June 4, 2009 Consultation Agenda

HOUSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

Please include the following to the June 4, 2009 Instructional Consultation agenda:

1. School budget

What is the status of the school budget? Employees need to make their plans for the next school year.
Is there a ballpark figure on pay raises? Also, is any consideration being given to the proposal we have made several times that will require and centrally fund a basic staff for all schools?

2. School nurses, librarians, and PE teachers.

We would like the exact number of schools that did not have a nurse, librarian, or a PE teacher assigned full time to the school during the just completed school year.

3. End of year checkout procedures

Is there a standard HISD employee checkout form or are principals allowed to make-up the things an employee must do before he or she may leave for vacation?

4. Wellness Plan – Walking To New Orleans

What is the status of this program for next year?

5. Pay for special-education summer school teachers in the North Region

We brought this very issue into consultation in March hoping to avoid this situation. On Tuesday Betty Williams told teachers tat will be teaching in the North Region's Extended School Year Special Education program that they are expected to be on duty at 7:30 AM to meet busses and will be required to stay until 2:30 PM when the last bus is expected to have left. This is a total of 7 hours. When asked about pay she said the "school board "will only pay for 6.5 hours, "they will not pay the teachers to eat lunch". There is no duty free lunch in summer school; teachers of special-ed students are expected to assist these students at lunch, yet they will not be paid. This situation must be corrected immediately.