Spruce Grove-Stony Plain's candidates' promises on Education

Career planning

We don't have any NDP policies on Career planning.

UCP

Partner with industry and youth organisations to run career fairs for high school students

"Partner with various industry and youth organizations to organize career fairs for high school students. The initial focus will be on in-demand sectors such as manufacturing, construction, trades, tech, energy, and health." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24
Create an online career counselling service for students and parents

"Establish a student-friendly online career counselling service for students and parents to learn more about various career opportunities and provide a roadmap for pursuing them." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24
Start a career options awareness campaign

"Develop a public communication and awareness campaign to help ensure Albertans recognize all careers as valuable and legitimate and promote career pathways for all Albertans." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24
Develop and fund training for teachers

"Develop and fund teacher training opportunities for career and technology studies and career and technology foundations programming." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24
Provide scholarships

"Develop and promote career education scholarships for students." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24

Diversity in schools

SM

Stop the indoctrination of our children
Mandatory outcomes expectations metrics for teachers
Ensure additional resources available for children struggling to maintain basic literacy
Parents have the option to opt out of classes.
Parents have a say and RIGHT to know.

NDP

Reintroduce legal protections for GSAs in schools

"And an Alberta NDP government will re-introduce legal protections for GSAs in schools, allowing students to create and participate in them without delays, restrictions, or reprisal." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27
Develop Filipino and Somali curricula for interested schools
Work with First Nations to develop K-12 curriculum in 6 Indigenous languages

"We will support language learning and we will work with First Nations to develop K-12 curriculum in 6 of Alberta’s most prominent Indigenous languages - Dene, Nehiyâwewin (Cree), Isga (Nakota Sioux), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Tsuu’tina and Michif." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

We don't have any UCP policies on Diversity in schools.

Indigenous learning

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will take proactive steps to have indigenous learning, and truth and reconciliation introduced into our curriculum.
I will work to have educational institutions show they are sincere about truth and reconciliation in Alberta.

SM

Ensure additional resources available for children struggling to maintain basic literacy

We don't have any NDP policies on Indigenous learning.

We don't have any UCP policies on Indigenous learning.

K-12 funding

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will strongly advocate for additional funding for public school funding at all times.
I will fight for additional funding to secure more staff for schools.

SM

Education funding follows the student

We don't have any NDP policies on K-12 funding.

UCP

Expand funding for Career and Technology and Mobile CTS / Career and Technology Foundations for rural school boards

"Expanding Funding for Career and Technology (CTS) and Mobile CTS/ Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) for rural school boards

Enhance the Dual Credit Grant Program to make more funding available for school authorities to create new dual credit programming and support existing programming. Funds can also be used to purchase new equipment or upgrade facilities that enhance existing dual credit opportunities.

Provide new funding to support mobile CTS and CTF labs." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24

Learning needs

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will advocate for teaching tolerance, good citizenship and sustainable, healthy living that includes human sexuality.
I will fight for a class size limit in schools, allowing students more 1-1 time and giving them better learning conditions.

SM

Proper education of our children is a high priority. Budgets must fund the requirements to deliver a HIGH quality and meaningful curriculum decided upon mutually between school boards and PARENTS.

We don't have any NDP policies on Learning needs.

We don't have any UCP policies on Learning needs.

Post-secondary costs and tuition

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will research and put work into reducing tuition costs for post-secondary students.

NDP

Freeze post-secondary tuition at 2022-23 levels and cap future increases to inflation

We don't have any UCP policies on Post-secondary costs and tuition.

Post-secondary institutions

NDP

Provide up to $200M for a downtown Calgary campus
Partner with NAIT to build an Advanced Skills Centre to train nearly 10K apprentices per year

"The Alberta NDP has allocated $45 million over three years to fund the planning and site preparation for the construction of the NAIT Advanced Skills Centre. Presently, NAIT trains around 8,600 apprentices annually, but with projected growth, Alberta is expected to require 51,000 new apprentices within the next three years." — Building a Better Future for Edmonton, retrieved 2023-05-22
Create 30K new spaces for post-secondary learning, training, and apprenticeships
Work with post-secondary institutions to relocate or expand their campuses in downtown Calgary

UCP

Increase access to off-campus education

"Develop and fund career education partnerships that provide career education opportunities for all Alberta students.

Align the pre-employment program costs for students in Alberta’s K-12 system with those incurred by post-secondary students.

Fund the growth of CAREERS: the Next Generation’s work to collaborate with public and separate school divisions to include student participation in off-campus programs, particularly expanding opportunities to connect youth with paid internships." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-24

School construction and upgrades

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will advocate for funding for additional schools within Stony Plain and Spruce Grove, including another high school.
I will advocate for funding to modernize public schools to give teachers and students their best opportunities for learning.

NDP

Build and modernise 125 schools

We don't have any UCP policies on School construction and upgrades.

School curriculum

SM

Review and revise the current WOKE curriculum ensuring consultation with Parents. Back to the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic.

NDP

Begin to review and revise the curriculum within 100 days of forming government

"In our first 100 days, we will work to review and revise the curriculum to ensure it’s modern, inclusive, and supports Alberta students to excel and compete globally."

We don't have any UCP policies on School curriculum.

School nutrition

NDP

Invest $35M more in a school nutrition programme for up to 75K students

"We’ll work to ensure no child goes hungry by investing an additional $35 million in a School Nutrition Program to provide nutritious food for up to 75,000 students across Alberta." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

We don't have any UCP policies on School nutrition.

School staffing

NDP

Hire 4,000 more teachers
Hire 3,000 Educational Assistants and support staff

We don't have any UCP policies on School staffing.

School vaccination

SM

We will over see a review of vaccination mandates and practices.
Leave medical decisions with the PARENTS, where they belong.

We don't have any NDP policies on School vaccination.

We don't have any UCP policies on School vaccination.

Student loans

NDP

Cap interest on student loans to the prime rate
Increase student aid and grants

We don't have any UCP policies on Student loans.

Student mental health

Daniel Birrell

Green candidate in your district

I will advocate for funding for additional counsellors in school.
I will talk with parents, school boards, staff and the minister of education about allowing mental health days for students who are experiencing stressors at school.
I will advocate for the banning of seclusion rooms in schools and encourage the use of sensory rooms instead.

SM

Always of primary importance, student mental health again, belongs more in the domain of the Parents who should always be informed.

We don't have any NDP policies on Student mental health.

We don't have any UCP policies on Student mental health.