Teachers' union talks nice-nice to new education minister
Monday, February 11, 2013 by: SooToday.com Staff
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ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' FEDERATION OF ONTARIO
ONTARIO CATHOLIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
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ETFO welcomes new education minister Liz Sandals
TORONTO (February 11, 2013) - The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) welcomes the announcement that Liz Sandals will be Ontario's new minister of education.
"We want to congratulate the new minister on her appointment. Minister Sandals brings important experience to the education portfolio," said ETFO President Sam Hammond. "Along with serving as a former parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Education, she chaired the Safe Schools Action Team, which laid the groundwork for the Keeping Our Kids Safe at School Act, 2009.
"We look forward to working with Premier Kathleen Wynne and Minister Sandals to continue building a strong education system in Ontario."
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario represents 76,000 elementary public school teachers and education professionals across the province and is the largest teacher federation in Canada.
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Catholic teachers welcome Liz Sandals as new Minister of Education
TORONTO (February 11, 2013) - Ontario's Catholic Teachers welcome the appointment of Liz Sandals as Minister of Education.
"We look forward to working with Minister Sandals in her new role and to forging a productive relationship with her," says Kevin O'Dwyer, president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA). "As a former Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education, school board trustee and chair of the Ontario Public School Board Association, Sandals brings a wealth of experience to the portfolio."
"We are confident of her understanding of the need for cooperation and open dialogue in education and look forward to working together to continue to move Ontario's schools from great to excellent and address the needs of Catholic students and teachers," adds O'Dwyer.
OECTA represents the 43,000 professional women and men who teach all grades in publicly funded English Catholic schools in Ontario.
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cjborg 2/11/2013 7:00:12 PM Report It will be most interesting to see how the new Minister/Teacher Union (nice nice) relationship evolves.... I hope I am wrong in thinking just more future teacher contract overspending, general all around capitulation, continued incompetence and scandalous mismanagement is in the cards...
In any case, we will have to wait and see how the new Ont. Fibs handle the messes they created... i.e.: Gas Plants, Ornge, E-Health, outlandish over spending on teacher salaries, renewable energy mismanagement in recent years.....etc. etc.
The sooner the public gets valid information and costs on these and other scandals and a follow-up election.... the better.
reapo 2/11/2013 9:39:38 PM Reportcjborg..What do you mean outlandish overspending on teacher's salaries? I deserve and work for every penny I make. Why doesn't the government save money by not paying for the lack of work done by McGuinty and his followers while the government was efectively shut down since November? None of them worked yet they all got paid. Our former premier is collecting his gratuity (also a pension) as are the other members of parliament. And what of the federal conservatives who continue to stack the senate with overpaid and underworked appointees? Talk about wasteful spending. You have no idea the work involved in teaching and until you show me your educational credentials along with your Ontario Teachers Certificate kindly keep your mouth shut. It's time that 'talkers' like you become 'listeners' for once.
W. Yote 2/11/2013 10:43:08 PM ReportWhy does our media publish this crap. I'm tired of hearing from these belly-aching teachers.
H.E.T. 2/11/2013 11:13:20 PM Reportreapo
funny how you DIDN'T strike over the christmas break. Why? No kids to use as tools and your not going to give up paid holidays. Should be a clue to you. Why not strike in June? And now your union is going to kiss up to a new minister. Do you really think its fair for ME a tax payer to pay you todays pay rate for a sick day you didn't use fifteen or twenty years ago? Would you do that for me? Not likely.
Sleve 2/12/2013 8:23:22 AM ReportWhats the difference between a 8 yr Sault Michigan Teacher and a 8 yr Sault Ontario teacher ? About $32,500.00 yes I have a relative teaching in both cities, I am surprised no one really speaks to the fact that we have two boards (or should I say 3) in little Sault Ste Marie, two directors two board offices two payroll, H/R, plant services just to name a few, then we have the Huron board with a school way out in Espanola? 3 hours away? Yet it is only 55 minutes from Sudbury, turn the school over to Sudbury and save money would make sense to me.
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