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Local Educationals
How to sponsor and run Local Educationals for your OPSEU Member
Group
OPSEU is committed to providing education that is accessible and
meaningful to all members. The Local Education Policy gives any
body recognized under OPSEU's Constitution the right to apply for
funding and staff assistance to provide education to member groups
at the local level.
Interested Groups must apply to the Regional Education Committee
using the enclosed Application Form.
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An example of how Local Education works:
Local 999 is a composite local. At the last local meeting,
several new stewards were elected. The Local Executive Committee
agrees that training is a priority for the new Stewards. There
are also other activists who they know do not attend Regional
Schools because many of the schools are out of town.
The LEC does some initial planning to offer "Steward as an
Organizer" to Stewards and interested members. Their application
is referred to an EBM and Staff Representative and is approved
for full funding and assistance with planning if needed.
Local 999 has planned, administered and offered a recognized
OPSEU course to its members and has provided necessary initial
training to the new stewards.
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SECTION THREE
LOCAL EDUCATIONALS
3.1 OPSEU is committed to expanding educational programs at the
local level to allow for increased participation from a larger number
of members.
3.2 Family and Dependant Care: To encourage the participation of
members with family responsibilities, and in keeping with union
policy, child care will be provided on-site where there is sufficient
demand, or members will be reimbursed for child care costs that
result from their participation in the schools, as per Union policy.
3.3 The Executive Board encourages each local to amend its by-laws
to provide for the designation of a Local Education Officer from
among the members of the Local Executive Committee.
3.4 OPSEU is committed to developing and promoting a local educational
system that: is accessible to members, specific to Local needs,
encourages maximum participation, provides for Local development,
recruits new members that are representative of the membership,
is effective and useful, is accountable to members, shows measurable
benefits, fits in with other educational programs and empowers Locals.
3.5 Any body recognized under OPSEU's Constitution may sponsor
a local educational: Sponsors:
Locals
Area Councils
Bargaining Units
Provincial Women's Committee
Race Relations/Minority Rights Committee
Occupational Divisions
Executive Board
Ministry Divisions (CAAT Academic, CAAT Support, Ontario Public
Service Ministries, OLRA Medical Division)
Sponsors must commit themselves to making the following administrative
arrangements:
- developing a budget
- securing a meeting/course location
- gathering course materials with the assistance of the Education
Department
- advertising the course
- sending and collecting applications from member participants
- registering participants and distributing member expense claim
forms
- follow-up and evaluation of course
- submitting a report to the Education Department on the results
of the educational.
3.6 Authorization - Authorization for local educational will consist
of approval by an Executive Board member and Staff Representative
from the applicable Region.
Guidelines for Course Approval
Recognized Courses
3.7 Eligible courses must be recognized by the Education Department.
Members or staff may submit course outlines to the Education Department.
The Department will produce a list of suggested courses that OPSEU
has materials prepared for. The Education Department will adapt
specific regional and residential courses into short modules whose
structure and content will be appropriate to local needs. The Education
Department will provide course material and audio visual aids for
local education.
MEMBER EXPENSE CLAIMS LOCAL EDUCATION
Mileage: A claim for mileage may be made at the rate of
32¢ per kilometre.
Travel: Members will be reimbursed for travel costs to and
from the meeting.
Meals: Breakfast Lunch
Supper
$8.00
$12.00
$19.00
Family & Dependant Care:
Child Care: applies to children 16 years of age and under
who reside permanently with a member.
Dependant Care: applies to any dependant person who resides
permanently with a member.
Claim rate: $5.00 per hour to a maximum of 12 hours.
Overnight fee: $40.00 to a maximum of $100.00 per 24 hour
period.
On-site child care must be arranged by the sponsoring body where
there is sufficient demand.
Own time: does not apply to the local educationals.
Participant wages: Lost wages are not reimbursed under the
policy. The intent is to organize the educational at a time and
location accessible to members on their own time.
Facilitator's wages: Member facilitators may claim lost wages
for course preparatory time equal to that of the teaching hours
for the educational.
i.e. the course is eight hours - the member facilitator may claim
wages for eight hours in order to prepare for the course.
Member facilitators are eligible to claim all expenses available
to members attending the educational.
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