Regional Meetings 2010September 25 - October 25, 2010 The purpose of these interactive sessions is to provide districts with an opportunity to discuss common issues on a regional basis, and provide BCPSEA with direct feedback regarding both rounds of bargaining. Topics to be addressed include support staff bargaining update, teacher bargaining preparation, and other emergent issues such as class size and professional autonomy. It is anticipated that support staff bargaining will be underway and teacher bargaining preparation will also be at a crucial point. >> Link to details |
Workplace Disability: Attitudes and Approaches — Managing to ImprovePre-Conference Workshop: November 2 & 3, 2010 Employers have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to accommodate an employee who requests accommodation based on one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination as specified in the BC Human Rights Code. The duty to accommodate is a shared responsibility. Flexibility, good communication, and cooperation between the employee, the employer, and the union are keys to successful accommodation. It is important to stress the duty refers to reasonable accommodation — all parties involved must strive for reasonableness. >> Link to details |
Navigating Your Way to Constructive Labour RelationsManagers in a unionized workplace are challenged to manage effectively within the legal and contractual parameters. The collective agreement, often referred to as the law of the workplace, adds to the complexity. Put another way managing in a collective agreement world is an exercise in navigation– through contract language, employment statutes, personalities and external influences. This session provides participants with information, insight, tools and strategies that will assist them in managing a workplace dynamic governed by certain rules and practices. This interactive session facilitates understanding through hands on practice. >> Link to details |
Public Education Collective Bargaining Academy 2010The Public Education Collective Bargaining Academy 2010 is an intensive, high-energy, interactive learning opportunity in a unique three-day format. The Academy — covering all aspects of collective bargaining set in a CHALLENGING environment — features lectures, facilitated discussions, small group activities, and a collective bargaining simulation. Joining the program will be individuals from the labour relations community with extensive expertise and experience in collective bargaining, to enhance the learning opportunities. >> Link to details |
Collective Bargaining: Concepts and ConstructsLabour-management negotiations involve a series of interrelated and complex processes. There are a variety of bargaining techniques which lead to the successful negotiation of a collective agreement including preparation for bargaining which is considered by many to be the most important stage in the bargaining process. Collective Bargaining: Concepts and Constructs provides an overview of collective bargaining with support staff unions in the K-12 public education sector. >> Link to details |
Productive Workplace Conversations Level IThe ability to communicate with respect, sensitivity and assertion is key to achieving outcomes that work for you and your colleagues. Effective communication can be especially difficult to maintain in conflict situations where the tendency may be to overreact or sell yourself short. In this session, you will acquire useful concepts and skills, from a brain research perspective, to assist in a variety of challenging situations while you practice improving and maintaining respectful communication under pressure. >> Link to details |
Productive Workplace Conversations Level 2Interactions, Matters at Issue, and the Road to ResolutionProductive conversations are essential in daily interactions with others to help individuals get what they need. This course builds on the Productive Workplace Conversations Level 1 course and provides the foundational framework of a collaborative model for everyday interactions. The collaborative approach to resolution aims for agreements that respond to the needs of all people involved to the greatest degree possible. >> Link to details |
A Behavioural Approach to Effective Hiring DecisionsResearch suggests that a bad hire may cost up to twice a candidate’s annual salary. It is important to ensure you have collected and evaluated sufficient and valid information concerning the potential new-hire to ensure the right decision is being made for your school district. In this workshop you will experience the steps involved in a comprehensive hiring process, learn how to establish selection criteria, develop effective questions, and conduct behavioural interviews and behavioural reference checks. You will understand how collecting and evaluating candidates in this way provides you with rich and valid information to make long-lasting hiring decisions. |
Article E.2 Harassment/Sexual Harassment - TrainingOnce again, BCPSEA is offering a variety of harassment training programs to assist school districts in the administration of Article E.2 of the Provincial Collective Agreement between the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BC Public School Employers’ Association. >> Link to details |