council Meeting
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.
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