Huron Expositor, 2002-08-14, Page 9t
Anniversary Art Finlayson tournament
Sixty teams of Iawnbowlers, representing 24 clubs, came to Seaforth Wednesday to play in the 23th annual Anniversary Art
Finlayson tournament. First prize went to a team from Southampton.
Scott Hilgendorff photo
High school timetabling nightmare
allows return of extra-curriculars
By Susan Hundertmork
Expositor Staff
Ministry of Education
changes this July that
increase high school class
'sizes and decrease teacher
workloads along with an
August agreement that brings
extracurricular activities back
to local high schools, created
a timetabling nightmare for
Avon -Maitland principals
this summer.
"It's been just awful.
There's no polite way to put
it. We're still having a hard
time making this work but
we'll find a way," said
Mitchell District High School
principal Dave Hurley last
week while still scrambling
to find three teachers to hire
for his school this September.
Seaforth District High
School is also still hiring
three more teachers and
asking students to come in to
the school this week to
resolve any timetabling
conflicts, says principal
Wayne Tessier.
Tessier, who was originally
slated to go to Bluewater
Secondary School in
Goderich, is filling in for Jim
Moore, who was named
earlier this year as the
Seaforth District High School
principal for this fall. Moore,
who was principal in
Seaforth two years ago, will
remain at Bluewater, where
he transferred last year.
"It's (the timetabling has)
been a bit rushed but it's
coming together nicely," says
Tessier during a phone
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interviews. "We have seen
quite a number of good
candidates and will be
meeting more tomorrow."
While timetabling is
usually completed by May
with any conflicts resolved
by early June, Hurley is
asking high school students
to drop into the school this
week to resolve any conflicts
they might still have in their
timetables.
"We've spent most of the
day phoning homes asking
students to come in. The
guidance department will be
here all week to help," he
says
Most of the timetable
conflicts are fairly simple and
only involve choosing
between two courses being
offered the same time but
some involve three or four
conflicts.
The unusual circumstance
that saw the education
ministry increase high school
class sizes across the
province on July 16 from 21
to 22 students was an attempt
to free up more teachers for
extracurricular activities,
says Avon -Maitland
superintgndent Marjatta
Longston.
Disputes between the
provincial government and
teacher unions about teacher
workload created a year
without any extra -curricular
activities in most schools
across Ontario last year.
Along with the increased
class sizes, the ministry
decreased teacher workload
from 6.5 to 6.25 classes a
year, allowing teachers of
academic courses to teach
only six classes each year,
while teachers of special
education, cooperative
education, guidance and
library courses teach eight
classes a year.
"It all hinged around
teacher workload. The
increased class size gives
boards more flexibility to
change workloads for the
district without increasing the
number of teachers we have
to hire. It's good news for
small boards like ours," she
says.
Longston says academic
teachers should now be freed
up to participate in extra-
curricular activities, adding
that because the board and
Avon -Maitland teachers were
able to reach an agreement in
early August, all high schools
should be up and running
with timetables and extra-
curricular activities by the
beginning of the school year.
"There are boards in the
province that haven't reached
an agreement yet so we're
ahead of the game here by a
couple of weeks. It's been a
collective effort and it really
speaks to the teachers'
professionalism that we were
able to reach an agreement so
soon," she says.
Tessier says Seaforth
teachers will be invited to
sign up for whatever extra-
curricular activities they'd
like to be involved with at the
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school year.
"The staff is happy to have
the opportunity again," he
says.
Longston also praises high
school principals across the
district for the extra work
they've done this summer
tackling the timetabling
problems.
"The principals are doing
an amazing job. I'm really
impressed by their
diligence," she says.
Longston says about half
of the schools in the district
are still hiring teachers but
adds that the timetabling
problem shouldn't cause too
much difficulty for teachers
trying to prepare their
courses for the fall since
most were told what subjects
they would be teaching, even
though specific timetables
were not available.
"Everyone should be ready
to go Sept. 4. Let's hope
there are no more ministry
changes in the meantime,"
she says.
Hurley says the increased
class size will reduce the
number of classes by nine in
Mitchell.
He adds he is, still looking
for teachers to teach art,
computers and business and
says the rest of the teachers
are eager to see their
timetables.
"It makes it tough to
prepare. They want to know
their classes," he says.
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