Returning to work after several days of strike, teachers are eager to reunite with their students, but are concerned about the lack of clear instructions from the ministry.
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This is particularly the case of Julie-Caroline Dumont, a kindergarten teacher in the Quebec region and affiliated with the Autonomous Education Federation (FAE).
“We have had nothing until now in terms of information from our management on the return to class,” she laments, pointing out in passing that several teachers no longer even had access to their emails, because their password pass expired during the 22-day strike.
“But we’re in it. [le retour], we can’t wait,” adds Ms. Dumont. “We’re going to take it day by day, even by the hour.”
For his part, Samuel Tremblay, a high school science and robotics teacher also affiliated with the FAE, assures that he has good collaboration from his school administration, but explains that the shadow that hangs over this return is the absence of broad lines from Quebec.
Because if teachers take advantage of an educational day on Monday to prepare for this return to class, it will not be until Tuesday that the government will announce its official plan.
Teachers affiliated with the Autonomous Education Federation (FAE) were on strike for 22 days. Photo Agence QMI, JOEL LEMAY
“Are we doing this planning in vain? Are we preparing something that will not correspond with reality?” asks Samuel Tremblay, who nevertheless believes that the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic “tempers a little” the stress of this return.
“Teachers, we are very creative. We are able to turn around on a 10 under easily, so we are going to bet on that”, agrees the teacher Jean-Philippe Bergeron on the airwaves of LCN.
An offer that will be the right one?
Julie-Caroline Dumont is of the opinion that the post-strike return is even less well organized than the post-pandemic return to the point where the learning gaps between the different groups of students could be “more marked”.
The teacher, who resolved to make deliveries for DoorDash during the indefinite general strike, is confident that the agreement in principle concluded by the FAE with the government will be interesting for union members.
“The union has always said that it would not sign at a discount,” she notes. “I just hope they weren’t pressured to do something because the Common Front also came to an agreement.”
For his part, Samuel Tremblay believes that the process of analyzing the offer by several committees before going to the members is “very serious”.
“Whether this is the perfect agreement that we would like to have, probably not, but I hope that it will be a step in the right direction and that it will resolve many irritants,” he concludes.
2024-01-07 20:53:02
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