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Jan. 24, 2002
FREDERICTON (CNB) -- Fifty-four teachers have been granted paid educational leave for the 2002-2003 school year. The announcement was made today by Education Minister Dennis Furlong and New Brunswick Teachers' Federation co-presidents Mary Wilson and Pierre Paillard.
"Our annual program of paid educational leaves provides interested teachers with the opportunity to receive the upgrading, specialization and professional development that will make them even stronger educators," Furlong said. "I congratulate this year's group of teachers for taking this step to improve their skills."
"We are pleased to be able to support these 54 teachers as they pursue their educational plans in the coming year," Paillard said. "We thank them for their commitment to life-long learning and to their profession."
"Educational leaves are very important to the continuing professional development of our members," Wilson said. "This is one of a number of initiatives supported by the teachers' associations and the Department of Education which allow teachers to stay current in their teaching areas."
Educational leaves vary from four months to a full year and will cost about $1,965,942 in 2002-2003.
Teacher applications for educational leave are reviewed by a committee of representatives from the Department of Education, district superintendents, the New Brunswick Teachers' Association, l'Association des enseignantes et des enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick and the New Brunswick Teachers' Federation.
The following is a list of teachers granted educational leave, the duration and their school district:
District 1
One-year leave: Sylvie Melanson, Suzanne Robichaud and Richard Lemay.
District 2
One-year leave: Peggy Brayshaw, Kimberly Downey, Elizabeth Glenen, Roderick MacKenzie, Miriam MacLeod, Karan Maguire.
Five-month leave: Richard Faulkner.
Four-month leave: Carolyn Norman.
District 3
One-year leave: Josette Bernier, Martine Albert and Albert Roy.
District 5
One-year leave: Richard Roussel and Raymonde Blanchard.
District 6
One-year leave: Marie Church, Julie Corkum, Pamela Drury-Alward and Laurene Holder.
District 8
One-year leave: Agnes Arsenault, Donna-Lee Corby, Barry Ogden, Kimberley Peer and Barbara Riley.
Four-month leave: Nisha Panun-Moseley.
District 9
One-year leave: Jeanne Godin, Marie-Lyne Robichaud, Robert Haché and Rose-Aline Beattie Cyr.
District 10
One-year leave: Helen Johnston and Derek O'Brien.
District 11
One-year leave: Colombe M.-P. Boudreau, Renée Bourgeois and Sylvie Desjardins. Six-month leave: Mai LeBlanc.
District 14
One-year leave: Carolyn Arnott, Judy Coulter, Karla Deweyert and Kathy Soucy.
District 15
One-year leave: Linda Ronalds-Tulloch. Four-month leave: Debby Arsenault.
District 16
One-year leave: Heather Little and Diane Wilson. Six-month leave: Douglas MacDonald.
District 17
One-year leave: Angela Boudreau, Eileen Kennedy-Demmings and Dale Nash.
District 18
One-year leave: Isabelle Dulac, Mireille Gaudet, Robert Kennah, April Murphy, Philip Sexsmith and Jeanne Wood.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Steven Benteau, communications, Department of Education, 506-444-4714.
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