PLEA FOR PREPARATION TIME

Teachers protest work load

By PAT RICH

A breakdown in the family
unit is forcing teachers to
spend more time dealing
with children’s social and

emotional problems, ac-
cording to the North
Vancouver Teachers
Association.

For this reason more than
70 North Vancouver
teachers jammed the

boardroom and corridors of
the school board building
Tuesday night to hear their

representatives plead for
more teachers to allow
preparation time for
elementary classes.

It was the second part of a
two part presentation by the
North Vancouver Teachers
Association (NVTA) to the
school board for items to be
included in the 1981 budget.

But it is unclear yet, what,
if any, effect the presen-
tations will have on the
budget, as school trustees
refused to commit them-
selves on the teachers’
requests.

Two weeks ago, the thrust
of the NVTA presentation
was a request for smaller
classes and more money for
professional development.

At Tuesday’s meeting, the
strongest pitch was made for
preparation time _ for
elementary school feachers
and a recognition that some
schools have greater needs.

“As family breakdowns
increase, more is asked of
the classroom teacher.
Schools are being asked
more frequently to handle
the social and emotional
problems,” the brief said.

BREAKDOWN

“Teaching is becoming
more difficult, and teachers
need time to deal effectively
with these changes.”

Although the NVTA has
been pressing for
preparation time since 1973,
it is this social breakdown
that makes the matter more
urgent now, Gale Tyler, one

of the two NVTA
representatives presenting
the brief, said after the
meeting.

The brief also called for a
recognition of schools with
special needs and _ the
granting of supplementary
staffing to these schools.

The three trustees who
commented on the teachers’
brief were all sympathetic,

now open

but refused to
themselves.

“The board has never had
a good go at the question of
preparation time,” board
chairman Dorothy Lynas
said.

“I have a great deal of
support for what you put
forward and we as a board
have a lot of hard decisions
to come to,” she said.

“We need to involve the

commit

whole community here
because it’s a social
phenomenon”

But she added, “you still
have to justify your budget
to the public.”

And Trustee Frank
Warburton added: “There's
only 80 much money ...”

The teachers who at-
tended were not surprised by
this response.

“The presentation was fine
until she (Gail Tyler) got the
same old answers ... there's
only so many dollars,” one
teacher said.

The school board budget
will be presented in two
stages, with the provisional
budget being presented to
the Minister of Education by
November 15. and the
budget being finalized

GOLDEN CAPITAL

CHINESE FOOD RESTAURANT

© specializing in tasty traditional Chinese dishes
¢ free underground parking

© fully hcensed primises

© air conditioned

ane.

~~ 4
ew?

mH
Renta es ERE |

, RROD AY Fa

2168 Marine Drive
West Vancouver

(across from WV Rec Centro)

\BOO\, WARY
NE de ve

GOLDEN CAPITAL CHINESE FOOD

¢ banquet facilities

¢ wedding receptions

( =)
‘Venere’

QRS NUNN a

ig feat mo ‘

7 Gnys a week

Mon Thure 411 pm

Fri Gat 4 lam

Bun & Holidays 410 pm

{ ASS NOR
WAY
eo EON \ ENN NAAN RAR

1
‘
~
. sete
car a\q

RESTAURANT LID

926-0318

sometime in the spring.
School board secretary-

treasurer Len Berg said that

the administration does not

have any instructions to
include the NVTA
recommendations in the
provisional budget.

But he added “they (the
NVTA) may well have an
effect on the final budget.”

Tyler said the NVTA will

“continue to push,” for
Preparation time _ for
teachers.

She said the provincial
teachers federation is
currently fighting for the
right to negotiate working
and learning conditions.

“Until that right is granted
to teachers,” the NVTA
brief says, “our only avenuc
to decisions made by school
trustees, is in a consultative

capacity.”

And if their demands
continue to be ignored,
Tyler said, “there's always

political action.”

eve
tate

(1) tmmediate income
(2) Guarameed salary

(5) No car expense

>. © © © o «oo ooo ooo rolrorcorolororlorlr rm

IMMEDIATE
OPENINGS

LICENSED
REAL ESTATE
SALES PEOPLE

Previous experience or results not important, since we be-

r success ts based on selecting the proper Real Es
rganization We have a success proven formula and
put our money to guarantee it.

THIS IS WHAT
WE HAVE TO OFFER

(3) No prospecting — We provide al! customer
(4) No listings — We provide all property

(6) Extensive training program with salary while you leam

SOUND TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE?

Call today for confidential interview

Ted Tweedie or Brian Strom
Afternoons 1-4 p.m.
669-4323

PREFERRED EQUITIES CORPORATION

1610 - 701 West Georgia, Vancouver, B.C.
V7TY 166

A3-Sunday News, October 19, 1980

ALSO

INSIDE

SCENE OF TRAGEDY
in which fire extensively
damaged a house at
1753 Kilkenny in North
Vancouver and killed
two cats and a dog that
were inside is examined
by fire inspector Bert
Batt. The family living
in the house were away
from home when the
fire broke Thursday.
The blaze is thought to
have started in a
basement office area,

_ with flames sweeping up

through the house to the

roof, which became
gutted. (ENsworth

Dickson photo)

fund grows
PAGE All

Ladies,

are you

a
with your
2
figure

Get happy at Ambient,
by getting slim with
our unique European
method to tréat

cellulite and achieve
dramatic inch loss.

Facials, manicure,
pedicure, nail wrap-
ping, qualified
masseuse on staff.
And stay slim with our
maintenance program.

Ambient

660 Clyde, W.V. 926-7315

Who’ Ss on
first?
PAGE B2

for small
PAGE B11

Automotive

:, >. <- > o> o.oo ooo oorololorolorolorolor rm

Classified A222
Community Round Up AW
Entertainment BS
Food c6
Hayden Stewan ca
Malibon Al
Sporte 61
Travel ce
TV Time C1

What 8 Going On