The problem isn't just with ESL and the news isn't outdated.
The term "poisonous" was used by a College VP in Newfoundland in an e-mail some time ago. I don't think anyone in Qatar chose this term but it makes for good copy.
There are problems across the board. For example, I know the college has contracted to deliver TAFE compliant training (an Australian training model) to QP. Many of the instructors who "absconded" their employ over the past 9 months were slated to teach TAFE courses. As a result, other instructors have been given increased teaching loads with no additional compensation or recognition.
Concerns on a raft of topics have been raised with management and have not even been responded to with an acknowledgement. Two of the hardest hit faculties in terms of moral are Health Sciences and EFL/Academics.
There are wide ranging accusations of nepotism. People have been arbitrarily fired without any documented deficiencies in their work or performance. Some faculties pay overtime, others do not. Some faculties will pay some people overtime and not others for the same teaching loads. Some administrators promise to pay overtime but then renege. There are no clearly defined policies or procedures on a wide range of topics and issues allowing administrators to be arbitrary with impunity.
People have been denied exit visas; in these situations, administration has backed down when employees have threatened to sue the province of Newfoundland for violating their constitutional rights under Canadian law. The college refuses to grant multiple-exit permits. As a result, many people terminate their employ without notice and leave the country during a regular leave break.
The college really doesn't know about best practices in Canadian colleges outside of Newfoundland (which might explain why Gypsy hasn't heard of any other colleges in Canada outside of the Atlantic provinces).
This lack of best practices also applies to management practices as well and probably explains some of Kevin Baker's comments on the CBC audio file in the Newfoundland report.
The problem isn't just with ESL and the news isn't outdated.
The term "poisonous" was used by a College VP in Newfoundland in an e-mail some time ago. I don't think anyone in Qatar chose this term but it makes for good copy.
There are problems across the board. For example, I know the college has contracted to deliver TAFE compliant training (an Australian training model) to QP. Many of the instructors who "absconded" their employ over the past 9 months were slated to teach TAFE courses. As a result, other instructors have been given increased teaching loads with no additional compensation or recognition.
Concerns on a raft of topics have been raised with management and have not even been responded to with an acknowledgement. Two of the hardest hit faculties in terms of moral are Health Sciences and EFL/Academics.
There are wide ranging accusations of nepotism. People have been arbitrarily fired without any documented deficiencies in their work or performance. Some faculties pay overtime, others do not. Some faculties will pay some people overtime and not others for the same teaching loads. Some administrators promise to pay overtime but then renege. There are no clearly defined policies or procedures on a wide range of topics and issues allowing administrators to be arbitrary with impunity.
People have been denied exit visas; in these situations, administration has backed down when employees have threatened to sue the province of Newfoundland for violating their constitutional rights under Canadian law. The college refuses to grant multiple-exit permits. As a result, many people terminate their employ without notice and leave the country during a regular leave break.
The college really doesn't know about best practices in Canadian colleges outside of Newfoundland (which might explain why Gypsy hasn't heard of any other colleges in Canada outside of the Atlantic provinces).
This lack of best practices also applies to management practices as well and probably explains some of Kevin Baker's comments on the CBC audio file in the Newfoundland report.