Resources Available for Cont Ed Teachers and Students “after hours”
We would like to share some information recently brought to our attention about many services that are available to our Cont Ed teachers and students “after hours.” A sincere thank-you to K. Rose who researched and compiled this.
- Academic and Related Resources:
Academic Counseling (Andrea Di Domenico, E114): M-Th 4-6pm, F 2-4pm.
Student Services: (C-203) open M to Th 8 am to 6 pm, and F 8 am to 4:30 pm.
Counseling (mental health, via Student Services, C-203) (Sarah Dudley, Social Work Technician for intake): M-Th 8-6; F 8-4:30; counselors often work until 5 but some can continue until 6.
Academic Success Advisor (Cari Clough, Early Alert, resource point person): in office (E-300) M 10-6; Tu-F 10-4.
ACCESS test services: (B-207) open until 6pm; ContEd students can begin their test with ACCESS in the evening and at 6pm can be escorted by staff to their classes to finish.
English/STEM Tutoring: TASC tutoring (E-300) generally from 10-4 (drop-in and private tutoring); Kim Muncey, in TASC, is available to do targeted in-class interventions (eg. resources, time management, reading strategies) for students from 6-7pm; her usual hours are M,Tu, Th 9am-4:30pm, and W 10am-6pm; tutoring after 4pm is not something currently available. - Work Space, Computers:
STEM centre: (D-301) open M-F 7:30am-10pm, Sat. and Sun. 7:30-5pm. TASC: (E-300) space is open from 8am-6pm.
Library: (F-300) open from M-Th 7:45am-7pm, F 7:45am-5pm.
We will continue to share any more information regarding services as we discover them. In the meantime, we hope the list above will be of immediate use to our Cont Ed teachers.
CRT Follow-up: Cont Ed Issues
We argued at CRT for several local issues.
- Space/storage
The Adminstration agreed to look into a filing cabinet now and they will prioritize space and storage in the future move. - Scheduling conflicts
Scheduling issues were not resolved but openness was shown to find better solutions. - Cont Ed charges
Though the Admin announced a use of Cont Ed charge we disagree with, we were pleased to see for the first time that the Administration seemed open to working with the VCTA.
CRT Follow-up: First Day Absences
Although the Dean of Academic Systems had conveyed that the Administration had every intention of stopping the current practice of paying for the first substitutions for teacher absences, this has proved impossible to organize for the current semester. Instead, the new Dean announced that this practice will cease in the fall of 2018.This is unfortunate and disappointing from a union perspective. The saving to our FTE deficit in Volet 1 would have been great, approximately 1 -1.5 for this semester and would have had these future effects: 1) saving teachers from taking on more students, 2) from teaching more hours, and 3) helping our teachers at the bottom of the hiring list to get more courses.
- For all these positive reasons for our collective, in true solidarity, we urge you all to start to adopt the practice of “swapping” your first absences with a colleague (even though this is not yet required) so as to minimize the deficit this year.
- You may do so simply by emailing your colleague, with your dean cc’d.
CRT Follow-up: Exhibitionist on Campus in November: follow-up.
After the 2 incidents, information was sent out to the community Nov. 16 with a protocol (who to call: 911 or Vanier Security x 7575) and Security was put on alert to be more vigilant. The Administration stated that more information could not be shared and is limited because it is an active police investigation.
CRT Follow-up: Grievances
We pursued eight grievances at last Thursday’s meeting, from PD as a non-taxable benefit to the grades review protocol. The VCTA CRT committee will continue to seek resolution on these and other items with the Administration or will have to consider bringing them to arbitration.