Faculty
Council Meeting
November
17, 2003
The November 17, 2003 HEA Faculty Council Meeting was called
to order in the High School Library at 3:35 p.m. by President Robert Curtis.
A motion to accept the October 27, 2003 corrected minutes was made by Vida Story and approved.
OFFICER’S REPORTS
Treasurer.
The Treasurer presented the report.
A motion to accept the report was made by Vida Story and approved.
Corresponding Secretary. The Corresponding Secretary requested that the mailing folders be
returned to her.
Recording Secretary.
The Recording Secretary had no report.
BCEA Representative.
The BCEA representative was not present; there was no report.
Vice President.
The Vice President received a TALC report from Fairmount School; she
requested TALC reports be sent as soon as the twice-yearly meetings are
held.
President. Fliers from AFLAC and Liberty Home Mortgage were distributed. A letter was received from the Board regarding the grievance of individual teacher planning time. A letter was received from Fairmount School regarding rest room and planning time grievances. President Curtis met with Dr. Montesano. The HEA officers attended the NJEA convention.
SCHOOL REPORTS
Reports were made by each school in the district.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Membership.
The Membership chair is sending applications as new faculty members are
elected by the Board.
Election.
Faculty Council representatives were nominated and elected for Parker
School – Dennis Mamatz and Tanisha Williams.
Joanne Grieco was reappointed as Faculty Council representative from
Fairmount.
Social. Maria
Matera was thanked for the convention arrangements; she is now working on the
Honors Dinner.
Negotiations. The next Negotiations meeting will be held on December 3.
Legislative.
The Legislative Chair reported that the endorsed candidates won in 39
out of 40 districts.
Professional Rights and Responsibilities. This was included with the President's
report.
Teacher Education.
Refunds will be sent to those who were closed out of courses. Lisa Bernardo will be the new committee
chair.
T.A.L.C. TALC
meetings were encouraged to be scheduled and held.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION. There were no recommendations.
OLD BUSINESS. There continues to be problems with a lack of substitutes for teachers and teacher assistants.
NEW BUSINESS. Concern was expressed about student stress as was reported in a recent article in The Record. Teacher stress is a concern as well.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. There were no announcements.
ADJOURNMENT. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:19 p.m. on motion by Vida Story.
Respectfully submitted,
Valerie Gancarz
Recording Secretary