EDMONTON Edmonton Public Schools is the latest Alberta school division to publicly state it will not pilot the draft kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum during the 2021-22 school year. Superintendent Darrel Robertson said the decision was based on the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Division is offering family choice for in-person and online learning in the first half of the 2021-22 school year, Robertson said in a written statement. To ensure continuity of learning as we look towards a potential return to in-person instruction for the second half of the year, we need to ensure the same curriculum is being used Division-wide for both our online and in-person students.
Posted: Mar 09, 2021 2:52 PM MT | Last Updated: March 10
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says school superintendents play an important role in making sure every student receives a high-quality education.(Scott Neufeld/CBC )
Alberta superintendents will be able to police their own profession if a new bill is passed in the legislature.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange introduced a bill on Tuesday that would see senior school division leaders required to belong to a college, which would investigate any complaints against the professionals.
By September 2022, should the bill pass, the existing College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) would have the legal power to investigate its members. It would also be responsible for ensuring superintendents skills and knowledge are up to date.