North Central Teachers Convention

As our cultural obsession with standardization, testing, technology and elaborate accountability measures is increasingly reflected in our schools, the education of our children suffers.  In classrooms and schools across North America, teachers are under attack and the public trust that many teachers once enjoyed is undermined by the media, politicians, school boards, and sometimes even by fellow educators. This lecture describes how this happened and what we can do about it in the Alberta context. In collaboration with a panel of international experts, the Alberta Teachers’ Association has published a roadmap for transforming Alberta’s schools called A Great School for All that offers both hope and practical steps to ensure all students succeed.