School preparation, employment openings and labour issues all set to converge on September 3rd for SD52

SD52 is ramping up their plans for the school year ahead,
though labour negotiations remain unresolved as the days
dwindle for the summer vacation period

With the countdown to back to school now down to but three weeks, the Administration Office at SD52 is still looking to fill a few positions, with a number of positions currently available on the Make a Future website, which is the massive jobs listing portal in British Columbia

From a review of the online portal for educator employment in BC, it appears that other than a French Immersion position for École Roosevelt Park School, SD52 for the most part, has most of their teaching assignments settled, with only administration or support positions currently on the jobs available list.

Further information on SD52 hiring opportunities can also be found from the School District website, with application forms available for those looking to access positions as Teachers On Call and Support Staff opportunities among the list.

Whether there are any teachers in the classroom come September may still be up in the air however, as negotiations continue towards a new contract for the provinces public school educators.

The most recent contract expired in June and with off and on discussions taking place through the summer, the BC Public School Employers and BCTF have put aside eight days this month, set to start next week, towards  mediation of their ongoing discussions.

Class sizes and composition continued to be one of the areas where the two sides had not yet found any common ground. Themes that BCTF President Teri Mooring has been highlighting through her twitter feed in recent days.

While the negotiations with the teachers still are unresolved, the province has been finding some success in contract settlements with support staff across BC, with the BC Government rattling off a number of contract announcements in recent days.

August 12
August 8
August 6

Previous announcements included:

July 4
May 30
May 14

So far, there has been no announcement related to support staff negotiations with SD52.

Some of the background to the current state of the teacher negotiations can be explored below:

School year in limbo as teachers head into collective bargaining mediation
Province releases class size number: here's what that means for Vancouver
Teachers' federation says NDP trying to undo contract language on class size, composition

Students across the SD52 system are scheduled to return to the classroom on September 3rd, with the School District having released its Back to School plans for the first day in July.

See our archive pages for more items of interest related to education in Prince Rupert and around the Northwest.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.