




	ISE Ontario would like to thank you for visiting our website Mailing Address Suite 486 65 Cedar Pointe Drive Barrie, Ontario L4N 9R3 Tel 705 722 9440 Fax 705 722 9441 info@iseontario.on.ca Staff Contact --------------------------- Exchange Programs Students Elementary Secondary Summer Experience Canada --------------------------- Teachers Internship Summer --------------------------- School Groups ---------------------------				ISE Ontario's Philosophy International Student Exchange - Ontario is a registered not-for-profit corporation offering Ontario students a variety of reciprocal exchange programs in Europe and in Quebec. Affordable student exchanges with an educational focus were first organized by the Ontario Ministry of Education in the 1970's and the Ministry continues to support such programs. Included among the ISE Ontario European partners are the Ministry of Education offices that were exchange partners of the Ontario Ministry until it ceased its involvement in student exchanges. The primary goal of ISE Ontario is to provide: - the best possible programs - for the greatest number of students - at the lowest possible cost International Student Exchange - Ontario administers its programs in co-operation with participating school boards throughout the province. It is a school based program and the primary goal is to develop the language skills and increase the cultural awareness of participating students. ISE Ontario is totally committed to providing a service to students, families and teachers through a dedicated and experienced staff working in close collaboration with reliable and responsible exchange partner organizations, and with Ontario education authorities including board and school personnel. The visiting and the Ontario students thus have contact persons to provide support during both the hosting period and the period away from home. By nature, student exchanges require organizing bodies in each country to promote, oversee and administer the programs. These organizations in each of ISE Ontario's exchange destinations are Ministry of Education exchange offices, or private entities that operate in tangent with government educational ministries or with schools directly. These partner organizations operate independently of each other and of ISE Ontario, and set their own fees, candidate selection criteria, program guidelines, conditions of participation and communication networks. Each organization agrees to recruit candidates for exchanges to take place on a predetermined time line, to match students on the basis of common interests, age and lifestyles, and to provide information and support to both the visiting and hosting participants for the duration of the exchange period. All exchange participants are given the name and phone number of at least one contact person in the hosting country. Given the size of Ontario and the number of students wishing to participate, the most feasible way for exchange programs to operate is through the individual member school boards. Each participating board appoints a "board co-ordinator for exchanges" who is responsible for all aspects of the exchange program at the board level for both the Ontario and visiting exchange students. Each participating school in turn selects a teacher who co-ordinates exchange activities at the school level. Student participants in these programs thus have contacts within their own schools who can answer questions and help to deal with any questions or problems which may arise. Information for families is generally distributed through the board co-ordinator and/or school co-ordinator. ISE Ontario's Board of Directors Bernard Lavall�e - Directeur de l'�ducation, Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Janice Montgomery - Superintendent of Education, Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board Mary Jean Gallagher - Chief Executive Officer, The Literacy & Numeracy Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Education Anna Faraone - OISE, University of Toronto / Toronto Catholic School Board Anna Marie Bitonti - Director of Education, Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board Bill Hogarth - Director of Education, York Region District School Board Jane Dillon-Leitch - Superintendent of Schools, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board Angela Phillips - Head of Guidance (Senior School), Toronto French School ISE Ontario's Officers PRESIDENT Robert Graham Robert Graham was a teacher of French and German with the former Grey County Board of Education and then assumed the position of consultant in Modern Languages. He subsequently spent eight years with the Ministry of Education and Training as an education officer in the Northeastern regional office. In Toronto, he was the executive assistant to two deputy ministers of education and spent three years as coordinator on the Royal Commission on Learning. His experience with exchanges dates back to the 1970s and he served on the Provincial Committee of Exchange Co-ordinators during the period when the Ministry managed the program. Robert served as Vice President of ISE for 7 years before assuming the role of president. VICE PRESIDENT Maureen Cunningham Maureen Cunningham taught German and French with the York Region DSB and was Moderns Department head for many years. Her experience with student exchanges dates back to the 1970's, and in the 1980's she served on the Ministry of Education's Provincial Committee of Exchange Co-ordinators. She spent a year at the Ministry as Education Officer in the Special Projects Branch, administering Ontario student exchange programs provincially, in the final year of the Ministry of Education's direct involvement in the delivery of student exchange programs. Since her retirement Maureen has continued her work with York Region's international programs. SECRETARY TREASURER / PROGRAM DIRECTOR Bea Harper Bea Harper taught at the secondary and elementary level with the Separate and Public School Boards in Barrie and then held the position of Consultant for French as a Second Language in the Simcoe County Board of Education for many years. During this period she taught French as a Second Language Additional Qualifications courses for several Faculties of Education, and French Language courses for Wilfred Laurier University. Her experience with exchanges dates back to the beginnings of the programs in the 1970's, and she served on the Ministry of Education's Provincial Committee of Exchange Co-ordinators during the 1980's. She has provided provincial leadership in the organization of Exchange Programs since 1990, when the Ministry first divested its student exchange programs.