Teachers voice interest in election

April 10, 2012 Carol Henderson, ATA President

Tremendous turnout to telephone town hall!

Understanding full well the workload of teachers, I was overwhelmed by how many of you took the time to ­participate in the ATA’s telephone town hall on Tuesday, April 3. How ­impressive and uplifting that 10,000 ATA members took part and gave a strong voice to our profession!

Through your questions, party representatives heard first-hand about a wide range of teacher ­concerns. Even better, with 10,000 of you from ­every corner of Alberta paying close attention to their responses, you sent each of the party representatives what is perhaps our single most critical message: teachers are deeply interested in the provincial election and want a government that will support and commit to public education.

With both a provincial election and the expiration of our five-year agreement on the horizon, we have the opportunity to create conditions for better teaching and better learning. Your participation in our town hall was a big step toward that reality. Thank you so much for sharing your voice.

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