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rrrj 5 t2 n v economist scsurinhbune education saturday sept 16 2606 i 5 with hew curriculum by gianni colavecchia staffwriter less training and a shortage of resource mate rials will make it even harder for teachers to implement the tough new high school curricu lum the head of a local teachers union says gerry harrison president of t the york region branch of the ontario secondary school teachers federation said the provinces requirement that teachers spend more time in class will lessen the time- they can spend on professional develop ment v if you are going to run a workshop from 4 to 7 pm it makes it difficult for teachers to get there he said a cut in professional development from nine days a year to four makes it difficult to prepare for the newcurriculum and teachers are scrambling to get the materials that help them deliver it he added the comments came after public school board trustees approved a plan to help teachers deal wiuvthe new grade 10 curriculum teachers are implementing the second year of a fouryear provincial program manyobservers fear will lead more students to fail courses or drop out of school i besides having to master more challenging concepts students will need to know extra mater ial this year r teachers say their workloads will increase as they grapple with the changes and the increase in class time but barry mckillop one of many board employees who worked on the plan said teachers have been absolutely consistent maintaining the sameamount of development training as in previous years superintendent of curriculum sharon craigen predicted students will learn more concepts earli er and achieve greater success because of the tough new standards- everything that we do should result in an increased performance for students she said if we do our jobs well our students will be learning more and differentthings at eachgrade level and we intend to do our jobs well auroraking trustee susan plamondon ques- tioned whether students can deal as easily with the newcurriculumas with subjects they took before it arrived the expectation of achievement is significantly higher than what our students may be willing to accept the expectation of achievement is signifi- cantly higher than what our students may be will ing to accept she said craigen conceded the situation is creating anx- iety but said there was no significant difference in failures among grade 9 students before and after the new curriculum arrived the facts werent substantiating the percep tion she said noting many students predicted they would fail a new math program craigen said teachers will provide students with extra help to ensure they meet the new stan- dards parents could help out and a change in teaching strategies is an option for students expe riencing trouble she added richmond hill trustee denis middleton won dered whether the board will have sufficient dol lars and resource material to implement the cur riculum the board has designed unit plans so 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