MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2008 @ 12:10PM
IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
LASAGNA WILL BE PROVIDED BY ME
TENTATIVE AGENDA:
· BUILDING REP UPDATES
· MASTER SCHEDULE SUBCOMMITTEE/FACULTY LOUNGE SUBCOMMITTEE
· CONCERN WITH STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND READING/ELECTIVE PROCESS
· CONTRACT ARTICLES REGARDING UBCÉ
· OTHER MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS
UBC MEETING: 12/08/08 SUMMARY:
IN ATTENDANCE: 27 THANK YOU
UBC REPS: L.WOOTEN, J.GERBER, P.KOKA, A.BROWN, M.MCCACHREN,
D.BRYSON, J.MOORE, J.GALGANO ÉUBC ALTS: J.SHELDON
A. CPR REMINDER
B. ESTEBAN: 2ND/3RD PERIOD MUSIC CONCERN FOR
STUDENTS/TEACHERSÉDISCUSSION ABOUT EVENT
C. MS KOKA: TREE OF GIVING.
D. ATTENDANCE CONCERNS AND DISCUSSION:
· TURN IN SLIPS FIRST TEN MINUTES
· EDDINGS: ATTENDANCE COUNTS TOWARDS FUNDING OUR SITE NEEDS. THUS
ACCURACY OF RECORDING IS IMPORTANT.
· PALARCA: DIFFICULTY AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH SLIPS BEING PICKED UP
BY SECURITY, WHO ARE BUSY.
· CONCERNS WITH PROP H FUNDING
· GALGANO: REQUEST TO SFUSD TO RESPOND REGARDING THE USE OF FUNDS
PROVIDED SITE INCLUDING PROP H FUNDS. IF FUND CAN BE USED TO RESSURECT
ONE STUDENT ADVISER (WHO SPOKE CHINESE) AND RESTORE HOURS TO SECRETARY
AND ATTNDANCE CLERK POSITIONS.IF MONIES COULD NOT BE SPENT ON THIS
COULD OTHER TEACHERS WHO USE ART IN ASSIGNMNTS B PROVIDD SOME OF THESE
ART MONIES.
· MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS:
· MCCACHREN: THESE ARE ONLY FUNDS AVAILABLE GOAL TO PUT ON PLAY AT END
OF THE YEAR.
· JOHNSON: FUNDING WILL HELP US WITH THE PLAY PRODUCTION
· DOYLE: LIBRARY PROP H FUNDS ALRADY SPEENT ON MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE
LIBRARY
· BUTCHER: PROP H ART FUNDS WILL HELP US PPREPARE FOR AND PUT ON PLAY
THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE
· DISTRIBUTION OF 2009-2010 MASTER SCHEDULE SAMPLE
· GALGANO: REQUEST FOR MEMBERS TO BE PART OF SUBCOMMITTEE TO CREATE TWO
OR MORE MASTER SCHEDULE OPTIONS FOR TEACHERS/STAFF TO REVIEW AND/OR
VOTE ON TO PRESNT TO ADM AFTER ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY UESF LOCAL 61
MEMBERSHIP AS DONE IN PAST PRACTICE.
· REVIEW OF MAIN POINTS OF SAMPLE PRESENTED:
· ALL CLASSES WILL BE HETROGENEOUS
· EDDINGS: THERE IS A SFUSD REQUIREMENT FOR ELD SUPPORT CLASSES
· MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS: WE NOW HAVE CLASSES WHERE STUDENTS ARE
SEGREGATED FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL DAY.BY ETHNICITY ÉSTUDENTS PLACED AT
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN THESE CLASSES AFTER GRADE LEVELS HAD WORKED ON
PLACEMENT OF THESE STUDENTS INTO CLASSES OF MIXED GROUPINGS. THIS HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM THIS YEAR.
· GALGANO: SIXTH GRADE WISHES TO GO TO TWO LUNCH PERIODS, THIS WERE
POSSIBLE ACCORING TO THIS MASTER SCHDULE SAMPLE.
· BRYSON: WE WANT THIS SECOND LUNCH TO HELP US WITH CONCERNS WE HAVE
HAD THIS YEAR.
· BELLUOMINI: THIS WILL HELP WITH SUPRVISION CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS WITH
INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS FROM UPPER GRADES
· GERBER: BUT THIS WILL RESTRICT SIXTH GRADERS TO THE 6TH GRADE
TEACHERS AND SUBJECTS DURING READING/ELECTIVE PERIOD
· BRYSON: WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVID CLASSES FOR OUR
STUDENTS DURING THIS TIME. W NEEDS THIS DIFFERENT LUNCH PRIOD TO DEAL
WITH ONGOING CONCERNS OF SIXTH GRADERS.
· SOUCH: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR UBC MEETINGS IF THIS IS APPROVED
· GALGANO: WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT IN VARIOUS WAYS TO INSURE
MEETINGS. THE IMPORTANCE IS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING OUR STUDENTS.
RMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE SHEET. WE NEED TO DEVELOP ONE OR TWO
ALTERNATES AND THEN REVIEW AND REVISE THEM. AND THEN VOTE ON THEM AS
OUR CHOICE. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE.
· PURCHASES WITH 200 DOLLARS:
· GALGANO: SPEND THIS MONEY ASAP. BUDGET DEFICIT OF STATE UP TO 40
BILLION. CUTBACKS ARE COMING SPEND THE MONEY NOW.
· DOYLE: HANDS OUT SPENDING REQUEST FORM. XPLAINS HOW TO US SHEET AND
HOW TO SPEND FUNDS AND/OR BE RIMBURSED FOR ITEMS YOU HAVE SPENT.
PROVIDES SOME OPTIONS TO SPEND THESE MONIES ON, SUCH AS LCD PROJECTOR
SPEAKERS FOR 20.00 DOLLARS. SHE IS LOOKING INTO GETTING USED OVERHEA
PROJECTORS, BUT THREE IS OVERHEAD PROJECTOR YOU CAN BUY FOR 150
DOLLARS.
· GALGANO: CONDITION OF FACULTY LOUNGE NEEDS FACULTY/STAFF HLP TO TURN
IT BACK INTO ROOM TEACHERS WOULD WANT TO US. REQUEST TO THINK ABOUT
JOINING A COMMITTEE TO DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE FACULTY LOUNGE.
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SUMMARY OF UBC/ADM MEETING FRIDAY 12/12/08
(AS OF YET NOT PROVIDED FROM PRINCIPALÉ)
1. CONCERNS REGARDING PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS INTO CLASSEES AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH CHANGED WHAT TEACHERS AHD, PROPOSED IN
MAY/JUNE.
2. REQUEST THAT GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLACING
STUDENTS IN CLASSES
3. REQUEST THAT TEACHERS HAVE INPUT INTO WHO IS PLACED IN THEIR ROOM IN
ADDITION TO STUDENTS THEY ALREADY HAVE ON ROSTER AND THAT RESOLUTION OF
MATTER BE MUTUAL
4. REQUEST THAT TEACHERS BE PLACED IN THIRD PERIOD READING/ELEECTIVE
CLASSES ACCORDING TO NCLB HIGHLY QUALIFIED ABILITY TO TEACH THESE
CLASSES.
5. THE IRF HAS ENOUGH TO DO IT IS NOT IN HER JOB DSCRIPTION TO PLACE
STUDENTS INTO READING AND ELECTIVE CLASSES.THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED BY
GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS
6. REQUEST TO SEE ME UESF FLIERÉ. TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE CALLED INTO
OFFICE UNLESS INFORMED ABOUT SIBJECT TO BE COVEREDÉNO CHANGING SUBJECT
WHEN TEACHER IN OFFICE. SHOULD BE OFFERED UBC BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE
REPRESENTATION OR ANOTHER PERSON TO REPRESENT THEM. DATES ON PRINCIPAL
OBSERVATION CALENDAR NEED TO BE HONOREDÉ. CONCERNS ABOUT BOTH IRF AND
LSP OBSERVING AND QUESTIONING TEACHERÉ. IS THIS PART OF LSP JOB
DESCRIPTION
7. REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION PRESENTED TO PRINCIPAL
REGARDING
A. MIDDLE SCHOOL OPERATIONS MONDAY REMINDERS
B. SFUSD ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTIVES
C. SFUSD PRINCIPALS MEETING MINUTES
D. UPDATED BALANCED SCORE CARD DOCUMENTATION TO REVIEW FOR CONTRACTUAL
ALLIGNMENT
E. COPY OF SSC BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 10/08
8. 12-09-08, BUILDING REP ENOTE TO PRINCIPAL SHARED REGARDING CONCERNS
ABOUT UNILATERAL DECISIONS MADE TO DATE BY ADM
7.2.1.2 All teachers regularly assigned to a school shall be at their
respective
classrooms or other places of service at least fifteen (15) minutes but
not
more than thirty (30) minutes before the regular opening of school as
communicated by the administrator. The UBC, following consultation
with the faculty, may designate additional before or after school time
within the workweek described above.
7.2.1.2.1 At sites where common planning time is built into the
schedule, the
minimum report time referred to in Section 7.2.1.2 shall be five (5) to
ten (10) minutes. Common planning time shall be used for the
following types of activities: team planning, student study teams,
parent conferences, curriculum development, faculty meetings and
other professional activities.
7.2.7 Teachers may be required to attend no more than two (2) faculty
meetings per
month, such time to be considered part of the work week described above.
Time for common planning time, after school parent events and all other
meetings shall be considered part of the workweek described above. This
time
shall be scheduled with the concurrence of the UBC, except in case of
emergency. Site administrations and UBCÕs are encouraged to complete the
yearÕs schedule within the first two weeks of the school year.
9.1.2 The District and Union agree that the process of reducing class
size requires
accurate, verifiable, and timely reports of current and projected
enrollment
and attendance, coordination and cooperation between Central Office and
school sites in assigning students, and participation of the UBC with
the
principal in the shared decisions determining utilization of allocated
staff.
9.2.4.2 If the assignment of a student after the tenth (10th) day of
school causes
this number to be exceeded, the UBC shall be provided documentation
describing the efforts made to place the student in a less crowded
class.
9.3.1.3 No later than March 15th the UBC and the principal at each
school will
meet to review the projected staff allocation numbers and the
utilization of
the assigned staff for the next school year.
9.3.3.5 By March 15th, staffing allocations for the following year are
provided to
the schools, with copies provided to the Union; these allocations may
reflect District layoff plans for August, if any.
9.3.3.6 By April 1st, the first voluntary transfer process is conducted
pursuant to
Article 15, Staffing and Assignment, of the Agreement, unless the
District
and the Union agree to cancel/postpone said process.
9.3.3.10 Classes shall be balanced as quickly as administratively
feasible by
September 15th. The Assistant Superintendents, in consultation with site
and program administrators, will give due consideration to the
possibility
of capping school and class enrollments; the UBC shall have input on
such
site decisions.
9.3.4.1 After the initial enrollment verification, the principal shall
meet with the
UBC periodically to make every reasonable effort to balance class
sizes. If
the situation cannot satisfactorily be resolved at the site, the
Central Office
and the Union shall be alerted for possible resolution.
9.5 Class size goals
9.5.2 Middle Schools
9.5.2.1 English ....................................................25
9.5.2.2 Foreign Language ...................................30
9.5.2.3 Mathematics............................................30
9.5.2.4 Science....................................................30
9.5.2.5 Social Studies..........................................30
9.5.2.6 Art
...........................................................28
9.5.2.8 Homemaking...........................................28
9.5.2.9 Industrial Arts .........................................28
9.5.2.10 Music (excluding choir, band,
orchestra) and performing arts ................ 28
9.5.2.11 Physical Education .................................37
9.5.2.12 Core Program..........................................28
9.5.2.13 English as a Second Language................ 25
9.5.2.14 Reading, Reading Lab, Math Lab........... 25
14. Health and Safety
14.1.1 Each work site to which teachers are regularly assigned shall
have a
comprehensive safety and disaster plan, which shall be updated annually
by
October 1st of each school year.
14.1.1.1 The site administrator shall develop or modify the plan after
collaborative
input from the UBC, classified employees, the site council and/or the
parent-teacher organization at the site. The plan shall be submitted to
the
Superintendent or his/her designee for approval.
14.1.1.4 Hazardous conditions in the work place which are made known to
the
District and which pose an immediate danger to the health or safety of
teachers or students shall be reported by the District to the Union and
UBC at the site with plans to rectify them. A complaint by a teacher or
Building Representative that there has been a violation of the safety of
students, teachers or other employees shall be made to the site
administrator as promptly as possible. The complaint shall be reduced to
written form. The site administrator/designee shall provide a written
response as to the disposition of the complaint to complainant, the UBC
and the Labor/Management Health and Safety Committee (LMHSC) unless the
matter has been turned over to the LMHSC, in which case the
LMHSC shall provide the response. (See Section 14.5)
15.3.4 Transfer out of regular cycle Ñ In the event a vacancy occurs
outside the
regular transfer cycle, such vacancy shall be posted for a ten (10) day
period.
Appropriately credentialed applicants shall be interviewed. The notice
of
acceptance or denial shall normally take place within ten (10) days of
the
close of posting.
15.3.5 The principal shall interview and recommend for transfer from
among those
teachers who interview. The principal of a secondary school will
normally
involve the department head or department representative in the
interview and
recommendation process. Teachers from the Union Building Committee of a
school will normally also be involved.
25. Union Building Committee
25.1 At the site the duly elected Union Building Committee (UBC),
designed to
represent both UESF bargaining units, is responsible for implementing
and
enforcing provisions of this Agreement. The duly elected Union Building
Representative shall serve as the chair of this committee.
25.2 The Union Building Representative at each site represents UESF at
that site,
represents the site district-wide, and serves as liaison between the
faculty and the
site administration.
25.3 Roles and responsibilities of the Union Building Committee (UBC)
25.3.1 The site administrator shall meet at least once a month with up
to seven (7)
members of the Union Building Committee on matters of contract
administration. This committee shall also coordinate site elections to
identify
representatives for various other functions within the contract. The
UBC shall
have a place on the agenda at each faculty meeting, and shall have the
opportunity to make a brief statement/report on matters of Union
concern or
business.
25.3.6 The UBC at each site shall have timely access to all pertinent,
nonconfidential
information available to site administration regarding staffing,
assignment, programming, facilities management and planning, staff
development, and budgeting, and including timelines and deadlines as
set by
district administration.
25.3.7 The UBC shall meet with site administration to share information
and ideas
with the goal of achieving consensus agreement on matters of mutual
concern
regarding the operation of the site including staffing, assignment,
programming, facilities management and planning, staff development, and
budgeting, and including timelines and deadlines as set by district
administration, and all other matters pertaining to school policy and
operations.
25.3.8 The UBC serves as a liaison to the Restructuring Council or
successor (Article
21, Restructuring).
25.3.8.1 The UBC shall conduct the election for teacher and
paraprofessional
positions on the School Site Council or other similar governing bodies.
25.3.8.2 The Union Building Representative shall be a member, either
elected or
ex-officio, of any shared decision-making body to the extent permitted
by
law. The Union Building Committee at a school site is encouraged to work
in conjunction with the shared decision-making body as a unified
representative body.
25.3.8.3 In the case of any school identified as a low-performing
school by the
process described in Article 21, Restructuring, or as part of a District
Union collaboration such as the Ford Foundation supported Labor
Management Community Committee (LMCC), the UBC shall work with
the LMCC to schedule meetings regarding disseminating information and
planning, coordinate site activities with the School Site Council, and
to
conduct any elections by the instructional staff that may be required to
approve the proposed site plan.
Section 2. Building Representatives
a. The Building Representative shall be the chairperson of the Union
Building
Committee (UBC).
b. The Building Representative shall be the representative of UESF in a
school,
center, or other unit, and shall serve as liaison between the members
therein and
the UESF.
c. Building Representatives shall automatically be members of the
Assembly and
shall be part of the apportioned delegation as set forth in Article I.
of these
Bylaws.
d. Building Representatives shall be members of any shared
decision-making body
as set forth in the Contracts.
Section 3. Union Building Committees (UBC)
a. The UBC together with the Building Representative shall be
responsible for
implementation and enforcement of the Contracts.
b. UBC members shall be members or alternate members of the Assembly as
set
forth in Article I of these Bylaws.
c. The UBC shall design and conduct elections, subject to guidelines
established by
UESF, for Building Representative(s), UBC, and any other shared
decisionmaking
body at the site as provided for in the Contracts.
d. The UBC together with the Building Representative shall represent
UESF
members at the site.
December 15, 2008
Joint UESF/SFUSD Special Education Committee Mtg. (proposed, call
956-8373)
4:15 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School - Library (727 Golden Gate
Ave. [map])
December 17, 2008
UESF Assembly Meeting
4:15 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School
(727 Golden Gate Ave. [map])
December 18, 2008
Planning for Retirement
4:30 p.m. @ UESF Office
(2310 Mason St. [map] [details])
December 18, 2008
UESF Peace, Justice, & Human Rights Committee Meeting
4:30 p.m. @ Moscone ES
(2576 Harrison St. [map])
