JOINT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 9,2002
BOARD OFFICE, ROOM B

IN ATTENDANCE: S. KARDON, J. SCHWARTZ, S. STANDEL, K. CORNELL, T. SHORKEY, L. FLYNN, C. LANGE 

1. MINUTES: Minutes from June 6, 2002 were approved.

2. HEALTH INSURANCE CAP, TM-MED ALLOTMENT: John Schwartz presented information on the ROEA HEALTH insurance: Tri-Med, Opt-Out, and Supercare (annual employee contribution: $46.)

3. SICK BANK:            one request for 29 days from the Sick Bank. This leaves a balance of 371 days in the Sick Bank.

4. PERSONAL BUSINESS DAY: Approved 5 requests for Personal Business Days

5. RELIGIOUS LEAVE DAYS: Approved 30 requests for Religious Leave.

6. JOINT COMMITTEE SCHEDULE: Schedule was reviewed. Meeting dates are attached.

7. NEW TEACHER SUPPORT: Discussion of new teacher voluntary lunches. Sid will follow up on this with the teachers involved.

8. SEMS CALL-IN: Andy Linell reviewed the new web-based substitute call-in system. Teachers will soon have the opportunity to either call for a sub by phone or to use the web-based system. Training will take place in the next few days and each building will have a mentor in case there are questions. This will have an interface with the State of Michigan reporting system. The State now collects information on teacher attendance. General password issues were discussed. Teachers remain concerned about signing in using a Social Security number.

9. PARENT WEB, E-MAIL: On October 1, Parent Web was activated which will allow parents to email high school teachers. When parents send and email, a response goes back to the parent that the email was received and the parent may expect a reply.

10. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Just a reminder that teachers will be asked to sign in on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14-15, so that we have the Professional Development hours recorded as required by the State.

11. IN-HOUSE PROGRAM AT KIMBALL: Discussion of the staffing of the In-House Program. This program in now partially staffed by person who is not an RQEA member. This was a building decision based on the 2002-03 staffing allocation. This program is in place of out-of-school suspension and does not count as instructional time. This also did not result in a loss of ROEA positions at Kimball.

12. APPROVED CREDITS AND SALARY SCALE ADJUSTMENT: A teacher has had approved credits and wants to move up on the salary schedule. Sandra will follow up on this.

13. TEACHER EVALUATION OPTION STUDY: Discussion of forms that are to be used for the Pilot program this year. Administrators are tying the current contract form in with the Danielson model. Sandra will follow up with Dondero administrators for clarification. Also, some teachers don’t realize it’s available, so there needs some communication regarding this. Sandra will ask principals to remind teachers about this opportunity at the Oct. 15 meetings.

14. MENTORING: Clarification of expectations of mentors. Rather than repeating session, mentors can elect to do some training.

15. MENTOR SALARY SCHEDULE: Discussion of number of hours put in by mentors during school and after school. There are fewer hours required this year. The administration will discuss this further and the topic will be the next agenda.

16. WHITTIER UP-DATE: Up-date on how things are going with the new plan. So far, everything seems to be fine.

17. SENIORITY LIST: We still don’t have one. Sandra will talk with Andy and, hopefully, we’ll have a list by the next meeting.

18. MUSIC SUPPLEMENTALS: Question about equity between schools and programs. Classes are assigned according to student selection. The supplemental list is on page 73 of the contract.

NEXT AGENDA: MICROSAGE GLITCHES

RECORDER:               KAY CORNELL