Thank you, Ms. Green. Deputy Minister Haener.
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Haener
Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the Minister mentioned, the strengthening teacher instructional practices initiative does involve pilots, and we feel that it falls within the two main areas of ERI; improving teacher and student wellness, as well as strengthening teaching and learning. The evaluations will accompany each pilot. Each pilot may be slightly different depending on what is agreed to at each school, so we will be working with the education authorities to tailor the evaluation in line with whatever the pilots specifically look like. There will be some differences there depending how they roll out. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. My next question has to do with the number of hours that are required of students to prepare for departmental exams, particularly in grade 12. How will the reduced instructional hours be implemented so that students still have enough preparation to succeed on their departmental exams? Will it be a different number of hours as YCS has suggested, or will it still be the 100 hours?
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Haener
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do have preliminary submissions from schools for the implementation of the pilots in schools across the territory, and certainly what we're finding, particularly at the high school level, we are receiving submissions that do not go anywhere near the full 100 hours, particularly at the high school level. We are finding that the schools are very cognizant of the need to be aware of the timetabling process for the senior grades and the need to have enough time with students to prepare them for the departmentals. The teachers and the school staff themselves are very aware of that, and are therefore coming up with pilots that take that into consideration. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is supposed to be a benefit for teachers in lieu of a pay rise. How will teachers at the high school level be compensated for the hours that they are working, so many hours more than their colleagues who teach the younger grades? How will they be compensated? Thank you.
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Haener
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The change in instructional time is intended to give teachers the opportunity to work together in collegial groups for professional development, or to give them time to prepare appropriate feedback for students such as report cards. This all happens within the normal work week, work year, for teachers. There is no impact on compensation related to this initiative. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Let me put it more simply. If I'm a grade 3 teacher, and my hours are reduced by 100, and I'm a high school teacher and my hours are reduced by 50, then what kind of compensation or incentive or other acknowledgment will I receive that, in fact, my hours have not been reduced by a total of 100 or near 100? Thank you.
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Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
The deputy minister had mentioned there will be no compensation. I think some of the incentives would be for the teachers to be able to get some planning done, assess what is going on in the classrooms, as well as the professional development side will be able to get some of the teachers to participate in professional development. These are decisions that are going to be made by the schools. I am sure all these things are being brought up as the schools are developing their instructional hours, plans. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see my time is up, so I will go back on the list. Thank you.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you, Ms. Green. Any further questions from committee? Mr. Thompson.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to ask some questions about the inclusive schooling to begin with. Can the Minister please explain why we see a reduction of $1 million and change being reduced from inclusive schooling? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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February 19th, 2017
Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. With the ministerial directive, when we first rolled it out, we were looking at developing a professional support team for students and for communities that do not have some of the regional centres that Yellowknife has. Since then, it has been taken out, and that is where you see some of the changes. Plus, with the directive, we are looking out how we roll out those dollars so that, in fact, if the dollars go to the students' needs, at the end of the directive we should have a project support team in every community. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for his answer. Can he clarify what he means by the department is doing it, or the DEAs are doing it, or the school boards are doing it? Because I am looking at a fact sheet here, and it says that the DDECs are the ones in charge of putting the funding and utilizing the funding where they see fit, and now I'm hearing the department is taking a role in this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That decision was made on the recommendation of all the board chairs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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