provinces for the development of second language
curriculum. | - The best use of available resources to produce
curriculum documents in collaboration with other
jurisdictions. | - Number of new curriculum support documents and learning resources for FSL
programs in Atlantic Canada. | Federal
500 | Provincial
12,000 |
| 7. Projects and activities undertaken by school boards and other agencies to promote and enhance FSL. | - Promotion of the study of FSL.
- Maintenance of FSL programs for adults.
- Access to FSL study for adults.
| - Descriptive reports of projects or initiatives.
- Enrolment in FSL programs for adults.
| 3,000 | 1,000 |
| Total - Program development | - | - | - | 615,200 | 297,200 |
| Teacher training | 1.Financial assistance to allow teachers to participate in FSL study. | - Bursaries and fellowships provide the opportunity to participate in courses in French language or pedagogy.
| - Demand for Teacher Bursary and Teacher Fellowship programs.
- Number of participants in Teacher Bursary and Teacher Fellowship Programs.
| 20,000 | 0 |
| 2. Professional development activities for FSL teachers. | - Access to summer institutes.
- Access to inservice training and other professional
development initiatives. | - Number of applications for summer institutes.
- Number of teachers participating in professional development initiatives.
| 53,000 | 18,000 |
| Total - Teacher training | - | - | - | 73,000 | 18,000 |
| Student support | 1. Financial assistance for second language study in French Canada at the postsecondary level. | - Fellowships for postsecondary FSL students allow for study in a French language institution.
| - Number of participants in the Student Fellowship Program.
| 70,000 | 0 |
| 2. Financial assistance for summer study in French Canada for high school students. | - Bursaries for high school students for summer study of FSL.
| - Number of participants in the Level II Bursary Program and the SLBP.
| 116,550 | 0 |
| 3. Financial assistance for study at the Frecker Institute in St. Pierre. | - Access to study in a French milieu for FSL students of Memorial University.
| - FSL students at Memorial University continue to avail of the one-semester program
in St. Pierre. - Number of participants.
| 50,000 | 0 |
| Total - Student support | - | - | - | 236,550 | 0 |
| | Strategies | Outcomes | Performance Indicators | Projected Investment 2003-2004 |
| Federal | Provincial |
| Educational structure/support | 1.Financial assistance to the Conseil scolaire francophone provincial (CSFP) for school operations and for transportation of FFL students. | - The CSFP continues to offer French first language programs and expand and implement new programs if required.
| - Rate of participation of rightholders in FFL programs..
| 0 | 575,000 |
| 2. Additional teacher units provided to CSFP. | - The CSFP makes available to its students all required courses.
| - Access to all required courses for students in French first language schools.
| 0 | 750,000 |
| 3. Administration of po licies and programs relating to French first language education, including OLE agreements and the Language Programs section of the Department of Education, and translation of various documents and correspondence. | - The ability to administer the minority-language education system is maintained.
- Leadership, advocacy and management of programs and activities in support of FFL instruction.
- Documents produced by the Department of Education which relate to FFL curriculum are made available in French.
| - Description of programs and activities available in support of FFL education.
- The availability in French of documents which relate to FFL curriculum.
| 205,637 | 15,800 |
| Total - Educational structure/support | - | - | - | 205,637 | 1,340,800 |
| Program development | 1. New programs and learning resources in French first language. | - Developmental work and implementation support on strategic priorities including new social studies programs, mathematics programs and religious education programs.
| - Number of curriculum guides published.
- Level of use of learning resources.
- Number of participants in inservice.
| Federal 280,100 | Provincial 92,300 |
| 2.Participation in collaborative projects with other provinces in support of FFL education. | - Joint projects to allow the best use of available resources.
- Publication of curriculum support documents and teacher inservice programs aimed specifically at francophones in minority language communities.
- Provision of appropriate resources for French language schools at a price comparable to that of English language resources.
| - Level of use of curriculum support documents.
- Number of textbooks, teacher guides and other resources in French for Atlantic Canadian students.
| 28,013 | 9,337 |
| 3. Support for initiatives undertaken by the school board and other agencies to promote FFL education, and to complement the FFL curriculum. | - Promotion of FFL education.
| - Descriptive reports of projects and initiatives.
- Number of participants in specific programs and activities.
| 1,500 | 500 |
| 4.Financial assistance for adult literacy programs. | - Courses offered to francophone adults.
- Increased level of literacy among francophones.
| | 15,000 | 9,000 |
| Total - Program development | - | - | - | 324,613 | 111,137 |
| Teacher training | 1.Financial assistance to allow teachers to pursue further studies, primarily at postsecondary institutions. | - Bursaries and fellowships provide the opportunity to participate in courses relevant to French minority language education.
| - Minority-language teachers avail of bursary and fellowship opportunities.
- Number of participants.
| 1,000 | 0 |
| 2. Support for professional development projects and opportunities for minority-language teachers. | - Access to inservice training and other professional development initiatives.
| - Teachers indicate their satisfaction with professional development opportunities.
| 5,000 | 2,000 |
| Total - Teacher training | - | - | - | 6,000 | 2,000 |
| Student support | 1. Financial assistance for FFL students to allow them to pursue postsecondary studies in French. | - Fellowships for postsecondary francophone students allow for study in a French language institution.
| - Number of participants in the Francophone Fellowship Program.
| 35,000 | 0 |
| Total - Student support | - | - | - | 35,000 | 0 |
| Strategies | Outcomes | Performance Indicators | Projected Investment 2003-2004 |
| Federal | Provincial |
| 1. Financial assistance to school districts to provide literacy supports to children in early French immersion and Core French programs. | - Human and learning resources to enhance the quality of French immersion at K-3, and to increase the availability of Core French K-3.
| - Higher enrolments in early French immersion.
- Increased number of schools offering Core French at the K-3 level.
| 116,500 | 40,000 |
| 2. Financial assistance to school districts for a variety of professional development activities for French second language teachers, including a Summer Institute for Intensive French teachers. | - Professional development opportunities for teachers in the area of second language pedagogy and French language.
| - Number of teachers participating in school boardsponsored professional development activities.
| 50,000 | 17,000 |
| 3.Assessment of student achievement in French second language, through criterion-referenced tests and public examinations, and program evaluation ofthe implementation of Intensive Core French. | - Administration of criterion-referenced tests in Core French, and of public examinations at the high school level.
- Evaluation of the implementation of Intensive Core French in Newfoundland and Labrador.
| - Publication of provincial reports on student achievement in French second language.
- Improved quality of French second language programs.
- Publication of evaluation report on Intensive Core French.
- Increased number of schools offering Intensive Core French.
| 100,000 | 35,000 |
4. Financial assistance to school boards to enhance FSL programs through the use of information
technologies. | - Use of technology in FSL classrooms.
- Online access by the public to FSL program information.
- Professional development sessions on technology integration
for FSL teachers. | - Number of teachers attending professional development sessions on technology integration.
- Number of requests for information on FSL programs
originating from online sources. | 15,000 | 5,000 |
| Total | 281,500 | 97,000 |
