The organization that represents kindergarten to Grade 12 educators in NunavutSA国际影视传媒檚 public education system is SA国际影视传媒渧ery disappointedSA国际影视传媒� and feels the Department of Education has SA国际影视传媒渓iedSA国际影视传媒� to them, according to a news release issued Wednesday.

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The department has repeatedly rejected the Nunavut TeachersSA国际影视传媒� AssociationSA国际影视传媒檚 (NTA) proposals to recruit potential Inuit teachers into the Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP), according to the NTA release.

This follows a June 17 story about the October 2017 NTEP review commissioned by the department and .

SA国际影视传媒淭he NTA, along with other stakeholders, have been inquiring about the status of the NTEP review since November 2017. The consistent response from the bureaucratic leadership at the Department of Education headquarters, throughout many changes in senior personnel, has been that the NTEP review is still ongoing,SA国际影视传媒� stated president John Fanjoy in the news release.

SA国际影视传媒淒uring the consultation process for proposed Education Act amendments in October 2018, the NTA made inquiries during our submission on the status of the NTEP review. Department officials stated to us that the NTEP review was ongoing and not completed. This was a complete falsehood, which has been perpetuated under the current department leadership.SA国际影视传媒�

After publication of the Nunavut News story regarding the NTEP review and one week after receiving our questions, the department finally replied.

In an email from the departmentSA国际影视传媒檚 manager of communications Jean Philippe Laprise, with comments attributed to outgoing deputy minister Louise Flaherty, the department explains a memorandum of understanding with new NTEP partner Memorial University will now inform the revision of the program, and the partners, including Nunavut Arctic College, will develop an action plan.

Premier Joe Savikataaq accepted FlahertySA国际影视传媒檚 resignation, effective June 28, Savikataaq told Nunavut News.

The University of Regina was previously the southern NTEP partner.

SA国际影视传媒淥ver the period of the (NTEP) review, a tremendous opportunity presented itself to merge this project with the (Memorial) university partnership project that was ongoing, in order to use the expertise of the university partner to help in the development of the action plan,SA国际影视传媒� the departmentSA国际影视传媒檚 June 18 email states.

SA国际影视传媒淭he inclusion of an action plan in a final report was seen as a critical component that could help to ensure that there was a plan for moving forward.SA国际影视传媒�

Work is underway, the department states, and the NTEP review by Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group is not the final report that was intended to be tabled.

Work with Memorial has extended the timeline, according to the department.

The memorandum of understanding with Memorial was announced May 31 by Nunavut Arctic College.

The final NTEP review report will be tabled at the legislative assembly in October, with an action plan to follow once completed, states the department, though itSA国际影视传媒檚 unclear how the report to be tabled will differ from the draft report published by Nunavut News. That report includes many recommendations.

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But the teachersSA国际影视传媒� association also says it has tried, on numerous occasions, to assist with various aspects of the NTEP program.

SA国际影视传媒淲e had a representative take part in a committee tasked with designing a middle-years component of the NTEP program. This program was designed and had student applications, but it was never launched,SA国际影视传媒� the association states.

The current program is designed to train teachers for the primary grades.

Further, the association explains it has an advanced proposal for a staff position, paid for by its own professional development (PD) fund.

SA国际影视传媒淭his new hire would focus on recruitment of Inuit into the NTEP program, and support recent NTEP graduates as they work through their probationary period as teachers,SA国际影视传媒� stated the association.

SA国际影视传媒淥fficials at the Department of Education refused to agree to such a position being funded out of the NTA PD fund. This has been proposed more than once, including to the current leadership at department headquarters. This plan has always been turned down.SA国际影视传媒�

Fanjoy told Nunavut News that the department informed the association that a recruitment plan was already in place. The associationSA国际影视传媒檚 proposal would directly link to schools and communities, he said.

The Department of Education, in its response to the Auditor General of CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 June report on Support for High School Students and Adult Learners, stated itSA国际影视传媒檚 developing a 10-year teacher retention and recruitment strategy in the 2019SA国际影视传媒�20 fiscal year.

Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, is also scheduled to be addressed in October at the legislative assembly. That bill seeks to extend the deadline for Inuktut and English or French bilingual education to Grade 12 to 2039.

The association concludes its news release by urging the public to hold the government accountable for Bill 25.

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