ROYAL
OAK EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Minutes of the General Membership Meeting
October 26, 2004*
Kimball Media Center
I.
Call
to Order
A.
4:20
p.m. by Sid Kardon
II.
Reports
A.
Executive
Vice President- Marcia Rauschendorfer
1.
Topic
for next Joint Committee meeting
a.
Class
size relief
b.
Grievance
filing time
c.
Early
retirement incentives
d.
Compensation
time for part time teachers who attend all day meetings
e.
Long
length of last high schools meeting
i.
2 hours
f.
Dates for meetings
i.
Would
like meetings to take place on the first Wed. of every month
2.
Other
Issues members want brought up
a.
School
security at Keller during the day and in the evenings at teacher
conferences
i.
No hall monitors, only a camera, situations
when there was no film in the camera etc.
b.
Action
Research
i.
Three night meetings have been added
ii.
The plan is not clear
iii.
There is concern that this is not a joint
effort
B.
Program
Vice President- Chris Baer
1.
New
Teacher Orientation Dinner
a.
19
teachers were present
b.
They
will receive their 3 hours
c.
It
was seen as a success
2.
Public
Relations
a.
Mr.
Pita lunch will be moved to the Week of Nov. 15th
3.
ROEA
Sweaters and Sweatshirts
a.
Still
taking orders
b.
Orders
will be on the ROEA website
4.
Topics
for next Curriculum Sub Committee meeting
a.
DRAs
(Directed Reading Assessments) in elementary schools
i.
Take at least 3 hours to be administered
ii.
This is time with a substitute not teacher
b.
GLICKS
in elementary schools
i.
The state benchmarks do not aligned with
the report cards
C.
PAC-
Betty Ann Garlak
1.
PAC
contributions
a.
Contributions
are down this year
b.
Setting
up a PAC drive and sweatshirt sales table at the next elementary professional
development day
2.
Kerry
Campaign
a.
MEA,
NCA and ROEA support Kerry
b.
Royal
Oak office still needs volunteer
D.
Executive
Director- Paul Chambers
1.
Email
Sid for Kerry yard signs from MEA
2.
Part
time people need to go to all parent teacher conferences
a.
Can
grieve for compensation time if needed after
3.
Grievances
a.
Tenure
Grievance
i.
Approved credits are not being applied to
the pay scale
ii.
Credits should count no matter when they
are completed
iii.
Turn in any questions to Sandra
b.
Non
Renewal of Probationary Teacher Grievance
c.
One
Teacher Facing Tenure Issues, may be Fired
d.
There
are two other grievance
E.
Treasurer-
Beth Morrison
1.
Budget
Presentation
a.
Concerned
about going over budget
i.
Suggested raising the dues
ii.
Stuart Asch motioned to approve the budget
with one change in line item #540
1.
Vince
Caruso seconded the motion
iii.
The motion was passed
iv.
Nila Wilson motioned to cut the internal
P.R. line item # 540 to $1,000 and if more money is needed it can be asked of
the Executive Board
1.
Vince
Caruso seconded the amendment.
v.
The amendment passed
F.
President-
Sid Kardon
1.
The
Public Education Meeting and The New Teacher Orientation Dinner were a success
2.
Dec.
20th and Nov. 24th are half day compensation days for all
teachers
III.
New Business/Announcements
Stuart Asch moved that part time teachers should pay only part of the ROEA dues
Vince
Caruso seconded the motion
The
motion failed
Vince
Caruso rented the Elks Club for our Mid Year Bash on Thursday, January 20th
Chris
Baer announced that the Retirement Dinner will be held on Tues., May 24th
at The Elk Club
IV.
Adjournment
Motion
to adjourn by Marcia Rauschendorfer
Seconded
by Betty Ong
Motion
Passed at 5:55 p.m.
*Members present:
Stuart Asch, Chris Bair, Vince Caruso, Greg Castle, Tracy Crawley, Kara
Daunt, Nancy Dreyer, Cherie Drukus, Mary Fletcher, Betty Ann Garlak, Patty Hein,
Jennifer Jump, Sid Kardon, Leslie London, Derek Miller, Beth Morrison, Denise
Nett, Todd Noonan, Betty Ong, Michelle Piwko, Marcia Rauschendorfer, Dee
Richardson, Mary Siwajek, and Nila Wilson.