Summary - June 2005

At its June 3rd meeting, College Council:

approved the appointment of second runner-up Howard Ramcharan to assume the elected principal/vice-principal position vacated by Brian Rivait
recommended to the Minister of Education that the legislation governing the Ontario College of Teachers be amended to enable Council to pass bylaws to permit the Council chair and vice-chair to be granted leaves of absence by their employer up to full-time as required by Council for the full term
established a subcommittee of Council to investigate the issues attached to the full-time or part-time release of the chair and/or vice-chair, including but not limited to job descriptions, rationale and financial considerations
approved the extension of the interim appointments of Patrick Slack (appointed) and Gail Lilley (appointed) to the Executive Committee to September 30, 2005
confirmed the appointments of Iain Munro as chair of the Accreditation Committee and Don Cattani as chair of the Fitness to Practise Committee
amended College bylaws to establish new guidelines for the use of the College's visual identity, including the College's icon and wordmark
directed staff to prepare a report for Council's September meeting on strategies to encourage members to register in the Members' Area of the College web site.

Council members also put forward motions to:

have the Registrar present policies, plans and measurable outcomes at the December Council meeting to actively promote the teaching profession to increase public respect for teachers
compensate roster members, members-at-large and institutional appointees who were involved in accreditation panels between January 1 and March 31, 2005.