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Task force on teacher time

3 Mar 2016

The Task Force was established through an agreement, a Letter of Understanding between the three parties involved in provincewide collective bargaining under The Education Act, 1995:1 •. The Saskatchewan School Boards Association • The Government of Saskatchewan, as represented by the Minister of Education • The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation The background leading up to that Letter of Understa [...] Such expectations proved difficult to achieve; in the view of the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee there was not, and should not be, any such link between the length of the school day for students and the salaries paid to, and the assigned time of, teachers. [...] Page 13 Task Force on Teacher Time Final Report – January 2016 Second, given the progress of bargaining and the emphasis the STF gave to the quantity of teacher time (including its potential relation to compensation), that Committee decided to focus more of its efforts on the intensification of the teaching experience. [...] The Task Force has come to recognize the value of collaborative and consultative processes with respect to the issue of calendar development and trusts that the process can be carried out in a respectful way, focusing all involved on the best interests of the student beneficiaries of the evolving calendar. [...] However, we can suggest that part of the concern over the allocation of teacher time derives from the feeling that, on occasion, there has been a lack of genuine consultation or where, in the view of some teachers, the potential for improvement to the quality of education is not self-evident.
teachers teaching
Pages
49
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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