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Governance
Board Meeting, April 20, 2005 |
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In Attendance: |
Joseph
Ricke, Jan Nelson, Mary Tingblad, Linda Morantez, Margaret Ruffino,
Sara Macke, Anita Britton, Rhonda Lundgren, Jeri Goodspeed-Gross, Doug
Kennedy, Jean Peebles, Mike Cutshall, Miles Mortensen. |
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Absent: |
Melanie Casiday, Pam
Wertjes, Sandy Gosen. |
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Guests: |
Mary Benson and Anita Otten
(Teachers’ Rights Co-Chairs), Daryl Seifert (Deephaven), Education Minnesota
Field Staff Representative, Mike Lovett, Tom Berge. |
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Call to Order: |
4:34 p.m., by President
Ricke. |
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New Business: |
Presentation on Alternative Compensation: Our Education Minnesota Field Staff Representative presented and discussed the following documents: Alternative Compensation Principles (Education Minnesota), Quality Compensation for Teachers (Minnesota Department of Education), Waseca Mentor Program (Mankato Free Press), ISD #15 Professional Compensation Program (St. Francis), Senate Bill Language (Education Minnesota), Readiness Assessment (Education Minnesota). Mike Lovett also shared an Overview of Governor’s Q-Comp Proposal. Lovett and Daryl Seifert presented information on Minnetonka’s Group Performance Program. Update on Self-Insurance Plan: Tom Berge explained the history of Minnetonka’s Self-Insurance Plan. He shared a memo that will go out to all Minnetonka School employees regarding health insurance adjustments for 2005-2006. Education Minnesota Brochures: “Roadmap to Resolution” is a conflict resolution program to address member-to-member conflicts. Building Representatives will distribute the brochures to all MTA members. Education Minnesota Leadership Conference: The Leadership Conference will be at St. Ben’s August 1-3, 2005. President Ricke will provide more information later. Tutoring Policy: The district is updating the Tutoring of Students Policy. This was discussed at Meet and Confer and the School Board will have its first reading of the policy at the School Board meeting on April 21, 2005. Report Card: A committee under the direction of Claudia Risnes has worked on the elementary report card for two years. The draft report card was given to teachers first in January for their feedback. Feedback was given, but teachers have not heard anything since, except that the report card will change next year. |
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Approval of Minutes: |
Motion by Nelson, seconded by Goodspeed-Gross, to amend the Job Sharing item: A 0.5 FTE job-share person was pressured to be full-time while the job-share partner is on leave. Motion carried. Motion by Ruffino, seconded by Goodspeed-Gross, to approve, as amended, the minutes of April 6, 2005. Motion carried.
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Teachers' Rights Report: |
The Teachers' Rights Co-Chairs will meet with Mike Lovett on April 22, 2005. They will address child-rearing leaves, job-sharing, administrative surveys, transition to unemployment, and transition to new positions. |
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Old Business: |
Reorganization Meeting: The Reorganization Meeting will be on May 4, 2005, at
Hazellewood Grill, Tonka Bay. Secretary Tingblad will e-mail the menu and information. Sunshine Fund Committee: This has been tabled until the summer. Teacher Celebration: The district is interested in co-sponsoring with the MTA a Teacher Celebration event at the Marsh. We will get more information at the next meeting. |
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Open Forum: |
MHS: Dr. Peterson gave a Cost Containment Savings Presentation at MHS. Excelsior Building Representative: Sara Macke will take a Leave of Absence next year. She will continue on the Governance Board until the end of this school year. Excelsior MTA members will elect someone to fill the remaining of Macke’s term. |
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President’s Report: |
Update on Communication Within the District: This will be discussed later. Alternative Compensation Committee: The district is interested in developing a plan to
submit to the state to get additional dollars for Alternative Compensation.
President Ricke will create an Alternative Compensation Committee and work
with the district. He will e-mail the Governance Board more about this. Negotiations: The Metro Negotiators have made negotiation recommendations. MTA
Negotiators will bring their talking points list to the Governance Board. Motion by Ruffino, seconded by Nelson, to
adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting
adjourned at 6:32 p.m. |
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Respectfully submitted, |
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