IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL BC TEACHERS CONTEMPLATING EMPLOYMENT IN THE GREATER VICTORIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Greater Victoria Teachers' Association is advising all BC teachers to refrain from applying for employment as a teacher in District #61.
The employer has mandated principal-directed Common Planning Time and Student Services meetings for its middle school teachers during their prep time. 50% of teachers' 168 minutes of prep time has been redirected to facilitate these meetings. Middle School teachers in Victoria now have only 84 minutes of individual prep instead of 168 minutes. These teachers have the fewest number of prep minutes of any K - 12 teachers in the province.
In addition, Victoria middle schools are severely challenged with the most class size and class composition violations in the district. Some of the highest frequency of medical leaves originate in Victoria middle schools.
Until this prep time dispute is resolved, the GVTA is asking BC teachers to think twice before applying for a position in District #61.
What to know more? Contact the GVTA president, Thierry Ponchet: thierry@gvta.net.
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