JOINT COMMITTEE
DECEMBER
5, 2001
BOARD OFFICE, ROOM B
IN
ATTENDANCE: S. STANDEL,
S. GAYNOR, S. KARDON, L. FLYNN, K. CORNELL, K. PINO, A. JENNINGS, A
LINELL
1.
Approval
of minutes from Novenmber 2, 2001
2.
SICK
LEAVE: Approved one sick
leave request for 11.5 days leaving a balance of
281.5 days in the Sick Bank.
3.
P.E.
DAY REQUEST: Approved one
request for P.E. day for December 21, 2001
4.
TEACHER
WEB: There will be
voluntary staff meetings to discuss parent use of e-mail to contact
teachers. Sandra Standel,
Linda Flynn and Pam Moore
will meet with Debra Meyer and to discuss streamlining record-keeping
procedures at the building level.
5.
STAFFING
2003-04: Procedures were
discussed for staffing buildings after the 3 buildings close in 2003.
We reviewed procedures that were followed in the past.
This will be an on-going discussion over
the next year and a half.
6.
STAFF
DEVELOPMENT MAKE-UP: Postponed
until January when we will have more information.
Guidelines for Professional Development were distributed and
will be discussed at future meetings.
7.
JOINT
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS: Once
again, the agenda items came in the morning of the meeting. Next month, Kim and Sandra will meet prior to Joint
Committee.
8.
SEMS
FOLLOW UP: The District
needs to get more information and this will be back on the agenda in
January.
9.
FMLA:
The ROEA plans to bring in an ROEA attorney who specialized in
FMLA so that all members can gain a greater understanding of the law.
10.
ATTENDANCE
INCENTIVES: Discussion
about what is affordable and meaningful.
A few teachers gave feedback that incentives do impact
attendance habits.
We’ll investigate options and put this on future agendas.
11.
MENTOR
MEETINGS: People have had
many meetings and some feel that there have been too many meetings too
close together. Usually
there aren’t meetings close together.
The District tried to keep meetings spaced so that they are
manageable for everyone’s schedules.
12.
JOINT
COMMITTEE MINUTES: Principals
will give copies of the Joint Committee minutes to the ARs and the ARs
will post them. Cadine
will post on the ROEA website.
13.
TRAVEL
TIME: This is being
worked on at the building level.
14.
CURRICULUM
BENCHMARKS AND ASSESSMENT: Kay
will visit the RA in January to provide clarification.
15.
HIGH
SCHOOL MATH CURRICULUM: This
will be discussed at Curriculum Sub-Committee.
16.
ESL
AT KIMBALL: Tom Neville
has allocated some Schools oc Choice money to fund a part-time parapro
for the rest of the year to help out in ESL.
17.
TECHNOLOGY
SOFTWARE: People who have
concerns should follow appropriate procedures.
Recorder:
Kay Cornell