ROYAL OAK EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
MINUTES
OF THE REPRESENTATIVE MEETING
March 23, 2004
President Kardon called the meeting to order at 4:20 p.m. in the Kimball High School Media Center.
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Linda
Flynn - Kimball |
Valerie
Grimes – Northwood |
Reports
Secretary’s Report
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The minutes for the February 24, 2004 meeting were presented. Nanci Marek moved to accept the minutes as presented. Beth Morrison seconded the motion. The motion carried. |
Treasurer’s Report
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The budget for February was presented. |
Executive Vice President’s Report
Joint Committe
Joint Committee did not meet last month. The following issues have been resolved since that meeting.
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Information concerning classes and schedules for next year will be available on March 31, 2004 |
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Tenure notification will be noted by a letter from the Board Office. |
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the heating and cooling issues at |
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The use of Charlotte Danielson in the evaluation process was not discussed at the last meeting. the contract evaluation procedures and the use of Danielson. This will be discussed at the next Joint Committee meeting. |
The next Joint Committee Meeting will be Thursday, March 26, 2004. Issues to bring up at this meeting include:
| Evaluation procedures and the use of Charlotte Danielson levels in the process evaluation process without training of staff and/or administration does not follow the contract. |
| Concerns about evaluations not following timelines for post-observation evaluations, etc. |
| Highly qualified teacher information. Teachers have been told that they need to request transfer by April 8, 2004. This should be only for those who are teaching outside of their areas of certification. |
| Dates for lay-off notification |
| Concerns
about the accuracy of the seniority list need to be addressed.
The current list does not include all of the certifications for each
teacher and some administrators have been granted seniority for years that
were not in |
| Concern brought up for negotiations concerning pool safety and physical education classes. This still needs to be discussed. |
| Clarification is needed about what will happen to the TTI computers at the end of this year. The agreement signed when the computers said that the computers would be turned in and teachers would have the option to purchase them. |
| Part-time teachers have been told that they must attend the entire professional development programs. The tenure act does not address whether the professional development is pro-rated. Need to determine if they must attend the entire session. |
| Administration will meet with a company that specializes in formulating early retirement feasibility study. The committee will be formed after the study has been completed. |
Program Vice President’s Report
Public Relations
| The date of the retirement dinner will be changed. |
Curriculum Subcommittee
Issues discussed at the last meeting include the following.
| Stanford Testing and MEAP. The 7th graders were given the MEAP and the full battery of the Stanford tests. This took too much time away from classroom instruction. |
| The definition of the different jobs at the administration office were requested. |
| Textbook selection has been placed on hold for now. |
| Curriculum cabinet selection process for assessments includes inviting teachers who worked on the process last year. |
| Science kits at the elementary. Discussed going from four kits to three a year. |
| 4th grade violin program is being put together with the help of Janet VanEberstien. |
Political Action Committee Chair’s Report
| No report. |
Executive Director
Grievance Report
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· 3 grievances going to arbitration. One in April, one in May and the last in September. |
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· Request made to have Tom Shorkey as hearing officer for two disciplinary grievances. The decision is still pending. |
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· Evaluations – teachers need to talk to ARs if there is a problem and consider the option of filing a grievance. |
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· Teachers who were offered a nonrenewable contract may collect unemployment if they have 21 pays. If someone takes a resignation instead of the layoff or nonrenewable, then he/she does not qualify for unemployment. If a person has 26 pays, he/she cannot collect unemployment until after the 26 pays ends. |
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· Date for notification of tenure is May 1. In the fourth year notification of a nonrewnal of contract should be made by May 1. |
Contract Update
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· The copay for Supercare1 is $28/month for this year. This will change when the new rates come out in June and should be similar to the current amount. The new census will change the amount in October. The co pay will retroactive to February. |
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· Signature pages and printing will probably be started before Spring Break. |
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· The 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 calendars have been distributed to the membership. |
President’s Report
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· ROEA Elections- voting will be in May. Nominations can be made in writing by March 31 to Connie Gill. Nominations can be made at the April RA from the floor. If someone wants to be on the ballot after this time, they can file a petition for the position with signatures of 43 members (10% of membership). |
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· 10-15 people volunteered to be on the Scholarship committee. |
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· Memorial donations for the scholarship fund can be made by writing a check to the ROEA and letting the ROEA know whom it is in memory of. |
New Business
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· Lunch at the professional development in the high school will be provided at Kimball but no one is required to eat there. |
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Mary Ann Adams and Frank Ciloski will be
presenting information about the Highly Qualified Status on May 25, 2004 to
the membership. This will be
instead of the May RA in the commons area at |
Tom Steeby moved to adjourn; Denise Nett seconded the motion.
The meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by:
Marcia Rauschendorfer, Secretary and
Linda Flynn, Executive Vice President
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