Ontario. Dept. of Education. Supervision Branch

• Supervision Branch

• Ontario. Dept. of Education. Supervision Division

• Ontario. Dept. of Education. Supervision Section

In January, 1965, a re-organization of the Department of Education led to the creation of the Supervision Division as part of the Program Branch. The Supervision Division combined the supervisory functions of the former Elementary Education Branch, the Secondary Education Branch, the Art Education Branch, the Auxiliary Education Services Division, the Physical and Health Education Branch, the Music Branch, and the Guidance Services Branch. Beginning in September, 1965, 10 Area Offices were established from which elementary and secondary school inspectors worked under an Area Superintendent.

These Area Offices were renamed Regional Offices in 1967 and the Supervision Division became the Supervision Section. In June, 1968, the staff and responsibilities of the defunct Schools for Retarded Children Division were integrated into the Supervision Section. The Supervision Division/Section also included the Special Education Services Section from 1965 until 1969 when it was renamed Special Education Section and became a separate entity reporting directly through the Program Branch. In 1971, the Supervision Section was renamed Supervision Branch, and reported through the Instruction Division. In 1972, when the Department of Education was reorganized into the Ministry of Education, the Supervision Branch was replaced by the Supervisory Services Branch.

The Supervision Branch and its predecessors administered statutes and regulations for elementary and secondary schools, supervised and assessed the work of the schools and the school boards, advised on school building, and assisted in operations of larger units of administration. It was also responsible for directing the work of the supervisory officers (schools inspectors before 1969) and preparing and overseeing Principals' qualification courses. In addition, as the Supervision Section, it oversaw the consolidation of the public, separate and secondary school boards into larger county and district school boards that became effective January 1, 1969.

Until 1969 the Supervision Division (through the Special Education Services Section) was responsible for inspection of schools where exceptional children (gifted or handicapped), for physical, intellectual, social or emotional reasons, needed modified or special education programs. It also conducted assessments of children, organized summer courses in special education for teachers, and provided in-service training programs for teachers during the school year.

The Supervision Branch and its predecessors also acted as a liaison between the Department of Education and provincial organizations of teachers, trustees, and school officials; supervised private schools; and administered and evaluated compulsory attendance legislation. In addition, the Branch administered appeal procedures for teachers, provided supervisory services for French-language groups in Ontario, co-ordinated Department of Education responsibilities for educating students in Federal Department of National Defence schools, administered the Federal-Provincial Technical and Vocational Training Agreement and supervised the vocational schools, supervised Indian schools under arrangement with the Federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, supervised Northern Corps schools and administered the Young Voyageurs Program.

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