Minutes
CHSSA Board
Meeting
May 4, 2011
Grotto’s Grand
Slam
Ed
welcomed everyone for their loyal attendance and support at our meetings.
Treasurers
Report
– Due to technical difficulties there is no treasurer’s report for this
month. In addition Mary Beth is unable
to advise how many scholarships will be given out. All information will be available at the June
meeting.
Evaluations and
Attendance
– Ed advised that there is a discrepancy between buildings and principals on
how to “grade” absences on our yearly evaluations.
Our
contract states that both the District Office and CHSSA are to develop an
agreed upon evaluation process and attendance should be part of that. After further discussion it was decided that
this will be part of our contract negotiations.
In Service
Workshop
– Ed did get approval from the D.O. for all Para-professional staff to attend a
DSEA workshop on better communication skills.
The topic will focus mainly on how to handle complaints and
grievances. In addition we will be reviewing
the roles and responsibilities of a building representative. The workshop will be held at BMS from 7:45 –
11:00. All Para’s are to report back to
their building for the afternoon part of the in service day. Building principals will delegate the afternoon
responsibilities. Lunch will not be
provided.
Ed
is checking further to see if custodians will also be allowed to attend.
Nomination
Committee
- Susan Krause announced that all ballots were counted and that all existing
officers were reelected. Ed-President,
Lisa-V.P., Mary Beth-Treasurer, Joan-Secretary.
Thanks to all the building reps that got the ballots out to members and
back to Susan. Just a reminder, only
members should be voting. This year a few who were not members sent in ballots,
which obviously we did not count.
For the good of
the cause
– It was discussed that in some cases we do not have building reps that are
able to attend our meetings. It was
pointed out how important it is to have representation at monthly meetings so
that important information can be disseminated to all building members. A suggestion was made to alter the by-laws
mandating attendance at a certain percentage of the monthly meetings. It was agreed that we would postpone a motion
on this until after our next in-service with DSEA.
Mary
Beth explained that the extra Para pay is still in limbo because of a lack of
Clear
information on what rate the Para’s were to be paid. Joan will follow up with Debbie Dukes.
Mary
Beth advised that she was notified by CHEA that the lobbying effort concerning
the State of Delaware Benefits is not needed and has been cancelled.
A
decision on whether we will meet in June will be decided after our May 18th
workshop.
Minutes
respectfully submitted by Joan Williamson.
