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Banking Day. To Bank or Not To Bank. Materials. Question and Answer sheet for all members Packet (2 sets) Procedures List of school sites and when you need to vote Sample ballot Blank ballot to use if you wish Sample of banking day plan Blank copy of banking day plan
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Banking Day To Bank or Not To Bank
Materials • Question and Answer sheet for all members • Packet (2 sets) • Procedures • List of school sites and when you need to vote • Sample ballot • Blank ballot to use if you wish • Sample of banking day plan • Blank copy of banking day plan • DRC forms (filed by April 15)
Banking Day and the Contract • Article 8 Section 4: • You are required to attend No more than 10faculty meetings per year • You may be called to attend No more that 5special purpose meetings per year • The district will make reasonable effort to use written memoranda in lieu of meetings • Article 20 Section1: • 75% of the voting membership must agree to any and all waivers of the contract
Where does the time come from? • Banked Time IS YOUR TIME! • Example-The current schedule for Rosemont: • Banking Day Schedule • Teacher day M-F: 7:45-3:00 • Student day MTWF 8:00-3:00 • Student day Th 9:00-3:00 • School day without banking • Teacher day M-F 7:45-3:00 • Student day M-F 8:00-2:45
Banking Day Options • What are the needs of your school site? • Bank 15 minutes a day and have banking day once a week • Bank 6 minutes a day and have banking day twice a month • Bank 3 minutes a day and have banking day once a month
What are we going to do on our banking days? • How many banking days are there? • In the 2010-2011 school year Rosemont had 32 banking days • Thursdays were lost due to holidays, testing, etc. • Decide if you want to make a plan per month or per 4 weeks • Decide what to do on your banking days • Faculty meetings • Department/grade level meeting (for FOR, department business, or for professional development) • Rosemont-we would like to have a banking day prior to progress reports (every 5 weeks)
How do we decide what is best for our school? • Meet with your faculty without administrators present • Have an open discussion about what best meets the needs of your staff • Present to the principal what your staff would like • Create a ballot and vote • The ballot and vote is to be done by a GTA rep only
Give and Take • Don’t agree to a meeting every banking day • This is your time and you are willing to do what is best for the school and students, but it is your time • This is a give and take situation, don’t agree to more than 20 meetings a year • If a program is “crucial” for student success then you need to be paid for your time or have release time.
DRCDistrict Review Committee • Who is on the committee? • Article 20 Section 3: • 3 administrators appointed by the district • 3 classroom teachers appointed by GTA • 3 others – 2 parents and 1 classified employees
Current Schedule • If your staff didn’t vote to have a meeting every banking day always ask if the meeting is mandatory.
Questions • If you have any questions, call the GTA office and leave a message or you may email me at glendaleteachers.org • Let us know if you would like someone to come to your school site to talk about banking day procedures