Often an EA’s goal is to work themselves out of a job. Success is when the strategies and skills students have learned enables them to manage independently. #EssentialEA
They are often in the background, quietly supporting, encouraging and ready to assist when needed. We know the important role these educators have in schools! #EssentialEA#EssentialCYW
They are appreciated everyday but today we shine a light on the valuable contributions of EAs & CYWs in @wrdsb schools. Thank you for the many ways you support students! #appreciation#onted @DietrichSisson @GrahamShantz@Lmweiler
It’s #NationalHousingDayWR! We’re celebrating by highlighting the amazing work our local community housing providers do to build communities together in #WaterlooRegion. Thank you for providing affordable housing, diverse programs, and opportunities to build our community.
@cmdott@Shellbran3@fordnation Those raises should set the standard. Whatever police (and fire services) receive should be the fair raise standard for nurses, teachers, other education workers, long term care and daycare staff. Simple.
The union at the centre of a battle with the Progressive Conservative government is set to hold a news conference Monday morning, along with other labour leaders, in what could be a further escalation of its ongoing “political protest.��
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#onpoli #onted
Together, we can win! Here’s how you can help:
➡️Join a picket line to support education workers. Find one at: https://t.co/lUJh795EBE
➡️ Send a message to your MPP: https://t.co/C2ig5zrU2V
➡️ Make your solidarity visible: Put up posters, wear purple, take photos & share them
We have boards full of education trustees in this province that are largely toothless. We have directors, superintendents, and teachers, making above $100k/yr. And we have a group of educators essential to classroom function that use food banks to bridge bills.
🇺🇦🇨🇦These smiles mean the world to us. They represent resilience and hope.
Today, they shared that a 13 yr old child from their neighborhood was killed. I’m devastated. I’m thankful they got out. I can’t imagine what they are feeling. Lest we forget. #StandWithUkraine
Me: Who's the principal at your school?
Grade 2 student: Miss Baer.
Me: Do you know her first name?
Grade 2 student: Yeah. Miss.
Me: Hmmm.
Grade 2 student: We have another principal, and she has the same first name.
➡️Hey Waterloo Region! Are you apart of an organization or group that can partner with us to help support a Ukrainian family.
Register below for Friday May 6th public meeting to find out how. @WRGrassroots https://t.co/dKteXo1BBB