PEC POINTS: Council approves humanitarian aid

Highlights of the Provincial Executive Council meeting held Feb. 27 and 28, via virtual platform.

1. Approved 147 resolutions arising from the six-year review of policy for presentation to the 2023 Annual Representative Assembly (ARA).
2. Considered 36 Council resolutions, 70 local resolutions and one specialist council resolution for presentation to the 2023 ARA. In the case of local resolutions, 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 and approved the reports on resolutions 2-3/22 and 3-22/22, requiring report to the 2023 ARA, be published in the Resolutions Bulletin and ARA Handbook.
3. Approved the position paper on public education, as amended, be posted on the Association’s website.
4. Authorized a contribution of $10,000 to Education International in support of an application with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for an at-risk Afghan colleague and their family.
5. Authorized a contribution of $10,000 to Education International in support of humanitarian efforts in Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquake that took place on Feb. 6.
6. Authorized financial support, in the amount of $2,674, to the Association’s representative on the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE) Advisory Committee on the Status of Women to cover the costs to attend the CTF/FCE 2023 Women’s Symposium, taking place in Ottawa from May 17 to 19.
7. Authorized up to seven members of Council to attend the CTF/FCE 2023 Women’s Symposium in Ottawa.
8. Authorized members of Council at their discretion to attend the Association’s Women in Leadership Summit, taking place on March 10 and 11 in Edmonton.
9. Authorized an over expenditure of $10,000 to move the Joint Meeting of Local Communications Officers and Local Political Engagement Officers to a venue in Calgary on May 5.
10. Authorized members of Council at their discretion to attend the Joint Meeting of Local Communications Officers and Local Political Engagement Officers, taking place in Calgary on May 5.
11. Approved for circulation to local secretaries six electoral ballots proposing to amend the Association’s general bylaws, and delete the discipline bylaw and practice review bylaws, by motions at the 2023 ARA.
12. Approved proposed timelines and appointed Council members to a selection committee for the recruitment of the position of Executive Staff Officer, Teacher Employment Services, SARO.
13. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of one charge of unprofessional conduct. The hearing committee imposed the penalty of a letter of reprimand and a fine of $300.
14. Received the report of a hearing committee that found a teacher guilty of three charges of unprofessional conduct. The hearing committee imposed a penalty including specific performance requirements with provision to cancel membership in the Association should the requirements not be met.