以下声明由董事会主席Laura Hack在2月8日的公开董事会会议开始时宣读。

感谢今天观看或收听的所有人。我想与大家分享本董事会在省政府的K-6课纲草案方面持续的倡导工作。我们知道，家长、祖父母、照顾者和教育工作者对课纲内容有明确的要求。我们听到了您的声音，并且我们继续倾听并代表卡尔加里市民进行倡导。

去年12月，董事会主席与教育部长会面。我们阐明了卡尔加里教育局对草案内容的关切，并在对话后以一封致部长的信进行了后续跟进。对于希望查看该信件以及一份一页摘要的人，请访问我们网站上的董事会倡导页面。

考虑到我们面临的时间表以及大流行病所带来的影响，卡尔加里教育局的立场是不在2022年秋季实施任何新科目。

持续的大流行病和最近的Omicron波继续对教学和学习产生重大影响。在改变学生期望和实施新课纲之前，我们需要看到事态稳定。我们需要把学生放在首位。

我们请求的延迟将确保政府有时间进行全面的试点以加强课纲，制定和执行获取和开发优质资源的计划，并为部程度教育利益相关者需求开发全面的省级沟通工具包。卡尔加里教育局需要时间通过深入的员工专业学习来建设能力，同时在学校权威规划与成果报告要求中充分考虑新课纲。

作为卡尔加里教育局，我们期待与政府合作，确保满足学生的需求。通过共同努力，我们可以使阿尔伯塔的教育继续位列世界顶级教育体系之列。

对于希望参与反馈的人，阿尔伯塔教育部将通过现场虚拟课纲会议从现在到2月底提供机会。请访问Alberta.ca（课纲发表意见）或者我们网站上的新闻中心的链接进入。

感谢大家对公共教育课纲的持续关注。

​​​​​​The following statement was read by Board Chair Laura Hack at the beginning of the Feb. 8 public board meeting.

Thank you to everyone watching or listening in today. I’d like to share with you this Board’s continued advocacy in relation to the provincial government’s K-6 Draft Curriculum. We know that parents, grandparents, caregivers and educators have been loud and clear in what they want in relation to the curriculum. We hear you, and we continue to listen and advocate on behalf of Calgarians.

In December, the Board of Trustees met with the Minister of Education. We outlined CBE’s concerns regarding the content of the draft and followed up this conversation with a letter to the Minister. For those wishing to view that letter as well as a one-page summary, please visit the Board of Trustees’ advocacy page on our website.

The CBE’s position, given the timelines ahead of us as well as where the pandemic has put us, is to have no new subjects be implemented in the fall of 2022.

The ongoing pandemic and recent Omicron wave continues to have significant impacts on teaching and learning. We need to see things stabilize before changing expectations for students with the implementation of a new curriculum. We need to put students first.

The delay we are asking for would ensure the government has time for a robust pilot to strengthen the curriculum, to create and execute a plan to acquire and develop quality resources, as well as time for the Ministry to develop a comprehensive provincial communication toolkit that addresses the needs of all educational stakeholders. The Calgary Board of Education needs time to build capacity through in-depth staff professional learning, and to account for the new curriculum within the framework for accountability and assurance, as outlined in the Requirements for School Authority Planning and Results Reporting.

We, as the Calgary Board of Education, look forward to working collaboratively with the government to ensure the needs of students are being met. By working together, we can advance education where Alberta remains ranked among the top education systems in the world.

For those looking to get involved in giving feedback, Alberta Education is hosting virtual curriculum sessions from now through the end of February. Please visit Alberta.ca (curriculum have your say) or there is a link in the news centre on our website that will take you there.

Thank you to everyone for your continued interest in curriculum for public education.