Teachers will skip exam supervision due to ongoing job action.
Derek DeGear, president of the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, said similar to playground supervision duties, teachers will not supervise provincially mandated exams.
“It is job action – we aren’t doing it,” he said.
But teachers will step in if needed, DeGear added.
“If there’s a difference between an exam occurring or not occurring, we’ll definitely be bringing the teachers to supervise, but it’s on an emergency basis,” he said.
In the past, principals and vice-principals handled some exam supervision duties alongside teachers, so the main difference this year is that senior managers and district staff will have to travel to the school to carry out these duties in place of teachers, said DeGear.
Chris Southwick, assistant superintendent, said district staff will cover off all of the exams, but it will take away from each staff member’s regular duties.
Donna Reimer, school district spokeswoman, said secondary exams take place Jan. 24-27 and 30 district staff members will head out to schools.
Elementary schools have between Jan. 16 and Feb. 24 to administer the Foundation Skills Assessments and principals might be able to do this without bringing in senior managers to help.
