October 6 - So it Begins - The Alberta Teacher Strike

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by Point Blank

“Maybe if we had a class that has moderate complexity, like four students with mild to moderate needs or English as an additional language, we should attach an educational assistant to that class.”

A quote from our very own Danielle Smith. Who’s clearly never been in a public classroom.

I want to be clear that every class I’ve ever taught has been a blast. But I’ve taught 75% EAL classrooms for years with no EA support. You go to almost any classrooms in the NE and it’ll be way more complex than what Smith has described with NO EA support. Heck, even a Science 14 class in the SW is over 66% IPP ranging from mild to severe learning needs, with no EA support.

I have a colleague who is teaching math 14 with 35 students. Those are high needs, high behavioural classes in large teenage bodies. I would love for her to sit in one of those classrooms.

Lol 4 students with EAL or special needs. You'd need an EA in every classroom in the province.

[Fuzz]

Wait, hold on. Are y'all suggesting Danielle Smith has no idea what she is talking about?

[Slanter]

Originally Posted by Point Blank

“Maybe if we had a class that has moderate complexity, like four students with mild to moderate needs or English as an additional language, we should attach an educational assistant to that class.”

A quote from our very own Danielle Smith. Who’s clearly never been in a public classroom.

I want to be clear that every class I’ve ever taught has been a blast. But I’ve taught 75% EAL classrooms for years with no EA support. You go to almost any classrooms in the NE and it’ll be way more complex than what Smith has described with NO EA support. Heck, even a Science 14 class in the SW is over 66% IPP ranging from mild to severe learning needs, with no EA support.

I have a colleague who is teaching math 14 with 35 students. Those are high needs, high behavioural classes in large teenage bodies. I would love for her to sit in one of those classrooms.

Where did you get that quote from?

(genuinely curious, that's absolutely unhinged).

[puffnstuff]

Here is some of her word salads today

https://bsky.app/profile/thebreakdow.../3m3bd4lt6pc2k

https://bsky.app/profile/thebreakdow.../3m3bcgpv4gc2k

[Looch City]

What alternative world is this lunatic living in?

[Point Blank]

Originally Posted by Slanter

Where did you get that quote from?

(genuinely curious, that's absolutely unhinged).

If you haven’t checked it out already, it’s in the second link from puffnstuff

She says classroom size caps are too difficult to monitor. So difficult that Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only provinces in Canada that haven’t figured it out. Proposes a complexity cap as a possibility, which is somehow the second most stupid thing I’ve heard from her this evening.

How is a complexity cap going to be any easier to monitor than a straight classroom cap? What the ####?