Teachers Meet in Toronto

Elementary school teachers from across the province are gathering in Toronto today for the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario.

The province's plans to introduce full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds in elementary schools is a part of the talks.

President David Clegg feels the government's plan missed the mark.

"The model that's suggested would see a teacher there only spend half a day," says Clegg, "which is the current situation. So we might spend as a province a billion dollars on a full-day kindergarten program and there wouldn't be one more minute of student-teacher-student time than there is today. That would be a mistake, a missed opportunity and certainly not the best chance for student learning."

The federation plans to release a report on the proposal later today.