Influx of B.C. teachers has led to fewer services for some, not more GlobeBC
When a classroom of French immersion kindergarten students arrived at the elementary school in 100 Mile House, B.C., in September, 2017, they should have enjoyed the best learning environment in a generation. The Supreme Court of Canada had issued a ruling restoring contract language that requires smaller classes and greater supports for students with special needs, forcing the province to hire 3,700 new teachers.
The hiring spree began in the summer of 2017, following the hard-won court victory of the BC Teachers’ Federation . The union said that teachers would once again have the time to give students the individual care and attention they need and deserve. “For the second year in a row, we have the smallest class sizes in a generation. We have about half the classes reduced that used to be over 30 students,” he said in an interview. “We had the largest hiring spree in generations, all at once, and school districts did remarkably well."
The volunteer organization BCEdAccess Society, which works on behalf of families of students with disabilities and complex learning needs, is tracking a disturbing trend of children being excluded from classes because the school could not provide for them. One particular concern is the increase in the number of non-certified teachers who have been hired across the province to fill in when a certified teacher cannot be found.
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