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By Troy Gillard

OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED

ATA survey finds most teachers unhappy with K-6 draft curriculum

Apr 8, 2021 | 2:35 PM

An Alberta Teachers’ Association survey has found that 91 per cent of teachers are unhappy with the provincial government’s K-6 draft curriculum.

The ATA says the survey shows three in four teachers are very unhappy, 90 per cent of elementary school teachers are uncomfortable teaching the new curriculum and 95 per cent of principals are uncomfortable supporting the curriculum in their school and community.

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Feedback also shows teachers “strongly believe the new curriculum is both age- and developmentally inappropriate and has not been logically sequenced.”

ATA President Jason Schilling says teachers’ analysis included assessing the curriculum in terms of the government’s own preset measures for success.

He says it is clear teachers were not sufficiently engaged in its development and their concerns were not addressed.

“The feedback shows that the government has failed its own mission. If the government is serious about producing a strong curriculum, it needs to listen to what teachers are telling them.”

Learn more about the survey here.

More than 3,500 teachers and education leaders completed the survey between March 29 and April 7, 2021. The ATA says respondents make up a highly representative sample of the Alberta elementary school teaching population.

Red Deer Public Schools and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools have yet to announce whether they plan to pilot the draft curriculum next school year.

(With file from Chris Brown – CHAT News Today)