Executive Council Meeting – 12.11.2019

Galvin Middle School, Room 207

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Call to Order at 3:47pm

Acceptance of meeting minutes from November 13, 2019

Officer’s Reports

Vice President

• You are the union – Executive Council is the first point of contact, they report information back to building
  • Newsletter coming each month
• Suggest holding 10 minute meetings to get our faces out there
  • Before or after Faculty meetings would be good time

Secretary

• Longevity list for each school’s bulletin board – updated on website

Treasurer

• Budget update
• Paid $39,872.64 to MTA
• HIRD – Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure
  • Stipended CTA members will be taxed 0.02% of wages

Membership

• Nothing to report

Unit E

• Members unhappy about being pulled to Substitute
  • Updated form for EAs to complete when they “lead teach” during a day where classroom teacher is out to receive compensation
• PD “Choices”

Committee Reports

Mentor Steering

• Experienced out of district hires do not need mentors if completed elsewhere
  • May need some training to acclimate to Canton, as a separate track than inexperienced teachers
  • Veteran teachers are “expected” to provide guidance without compensation

Scholarship

• Donations accepted anytime

NCTA

• Spring courses are released

Old Business

• Course reimbursement/graduate credit update
  • About $40,000 left in fund
  • Forms should be out this week
  • Looking for academic rigor, discourse involved, within licensure
  • Submit syllabus with application
    • If primary designee declines course, appeal goes to a committee, then to a final designee
  • 30 days to submit paperwork when complete, within 30 days after that you receive reimbursement
• Paper Contract update
  • Eval procedure, 1 year contract, new contract, updated stipends merged
  • Final copy sent to lawyer on Monday, 12/9
  • Paper copies next week
• Prep time
  • Inequities
  • Using for meetings/trainings for ELA = missed prep
• Team Leaders
  • Mandatory but not for all Unit A members
  • Cross grade-level teams so missed preps are unavoidable
  • Regroup JFK?
  • Meet on Half Days rather than being pulled out?
• Early Adopters
  • JFK – Reading/Math Specialist can be “booked” for consults
    • NO RTI TIME
• Pests update
  • No reports
  • Exterminator visited Luce on Monday, 12/9
  • Form to track mice sightings data
    • Take time stamped photos to document sightings – send to building Principal and Brian Lynch
• Lights
  • Can turn on lights earlier
  • Request to add funds for additional lighting to FY ‘22 Budget
• Power outages
  • Eversource, not in our control
• Phone outages
  • Verizon, not in our control
  • JFK make-up day has not been solved
• Lockdown drill at CHS
  • Planned to be more intense
  • Not held due to concerns about anxiety in students and staff
  • Teachers not taking it seriously
  • SROs should have a more active role in training
• Attendance data
  • Can we see it?
  • Trends?
  • Compare to other similar districts?

New Business

• School Start Date survey coming
  • Sept 1st, Students Sep. 3rd – June 18th
  • Aug 31st, Students Sep 2nd – June 17th
  • Aug 27th, Students Aug 31 – June 15th
• Calendar Committee
  • Lori Mooney (Elem), Lisa Kaminski (GMS), need CHS rep
  • Meet evenings with parents
  • Let Yan know
• Asst Superintendent Search Committee
  • Spring – CTA members may serve
  • Let Yan know
• Proposed PreK-5 Humanities Coordinator
  • Needs approval from School Committee
  • Would handle ELA and Social Studies curriculum

Adjournment at 5:33pm