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Your Provincial Executive met in St. John's on June 6, 2025. Executive Notes is a summary of decisions and discussions that occurred during this meeting.
For further information contact any member of Provincial Executive or the NLTA staff person as indicated.
President’s Report
Since the last meeting of Provincial Executive, the President has participated in several events and attended meetings in his capacity as President, including a School Safety Coalition meeting, Teacher Allocation Review Committee meetings, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Committee meeting and a National Presidents Meeting in Saskatoon. The President also participated in several media interviews, including providing response to the 2025 Provincial Budget and detailing the Association’s public awareness campaign supporting teachers experiencing aggressive and negative social media attacks. The full President’s Report is available here.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President.
Association Priorities
Updates on the NLTA Priorities for 2023-25 were provided to the Provincial Executive for review, questions and comment. The priorities are: Workload Concerns; Membership Well-being and Protection; Collective Bargaining and Services for Members; Retention, Recruitment and Resources; and, Advocacy on and Response to Government Initiatives. The Association priorities are available here.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Stefanie Tuff, Executive Director.
Provincial Executive Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the March 5-6, April 22, May 13 and May 22, 2025, Provincial Executive meetings, as adopted during the June 6, 2025, Provincial Executive meeting, are available here.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Stefanie Tuff, Executive Director.
Business from Standing Committees
Table Officers
The NLTA will donate the following;
· $2,500 to the MUN Bachelor of Education (Primary/Elementary) Class of 2025 graduation gala.
· $3,000 to the MUN Education Society (Intermediate/Secondary) Class of 2025 graduation gala.
· $1,880 to support the Roots of Empathy programming for 2025-26.
· $500 towards the Blue Community Schools program, an initiative of the Council of Canadians.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Stefanie Tuff, Executive Director.
Substitute Teacher Committee
The NLTA will lobby the employers to include substitute teachers in Professional Learning opportunities while they are under contract substituting for another teacher.
For further information contact Russell Stockley, Chair of the Substitute Teacher Committee or Gabe Ryan, Administrative Officer.
Professional Issues Committee
· The following policy changes have been approved: Professional Development, P. Professional Development Programs, 2. Professional Development Fund, a. Grants for Individuals, #1 and 4 were amended. The amended policy can be viewed here.
· The application to create a new Special Interest Council for Reading Specialists has not been approved. The NLTA does recommend that Reading Specialists explore joining the Council of Special Services (COSS) and that COSS create a Reading Specialist Executive position.
For further information contact Hollis Cull, Chair of the Professional Issues Committee or Darlene Johnson, Administrative Officer.
Membership Benefits and Services Committee
The following policy changes have been approved: Employee Assistance Program B. Membership Assistance, 1.g. was amended as follows: increase to $3,600 for members who enrolled in the program on or after September 1, 2025 and, for member enrolled prior to this date, for expenses incurred as of September 1, 2025. The full amended policy can be viewed here.
For further information contact Darryl George, Chair of the Membership Benefits and Services Committee, or Bob Johnston, Administrative Officer.
Equity Issues in Education Committee
The NLTA will consider conducting a review of the Code of Ethics through an equity lens.
For further information contact Angela Dawe, Chair of the Equity Issues in Education Committee or Jody Saunders, Administrative Officer.
Communications/Political Action/Membership Engagement Committee
The NLTA will discontinue its presence on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and transition to the BlueSky platform as one of its primary social media channels, effective as soon as operationally feasible; and further, that the NLTA encourage NLSchools to consider their continued presence on the platform given its increasingly harmful and toxic nature.
For further information contact Lynette Snook, Chair of the Communications/Political Action/Membership Engagement Committee or Jennifer Tulk, Communications Officer.
Other Business
· The NLTA will review the increased year-end workload for teachers resulting from the implementation of the new assessment policy.
· The NLTA will advocate for both employers to create a cultural orientation session for new hires from outside of the country.
· The NLTA will lobby the employers to grant TLAs access to Review 360, including the ability to submit reports documenting observed student behaviour(s).
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Ian Crewe, Assistant Executive Director.
Group Insurance Managers
Danielle Stanley has been appointed as a Group Insurance Manager for the Labrador Region, effective August 1, 2025, for the 2025-26 school year.
For further information contact Tracey Payne, Chair of Group Insurance Managers or John Veitch, Administrative Officer.
Election of Table Officers for 2025-27
The incoming Provincial Executive for 2025-27 elected Angela Dawe as a Table Officer. She joins Dale Lambe, Sean Weir and Trent Langdon as Table Officers.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Stefanie Tuff, Executive Director.
Discussion Topics
The following topics were reviewed and discussed by Provincial Executive: communications with retired members; a social/global justice working group; and funding to schools.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President, or Ian Crewe, Assistant Executive Director.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of Provincial Executive is scheduled for August 19-21, 2025.
For further information contact Trent Langdon, President or Stefanie Tuff, Executive Director.
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