The April 17, 2000 HEA Faculty Council meeting was called to order by President Robert Curtis at 3:32 p.m.

The March 20, 2000 minutes were approved. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Vida Story and seconded.

The Treasurer presented the report for March 2000. A motion to accept the report was made by Vida Story and seconded.

The Corresponding Secretary distributed to building leaders posters and flyers concerning the Honors Dinner.

The BCEA representative was not present; President Curtis presented the information. Campaign literature received from BCEA candidates was sent to each school. Alma Cook-Dash agreed to be the BCEA representative for next year. A workshop will be held at the Sheraton in Mahwah on May 24 at 3:30 p.m. The topic of the workshop is "Law and Member Rights". Building leaders will post further information about the workshop.

The Vice President had no report.

The President reported that there was an error in the NJEA Action Alert regarding our contract settlement. A payroll savings deduction plan will be added to our negotiations; the plan includes I bonds and regular savings bonds. Information about the August 2000 NJEA Summer Workshops was distributed to building leaders.. HEA pays the tuition for these workshops. Anyone who is interested in attending the workshops should contact President Curtis. The situation with the Jackson Avenue teacher has been resolved. There are concerns with a Middle School and an elementary teacher.

The Membership Committee Chair was not present; one teacher and four teaching assistants are not members of the association.

The Elections Committee distributed the results of the April election. The Middle School still needs two representatives. Building reps were requested to meet to elect a leader; please send the name of the building leader to the Election Committee by April 19. Karen Girardi was thanked for her work as a representative and building leader and for encouraging members to become faculty council representatives.

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The Social Committee report was included with the Corresponding Secretary’s report.

The Negotiations Committee anticipates having a meeting after the April 18 school budget elections.

The Legislative Committee reported that flyers and telephone lists were sent to the schools in order for reminder telephone calls to be made for the school budget.

The Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee report was included with the President’s report.

The Teacher Education Committee reported that the committee attended a county-level meeting regarding the 100-hours of teacher education. A documented plan must be submitted by June 1 which outlines the plan of education set up by the district to educate teachers in professional development and to motivate them to attend college or some other institute of learning. The district must give teachers the opportunity to gain some of these educational hours during school time. Activities can include speakers during in-service workshops and using the Internet as a provider for staff development. Some hours have to be supplied by the district and other hours are on your own. Teachers will be monitored for attending 20 or so hours every year to determine that progress is being made. If you do not meet the requirements at the end of five years, you will receive a reprimand from the district and then from the Department of Education. The DOE can withhold an increment or censure you. One person will oversee the files of all teachers regarding hours. Pre-approval of courses is required. Our district has no guidelines in place at this time.

A TALC report was received from Fairmount School. School are encouraged to submit their TALC reports so that President Curtis can schedule a meeting with Dr. Montesano before the summer vacation.

Old Business. There was no old business.

New Business. There was no new business.

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m., on motion of Vida Story.

Respectfully submitted

Valerie Gancarz

Recording Secretary