Professional  learning for teachers in isolated area schools

The Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement provides that from 2009 each isolated area school shall receive funding for three days each year for professional learning to enable permanent and long-term relieving teachers to visit other schools for professional learning.

Guidelines for the use of the three funded additional professional learning days in isolated area schools

The provision:

The 2007 settlement of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement provided that from 2009, each area school deemed isolated, shall receive funding for three days each year for professional learning per school, for the purpose of enabling permanent and long term relieving teachers to visit other schools for professional learning.

This provision is by way of providing three additional teacher relief days per year to each eligible school, upon application by the school.  This relief shall be used to cover for one or more teachers’ absence due to visiting another school for the purpose of engaging in professional learning. No other expenses are met by the Ministry of Education for this purpose. Other costs will be a matter for consideration within a school by its board.