Council prepares for ARA

Highlights of the Provincial Executive Council meeting held Feb. 26 and 27, 2024, via virtual platform.

1. Approved 141 resolutions arising from the six-year review of policy for presentation to the 2024 Annual Representative Assembly (ARA).
2. Considered 35 Council resolutions and 38 local resolutions for presentation to the 2024 ARA. In the case of local resolutions, Council approved recommendations of concurrence, amendment and concurrence, nonconcurrence, referral for study and report, or action taken. Council further approved the assignment of speakers to each resolution.
3. Considered six specialist council resolutions and approved one for presentation to the 2024 ARA and referred one to Table Officers Committee for preparation of a resolution for the 2024 ARA.
4. Approved for presentation to the 2024 ARA four resolutions put forward by Association standing committees and referred one resolution to Resolutions Committee for processing.
5. Advised Resolutions Committee that the Association’s definition of school leader is broader than that of principal, associate principal or vice-principal and should encompass aspiring leaders.
6. Authorized all interested members of Council to attend the Political Engagement Seminar on March 1 and 2 at Barnett House.
7. Authorized all interested members of Council to attend the Association’s Women in Leadership Summit on March 8 and 9 at Barnett House.
8. Authorized all interested members of Council to attend the Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Conference for locals on April  18 and 19 at Barnett House.
9. Authorized all interested members of Council to attend the NDP Leadership Candidates’ Forum on May 3 at Barnett House, and approved an invitation to all local presidents to attend at their own expense.
10. Approved that the Association’s nominee to the board of the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund be drawn from the executive staff cohort with the executive secretary naming one or more candidates for Table Officers Committee consideration and Council’s approval.
11. Received the report of a Professional Conduct Appeal Committee that upheld the decision of the Professional Conduct Committee on three charges of unprofessional conduct and decreased the amount of two penalties by $500 each.
12. Approved the names of two teachers for addition to the name bank for possible appointment as professional development facilitators and approved the names of two teachers for addition to the name bank for possible appointment as Association Instructors.
13. Authorized the Central Table Bargaining Committee to develop for presentation to Council a public communications strategy and budget to elevate public awareness of education and the need for substantial public investment in education.
14. Appointed Council members and local president members to sit on the Committee on Coordinating Communications to Members.
15. Amended the Teacher Education and Certification Committee (TECC) and the Area Field Experiences Committees (AFEC) frames of reference to allow student local members and an alternate to attend TECC and AFEC meetings. ❚