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Governance Board Meeting |
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In Attendance: |
Joseph Ricke, Jan Nelson, Mary Tingblad, Ramona Anderson, Susan Weber, Margaret Ruffino, Pam Wertjes, Sue Alexander, Debra Drexler, Anita Britton, Rhonda Lundgren, Sandy Gosen, Jeri Goodspeed-Gross, Doug Kennedy, Mike Matthias. |
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Absent: |
Heather Stowman, Rachel Consdorf. There is a vacancy on the Governance Board for a representative from Minnewashta. |
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Guest: |
Sue Alexander (Stowman); Mike Cutshall (MTA Negotiator); Mark Chalupsky (MME/MMW); John Borgen (Education Minnesota Field Staff Representative). |
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Call to Order: |
4:36 p.m., by President Ricke. |
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Guest: |
Mark Chalupsky addressed the Governance Board, asking for following up on the timeline for the Distinguished Educator Program. President Ricke added DEP to the agenda under Old Business. Chalupsky also asked for an MTA position regarding the legislative plan to use TRA to help the Minneapolis Teacher Retirement Fund. President Ricke added TRA to the agenda under New Business.
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Approval of Minutes: |
Motion by Weber, seconded by Anderson, to approve the minutes of February 15, 2006. Motion carried.
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Teachers’ Rights Report: |
The Teachers’ Rights Co-Chairs were not in attendance.
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Treasurer’s Report: |
Treasurer Anderson will give a full report at the next Governance Board meeting. |
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Building News/Concerns: |
Elementary members have expressed concern regarding class placements planning for next year. The principals are meeting to work on a uniform plan for all buildings. Excelsior members are concerned that some students are unsupervised in the morning due to teachers covering bus duty. MHS members are seeing 6-period day fall-out problems regarding scheduling and departments next year. Some students are being encouraged to take classes online. This may be a violation of our Memorandum of Understanding. The first Online Learning Committee will be on March 2, 2006. President Ricke, Sandy Gosen, and Mike Cutshall will attend. MHS has announced that Joyce Reiff is retiring and that the IB program will have 75 students next year.
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New Business: |
TRA: Joe Ricke, Jan Nelson, and Mary Tingblad attended the Metro West Representative Assembly on February 16, 2006. Ricke and Tingblad were present for the TRA discussion. Delegates asked questions regarding the Minneapolis system and TRA. Carmen Peterson and Marti Zinn explained that the Minneapolis system needs to be fixed now, so we don’t have problems later. The State may reconsider the Rule of 90 if TRA is used to fix the Minneapolis system. John Borgen explained that Education Minnesota supports this solution and has released “Capitol Watch” online in response to the Star Tribune’s article. Borgen encourages members to go to the Education Minnesota website to subscribe to “Capitol Watch.” Election Policy Update: Secretary Tingblad distributed copies of the proposed updated Election Policy. The policy needed to be updated to reflect the amended Constitution and Bylaws. Motion by Ruffino, seconded by Matthias, to approve the Election Policy as presented. Motion carried. On March 7, 2006, MTA members will be electing the MTA delegate to the NEA/AFT national convention. After tallying their building’s ballots, Building Representatives should bring their election envelopes to the Election Committee at DSC, after 3:30 p.m. on March 7, 2006. Workload Committee: The middle school and high school committee members have to finalize their proposals. Co-Chair Jan Nelson reported that she not has seen all the proposals yet, and has requested to receive the others from Lovett. Distinguished Educators Program: The DEP Committee will meet on March 2, 2006. The MTA will be updated after the meeting. Calendar Update: Jan Nelson, Jeri Goodspeed-Gross, and Pam Wertjes are on the Calendar Committee. At the last meeting, versions of the calendar were presented that encompassed some of the committee’s ideas. Lovett is willing to discuss flexibility with the additional conference hours required outside of the scheduled calendar. The proposed calendar will be easiest for the elementary schools. We may have different models at each level to fulfill the additional conference hours. Lovett will present the proposed calendar to the School Board on March 2, 2006. Motion by Tingblad, seconded by Goodspeed-Gross, that President Ricke request that the School Board allow for additional Community Comments after 8:30 p.m. so that parents and teachers can participate after conferences. President Ricke will also send out the calendar proposal and ask members to attend the School Board meeting after conferences on March 2, 2006. Motion carried.
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Old Business: |
MAPPS Power Point Review: President Ricke distributed handouts and went through a Power Point presentation on MAPPS. MAPPS is proposed as a teacher-driven, teacher-monitored teacher evaluation system. We need specifics regarding money, time, and the calendar before presenting this to the membership. Motion by Goodspeed-Gross, seconded by Gosen, that the calendar must include 13 early-release/late-start days (number of these days were determined by the MAPPS Committee) to accommodate training, planning, and activities necessary for MAPPS. Motion carried (7 yes, 3 no).
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Motion by Ruffino seconded by Kennedy, to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted, |
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