After being removed from the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), public school administrators now have their own organization.
The Public School Administrators Association will include principals, vice-principals, and other admins.
The move comes after the Nova Scotia government separated the administrators from NSTU as a part of a large overhaul of the education system.
The association’s 13-person interim board is now in place with Halifax principal Tim Simony at the helm.
Simony says members are excited to get started.
“It’s a brand new organization that is quite unique in the way that it’s come about, unique in terms of the membership and get to create this next part of our story and legacy as well.”
As interim leader he says he plans to be a listener and hopes to create a positive atmosphere.
“People who put their name forward and are involved with the interim board and are excited for this to be a creative process.”
Association members will select the first permanent board at an annual general meeting this fall.
“That is first and foremost the task of our group, we’re going through a process of establishing bylaws for the organization.”
NSTU will also provide services to the association, as determined through an affiliation agreement that’s being developed.
According to a release from the Nova Scotia government, 24 of 711 administrators requested to return back to the classroom, rather than stay on as administrators in the new association.
Photo caption: Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Zach Churchill at an announcement on changes to the education system earlier this year.
Story by Brittany Wentzell
Twitter: @BrittWentzell
Email: wentzell.brittany@radioabl.ca
