[etni] Fw: Resending report of meeting with Ran Erez
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:19:59 +0300
Subject: Resending report of meeting with Ran Erez
From: Renee wahl <wahlrenew@xxxxxxxxx>
For those of you who missed this the first time around, here again is my
report of the committee's meeting with Ran Erez on July 20th.
Dear ETNI Members,
For all those of you who requested updates on the meeting that took place
with Ran Erez on Monday, 20 July, here it is:
1) The meeting took place as scheduled and Mr. Erez apologized for the
misunderstanding on the part of Nurit Valencie which resulted in her absence
from the previously scheduled meeting.
2) Mr. Erez explained that the Irgun has 3 topics directly connected to
Engish that are on the Irgun's prime target list:
a) The 2% per module Bagrut Gmul has been achieved.
b) The issue of the projects
c) The issue of the literature program
3) A meeting was scheduled for today between Dr. Shimon Shoshani and
all the chief inspectors (English included), regarding all the new
programs (Civics, Hebrew language, Math, etc.) so that Dr. Shoshani can
get a broad view of what the changes and additions involve.
Dr. Shoshani and Mr. Erez are to meet after this meeting and
Mr. Erez promised to report to us (via phone) as to the outcome
of their meeting. He believes that Dr. Shoshani seriously wants to
avoid a confrontation at the beginning of the school year and will
work in good faith to clrify the situation that was left him by the
previous Ministry Director. We will let you know how this
meeting goes as soon as we are informed.
4) Both Mr. Erez and the Irgun are aware of the issues and the
increasing amounts of work that are being asked of us. In fact, he has
been meeting throughout the year with a group of teachers from the T.A. area
who have placed these issues before him and followed them up. As you can
see from the letter he sent to Dr. Judy Steiner, he urges the teachers to
follow the Irgun instructions and not to participate in the lit courses, not
to
do projects with the pupils, not to implement the new lit program until the
issues are
resolved.
Mr. Erez emphasized that the Irgun is only as strong as its members and
can achieve change only if the teachers uphold the sanctions.
5) We emphasized that the English teachers feel that we are being
asked to carry out sanctions without enough backing from the Irgun. For
example, not doing projects, but getting conflicting instructions from the
Irgun
reps about what will happen in the student' oral Bagrut as a result.
6) We also discussed the testing of LD pupils ? an issue that was supposed
to have been resolved with the signed agreement from Jan 2009 requiring
the schools to pay the teachers for EACH and every activity related to
this work, retro-actively from September 2008. Please read the wording of
this
agreement which you can find at:
http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/Sherut/Chozrim/ChozreiSt/hozertashsat4_heskem_im_irdunhamorim.htm
Mr. Erez claims that teachers who work for the Ministry or the local
authorities ARE receiving this payment (if they have reported the work), but
was shocked to hear that the ORT, AMIT and other sectors have not followed
through even to the extent of providing a suitable form for the teachers to
fill out. We were present during his extended phone conversation with Mr.
Dan Shaked, who is responsible for this state of affairs in ORT, his
'reminder'
to him that he is not carrying out the agreement and his insistence that the
issue be dealt with immediately. Mr. Erez also promised to contact the
responsible parties in the AMIT and OR TORAH sectors. We will have
to follow up to make sure things are carried through, so please phone or
fax the Irgun if your school is not providing you with suitable forms to
fill
out and submitting these forms for payment (and of course if you have not
been paid).
7) We heard from Mr. Erez of some creative options that the Irgun is
working on to push for the additional payments that the teachers (English &
others) should be getting for all the extra work that has been added to our
load over the past several years (the modular Bagrut, projects, extensive
reading, lit courses, lit program, oral exam matkonet, etc.) For a change,
these will not involve sanctions/strike of the entire system, but should
prove to be more effective.
8) In conclusion, after this meeting we feel that the Irgun understands
the current problems of the English teachers and will continue to take the
necessary steps to resolve them. We will continue to be in touch with Mr.
Erez as needed.
The Committee
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