

These presentations include information on liability, employment insurance and the rights and responsibilities of teachers. Various presentations for substitute teacher groups are available through Barnett House. The secretary to this committee is an executive staff officer who works directly with substitute teachers and substitute teacher groups.

Membership on this committee is detailed annually in the Members’ Handbook. This committee has played an important role at the provincial level on behalf of this significant group of members. In 1987, the Substitute Teachers Committee became a standing committee of the Association to serve in an advisory capacity to Provincial Executive Council. Provincial Executive Council has taken additional steps to ensure that the unique concerns and needs of substitute teachers are recognized. Chapter 2 of this monograph outlined the direct and indirect services available to substitute teachers as members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
