The Potential Teacher Strike In Alberta
The Potential Teacher Strike In Alberta
Alberta’s teachers are poised for a strike in the next few weeks. Tensions are high on both sides of the bargaining table between the Alberta government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. It is time to take a pause, reflect and recalculate.
Why are classrooms overcrowded and underfunded?
Why do public school teachers spend thousands of their personal income to adequately provide for the academic, social, and emotional needs of their students?
The answers to these questions are multifaceted, but at the end of the day, the impact of overcrowded and underfunded classrooms is a financial and mental survival contest for both teachers and students alike.
With these realities already overwhelmingly present, they are further compounded with Alberta’s rapidly growing student population. This is a bubble waiting to burst.
What Is The Solution?
While we await the outcome of provincial bargaining, we can collectively focus on what matters most, and that is the well-being of our students and our teachers. Neither one is any good to the other when they cannot be their best selves.
In order for that to happen, there will need to be a significant reformatting of funding and resources for public education in Alberta. This is extremely overwhelming, so we offer a way to streamline this process for teachers, parents, and students.
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Thank you for reading this blog post on the potential teacher strike in Alberta. I wish you and your child(ren) or students all the best during this interesting time!