The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-11-23, Page 22PAGE 22 •-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER p, 1978
Lack of opportunity may
make teachers stagnant
BY JEFF SEDDON .
Little opportunity for advancement for
teachers in Huron County may be causing some
to become stagnant. Director of education for
Huron, John Cochrane,k-'told the board of
education Monday night that many boards in
Ontario have expressed the same concern and
many are looking at the possibility'of setting up
exchange programs for teachers to permit
them to maintain a fairly high morale rate.
Cochrane touched on the matter after the
board received'a request for leave of absence
without pay from the head of physical
education at Seaforth District High School.
Maryanne Weiler asked the board to approve
the leave in a letter but did not elaborate on the
reasons. Superintendent of ` education Don
Kenwell said he had talked to Bruce Shaw,
principal of Seaforth, and learned that Weiler
wanted to take a year off to take several short
courses on coaching techniques and to take
some courses in teaching. Kenwell said Shaw
approved the leave adding that the principal
felt it was a good idea.
The director told the board that Weiler and
many other Huron teachers, really had no
option but to take a leave since there was little
opportunity for them to get the same education
within the system. He said a relatively young
staff at the schools combined with few changes
planned in senior administrative posts left
many young teachers with little future.
Cochrane said he had just recently returned
from a provincial education convention and had
heard similar concerns expressed by ad-
ministrators from other boards. He said his
counterpart in Carleton County addressed the
convention and said that in many teaching
staffs in Ontario there is little or no opportunity
for advancement and the problem is affecting
the morale of those staffs.
Cochrane said that one of the ideas resulting
from consultation on the matter was to co-
ordinate efforts between a number of boards of
education and work outan exchange program
for teachers. The program,may provide
teachers with an opportunitto work for
another board for a specified period of time
providing that board with expertise and ability
that that teacher may have but because of staff
situations in the school in which the teacher
works that ability may go untapped.
Some trustees expressed some concern over
Weiler's application for a leave of absence,
which was approved by the board, because it
was one of many similar requests made by
teachers in Huron this year. Colborne trustee
Shirley Hazlitt suggested to the board that it
put a deadline on such requests to limit the time
period a teacher has to seek a leave or a
nomination to a department of national defence
school. The nomination for DND work gives a
teacher permission to leave his or her post to go
to a foreign country to teach children of armed
forces personnel. The teaching tour overseas
normally lasts a couple of years and the board
agrees to take the teacher back in a position
comparable to the one they left to go on DND
duty.
For the past„ three months the board has
handledup to half 'a 'dozen DND requests per
month and Hazlitt felt the board should
establish a time limit on the requests from
teachers.
Cochrane explained to the board that the
requests are made every year to the board but
conceded that this year there havebeen more
made than in any other year during his 10 year
stint in Huron County.
No waiting for.,issues.
U • from mei
director" but added that all the staff now at the
rec office may not be needed.
' Council recently hired Jane Netzky who was
working in Goderich under a provincial grant to
establish programs for mentally retarded
people. The town decided to keep Netzky on
staff and pay her salary when the grant ran out.
Reeve Eileen Palmer said one "couldn't put a
dollar value on recreation". She said it is not
something just for the youth of Goderich but is
for all ages: She said Dymond was a "very
nice" person but added that the town would get
along without•him and may "go ahead in leaps
and bounds with new blood".
James Magee, a new council member, said
council could consider dividing the role of the
recreation director. He said recreation was
more than sports pointing out it involved a
great number of things that could be labelled
under culture. He said the town could consider
two administrators, one for sports and one for
culture, and that taxpayers would get more for
their dollar because each person would be
doing one job well rather than one person doing
neither job well. He said that when all activities
under sports and culture were ' considered
everyone in Goderich was involved.
Another newcomer, Brian Knights, said he
didn't like to comment on matters when he
wasn't familiar with facts and figures. But
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Scruton. Enough lights were able to be repaired
to avoid filing a NOTAM report though, he said.
Scruton eported that there were now six
electrical serviced tie downs for rent for
plane owners wanting to preheat engines in the
winter. These tie downs were requested by
Wingham Air Services who will be the main
users but there are a couple of private plane
owners interested in them too, said Scruton.
Scruton reported that the fencing of the
parking lot was completed as far as possible
with the available materials and that the
tourist sign was completed except for power for
the lighting fixtures.
Scruton reported that equipment for snow
removal had been delivered to the airport. He
reported 31 visiting aircraft in October but said
this was not a true account of the number of
visiting planes because it is difficult to catch
everyone* who lands. He also reported that all
grades of aircraft oil were being sold at the
airport.
Scruton gave a full account of the Ministry of
Transportation Maintenance Conference which
he attended and his full report vas adopted as
printed.
Chairman Wrig• ht suggested that Scruton and
Graham have coveralls with the name of the
airport on the back and their own names on the
front to add some "pizazz" to the airport.
The name of the airport was then discussed.
When the town took it over, "it became the
Goderich Municipal Airport but the name Sky..,
Harbor will likely always stick, said Lloyd
Atfield.
Scruton and Atfield were appointed to get
some needed changes in the Visual Flight Rules
supplement, a book with coded information for
airports including Goderich. ,
Ken Hunter reported that the airport com-
mittee appeared to be well within its budget for
this year but said he was disappointed in
revefiues. Although there was a profit from
.gasoline sales, other expenses offset this and
created a loss.
..
Knights did say that he' felt recreation was
"healthy to the body and the mind" and was
"important in every community to people of all
ages". Knights said he felt council would have
to get a recommendation from the rec board
and consider the matter at that time.
Elsa Haydon said the decision may be a
perfect opportunity for council members that
promised to cut unnecessary spending to do
their thing. She said when spending is cut
services are cutand council members could
now decide on what;services would be cut. She
said . she felt a recreation director was
necessary adding that Dymond's resignation
would be a loss to the town because although he
was hot always popular in Goderich he was
"very highly touted in his profession'•'.
Jim Searls said there was "no doubt" in his
mind that the town needed a recreation
director. He said he would like to see the rec
office establish a better relationship. with
service clubs in Goderich claiming 99 percent
of the support of community projects came
from those clubs. He suggested council asking
that each service club appoint a member to sit
on the rec board.
Stan Profit said he was in favor of a
recreation director when Dymond was hired
and that he was still in favor of it. He said-
Dymond
aidDymond had come under a lot of criticism since
arriving in Goderich but added that people's
misunderstanding of recreation was the reason
for a great deal of that criticism. The veteran
council Member said he did not understand
recreation when Dymond was hired claiming
he always felt it was sports. He said it is ,much
more than sports. He said Dymond was
criticized for not doing the job of the com-
munity and that was a tough situation for
anyone. He said the director cannot necessarily
get involved with every project in town but can
support projects and help groups and in-
dividuals out when he can. He added that ,the
town would miss Dymond as a person but not as
a rec director adding that another would be
hired and the town would go "onwards and
upwards."
The rec board is meeting with Dymond
tonight (Thursday) to formulate a recom-
mendation for council and will send that
recommendation to council for its first business
meeting in December.
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Preparations are being made fp r 00 dredging of
the channel- ieadin' to. Goderleb Harbor. The
contract, estimated at MAO was let by the
' Federal governmentand the purpose lief the project
was to get the high. spots out of the channel to im-
prove navigation for freighters. (photo by Dave
Sykes)
OFA meet
uet week ..
The. 42n4 Aettuax
Convention of the Ontario -
Federation o.fAgriculture
will be held in Hamilton
at the downtown Holiday
Inn on November 27, 28
and 29.
The OFA Convention
the provixr's
Parliament of Farmerees.
It . provides the
organization's 23,000
individual members,
through their more than
450 delegates the op-
portunity to initiate
policy directions and
express their concerns,
hopes and plans.
The theme is Com-
mitment -- commitment
to the industry of
agriculture, to a bet-
terrnent of our en-
vironment to the most
efficient methods of
production of food in this
province -- and a com-
mitment to the future of
Canada.
Present at the con-
vention will be farmers
from across the province,
representatives from the
industry and from both
federal and provincial
governments.
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