Big classes, split grades, no subs: How school challenges are felt differently by rural teachers – ETFOCB

Big classes, split grades, no subs: How school challenges are felt differently by rural teachers – ETFOCB

At an elementary school in Hinton, Alta., two of its five vacant teaching positions were never filled before classes started in September. In a small school, it’s the kind of situation that leads to larger classes, split-grades, administrators teaching classes, and other teachers covering gaps. With no end in sight to the provincewide teachers’ strike — but for educators in small or remote communities, the issues for rural classrooms can be quit…