[etni] Montreal Jewish Federation responds

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Shalom
a representative of the Montreal Jewish Teachers Federation affiliated with the 
Public Sector unions (French or English depending on schools) responded that 
the Dovrat proposals are modernization at a price. She felt that we should do 
the following:
1. ensure that our rights as English teachers are protected and refuse to 
accept larger classes than 30 students
2. refuse to accept the current salary proposals - I told her a recent report 
which appeared in our schools listed the top salary for a twenty year veteran 
as only 12,000 NIS  per month. How many of us reach that? For most of us we 
should demand that much after 10 years.
3. the decentralization must be more clearly defined. It is based on school 
boards or are schools separate.
4. The NBA should be scrapped and replaced with standard achievement results 
across the board using the benchmarks in the curriculum.
5. If the ministry goes ahead with the Dovrat plan without consultation with 
teachers we should work to rule by not using the manbson or refusing to attend 
any outside classroom activities or meetings including field trips, or staff 
meetings.
6. We stop the school year not now, not in September but threaten to do so 
after Pesach and DO NOT teach bagrut classes.
 
These are her suggestions, not mine. So  don't jump down my back. She asked to 
remain nameless for political reasons.
 
Daniel
 


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