Our day is beginning with the emergent motion of non-confidence in the Minister of Education. #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Some members of the public were ignored by the Minister, not having their emails or phone calls returned. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Again, phone calls, letters and emails go ignored. Questions at press conferences get ignored, just like with questions around covid. The real concerns expressed by teachers about the safety of our students and curriculum go ignored -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Our minister has moved to undermine public education since she started. Instead of working to enhance ability of teachers to meet education needs, she has cut public education funding while boosting private education funding. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
It has created a climate of uncertainty and unnecessary anxiety. Teachers want to do their best work but we're facing a worsening situation. This minister refuses to stand up and defend education. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I understand why teachers are angry--I am angry. I'm fully aware of the constant pressures teachers and public education are under. To have our concerns so arbitrarily dismissed is a slap in the face to the dedication of teachers. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I worry deeply about the moral distress teachers in this province face daily and I'm troubled by the lack of support from the minister. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
You are the representatives of your colleagues and those who try to dismiss you, and the decisions you make at ARA, are deluded in thinking you don't represent the voices of your members. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
All public school boards are struggling with loss of funding from the last 3 budgets while private schools are getting increases. This is the start of an iceberg of lies. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
How can we not be unified? How can any individual representing other teachers ignore active acts of harm to the students of Alberta? When you see a wrong and cannot stop it, you stand to speak. I hope the Assembly speaks. Let's speak. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Rarely does the minister begin her remarks without reminding us she's a mother and a grandmother. So am I. I have no confidence that she is keeping my children and grandchildren safe. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
The 7 priorities the ATA produced for a safe return were ignored. The "robust" plan consisted of two masks and hand sanitizer. Many of those education assistants fired in spring of 2020 were not rehired. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
COVID was in their schools, and they were affected, even if they were not infected. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Schools were moved online for operational reasons, not for the safety of our children and our teachers. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Unvaccinated teachers were interacting closely with students. Then we were presented with a curriculum that would set us back decades. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
The curriculum does not facilitate meaningful learning. Content is disjointed and decontextualized. My grandchildren may experience poor achievement, frustration and disengagement from school. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
This curriculum, even as a limited pilot, constitutes an emergency. Students need to love learning, to enjoy coming to school and rise to the best of their potential. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I have lost confidence in the minister's ability to keep us safe in our classroom, in her ability to create a curriculum capable of allowing students to solve the problems of tomorrow. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We have, are, and will continue to, experience the constant undermining and unprofessional treatment by this minister if we don't take a stand. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Albertans need to know teachers in AB are angry about being disrespected, undervalued and underrepresented when decisions are made that affect us and our students. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I have more exhausted, deflated and unwell colleagues now that I've ever had before. I myself am also all of these things. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We have to stand up, stand out, and let them know that this is not okay. It's time to wake the sleeping elephant of AB teachers and engage in a deeper capacity to show them that we're not here to take their nonsense any longer. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Alberta Distance Learning Centre loss hit students and teachers hard. Every single one of our schools was affected by this. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
AB govt websites says many outreach centres use ADLC materials for learning. The service agreement has been cancelled and there's no plan for where the resources will be stored and how teachers will have access to them. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Rural students will be hit hard by not having more options available for them. ADLC creates equity, and its closure will continue to have lasting effects on public education in AB. Who's going to lose the most? The students, again. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I continue to be disappointed in how the minister has harmed members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. It is oppressive and discriminatory, and has no place in 21st century learning. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
How can we work with this minister after her duplicitous statements about covid in schools and the curriculum? We cannot trust this minister and this motion shows our solidarity. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Minister sponsored bills which removed protections of LGBTQ2S+ students, that privileged private schools. I believe she is actively working to hamstring our public education system. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Minister likes to talk about how robust her COVID plan is, but her plan is negligent. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
This government pays lip service, delays and avoids, then drops surprise policies without consultation, or with consultation of people who are biased. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
This is open malice, with intent. It has done the impossible: united all of us regardless of our ideology. While we must vote according to our own beliefs, something is rotten in the province of AB and we must root it out. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We do not trust or believe in the actions or words of the minister. Making a strong statement may be scary, but it's worth taking this courageous step. We will stand up for public education, students and ourselves. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We have given her time, and she has yet to give us the basic respect that we sorely deserve. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We have an ethical responsibility to protect our students. Who among us believes this minister will protect our students? -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
The idea brought up in the past that the UCP won't want to work with us if we pass this motion is condescending to them. They're adults and professional politicians. If they can't take a little criticism, they don't deserve their role. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
You have the right to disagree with the government if it doesn't meet your values. I argue you have an an obligation to as well. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Why does she wear a giant pin advancing a "children first" agenda when she doesn't seem to care about kids? And where is @AdrianaLaGrange ? She hasn't been in #ableg or schools. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed
If and when she is in her constituency office, she's afraid of sidewalk chalk. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Where is the minister? We know she's been touring breweries and factories. We know she gave a special contract for face masks to a donor. She said she is working not hiding, but I have yet to see any evidence of that. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Since her 1st day in office, she has been consistent in one thing: demonstrating disrespect and disregard for public education. Started with Choice in Education survey & Act--an avenue to create unsupervised home education and more private schools -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
The harmful overhaul of the education funding manual continues to drastically underfund public education while private schools are left immune to these cuts. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
26,000 education workers were terminated last year when students needed them the most. Many not rehired. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
No one and nothing in public education will be left unharmed as long as she continues down her path of destroying public education. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
In the news, we see the minister praising new charter schools while we get crippling cuts to our public boards and she says hollow phrases about "consistent" funding. Students need public education more than ever because of this pandemic. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We can spend hours pointing out how disrespectful this government has been. It goes on and on. This minister's actions have hurt students, and impacted the most vulnerable of these kids. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Last year we held off on the vote because we wanted a seat at the table. Now it's clear we'll never get one. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
This is not a vote on the UCP government. Holding the govt to account is the electorate's job. Holding the Education Minister to account is our job. We need to show we are united as a force for good in public education. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We want someone who will work with us, and all stakeholders in public education, in a meaningful way. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
My school will have the same number of students next year with three less teachers. How does that help public education? -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
When 95% of your boards are not agreeing to the standard you're setting, maybe it's time to reflect. If 95% of my students fail a test, I go back to the test to figure out what happened. I don't blame the students. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
As a racialized person, I got into teaching so students could see people like them. But the new curriculum doesn't have people like me in it. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I am tired of trying to fit me, and people like me, into the curriculum we have. I think it will be impossible to do that with the new curriculum. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Side note: we've heard from several delegates now who have expressed their locals have voted unanimously in favour of this motion. #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
This is not a statement about your personal political views, but of the professional frustration brought on by this minister's disrespect for teachers and students. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
We are voting as representatives of our colleagues, not as individuals. It is clear that our colleagues are urging us to vote for this motion. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I can't trust the decisions the minister is going to make. I can't have faith she's going to do the right thing. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
I was planning to vote against this because I had grave concerns over the consequences of this action. I will now tell you I have changed my mind. The speakers in the last hour have told me there is risk, but there is greater reward. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
Our actions here may best be summed up as: damn the torpedos, full speed ahead. -Speaker #ARA2021 #abed #ableg
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