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Last month I had an opportunity to meet with a group of online teachers and administrators. Given the relative newness of online educational opportunities for Saskatchewan schools, the conversation started with an exploration of pedagogical issues and challenges confronting online teachers today.

REGINA–After spending years as an educator and witnessing first-hand how inclusion worked or didn’t work in a school, there was little question for Krista McMillen when it came time for her to choose a topic for her master’s thesis. With help from a research grant from the McDowell Foundation, McMillen was able to expand this into a research project which gave her the opportunity to talk to parents and caregivers of children with exceptionalities.

As Jennifer Casa-Todd sees it, parents might be prone to a shrug of the shoulders and all but excuse themselves from the social media world–both for themselves and that of their children.

In his presentation to the Annual Meeting of Council, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation Senior Managing Director of Corporate Fund Services Troy Milnthorp had nothing but good news for those in attendance.

As a direct result of the impressive financial situation of the previous year, the province’s 13,500 teachers are the beneficiaries as they will soon be experiencing increased benefits while simultaneously paying lower premiums.