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Council aims to support gender equity

PEC Points

Highlights of the Provincial Executive Council meeting held Dec. 1–2, 2022, Barnett House, Edmonton.

  1. Selected Gail-Anne Wilson and Terra Kaliszuk to fill two positions of executive staff officer, professional development, with duties to commence mid-February 2023.
  2. Authorized an overexpenditure of $25,000 for the 2023 Political Engagement Seminar.
  3. Referred a recommendation to host two Beginning Teachers Conference events—one in Edmonton and one in Calgary—to the December meeting of Finance Committee for consideration.
  4. Referred a proposed resolution to the December meeting of Finance Committee to consider a grant program in the amount of $20,000 to support teachers, groups of teachers and local women in leadership committees to establish projects that support gender equity in schools and in the teaching profession.
  5. In lieu of sending Christmas cards, approved a $2,000 Christmas charity donation to the Alberta division of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
  6. Approved the name of one teacher for addition to the Indigenous Education Professional Development Facilitators name bank.
  7. Approved the names of four teachers for addition to the Association Instructors name bank. The bank is used as a source of appointments to the Association instructors corps as the need arises.
  8. Appointed a field member to the Status of Racialized Teachers Working Group for a term to June 30, 2023.
  9. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of one charge of unprofessional conduct for which the teacher was convicted of an indictable offence under section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada for unlawfully touching a student, under the age of 16 years, for a sexual purpose. The hearing committee ordered a penalty of a declaration that the teacher is permanently ineligible for membership in the Association and a recommendation to the minister of education that the teacher’s teaching certificate be permanently cancelled.
  10. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of three counts of unprofessional conduct for using an inappropriate word while assigning project work to students, for making an inappropriate statement while coaching a student and for speaking to a teacher colleague about a student in an inappropriate way. The hearing committee imposed a penalty of a letter of severe reprimand to encompass all three charges and a fine of $1,000.
  11. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of two charges of unprofessional conduct for slapping a student on the cheek and for using the cultural values of colony lifestyle to rationalize the striking of a student. The hearing committee ordered a penalty of a letter of severe reprimand for both charges, a declaration that the teacher be ineligible to hold membership in the Association for two years and a recommendation to the minister of education that the teacher’s teaching certificate be suspended for two years.
  12. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of two charges of unprofessional conduct for grabbing a student by the shoulders and physically repositioning them and for swearing in the presence of students. The committee ordered a penalty of a single letter of reprimand for both charges and a fine of $500.
  13. Received the report of an appeal committee that considered a matter of appeal costs and ordered the $1,000 appeal deposit be returned to a teacher but made no other order with respect to payment of costs. ❚

     

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