Tag: BC teachers
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A Game of Funds
It’s war and both sides know how to play this game of funds. Teachers initiate rotating strikes; employers, in turn, plan to lock them out and reduce pay by 10 per cent for the work loss. Media coverage is thick, on-screen blasts and visible displays of protest butt-up against government officials and talking heads. The students, […]
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Teachers want professional growth not punitive measures
(Image Source) Even current secondary school teacher and TToC (on-call teachers) union representative Tobey Steeves must contend: not all teachers are created equal. But a punitive model, he says, is the wrong path toward teacher assessment. The war over working conditions and remuneration fought between the BC teachers’ federation and the provincial government has gone on […]
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B.C. School System Needs Injection of Truth
I wouldn’t have a problem with the collective bargaining of teachers if that bargain also involved an open evaluation of the effectiveness of B.C. school teachers, most especially secondary level studies. (B.C. teachers demonstrate against the provincical government in Victoria in 2012. Photo Credit DARREN STONE, PROVINCE) Madame Justice Susan Griffin’s $2M in damages awarded […]