Admin staff bearing brunt of teacher job action
Some kids may be celebrating blank report cards this semester, but Grade 12 students applying for university will have to do a little leg work.
Many high school seniors are filling out college applications, and while they wont have a report card to highlight their academic achievements, they can collect marks from their teachers.
B次元官网网址淭he teachersB次元官网网址� union has been speaking to the Grade 12 students to let them know to be aware of their grades,B次元官网网址� said Jim Cambridge, Sooke School District superintendent.
As part of the ongoing job action, teachers are not filling out marks or comments on report cards this month.
Sooke TeachersB次元官网网址� Association president Patrick Henry stressed that just because report cards are bare doesnB次元官网网址檛 stop teachers from sharing marks.
B次元官网网址淚f parents want to know how their children are doing they can ask the teachers, nothing has changed,B次元官网网址� Henry said adding teachers are still meeting with parents and exchanging phone calls to talk about children's progress. B次元官网网址淎s part of the essential service order itB次元官网网址檚 clear the teacher need not submit marks.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淧arents are absolutely free to talk to teachers still,B次元官网网址� Cambridge said.
NovemberB次元官网网址檚 report card will be sent home, but will provide little more than an attendance record. If a student takes a course taught by a principal or vice-principal then those course marks will be recorded.
Meanwhile, Sooke School District officials are still scrambling to cover supervision times for before and after school, as well as recess, at 13 schools.
Each day since September a district staff member drives to Sooke to supervise the 15 minute recess and then drives back to the Langford board office to carry on with the work day.
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Lunch hour supervision is done by a CUPE member.
B次元官网网址淭here doesnB次元官网网址檛 seem to be much reason (for the teachersB次元官网网址� union) to settle at the moment,B次元官网网址� Cambridge said. B次元官网网址淢ost of the pressure goes to the management staff and we have no influence over the provincial bargaining.B次元官网网址�
Henry and Cambridge agree that in SD 62, the relationship between teachers and administration remains positive and upbeat.
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The job action was brought forward with teacher demands for better control of class sizes, class composition and restoration of funding cuts.
B次元官网网址淚 didnB次元官网网址檛 think it would go on for this long,B次元官网网址� Cambridge said.
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