This recalls that teachers return to work on Wednesday and that if the government does not opt for the same model as before the Holidays (primary in school and secondary 3, 4 and 5 at school every other day ), “It will require rescheduling everything”.
“The sooner we find out, the better prepared we will be. We would also like the instructions for the January 22 bulletin to be given now. Are we staying the course on this? And the end-of-year evaluations for secondary 4 and 5, which cause additional stress for the students, do we keep them? Could we reduce their weighting or even transform them into additional evaluations? We are not in an ordinary year and it would be appropriate to target essential programs and knowledge, ”she insists.
Suzanne Tremblay maintains that with the border context of the Outaouais, several teachers are also wondering whether an avenue like Ontario will be chosen, that is to say a return to class of elementary students first, then those in secondary school at the end of January.
The SEO represents 5,500 members at the Draveurs, Portages-de-l’Outaouais and Coeur-des-Vallées school service centers.
The FQDE advocates a reopening in five days
For the president of the Quebec Federation of School Directions (FQDE), Nicolas Prévost, it is also clear that the government will have to clearly unveil its intentions, particularly if the school closings are prolonged.
“We can’t wait to hear from you. The sooner we find out, the easier it will be to prepare, especially elementary school students who left with a backpack but not necessarily work for after January 11. You have to organize all this if it continues at home. On our side, even if we can not be insensitive when seeing the number of cases (of COVID-19), we really promote a return to school. There is no unanimous opinion among our members, except that we are very aware of what there can be as impacts. Every day counts for some students. There can be major consequences on educational success but also the psychosocial aspect. It is not rosy in all families, ”he exclaims.
Mr. Prévost points out that not all parents are well equipped to stimulate their children at home and that the gap is widening between vulnerable students and those who are doing better.
Even if the FQDE wants all the students to return to class, he indicates that reopening primary schools in the first place is “an interesting compromise”, knowing that secondary school children are already fairly well equipped for teaching. virtual.
The equipment and technology aspect is also on everyone’s lips and will be a crucial issue in the event of a closure over a longer period, it is recalled.
“Some school service centers are 100% ready, but there are very few. It is absolutely not uniform, from one CSS to another it differs in terms of purchasing and IT. Some have been more proactive than others, ”he says.
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He adds that the scenario of avoiding the “wall to wall” by going there with dates of reopening of schools which would vary from one region to another according to the epidemiological situation can prove to be “an interesting avenue” but that in in recent months, the ministry has always preferred to go with uniform measures.
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