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Teachers ask for moratorium on reorganization of staff The Acton Free Press Wednesday February 1973 Hilton County teachers packed the board room of be Helton County Board of Education to of Helton Tom RamauUralngh and Helton Elementary Teachers Association President Joan the concerns of teachers serosa the county about the boards plans for major changes In the staff organisation In presentation called for a two year moratorium on the acceptance of the Staff Organization and Off remittal Staffing report He said two years allow thorough evaluation of the structure in each secondary school to be done by a committee of trustees and secondary teachers appointed by the District Executive of The president questioned whether or not there would be any educational value to be received by Implementing the recommendations In the report Both RamauUrslngh and Mrs concern about the use of para professionals RamauUrslngh said did not oppose the hiring of para professionals but for some clarification If at some future time for any reason whatever the situation arises where a choice has to be made between reducing staff by declaring redundant a on permanent contract or equivalent paraprofessional assistance what would be the policy of the Board This question arises not only out of the Federations concern for Job- protection but rather from the more fundamental concern as to whether or not the Board regards the contact between professional teachers and students as more Important In the educational context than contact between students and layman be said Mrs THbault claimed the use of para professionals the chief area of concern for the HETA HETA agrees with the concept of a redeployment of teaching personnel and the Involvement of a greater number of adults In teaching and nonteaching roles ft kept in mind that the plan for differentiated staffing outlined In brief Is only one alternative and other patterns of staffing must be Investigated made by local Initiative as suggested In the brief Staff members and the community must be Involved In the decision making process regarding the Implementation of structures involving the use of parsprofessionals After considerable discussion the board defeated two and passed four of the sis recom mendatlona they dealt with at the meeting The board defeated the following That the three area chairmen among the assistant super be selected be given more authority and be given a new role definition which requires more exercise of exe cutive leadership in the area That as a policy successful principals should remain with their schools for four years in elementary schools and for eight years In secondary schools unless the good of the system as a whole or the specific request of the principal for transfer dictates consideration of earlier changes The following motions were adopted That we stabilize the situation of autonomy and ac countability of the principal In their present forms In order to allow practice to develop more closely to theory That viceprincipals before appointment to principal should nave undertaken definite leadership training or have revealed outstanding leadership qualities been exercised In both the program and Instruction sides of the principal role held a position of responsibility in two or more schools and given evidence of experience or Involvement In both panels or give evidence of other accom plishments which satisfy the Intent of these concepts That the present practice of crossposting principals and vice- principals Between panels for stated periods of times be con Untied and expanded That the present system of experience be continued To date only noncontentious Issues have been handled by the board Some of the controversial issues yet to be dealt with include a stepping up In the hiring of paraprofessionals the elimin of minor department heads the phasing out of assistant department heads and a reduction in the number of department heads by placing fewer under groupings of sub jects Director Jim Singleton has said the board must either get the same program for less money or more program for the same money Many of the recom mendations in his brief if adopted are expected to cut Suggests common complex for regional services New budding serving Halton County should be Coons suggested withholding housed in one In a county funds would get the regonal government setup necessary cooperation Brown IS having CAS move from Hugh St to new faculties and traUon committee at a meeting selling the building Warden indicated CAS had last week Coons Children s Conservation Authority should be housed In that building as well The discussion was triggered the Halton architects sketches for a new and Halton Region building She suggested that was ahead with plans for a to house administrators Coons told the committee the decision on where regional head quarters would be located would be up to the regional chairman and a regional council but he felt the chalnnan would work closely with county council when he or she Is appointed Will call when members considered a at Kelso and she supported the I OF 700 Item for repairs to a move These people have lived HuglTst like rats for seven years and no- one else in the county has lived veranda at the quarters for the Children Aid Coons suggested the county ke that she said put money Into that building but wait a year vacate unbuilding and move CAS into a regional headquarters Regional headquarters The committee discussed briefly the possibility of situating Members cited a problem In headquarters In a new receiving cooperation from CAS building and where It might be on that count in the past Ad located The Idea of having the Garfield Brown said provincial offices vacate the CAS has moved Into offices In county building on Steeles Ave OakviUe and Burlington against and move south was also anil That move would free new bridge Tenders will be called next week by the Ministry of Transportantlon and Communications for the 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