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Members of Education
Minnesota, NEA, AFT, Minnesota Local #7173 |
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In Attendance: |
Joseph Ricke, Jan Nelson, Mary Tingblad, Ramona Anderson, Susan Weber, Margaret Ruffino, Pam Wertjes, Debra Drexler, Kim Diekmann, Rhonda Lundgren, Sandy Gosen, Doug Kennedy, Rachel Consdorf. |
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Absent: |
Heather Stowman, Jeri Goodspeed-Gross, Mike Matthias. There is a vacancy on the Governance Board for a representative from Minnewashta. |
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Guests: |
Sue Alexander (Stowman), Mark Chalupsky (Goodspeed-Gross), Mary Benson and Anita Otten (Teachers’ Rights Co-Chairs), John Borgen (Education Minnesota Field Staff Representative), Dennis Peterson (Superintendent); Mike Lovett (Assistant Superintendent), Tom Berge (Director of Finance and Operations). |
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Call to Order: |
4:36 p.m., by President Ricke. |
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Guests: |
President Ricke invited Dennis
Peterson, Mike Lovett, and Tom Berge to the Governance Board meeting to address
questions regarding the Updated Cost Containment document that was presented
to the School Board last month. |
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New Business: |
Skyward and Grading Issues: During the grading time on April 3, 2006, Skyward went down in some of the elementary schools, data was lost, and some teachers had to re-enter data. Dr. Peterson reported that after the system was worked on, the afternoon went well. The technology team is looking into what happened. This will be addressed at Meet and Confer. Statewide Health Insurance Plan: Tom Berge explained Minnetonka’s current self-insured plan. From July 2000 through the present, we have operated in the black every year. We now have a reserve of $4.4 million. President Ricke distributed a document from Education Minnesota in support of the Statewide Heath Insurance Bill and a document from the Department of Employee Relations in support of a Voluntary Health Insurance Bill. Motion by Gosen, seconded by Nelson, to continue the meeting beyond
6:00, limiting discussion to Health Insurance and the Memorandum of
Understanding. Motion carried. Sandy Gosen will obtain a summary document regarding Minnetonka’ current self-insured plan, and send it, along with a cover letter and scans of the Education Minnesota document and the document from the Department of Employee Relations, to Secretary Tingblad for distribution to the membership. All Building Representatives will hold building MTA meetings to gather feedback from their members before the next Governance Board meeting. Memorandum of Understanding: The Workload Committee document will
go to the School Board for approval. This documents includes the short-term
solutions, those things that can still take place during the current school
year. The committee will continue to work on recommendations for the
2006-2007 school year. The MOU increases the “in-service stipend”
for the remainder of this school year and the following school year. Motion
by Consdorf, seconded by Drexler, that the Governance Board approves the
Memorandum of Understanding for the increase of the in-service stipend. Motion
carried. Memorandum of Understanding 1.
Whereas,
the joint teacher-administration committee studying teacher workload has
identified the current staff development rate as an impediment for encouraging
teachers to volunteer to take staff development training outside the school
days; and 2.
Whereas,
one strategy for managing teacher workload would be to have more training
done during the summer months or at other times outside the school day; 3.
The parties
agree to change the “in-service stipend” per hour rate, listed in
schedule E of the 2005-2007 collective bargaining agreement, as follows: a)
Effective
April 1 through August 31, 2006, from the current rate of $14.25 to $19.00
per hour and, b)
Effective
September 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, to the rate of $19.39 per hour. 4.
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agreement is made with the understandings and expectations that staff
development training is more than passive learning; it carries the
expectation that the teachers will be in attendance for the full period of
training and implement the training in the classroom. |
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President’s Report: |
President Ricke will ask for a Governance Board vote on the minutes through e-mail. President Ricke will send out a survey to the MHS, MME, and MMW members to gather their preference regarding the calendar and conferences. John Borgen stated that No Child Left Behind has changed the qualifications requirements for elementary teachers. MAPPS: President Ricke will meet with a representative from the state during the week of April 17, 2006, and will provide an update following that meeting. Anita Otten announced that in May, there will be a survey regarding TIP. |
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Motion by Nelson, seconded by Kennedy, to adjourn. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 6:27 p.m. |
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Respectfully submitted, |
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