AGENDA

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
7:00 p.m.            

1.          Memorials and Prayers. 

2.          Roll Call and Apologies.

3.          Approval of the Agenda. 

N.B.    Staff would be pleased to walk the Trustees through any report on this agenda at the direction of the Chair.          

            The Committee will resolve into Private Private Private Private Session at 7:30 p.m. 

4.         Declarations of Interest.

5.         Approval and Signing of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 9, 2008 for PUBLIC SESSION.   p.1-p.9    

6.         Presentations:

7.         Delegations: 

a)         John Paul Copeland, representing eInstruction Canada, regarding how to effectively use student response pads (clickers) to engage and assess your students.  p.10                       

b)         Danuta Wyant, CSAC Chair of Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, regarding closed boundaries changed to flexible boundaries for the school.   p.11 

c)         Ron Reddam and Luisa Scala, representing Canadian Parents for French-Toronto Catholic regarding the establishment of a French Advisory Committee.   p.12

8.         Trustee Matters: 

a)         From Trustee Del Grande regarding the addition of a feature to the Board CSAC website. 

            WHEREAS CSACs wish to communicate and share information with one another 

            WHEREAS email is a limited form of communication in terms of sharing and organizing a variety of topics across all schools 

            BE IT RESOLVED THAT the IT department of the Board implement a “bulletin board” add on feature to the CSAC section of the Board’s website (www.tcdsb.org/csac).         

9.         Unfinished Business:  

10.       Matters referred/deferred to this Committee by the Board and other Committees: 

a)         Report regarding Responsibilities and Performance Appraisals for Academic Administrators.  (Referred to the Committee by the Board at its meeting held January 23, 2008.    p.13-p.15 

                        Receive. 

b)          Report regarding Closed Boundaries Changed to Flexible Boundaries for Blessed Sacrament Catholic School.  (Referred to the Committee by the Administrative and Corporate Services Committee at its meeting held January 16, 2008).   p.16-p.17 

That the Board maintain the fixed boundaries at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School.        

11.        Reports of Officials and Special Committees Requiring ACTION by the Board.

a)         Report regarding Establishment of a TCDSB French Advisory Committee.   p.18-p.38 

                        That the TCDSB approve in principle the establishment of a French as a Second Language Advisory Committee.                      

b)         Report regarding Establishment of St. Lawrence Catholic School Boundaries.   p.39-p.43         

1.       That effective immediately an attendance boundary be established for St. Lawrence Catholic School consisting of the following boundaries (Appendix B): 

North: Railroad / Highway 401

South: Hydro Line (Flora Drive)

East:   Railroad / Lawrence Avenue / Kennedy Road

West:  Railroad 

2.         That the approved attendance boundary for St. Lawrence Catholic School be subject to the following conditions: 

                   Parents of new registrants must have primary residence within the    approved attendance boundary subject to the following exceptions: 

i.)         All students currently enrolled at St. Lawrence Catholic School be allowed to complete their schooling at the school. 

ii.)        Siblings of students, currently enrolled at St. Lawrence Catholic School be permitted to enroll at St. Lawrence even if they reside outside the approved attendance boundary as per Board Policy SA.02. 

3.         That students who are currently registered at St. Lawrence Catholic School who reside East of Kennedy Road and South of Lawrence Avenue (in the designated area) and who elect to attend St. Albert Catholic School beginning in September 2008 will be provided bussing to St. Albert Catholic School at no extra cost to the Board. 

c)         Report regarding Negotiation Procedures Policy – Collective Agreements.   p.44-p.50 

          That the Board approve the following guidelines for the negotiation of all collective agreements covering its numerous unionized employee groups; 

1.       Members of the respective negotiation committees to be appointed by the Director of Education; 

2.       Trustees to be advised of initial Board proposals prior to exchange of proposal with Unions at the bargaining table; 

3.       Trustee participation on contract negotiation committees to be reflected at the bargaining table of each employee group; 

4.       Updates on the process of negotiations to be provided to Trustees by way of written or verbal on a regular basis; 

5.       Staff to seek a monetary mandate from trustees for the tentative settlement of a collective agreement that will be subject to the approval of the trustees. 

d)         Report regarding Replacement Staff.   p.51-p.59 

1.       That the Board leave at the discretion of the Human Resources department decisions to determine the appropriate qualifications and deployment of staff based on an on-going  assessment of supply and demand data.   

2.       That staff continue the practice of consulting with the local trustee in regards to placements and transfers prior to presenting a summary list to the Board and that the Board as a whole approve the list as presented by staff. 

3.       That the Human Resources department be required to report to Board, on a bi-yearly basis the incidence of recruitment, hiring and deployment of staffing. 

12.       Reports of Officials and Special Committees for INFORMATION of the Board. 

            a)         Report regarding Outlook E-Mail Distribution Lists.   p.60-p.68 

                        Receive.

13.       Approval of Matters for which no trustee has requested debate. 

14.       Communications: 

15.       Inquiries and Miscellaneous: 

N.B.    Private Inquiries must only be related to matters as outlined in the reference to legislation on the inside cover of the Private Agenda. 

16.       Update of Pending List:

17.              RESOLVE INTO PRIVATE SESSION.