What do they do? How much time's involved?
A Quick Guide to RPSTA Roles!
Assembly Reps
1 for every 12 teachers at a school or portion thereof, and 3 reps for subs Represent school at monthly meetings & report back to school’s teachers Give direction & ideas to RPSTA Councillors & Executive Councillors Members elected yearly (number of councillors depends on size of school division) , 1 position held for Substitute teachers Attend RPSTA Mini-Council and help come up with resolutions. (Please note that any individual teacher can also submit resolutions! It does not need to come from the RPSTA!) Attend Fall and Spring STF Council in Saskatoon to represent RPSTA Go to local or Saskatoon meetings for emergent issues (Bargaining, etc.) Executive Members Executive consists of President, VP, and 8 Executive Councillors -- All are elected for period of 2 years Meet regularly with Board Director & Superintendents to express teachers’ needs Meet at least once a month to determine RPSTA priorities, go over teacher concerns, etc. Meet with STF to go over needs and wants, offer direction Responsible for RPSTA’s finances Go to local or Saskatoon meetings for emergent issues (Bargaining, etc.) Attend Fall & Spring STF Council in Saskatoon to represent the RPSTA Attend RPSTA Mini-Council & help with resolutions to bring to the STF President Responsible for day-to-day operations of RPSTA Lots of time handling individual concerns (e-mail, phone, in person) Official spokesperson for RPSTA when dealing with other organizations Communicates and liaisons with STF staff Promotes RPSTA through school visits, etc. Co-ordinates juice, water & cookies for Assembly Meetings Vice-President Must be prepared to assume ALL duties of President in event President cannot do so With President, sometimes goes to meetings & events to share the RPSTA’s views with stakeholders, division Admin, etc. Signing authority of financial transactions along with President and Treasurer Committee Members Anyone can join a committee! Some of the better known committees are LINC (Negotiation team for local contract,) Convention Planning Committee, Elections Committee, Calendar Committee, Resolutions Committee… The list goes on. Please talk to any Exec Member if you’re interested, or if you have spare time and want to know where you could best help! |