LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO
ASSEMBLÉE LÉGISLATIVE DE L'ONTARIO
Monday 27 February 2006 Lundi 27 février 2006
MEMBERS' STATEMENTS
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Mr. Rosario Marchese
(Trinity-Spadina): On
May 13, 2005, Mr. McGuinty said on post-secondary education, "By
quality, we mean more faculty at colleges and universities, to
accommodate higher enrolments and help students succeed, more
faculty time for students, more students completing their
undergraduate programs and going on to grad school and easier
movement for students between colleges and universities."
Yet, in spite of this, as of March 7,
some 9,100 teachers, counsellors and librarians at Ontario's 24
community colleges could be on strike. The number one issue for
their members is updating the workload formula. They want smaller
class sizes, more teachers and more faculty time for students. The
workload plan should be improved in the areas of student evaluation
and feedback, preparation time, giving teachers the right to
determine the methods of evaluation and reducing class size,
including looking for staffing improvements so partial-load faculty
who are teaching seven to 12 hours are treated fairly.
Negotiations are to resume on March
2, to March 6. I am hoping and we are all hoping that management is
going to negotiate a fair deal so that we can indeed reach the kind
of goal and the expectations on quality that Mr. McGuinty is looking
for.
