Teacher-Led Professional Development in SD52

Introduction

  • Teacher-led professional development in SD52 is coordinated through the SD52/PRDTU Joint Professional Development Committee and through the staffs at schools and other worksites.
  • Read the SD52/PRDTU Collective Agreement (or view the PDF of “Section F” below) to learn more about teachers’ Professional Rights and the provision of teacher-led professional development in SD52.
  • Members of the PRDTU elect the Chairperson of the SD52/PRDTU Joint Professional Development Committee, who is also the Chairperson of the PRDTU’s Professional Development Committee.
  • Committee chairpersons and other PRDTU officers are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting in May. Read the PRDTU Constitution and By-Laws for more information about the committee or talk with your staff’s PD Representative (list is below).
  • The joint committee includes one representative of each staff, who is elected by the teachers (and other PRDTU affiliated specialist professionals) in each school or site, and two representatives of the School Board (administrators) who are appointed by the School District.
  • The joint committee meets monthly. This brings representatives of the staffs and Board together to coordinate teacher-led professional development at the district-level as a joint committee.
  • Each school or site sets its own policies for professional development and organizes professional development programs and activities at the staff-level. To learn more, speak with your school or site’s professional development representative (see the list below).

Meetings

The SD52/PRDTU Joint Professional Development Committee meets once a month during the school year (October to June) on the first Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 3:30 PM. Speak with your staff’s PD Representative for more information.

The PRDTU Professional Development Committee meets throughout the school year. PRDTU members may visit the PRDTU’s Professional Development Committee webpage here.

Professional Development Representatives

PRDTU President:

Chairperson of the Professional Development Committee:

Board Representatives on the SD52/PRDTU Joint Professional Development Committee:

  • Roberta Edzerza
  • ParamJit Khaira

Staff Professional Development Representatives:

  • Hartley Bay Elementary-Jr. Secondary: Carrie Koopmans
  • Teachers appointed to District Staff: Melody Marlow
  • Teachers appointed to the Aboriginal Education Department: Tina Demings
  • Charles Hays Secondary School: Tom Kertes
  • Conrad Elementary: Cindy Paul
  • Lax Kxeen Elementary School: Joyce Begley
  • Pacific Coast School: Alana Rice
  • Pineridge Elementary School: Catharine Hague
  • Port Edward Community School: Cindy Paul
  • Prince Rupert Middle School: Sheryl Proskiw
  • Roosevelt Park Community School: Marla Gamble

Resources

Professional Rights

The main section of the Collective Agreement that lays out provisions related to teacher-led professional development is “Section F” (Professional Rights). You can view the entire Collective Agreement here or view “Section F” below (click the image below to view the PDF of this section).

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