MINUTES OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
ROYAL OAK EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
January 22, 2002
President Kardon called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Dondero High School Media Center. Buildings not represented were: Board Office, Churchill Community Education Center, Franklin Elementary School, Judson Center, Parker Elementary School, Upton Elementary School,
Reports
Treasurer’s Report
 | President Kardon discussed the ROEA party on January 17, 2002. |
| A detailed budget will be presented at the next RA meeting. |
| President Kardon purchased a desk-top computer for use at the ROEA office. The ROEA did apply for and was granted a technology grant from the MEA for the purchase of this. |
Secretary’s Report
Minutes for the November 27, 2001 Representative Assembly meeting were presented. Monty Weathers moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Cherie Drukas seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Executive Vice President’s Report
Issues discussed at the last Joint Committee meeting were the following:
| Sick leave bank days were approved. As of January 10 there are still 271.5 days remain in the sick bank. |
| The use of personal business days just prior to, or after, a holiday needs to be addressed. Let people know that requests will not be approved for travel purposes, but will be for one-time events. Make sure that a call is made 10 days before a holiday. |
| SEMS does not need to have a separate call made to building secretaries unless clarification is needed concerning lesson plans. |
| Kay Cornell was going to attend the ROEA meeting today to discuss the curriculum assessments. She was unable to attend and will come to the next ROEA meeting. |
| The calendar change was approved in the vote, and will be published in the future. |
| Teachers should know of their placement by spring of 2003. Building principals will be assigned in the fall of 2002. |
| G. Anders Linell wanted to have a link from TeacherWeb to individual teacher’s email for parents to use. This will not occur at this time. |
| Having agenda items for Joint Committee meetings prior to the meetings will not occur since Sid Kardon’s schedule will not allow this to happen. |
| FMLA concerns have not been resolved. Letters are being sent out to teachers on the day that a family emergency occurs. |
| Attendance incentives were discussed. No resolution has been reached at this time |
| Mentors need to note that all new teachers need to have the one-day training in Charlotte Danielson. The District is keeping track of all new teachers that attend. |
| Joint Committee minutes are supposed to be posted in the buildings. A copy will be sent to Cadine Nicholson and will be posted on ROEAonline. |
| One issue regarding travel time and another concerning the sick bank are still in the process of being resolved. |
| High School Math curriculum concerns are going to be referred to the Curriculum Subcommittee Meeting. |
| Kimball High School released School-of-Choice money to be used for the ESL program and paraprofessionals in this program. |
| It is possible to have software placed on the network computers even if Rick Wood has turned down. Teachers need to submit denied software requests to Kay Cornell. |
| Whether or not teachers need to make up time for staff development has not been resolved. The ROEA has presented information from the State Department of Education to the Administration regarding this issue. |
| Class size relief forms must be filled out for anyone to receive class-size relief. |
Issues to bring up at the next Joint Committee meeting are the following:
| The fifth-Tuesday meeting in January will be used by some schools as the make-up for the September 11, 2001 meeting. There is still confusion regarding when some of the meetings will occur. |
| Teachers who received letters concerning making up the professional development days in October still do not know what they need to do, if anything, regarding this situation. This needs to be resolved so that people can plan if they need to make up this time. |
| Concerns were raised regarding parents who are employed by the district who are accessing student’s grades on the computer system before the grades are verified. |
Program Vice President’s Report
The Curriculum Subcommittee met on December 5. Issues discussed were:
· Video used in the classroom with an R rating needs principal approval prior to showing the video. This is in addition to having students bring in a filled out permission slip to view the video.
· Concerns were raised about courses being eliminated and added to the curriculum with input from the affected departments.
· Follow-up concerning the Ken O’Connor professional development still has not occurred.
· Kay Cornell will address the curriculum assessments at the next ROEA meeting. The plan is to have some teachers work on this after the school year ends. Having teachers work on this at one-hour meetings after school is not working.
· This year is a pilot year for the Language! Program for middle school students.
· Problems still arise concerning the availability of busses for field trips. Busses can only be reserved at the beginning of the school year. Yet tickets for some of these events need to be purchased the year before or later in the school year.
· The academic integrity meeting will occur on the Thursday the 31st from 3:30 to 4:30 at the Board Office. No one from the Language Arts Departments has been invited to serve on this committee.
· The list of members on the Instructional Leadership Committee needs to be published.
· The book club is a possibility for teachers to use as a credit for professional development hours.
· Ethical issues concerning parents accessing grades before they are verified were discussed.
· A letter was sent out to all 4th and 5th grade teachers stating that all assessments listed as being optional in the Health and Me program are optional except the maturation unit.
Issues to bring up at the next Curriculum Subcommittee meeting are the following:
| Concerns were raised regarding how much time is a teacher is required to spend revising a curriculum. Can teachers paid at a per diem rate instead of summer school rate when working on revising curricula? If no one volunteers to work on the curriculum revisions, who will write the curriculum? What will happen if no one has revised it by the beginning of the school year? |
| Concerns regarding the Math Curriculum will be brought up at the next meeting. |
Political Action Committee Chair’s Report
| Just over 200 members contributed to PAC and just under $8000 contributed. |
| The possibility of having an end-of-summer mailing for PAC is currently being considered. |
President’s Report
| Sid Kardon introduced Curt Lange, the new Univserv Director to the Association Representatives. |
| The bond issue needs support from the ROEA, however, the ROEA has not been invited to help with the issue. |
| The ROEA party was a success. Next year the party will probably be planned for the same day (the day before Records Day). |
| The ESL monies came from the push from the ROEA. A new classroom has been made available for the program and another paraprofessional was hired for the program. |
Executive Director’s Report
| The status of the current grievances was discussed. |
Scholarship Committee Update
Teachers will receive a letter in February to inform them about the scholarship fund and an application for payroll deduction. Sid Kardon has offered to donate some of his funds from the ROEA for the scholarship fund. The hope is to have the scholarship available for this spring.
Other Reports
Leadership Committee Report
· The Leadership Committee meeting has been canceled again.
Evaluation Committee Report
· The Evaluation Committee met on the 14th of January. The committee discussed what the new format for evaluation might look like. Building principals are in the process of creating questions to send to other districts that are using the Charlotte Danielson format for evaluation.
Marcia Rauschendorfer moved to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
Marcia Rauschendorfer, Secretary
