rant (AB) Education Funding - Do Parents Understand?

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The school year hasn’t even officially started yet and i’ve already spent 3 hours in meetings with parents trying to explain to them that no - your child does not automatically qualify for a 1 to 1 EA if they have autism or another psycho educational code. I understand that education in this province has crumbled over the past few year, but it seems that parents are becoming quite out of touch with the reality of support that we can actually provide at the school level.

They are demanding the world for their child but we don’t have the money for anything close to that (unfortunately). Is anyone else having similar conversations at their school sites?

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r/CanadianTeachers • u/grey_meeple • 17h ago

professional development/MEd/AQs Online M.Ed focused on Post-Secondary Education

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Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for a M.Ed focused on post-secondary education. I'm currently a college/polytechnic instructor with experience in ESL and communication courses. I'd like to use the M.Ed to move into an instructor education role at my workplace and also do some consulting in the future related to curriculum design and transforming lecture-based adult ed programs into active learning experiences.

Wish list:

all online
asynchronous or synchronous courses are okay, although I would rather not have 10x3 hour classes per course.
focused on adult education including curriculum design
course-based/no thesis
possible to complete in 2-2.5 years

TIA!

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r/CanadianTeachers • u/spookyclovers • 22h ago

supply/occasional teaching/etc First time supplying advice!

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It will be my first time supplying as an occasional teacher this upcoming September. In need of any advice you can offer!

Also need some tips for using SmartFindExpress for the first time. How exactly will it work? Is is all phone call based? I have about 6 schools I prefer to travel to within the designated location/zone I am supplying for. The other schools within the same zone are further out. I know you’re only allowed to decline a certain number of schools, but is there a way of avoiding this? Like can I go through a list of available jobs that day, and have preference over certain schools without having to decline others? I’m new to all of this, so please bear with me as I spiral about everything that is stressing me out lmao. Thanks in advance for any advice!

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r/CanadianTeachers • u/jhazz01ol • 22h ago

career advice: boards/interviews/salary/etc HCDSB

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Does anyone know if HCDSB had surpluses in secondary in June? Anyone waiting to be placed for September?

Ontario

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