Parents may be recruited to replace sick teachers
Quebec says parents may be recruited to replace sick teachers, once schools reopen on Monday.
Good luck with that.
In other Covid news: cancer surgeries are being postponed; hospitals are running out of Covid treatment drugs; the soccer stadium will shelter 300 homeless people with Covid; large stores will have to observe the vaccine mandate for customers; the curfew will be lifted on Monday. The Journal is citing Quebec public health’s optimistic view that we’re already past peak Omicron.
Kevin 18:49 on 2022-01-13 Permalink
Thursday morning, INSPQ wrote that it was a 50-50 chance that we were at the peak.
“Dans la moitié des simulations, les cas et les nouvelles hospitalisations pourraient avoir déjà atteint leur sommet ou l’atteindre d’ici quelques jours. Pour l’autre moitié des simulations, les cas et les nouvelles hospitalisations pourraient continuer d’augmenter encore quelques jours ou semaines. ”
INESSS, which was led by Luc Boileau until Monday, said they didn’t have enough data to make any projections.
Attachez vos toques
Bert 10:07 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
What if the parent wears a Hijab or Kippah? At least crosses ward off vampires. /s
Meezly 10:34 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
Legault: “I can’t say it enough: the priority in Quebec must be education.”
That’s rich considering his administration hasn’t done anything to prioritize it.
Kate 11:28 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
Bert, I haven’t got a media link, but I’ve seen it reported on Twitter that the parents would not be subject to the secularity law.
Maybe I should put on a hijab and go around and offer to teach English at the big high school on St‑Laurent…
dhomas 11:50 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
What he means is “the priority in Quebec must be to keep kids in school, so the REAL businessmen can get some work done.”
Just the fact that he’s recommending parent volunteers shows what he thinks of teaching as a profession. Sure, you spent 4 years getting a degree in order to be qualified to teach, but yeah, it’s fine, we can just take someone off the street to replace you, no problem.
Or, “how to invalidate one’s profession in only one press conference!”, if you want the clickbait title.
Tim S. 12:48 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
How long until they ask the army to start helping out?
Meezly 12:50 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
@dhomas. Oh, I knew exactly what he meant, and what his real priorities actually are.
dhomas 12:57 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
I figured you did, @Meezly. I was just piling on. Full disclosure: my wife is a teacher, so this hits close to home.
GC 13:18 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
@Meezly 100%
@Kate Thanks for the laugh!
Meezly 17:26 on 2022-01-14 Permalink
@dhomas. Courage to you and your wife.
MtlWeb 13:51 on 2022-01-15 Permalink
@dhomas. Perfectly said about our teachers; after the infamous anges gardiens reverence from Legault, the same ‘recognition’ perspective is being given to acute/critical care staff in our health care sites by the powers that be via redeploying staff from non-acute care roles to working in the ICU/ER armed with 1-2-3 shifts of ‘training’….disrespectful and a brutal source of stress for them, an added workload for the present staff, and then there’s the patients….in case anyone still doubts what is going on in our fair city’s sites at this point, 22 months later, it is a bed management mess. Have been doing this since 90, including that period when we closed 5 hospitals and absorbed the affected staff, and have never seen the overall morale at such a low, powerless point. And it’s not the 45-60 year old veterans who have remained (so many took their retirement during the past 2 years) who are showing the effects, it’s the 30-45 year old crowd who are questioning their choice of work environment as most have children in daycare/school and are exhausted/stressed at work and at home. If these professionals choose to leave for positions that allow some type of work/life balance, I have no idea who will replace them. Also, in case anyone thinks that the 15k government stimulus has been successful and ‘attractive’ for retention and new hires in health care, it’s the 22-35 year old newbies who are taking advantage and signing the contract, as they should, not the older staff, who would rather be like me and work part-time to maintain some sense of physical and emotional rest – yes, I was told in December that I would need to convert to a full time position but being a teacher as well has allowed me to keep my status part-time. Thank you Kate for all the work you put into this resourceful site for all Montrealers.