Education Minister Zach Churchill says he’s been talking with principals, teachers, parents and others about upcoming changes to education administration.
In a statement yesterday, Churchill says he also met this week with superintendents and senior teams and representatives of School Advisory Councils.
Churchill says he wanted to listen to those impacted by the changes.
He said there has been good discussion around removing principals and vice-principals from the NSTU.
Churchill says the government has decided principals and vice- principals, and those in other senior supervisory positions, will have one year to decide whether they want to remain in their current role, or stay in the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union and return to the classroom.
He also reassured teachers that any changes involving student assessment will not be part of the spring legislation.
Churchill says the Glaze report presented a clear path forward.
Union president Liette Doucet said in a statement that while it’s positive the minister is keeping the lines of communication open, “it is unfortunate he is still not open to doing the proper thing for our education system.”
“It is clear from these discussions that the public is not comfortable with the government’s implementation of the Glaze report.”
