Preamble
Whereas: Support staff provide essential services for primary and secondary schools;
Whereas: Teachers are being asked to cover for insufficient support staff, impacting their work-life balance and putting strain on the learning environment;
Whereas: Teachers are not necessarily trained to manage and remediate the full range of mental health issues of all students.
Direction
Be It Resolved That: A SPP government will establish the following minimum support staff numbers in all urban school divisions: 1 mental health worker or counsellor and 1 social worker per school.
- Be It Further Resolved That: A SPP government will establish the following minimum support staff numbers in all rural school divisions: 1 mental health worker or counsellor and 1 social worker per 2 schools.