Thursday, March 23, 2017
AMAPCEO made a big step forward towards implementing one of our major strategic priorities this week when the Board of Directors unanimously approved a long-term education plan for members.
The AMAPCEO Board is holding its annual strategic planning session in Caledon for three days this week.
Drafted by the Board’s Education Committee, Learning for the Future: AMAPCEO’s Five-Year Education Plan is an ambitious, transformative proposal to ensure that AMAPCEO continues to engage members and train leaders who can sustain and renew the union. Grounded in research on education delivery and best practices, it lays out a strategy to develop and deliver new and innovative ways to offer an education and training program to suit different types of learners on a variety of topics.
Created by members, for members, with the support of AMAPCEO’s professional staff, the program will provide opportunities for members to develop, expand, and formalise their knowledge of labour relations, activist and leadership roles and equity issues, while also enabling members to hone generic skills they can use in the workplace and in other leadership positions.
Following the Board’s action, President Dave Bulmer recalled the many years of effort expended in achieving educational programming within AMAPCEO, and paid tribute to the work of the many individuals who contributed to the preparation of the 5 year education plan, including Vice-President Cynthia Watt and the other members of the Education Committee (Suzanne Conquer, Francis Cronier-Thériault, Jonathan Haskins and Jane Koster), Education Officers Cassie Bell and Patricia Chong, and Communications Officer Jason Wagar.
The plan will be developed in phases, with work already underway on Phase 1. Please read the full five-year plan below.