The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-03-19, Page 3Lucknew .Sentinel, Wednesday, Mardi -19,, 19 Page 3
Teachers bo:ii: to avoid "milk anapproach
•from 'page 1
comes in and teaches a class which has a
greater student .demand -that one which is
taught by a senior teacher, the junior
teacher would be bypassed in favour of the
senior 'teachers inthe event of a la., -off
because of student demand:
"The danger system," Mr. er in this
Cale
said, "is youcould foreseeably; have a
junior
teacher.
teacher, on the seniority list, go
into a cl assro.
a orn and deliberately create a
student demand
by being popular, giving
highng grades, low failure
rates etc. Thus,'
you have. a-nilk and cookies aPProach
to
education." •
• Theboard boa d .also wants to change -,the
ti etablin rovisions by having teachers.
• sgend more time i
me. 'in the :classroom and
. • maybe take their marking and preparation
t • time in one lump sum at either the ,b'egin, •
nig or end of the school year.
"Instead af- averaging"their preparation
time over a ;five day -40 . period -.cycle, it . .
would averaged over the yearinstead,"
Mr. Cale said;-. ,..
• Mr. Cale said this way -:of timetabling
4411,:trl#acticall and : the union, has ..already
w ,one grievance on this issue when the
board tried to- irribletnea a similar-.: system.
at the old Ripley.' High -School. '
Qn the third issue, Mr: Cale commented
it looks like the "board is giving an extra fire
days for union business, but • in reality
en. all the conditions are met for the
extra -'time off, it Would be very difficult: to
•'actually >take. it.
Mr. Cale said. Bruce County is° oneof the
few counties where the uniori doesn't"hays;
the right to purchase part of the year off for
the federation -office..
Mr. Cale cites ' these three items as
priorities at the upcoming talks. Once they
are dealt' with the : union will be eager to
deal with some of the other issuer the,
transfer .,ofsecondary teachers to ellement-
ary :levels, a provision for a denial and•
, • .. •. Ari ':. �. .-.,
o>nme new
x a educath
'"On August 1st, X1986,, Paul Martrnaare
''wil1''begin his duties as the new Director sof
Education for. Bruce County, replacing the
retired Jack Bowers, who served the Board
Since -1969. .
Martindale, 46, is a native of Lion's
Head,. and started his._ career in education
with the Grey County Board .of Education,
die served as principal and supervi