RE: BUILDING ON OUR TENET FOR THE LEARNER

This is the problem as I see it with the Master Plan.  It is 
focused on "the institutional outcomes  & needs and not the 
learner.  The outcomes which are then held accountable 
and assessible then become the focus of what education is 
instead of the human being we are teaching. As a teacher 
for over 33 years, and a representative of teachers, I know 
that dedicated teachers know what the outcomes (subject 
matter, etc.) but focus on the student as a whole: how they 
learn, the environment in which they learn within, the 
resources that are needed to reach the learning goals, etc.  
How the Master Plan addressess this so we can focus on a 
student learner environment will direct whether we are 
teaching young people or developing robotic automatons 
who will 'know' subject matter but not know how to be 
creative thinkers.