Those activities include many that are described as extracurricular — coaching, leading school clubs and supervising camping trips. But the protest has also seen teachers refuse tasks such as filing reports, talking to principals, meeting parents, tutoring students and performing administrative duties, said Hugh Finlayson, chief executive officer of the …
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http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications-@Issue/No%202012-12-KJ-LRB%20Illegal%20Strike%20Application.pdf From the FAQ in the document: 1. What activities are being withdrawn from schools now? The BCTF and its members are refusing to perform a number of duties and activities on the basis that those duties and activities fall within a definition of “extracurricular/voluntary” that has been adopted by …
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The 2011-2012 school year has been anything but normal and as we head into its last few months, I have been asked to share the perspectives of members of the BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association. These illustrations, while not representative of all schools, are examples of the real challenges that …
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The Prince George District Teachers Association passed out two documents for parents from the BC Teachers’ Federation at the District Parent Advisory Council, as attached to this post. http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Parents/ParentLetter2012-04-26.pdf http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Parents/SL120419-LtrParentsReExtraCurricular.pdf Prince George teachers had voted to pull extra-curricular activities until June 2013, not just 2012. In regards to a question …
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superintendent report may 2012 in PDF format
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… Poor kids, the argument goes, clearly can’t keep up, so stop talking about their failure… In Better Schools for B.C.: A Plan for Quality Public Education, the BCTF states that “a child’s performance in school is strongly related to socio-economic status and that a good education is often the …
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Dear PAC and DPAC chairs and parents, As we enter the final chapter of this school year, it is a time when the excitement of students and families grows, as preparation for celebrations of student accomplishments take shape and provide opportunity to reflect and share achievements and successes for the …
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