Guidance counsellor has been addressed before. We provide funding to the school boards and it’s at their discretion if they’re going to hire guidance counsellors, teachers, custodial, support staff. This will definitely be addressed with them when it comes to my meeting with them as board chairs.
The Member has spoken to principal training potentially providing guidance services. I’m fully aware that there is a principals’ annual certification training that happens for principals that are coming into a new position or even existing principals. I have to find out if this is part of their training. I know they have a wide range of training that’s required
for the principals. I will have to get back to the Members on the actual training component of the principal’s certification program. At the same time, I will again be talking to my colleagues, the chairpersons of the school boards, to provide more emphasis on this particular subject. That’s what we’ll be doing.
There is also – I just got the information here – several rounds of training both career focusing, resulting in over 80 teachers. That information we can provide to the Members for their information as well.