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Th Press Wednesday Oct 1978 Professional activity days cut for elementary teacher In a surprise move Thurs day Board of lion decided elementary teachers will have just seven professional activity days next year but high school teachers will still have nine Trustee Jim Clel land urged trustees support his call for a reduction in the number of professional ac tivity days immediately from nine to He observed there is little evidence to support claims teacher working days when students present are of any benefit pointed out teaching Is very well paid because of their long years of service and experience so they need much development He suggested that if teaehers worked eight hours instead of the five or six hours ihey work on PA days they would only need seven a year anyway Teacher moral is perplex ing and hostility towards teachers is growing so the board could help improve the teachers imnge by having them teaching two more days a year he Director of Em Lavender observed teachers handle administrative chores professional develop ment and program develop ment on professional jobs Administrative chores ire mostly consulting with pupils and parents and evaluating pupil progress Teachers get paid regard less of whether Ihcy are in front of the classroom or on professional activity day so there Is no cost saving in cutting the number of profes sional activity days However having them in the classroom would be better value for tax dollars Trustee Lcn Crosier observed Burlington Trustee Dr Helen Howard Lock asked to have the entire Issue tabled until next spring when the new school year la planned but supported by her colleagues Professional activity days are needed Milton Trustee Ivan Armstrong observed However they would be much more useful and more acceptable to the public if they were in August He said the public is most unhappy about the professional tivity day the first day of the school year Reducing the number of professional activity days would likely cause problems at high schools where days are used between semesters to get the school ready for the new years Trustee Noel Cooper warned Clelland observed there are lots of leaders in schools one in four teachers receives a responsibility allowance so the leaders could handle getting a scmeslered high school ready for the new term It is pretty hard to convince the public they are getting good value for their tax dollars Trustee Fred Armi declared He noted teachers work a lot less days each year than most people so two extra days In class shouldn be a problem Professional development is necessary but seven days a year would be a more reasonable number Georgetown Trustee Barry Shepherd said Trustee Dill Herd was successful in having Clel land motion so any reduction In professional activity days would be in 1979- BO and not this year He said change in the school year now would be disruptive and inconvenient Hit extra two days of classes art needed since schools ore using up two and a half hours week on squirt reading sessions and health Trustee Lisle said The vote results were the real shocker The board voted first on the question of reducing actlvitv days for high school teachers and it lost because it ended in a 10 10 tie Trustee Bert Shep herd Crosier mi Clelland Armstrong Herd CoopcrandUill voted for the reduttion while Edni Robinson Alexander Cam Jukson Hon net tares Gurry Morion John Bradley and were opposed Standard school hours needed School hours in could be standardized so all students go In and out at the some time Trustee Lcn Crosier has proposed hours be stand He noted each school sets its own hours and there isn t much uniformity across the region Hit suggestion will be dealt with by Board of Education later this month Crosier says classes shouldn start later than a and there should It it least fiveanil onehalf hours of instruction daily There would also be one hour for lunch and a 15 minute recess in morning and jfte rnoon for elementary pupils He siyi reined school hours would fueiiilate bus routes confusion for pare Is who have children in mure than one school and facilitate progrimming of inter school SHERIDAN COLLEGE student Lorella presented with the Canada Packers Award this week for hei high academic achievement leadership qualities and con to college and community life The 19- year old Acton resident is a third year Business student majoring in marketing at the Oakville Campus She is president of the campus Student Senate and served as vice president during the academic year The award given annually since was presented by Phil light ind Art Devlin centre of Canada Packers I td with left Dean of the School of Business and Secretarial Studies Decline in enrolment is not as bad as anticipated Halton students do well in tests in public schools drop is much this year is liti enrolment is of September 14 is down pupils from SI Jul I ist je ir lo I Kins year therein more pupils in el iss than Hit Hoard of due Hi in it is mil ho in in I unit n Hilt si mil ird this mini I p few hit I inriic pupils In As has the case for the last few years per cent of students are scoring above the national norm in special tests Thursday of Education members reviewed a report on pupil in lira and dis covered their students are still performing better than most in on standardized tests Pupils lake many special tests designed for use in only Three board John Or Brendan Kelly Dick principal Dave reviewed the various test results and what they lo idmmistrators and teachers file board is told test data in and national tests help the administration and schools decide what arc is study must be proved lor instance a few years the tests showed weakness among students in math problem solving so teachers started giving that area of study special tion Since then problem solving test results have shown steady improvement Information obtained from test results also is used to design in service training for teachers and development of Leaching materials trustees learned Haley explained by the time student leaves I Pick he or she has taken many tests and the results are kept on file He said test results deter mine what type of class and program a student receives including enrichment and remedial programs The information obtained from test results arc also helpful to teachers when they talk to parents since the results are understood lest resulls help evaluate progr im ind show are is of weakness Haley explained test results hive shown 1 Dick work is needed lo improve problem solving Teachers principals get to ire the sis results with those in other area schools discussion trustees voted to discontinue giving national ills test Students will now write that test every two to four ye r ion I in livtiukr the ation believes lit 1 but will the nth li Milieu Dure elei it inure lias slumped to jiJ tins but Ixnrei hid expected fewer this ir wound up with just IOC less In Burlington enrolment in elementary w is supposed lo slide pupils 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