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Unlicensed substitute teachers may once again be used this school year

138 uncertified substitute teachers were employed last year by the Halifax Regional Center for Education

Halifax-area students this year could again be taught temporarily by unlicensed substitutes, who don’t have an education-training background, if their regular teacher is absent.

The Halifax Regional Center for Education is preparing for potential staffing issues – teachers off sick or otherwise absent, licensed substitutes perhaps choosing not to work – by hiring certified supply teachers and non-licensed subs, as it did during the COVID-19 crisis.

Such issues during the coronavirus pandemic were prompted by permanent teachers’ illnesses and absences, and a shortage of licensed

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Money set to boost nursing education in Florida

TALLAHASSEE – State higher-education officials are slated next week to discuss how universities plan to spend $40 million at bolstering the number of “high-quality” nursing graduates in Florida.

The Legislature this year approved spending $100 million to create what’s called the Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education fund, or PIPELINE.

Along with money for universities, the PIPELINE fund included $40 million for nursing programs at state colleges and $20 million for nursing education at career and technical centers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the money as part of efforts to boost workforce education.

“There has long

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Alberta advanced education minister extends deadline for Athabasca University to move staff to town

Alberta’s advanced education minister has extended a deadline for a distance learning university to move more staff to the small town where it is headquartered.

Demetrios Nicolaides says he’s granted a brief extension for Athabasca University to comply with his decree to move 500 staff to the town the institution is named for.

READ MORE: Advanced education minister says Alberta will help with relocation of 500 Athabasca University school staff

He has threatened to withhold the school’s $3.4-million monthly grant if the school fails to comply.

Nicolaides did not specify a new deadline.

The university has resisted the demand, saying

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Masks to stay optionally available in Ontario school rooms subsequent yr, Ministry of Schooling says

Facemasks will stay optionally available in Ontario colleges when college students return to the classroom this fall, the Ministry of Schooling says.

In a press release, a spokesperson for Minister of Schooling Stephen Lecce mentioned he was following “the knowledgeable recommendation of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Well being.”

The province lifted Ontario’s masks mandate in colleges on March 21, permitting college students to determine whether or not they wished to put on a masks indoors. The transfer got here as a part of a broader easing of measures, significantly masks necessities, through the spring.

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Alberta authorities will assist pay to relocate 500 Athabasca College workers: Superior Schooling minister

Alberta’s Superior Schooling minister says he’s keen to assist Athabasca College with no matter it needs — together with cash — to relocate 500 workers to the small city that is the college’s namesake, however says the college has not stepped up.

“I have been provided to supply any form of help that the college wants. They have not requested for any,” Demetrios Nicolaides mentioned in a weekend interview.

Nicolaides mentioned his division beforehand requested the college for a concrete plan by June 30 to develop the bodily presence of the college within the city of two,800.

“What I acquired

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Affected person Centricity because the Way forward for Digital Well being Administration

Digital well being is an all-encompassing time period that refers back to the care offered via eHealth and mHealth via advances in computing sciences.

Challenges or Gaps in Conventional Care

Main technological challenges confronted by the healthcare trade have gotten to do with information processing, cybersecurity, and offering a user-friendly expertise. Nevertheless, developments in every of those fields have confirmed to be gainful, and can proceed to take action. Our focus right here has extra to do with the consumer expertise side of digital well being administration.

There are fairly numerous digital well being care suppliers, reasonably, platforms that avail

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Union seeks 11.7% increase for schooling employees in proposal

TORONTO — A union representing Ontario schooling employees has requested the province for annual wage will increase of 11.7 per cent – ​​or $3.25 per hour – as the 2 sides hash out a brand new collective settlement.

The Canadian Union of Public Workers – which represents 55,000 employees together with early childhood educators, college administration employees, bus drivers and custodians – shared a abstract of bargaining proposals it submitted Tuesday as negotiations proceed forward of present contracts expiring on the finish of this month.

The union argued employees’ wages have been restricted during the last decade and inflation is

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McKinley Senior High engineering class makes musical dreams come true

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In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, the Stark Community Foundation highlights positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays!

Each year, the career technical education pre-engineering students at McKinley Senior High School learn how to design and print 3D projects from instructor Chad Weaver.

In the past, students in the class have developed projects ranging from prosthetic legs to welding devices, but their recent project was especially memorable because it made a fellow student’s music dreams become a reality.

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