The MTA President will: 

• Serve as the Chief Executive Officer and official spokesperson of the MTA
  • to the membership,
  • to the Administration and the School Board,
  • to the community and the media,
  • to Education Minnesota, NEA and AFT.
• Develop and send out the agenda at least two days prior to regularly scheduled MTA Governance Board meetings.
• Preside over Governance Board meetings.
• Co-chair Meet and Confer meetings with the Administration.
• Meet monthly with the Executive Officers.
• Develop goals with the Executive Officers, to be completed during the year.
• Be aware of pending grievances, status of negotiations, and happenings within the district.
• Work with the MTA Negotiator(s) to negotiate the Master Agreement.
• Make committee and committee chair assignments.
• Serve as an ex officio member of all MTA committees.
• Know and use Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure.
• Attend appropriate training/leadership conferences at the UniServ, state, and national levels.
• Attend as ranking MTA delegate, the Education Minnesota Representative Convention and the NEA/AFT National Convention.
• Attend Metro West UniServ meetings to represent the MTA.
• Represent the MTA on the district Insurance Committee.
• Write a monthly column for the MTA newsletter.
• Represent the MTA at various public events (awards banquets, retirement dinners, New Teachers luncheon, etc.)
• Call special Governance Board meetings as deemed necessary.
• Perform additional duties as deemed necessary or as assigned by the MTA Governance Board.