Jan,+Negotiations



This is the book that Jan had in class. She also mentioned the book __Better__ **__Assignments to complete after today.__**


 * Teacher Negotiations survey sheets (most done)
 * Negotiations tracker (Excel spreadsheet Jan sent out, or develop your own)
 * Reflection on negotiations, which will be framed by the article from our first class.
 * Send Jan an e-mail so she knows when you will be able to finish the reflection.
 * Send Jan the electronic documents you used in your presentations today.



Here’s what you need for class on Saturday, March 26:

 1) Notes for the 4 A’s questions for your chapter in //Getting to Yes//:  Ch. 1: 3-14—Matt Bl, Donita  Ch. 2: 15-39—Matt Be, Mike, Jacy  Ch. 3: 40-55—Doug, Carol, Diedre  Ch. 4:56-80—Lonnie, Jim, Russ  Ch. 5: 81-94—Jesse, Ellen  2) Your financial data presentation—Dilemma of Practice #2  3) Notes about the progress (I’m optimistic) of negotiations in your district. (This is connected to Dilemma of Practice #5. Be sure to let me know if your process is not complete enough to finish the paper to hand in Saturday.) You’ll share these with the group as part of your class participation grade. Include any thoughts about how your tracker is working.  4) Read the attached brief article about the current burning issues of collective bargaining and be ready to discuss/raise questions.  5) Bring your Resiliency book.

 Drive carefully, and have a good day Friday with Pam. I’ll see you Saturday at 8:00.

 Jan  515-720-7167 cell

This outlines the assignments due on January 23rd and March 26th (due on Jan 23rd), also what % of teachers belong to your association.

Here’s a list of what to prepare and bring to class Saturday: o //Getting to Yes:// We’ll jigsaw Ch. I, The Problem, and Ch. II, The Method. o <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;">Iowa Code Ch. 20 (all) and Ch. 279, Sections 12, 13, 14, 14A, 19, 40, 46, 59. Read both and for Ch. 20, bring your notes and and at least two questions for discussion. You can find Chapters 20 and 279 online at __ @http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html __. Next, click on Iowa Code, and when the Iowa Code 2009 Quick Retrieval screen comes up, type the appropriate chapter number into the search box.
 * Jan's Class (Saturday)**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">Iowa Code Retrieval Page []

o <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;">Two copies of your district’s or your mentor’s district’s current collective bargaining contract with certified employees. Brush up on the seniority article (section).

<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">**Last but perhaps most important**, you need to finalize your plans to attend/participate in your AEA or district’s collective bargaining process with certified employees. Be sure you have contacted the administrator in charge of the negotiations process to make arrangements, since many AEA’s and districts begin this process in January. Your involvement in the collective bargaining process will be the basis for your dilemma of practice, which we’ll discuss in class.

<span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">**Jason Glass, Director of Iowa Department of Education** <span style="font-family: Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> __@http://governorbranstad.com/2010/12/29/jason-e-glass-named-as-the-new-director-of-the-iowa-department-of-education/__ __@http://educationelements.wordpress.com/__ @http://www.battelleforkids.org/ @http://www.eagleschools.net/index.aspx?page=649 http://www.ia-sb.org @http://iowaperb.iowa.gov/ []

=**Negotiations KWL**=

Know What Do You Want to Learn **Getting to Yes (Book)** Chapter 1 Matthew, Donita Chapter 2 Matt, Mike, Jacy Chapter 3 Doug, Carol, Deidre Chapter 4 Lonnie, Jim, Russ Chapter 5 Jesse, Ellen
 * TSS $ has to be voted on by the Association on how it is split.
 * Can be multi-year contracts
 * Initial offer and counteroffer must be open to the public
 * Important language dictates decisions
 * Union usually presents 1st, board responds (timeline varies from district to district)
 * IPERS, allowable growth, TSS, and insurance are variables
 * 80% of budget is people
 * Arbitration is fine (even though it cost $)
 * Can use outside people to negotiate (Ray & Associates etc)
 * Caucus to talk about options
 * "last best offer", before arbitration
 * Leave, seniority, RIF policies are most common
 * Teacher quality $-how does it affect negotiations
 * TSS-how is it part of the salary schedule
 * RIF articles
 * "Dealing in Good Faith", what is ok, what is not?
 * Leg work-how much of that is legal conversations?
 * Information gathering process.
 * Mandatory and Non-negotiables
 * What other $ items do we take into consideration?
 * Other "non $" items.
 * Ways to educate stakeholders involved.

Read the handouts she gave us at the end of the class.