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assignments and also consider geographic issues. In conducting this study, the work group should gather information from members, local leaders, district leaders, the KEA Board of Directors, the staff union, KEA management, and other state affiliates of NEA. The work group will report their findings to the KEA Board at or before the April board meeting and to the 2013 KEA Delegate Assembly. Rationale: Currently, we have UniServ Directors who service more than 2000 members while others service only 500. Some UDs have 50 or more locals while others only have 10. Some school districts have local associations that are serviced by two UniServ Directors while other locals within the same school districts are serviced by the same UD. This creates an imbalance in UniServ Directors’ workloads as well as unfair system of member service, advocacy, organizing as well as member recruitment. The study would look at balancing field staff workloads through geography, number of members, potential membership and number of locals served. Submitted by: Sharron Oxendine, President NBI 3 = PASSED I propose that the KEA President form a work group of interested individuals, active and retirees, teachers and ESP, to learn more about the KRS and KTRS retirement systems. At the appropriate times, these individuals would be recommended for candidacy to run for positions on the KRS and KTRS boards of trustees. Rationale: With the passage of HB 300 during the 2012 General Assembly, term limits have been placed on KRS and KTRS board of trustees members. In the next five years alone, KTRS will lose more than half of its board members as their terms limits will be reached. To keep both systems strong, we should work to educate interested annuitants about the boards and their functions and create a “farm team” of future trustee members who will be ready and willing to serve as trustees. Submitted by: Mike Ross, EKEA NBI 4 = PASSED I move that the KEA President, charge the Instructional Advocacy Work Team appoint a work team to address our member rights and responsibilities in response to being designated as a Priority (former PLA) School or as a Focus School. The charge for this work team will be to: � Identify KEA Leaders and Staff to serve on a “Swat SUPPORT Team” to assist schools that are currently designated as a PLA/Priority school or that are designated as such in the future. This team will be able to provide to members: o An overview by KEA/KDE on what legal responsibilities and actions must be taken and who is responsible for those actions once a school is classified as a Priority or Focus School. o An overview of what legal rights KEA members have in terms of: � Job security � Self‐governance � The ability to challenge decisions � Evaluations and individual growth and improvement plans
� The development of Priority/Focus School Action Plan for KEA leaders and members in current and future Priority/Focus schools to provide a reliable source of information and resources to protect member rights Rationale: Ongoing conversations at KEA Board meetings, EKEA Board meetings, and with teachers in schools that have been designated as Persistently Low Achieving/Priority/Focus schools, have identified some troubling and inconsistent information that is pervasive in the process. Problems include: � The lack of a reliable source of information and/or advice for KEA members who work in these identified schools � KEA members’ knowledge of the law pertaining to Priority/Focus School Status is limited � KEA members’ knowledge of the law pertaining to SBDM’s, tenure, and evaluation in Priority/Focus schools is limited � The scarcity of resource personnel to come into a district to aid in planning to address deficiencies is an increasing concern and possibility � Regulations consistently undermine Site Base Council’s role and responsibility in school improvement Funding: Because of budgetary constraints, we propose diverting funds from the Eastern Kentucky Technology Conference to provide initial funds to begin the process. Submitted by the Eastern Kentucky Education Association, Mike Ross, EKEA; Tim Holman moved to change Swat to Support‐ MOTION FAILED NBI 5 = FAILED I move that KEA have a membership table or presence at all education workshops and conferences within the state. Rationale: At a time when KEA membership is down and the need for KEA visibility in the state a necessity, this NBI would present KEA at all major education conferences within the state. In order to fulfill our mission and remain the preeminent voice of education in Kentucky we must present the benefits of KEA membership and collective voice in the state. By utilizing our 42,000 members statewide, this could be accomplished at minimal cost but render tremendous gains in membership and visibility. Submitted by: Merry Berry, EKEA NBI 6 Understanding that student performance and growth information has the valuable role for educators in their profession planning and growth KEA will actively oppose efforts to compel local school districts to implement teacher evaluation systems that would allow for the use of student test scores or increases in student test scores, such as “value added measures” in the summative evaluation of teachers. Rationale: Using test scores to evaluate teachers ignores other factors that are beyond the teacher’s control, such as student Health, home life, attendance, class size, curriculum materials, and administrative support. Research has shown student test scores are highly unstable, changing grammatically, from year to year for the same teacher. Placing even higher stakes on these typically
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