It’s that time of the year again – election time!  This year we will holding elections for all Site Reps and for the newly created position of Vice President of Curricular Affairs.

Site Reps – 2 per school + 1 at preschool (1 year terms):
o Conduct constant and ongoing liaison between the Representative Council and Active members at the school site;
o Serve as the official channel through which written communications and publications can be easily and quickly transmitted between the Association and the Active members; and
o Represent the views and the input of the Active membership in votes taken in the Representative Council, conducting frequent and regular polls of such membership for this purpose.

Vice President of Curricular Affairs (1 year term this time, 2 year terms in the future):
o Member of EBoard;
o Assume the duties of the President in the absence of the President and the Vice President of Contractual Affairs (i.e., serve as “Second” Vice President);
o Serve as Chairperson of the Membership Committee and keep an accurate roster of the Membership;
o Serve as Chairperson of the Instruction and Professional Development Committee, preparing the agenda for meetings, facilitating meetings, and distributing minutes from meetings to the general Membership.

Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program Joint Committee Member – 2 positions up for election (2 year terms):
Contract Article 14.3.1 – Composition/Selection Process of the Joint Committee

a. The Joint Committee shall be made up of three classroom teachers with full classroom assignments and two administrators.
b. The three classroom teachers will be elected by their peers (all LTA members).
c. Ideally, the three teachers will be from different schools and will include one teacher with recent experience at the K-2 level, one teacher with recent experience at the 3-5 level, and one teacher with recent experience at the 6-8 level.

o Note: The continuing PAR Program Joint Committee Member is a teacher at LMS 7/8, so ideally, the two new committee members would be from upper and lower elementary, but it does not have to be so.

Written declarations of candidacy are due to Mary Dietrick at Buford Elementary by 4pm on Friday, 5/24/13, and elections will be held on Tuesday, 5/28/13 and Wednesday, 5/29/13.

link to the complete Elections Timeline