CAPSC Update

Welcome back to the 2011/2012 school year. CAPSC Executive have met and we are getting organized for what we expect will be an eventful year!

After sorting through seventy job applications and narrowing the field down to four interviews, we are pleased and excited to introduce our new Communications Coordinator, Leanne Long. She is getting up to speed and will have the website updated shortly.

In the meantime...

Our first meeting of the school year will take place Thursday, September 22.

We are pleased to be hosting special guests:

Jonathan Teghtmeyer, Executive Staff Officer - Alberta Teachers' Association, who will be travelling down from Edmonton to attend our meeting. Jonathan is a former teacher who taught High School Math, Drama and Physics

Jenny Regal, President - Calgary Public Teachers' ATA Local 38

CBE Trustees Pat Cochrane, Pamela King and Sheila Taylor

CAPSC 2011/2012 Meeting Schedule
Thursday, September 22
Wednesday, October 19
Wednesday, November 16
Wednesday, January 18
Wednesday, February 22 (AGM – 4th Wednesday)
Thursday, March 22
Wednesday, April 18
Wednesday, May 16
Note: We will be meeting in the Library at AE Cross School from 7 to 9 pm.

Calgary Public Teachers Local 38 of the Alberta Teachers' Association: Leading Our Future Together

Leading Our Future Together: Necessary Conditions for Shared Leadership in Calgary Public Schools, a position paper from the Calgary Public Teachers Local 38 of the Alberta Teachers' Association, is based on the results of an extensive survey of teachers here in Calgary a year ago that focused on teaching and learning conditions. Jenny Regal, President - ATA Local 38, writes in her introductory letter to CAPSC, that this document "is aimed at advancing the professional role of teachers as educational leaders, removing obstacles to students' readiness to learn and improving the teaching and learning conditions in Calgary Public Schools."

We encourage you to have a look and share your thoughts!

There is also a power point presentation that was used in the launching of this document available on the ATA Local 38 website.