- Adopted the Alberta Teachers’ Association Human Rights Statement: Policy and Procedures for Interpretation and Response.
- Approved minor adjustments to the 2025/26 proposed budget for presentation at the 2025 Annual Representative Assembly.
- Authorized lawn signs and additional advertising, if needed, to support advocacy around teacher collective bargaining, with costs up to $100,000 charged to the Special Emergency Fund.
- Authorized staff to initiate discussions with Teacher Salary Qualifications Board partner organizations and other potentially interested parties concerning the structure and scope of a review of the Teacher Qualifications Service principles, governance and processes.
- Authorized staff to develop a new resource to support students from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
- Awarded the 2025 Alberta Teachers’ Association Doctoral Fellowships in Education, the 2025 Nadene M. Thomas Graduate Research Bursary and the 2025 Belairdirect Scholarship.
- Directed Steering Committee to prepare, for presentation at the start of the business portion of the 2025 Annual Representative Assembly for immediate effect upon adoption, a resolution to amend the speaking time allotted to each delegate from five minutes to three minutes, excluding time allocated for responses to questions.
- Approved for addition to prognosis in the next budget cycle in-person regional training to assist locals with communications planning.
- Authorized the use of personal member e-mails to communicate directly with members, provided they have given consent, and to include in the consent request all potential organizational communications to members so repeated permission is not required.
- Authorized staff to collect and share with locals all available detailed information on digital communication usage for follow-up purposes.
- Requested staff to create more intentional, concise and engaging messages from the Association and to improve the Association’s email strategy by using common subject lines, common headers and general email boxes when communicating with members.
- Amended the Association’s policy regarding representation in disciplinary regulatory matters before the Alberta Teaching Profession Commission and adopted a Disciplinary Regulatory Matters Representation Denial Appeal Process.
- Amalgamated the Political Engagement Committee and the Communications, Advocacy and Public Education Committee to form the Communications, Advocacy and Political Engagement Committee with new membership and frame of reference.
- Amended the Substitute Teachers Committee frame of reference and the Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Committee frame of reference. ❚
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PEC amalgamates two standing committees into one
Highlights of the Provincial Executive Council meeting held April 10–11, 2025, at Barnett House, Edmonton.
