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On research about mental health and social media use
@TravisJohn
School boards should ban cellphones in schools. I don’t want to wait for big tech to create a safe building for student learning. Students need time to unplug. Ask any adult and ask if students are addicted. Most would say yes. Therefore, it is inappropriate for educators to call it just another tool in the tool bag. How many other tools do we use that students are addicted to?
On the defeat of Bill 202, which called for a return of class size reporting
@JanetHansenWilkinson
I guess I wonder why MLAs felt the need to defeat this bill. The information gathered would inform their constituents as to what the current conditions are in schools. Ignorance is not bliss.
On the ATA News story: “Workload issues prompting teachers to quit”
@MichelleFatica
It is also the class composition/makeup that is causing concern and burnout.
@NedraDreyer
That is why I retired early.
@LynannKroetsch
I am so glad to be done.
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@Renee_juliette
As a former teacher from Alberta, now living and not teaching in BC, the countless tasks put onto teachers causes burnout. They have education degrees, not social work or counselling degrees; allow them to teach. Allow them preps, the time to mark, plan, report cards, plus manage their own mental health, physical health and work–life balance. Teach new teachers balance so there are less new teachers leaving the profession after three to five years. I lasted 5.5 before I moved on.
@ms.t.reads
I left public school teaching in Alberta because of the increased workload, no pay increase, incompetent leadership, lack of student accountability and abuse of contracts by school divisions. Our school system is failing students and teachers for all these reasons. I would love to see action (not another survey or social media post) that actually changes education for the better in this province.
For the record
The hardest time for teachers is January through March, so we’re only going to head into a more difficult time.
CTF president Heidi Yetman speaking to CTV News about the challenges Canadian teachers face as they return to classes after winter break.
