Press publishes this morning an interesting portrait of one of two co-chairs the Coalition for the Future of Quebec (CAQ), François Legault. I paste here the portion of text about his visit to the Ministries of Education and Health. Bold is mine.
What I notice first in this passage is that accredits the very thesis about the great power enjoyed by senior officials in regard to pedagogy, but also the little discussion that have had our policy makers around the implementation of a teaching competence. The PQ and François Legault left reform officials and tried to catch some slippage troubling afterthought.
In terms of political intervention in education, everything is a matter of dosage, however. Here we have the distinct impression of a laissez-faire about the educational aspects. I remember how, in an interview, Mr. Legault gave me the impression not to marry this aspect of his ministry and repeating rote phrases.
A second key claim of this passage is that Mr. Legault is more of a manager very interested in the performance of staff he has under his leadership a man content. This was the case in health as in education. Moreover, it seems to show little understanding of the culture of the machinery of government, did not appear to found the performance contracts which he became the herald were easily thwarted by our school administrators and even produce cons-productive effects. Indeed, we have seen recently: to achieve the targets set by these agreements, principals do not hesitate to ask teachers to artificially inflate the scores of their students. In Ontario, similar ideas have prompted schools to downright cheat some evaluation. "As manager, manager and half" , one is tempted to respond.
Legault is it the man for the job? Still difficult to determine, especially since the ideas of the coalition he co-chairs are still unclear. In education, however, it passes between 1998 and 2002 does not seem to see left good memories around me.
Firstly, Legault failed to take corrective action following the program of retirements that has bled the system of education. He obviously trusted the universities with the result that still lives today.
Then his unfortunate statement to the effect that teachers wanted to be paid "for reading magazines" and improve their skills at home during their free time has left marks. It showed a profound lack of sympathy towards them. Some colleagues did not hesitate, then, to speak contemptuously. Has it changed? Nothing indicates to us now. But I note that Mr. Legault is estimated that only a majority of teachers are competent. Not a big majority. A simple majority.
His support at the time, the education reform and its lack of critical thinking teaching are also elements that do not look for it. In the imaginary teacher, it is for those ministers who, like others, have been "bloated" by officials. Moreover, the fact that he has not formally separated from the reform comes to reinforce this idea.
If the statement of principles of the QCA intends to return to teaching more focused on knowledge and some basic skills, it is not, however, one of which was constantly put forward by the coalition, Legault pounding his willingness to assess teachers.
To follow, say another.
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A CEO
Minister Jean-François Lisée, the "economic nationalism" is the trademark of François Legault. Reelected, Lucien Bouchard offered the Education Legault. Our business man was stunned.
There must apply the "reform", prepared under Pauline Marois. the Council of Ministers, it was not often discussed in the assessment of "competence". Legault has quickly adopted the language of its officials. But the new newsletter parents rebuffed - Lucien Bouchard has publicly repudiated his minister in skinning.
"What interested him was the results. He was a manager. He knew he was not a teacher and left it to officials , "says Lise. François Legault
also wanted to impose on colleges and universities to its "performance contracts", so that budgets are conditional on success. " was an accountant, an accountant, an accountant " says Gaëtan Boucher, director of the Federation of colleges. He could not understand that the dropout rate was not related to an arithmetic formula.
early 2001, Legault came out with another coup. He has publicly threatened to resign because the Treasury Board president, Jacques Léonard, does it not allocated sufficient budget for the "performance contracts" to universities. "We came back on the commitments of the Youth Summit. My resignation letter was written, "said Francois Legault.
Therefore, "it is seen as a hero in the education community," recalls Lisée. Around this time around it was formed a group of young disciples. The François Rebello, Pascal Berube and Nicolas Girard - has become MPs - Sylvain Gendron, Martin Koskinen and student leaders have all followed. Behind the scenes, they have long worked for their guru.
In 2002, under Bernard Landry, Legault is passed to the Health. Minister's title, with two delegates, including David Levine, a former hospital director. The latter knew better network and even admonished his fellow neophyte when it promised to reduce waiting times to emergencies. Legault but "was clearly the boss."
It soon returned to his hobby, a "system" to check the "yield" hospitals. After paramedics were are up against a closed door emergency Shawinigan. Quebec passed a law that forced doctors to work in emergencies. When the Board of Health Saguenay sent a subpoena to a doctor in Montreal, Legault has exploded. "I told him I was in the act he had just passed," recalls Renald Dutil, then president of the Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec.
Legault would manage the network of health as "a CEO of company" summarizes Renald Dutil. "The doctors were its employees: it was a deep ignorance of the medical culture," he quips. The fact remains that the "medical activities" imposed by Legault is still in force nearly 10 years later.
His support at the time, the education reform and its lack of critical thinking teaching are also elements that do not look for it. In the imaginary teacher, it is for those ministers who, like others, have been "bloated" by officials. Moreover, the fact that he has not formally separated from the reform comes to reinforce this idea.
If the statement of principles of the QCA intends to return to teaching more focused on knowledge and some basic skills, it is not, however, one of which was constantly put forward by the coalition, Legault pounding his willingness to assess teachers.
To follow, say another.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A CEO
Minister Jean-François Lisée, the "economic nationalism" is the trademark of François Legault. Reelected, Lucien Bouchard offered the Education Legault. Our business man was stunned.
There must apply the "reform", prepared under Pauline Marois. the Council of Ministers, it was not often discussed in the assessment of "competence". Legault has quickly adopted the language of its officials. But the new newsletter parents rebuffed - Lucien Bouchard has publicly repudiated his minister in skinning.
"What interested him was the results. He was a manager. He knew he was not a teacher and left it to officials , "says Lise. François Legault
also wanted to impose on colleges and universities to its "performance contracts", so that budgets are conditional on success. " was an accountant, an accountant, an accountant " says Gaëtan Boucher, director of the Federation of colleges. He could not understand that the dropout rate was not related to an arithmetic formula.
early 2001, Legault came out with another coup. He has publicly threatened to resign because the Treasury Board president, Jacques Léonard, does it not allocated sufficient budget for the "performance contracts" to universities. "We came back on the commitments of the Youth Summit. My resignation letter was written, "said Francois Legault.
Therefore, "it is seen as a hero in the education community," recalls Lisée. Around this time around it was formed a group of young disciples. The François Rebello, Pascal Berube and Nicolas Girard - has become MPs - Sylvain Gendron, Martin Koskinen and student leaders have all followed. Behind the scenes, they have long worked for their guru.
In 2002, under Bernard Landry, Legault is passed to the Health. Minister's title, with two delegates, including David Levine, a former hospital director. The latter knew better network and even admonished his fellow neophyte when it promised to reduce waiting times to emergencies. Legault but "was clearly the boss."
It soon returned to his hobby, a "system" to check the "yield" hospitals. After paramedics were are up against a closed door emergency Shawinigan. Quebec passed a law that forced doctors to work in emergencies. When the Board of Health Saguenay sent a subpoena to a doctor in Montreal, Legault has exploded. "I told him I was in the act he had just passed," recalls Renald Dutil, then president of the Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec.
Legault would manage the network of health as "a CEO of company" summarizes Renald Dutil. "The doctors were its employees: it was a deep ignorance of the medical culture," he quips. The fact remains that the "medical activities" imposed by Legault is still in force nearly 10 years later.
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