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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-11-15, Page 6PAGE 6 GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1979 Board aimsto improve employee . relations; hire professional BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron county board of education may have gone a long ways toward bettering poor employee relations recently when it hired a personnel and employee relations officer. Conbern that board and its staff were becoming distrustful and bitter toward each other prompted the hiring of the personnel of- ficer. Long and bitter contract negotiations that in 1978 developed into a secondary school teacher strike, the increasing number of grievances being filed by staff, feelings that trustees and teaching staff couldn't understand the other's position and feelings that the delivery of education was suffering becautse of these rifts lead the board to its decision. John Cochrane, director of education, said Monday that he hoped the hiring of the personnel officer could patch up differences between trustees and board staff. He said the board was very selective when hiring because it wanted the right person for the job. Trustees feel they found the right person. Peter Gryseels,la teacher for the London board of education, will take up duties for the Huron board January 1. The 37 year old is currently a department head in the London system and January 1, 1979 will begin his duties in Huron county.. Cochrane said one of Gryseels' first tasks will be to get into the schools and get acquainted with the teachers. He said the board hoped that Gryseels' experience as a teacher and his un- derstanding of the profession will allow him to develop the- kind of rapport with the teachers needed to be successfull at the job. The director said the personnel officer will be "servicing" the teacher contract which could be more important than negotiating the pact, another job he will be responsible for. "We hope he can nip a lot of problems in the bud before they fester," said the director. Cochrane said the board realized two years ago it needed someone on ,staff to negotiate teacher contracts. At that time it hired Fred Reeves, an experienced negotiater in industry, to represent the board at the negotiating table. That effort failed and the board•felt the failure was due to Reeves' inability Ito understand teachers and the teaching profession. This year a negotiater was hired through the Ontario Public School Trustees' Association and while things went smoother it was obvious someone was needed to service the pact once it was settled. The board will be paying Gryseels a secondary school principal's wage, $39,000 a year, but look at the wage. as a bargain. It spent in excess of $30,000 hiring Reeves and only had him while the contracts were being written. "We'll be getting more mileage from our dollars," said Cochrane of the wage. . Another feather in Gryseels' cap is that he has experience with contract negotiation . While in London he served as chief negotiat r for the London teachers.' -- i,, Shirley Weary, head of the teacher ne otiating team in Huron county this year, felt Gryseels' hiring was a "positive step on the part of the board". She said employee relations were "fragmented" now because people with a job to do were also trying to handle the duties of a personnel relations officer. She acknowledged that looking after staff problems was a,full time job. ' Weary said the fact that Gryseels was a teacher would at least allow him to understand the language of a teaching contract. She said servicing contracts was probably more 'im- portant than the actual negotiating. "Sometimes the way things are carried out is more disasterous than the actual proposal," she said. According to the board's job description for the personnel officer Gryseels will be required to • direct and co-ordinate the negotiations of the board with academic and non-academic staff • recommend to the board negotiating strategy and the board's bargaining position • hold meetings with negotiating teams and administrative staff to develop board proposals in negotiating • report the progress of negotiations to the board and its staff • recommend actions in any work -to -rule, lock out, strike or other situations that could occur to resolve matters • develope continuous and responsible approach to negotiations with each employee group • assist in interpretation and administration of all collective.agreements • recommend pnlicy. and procedure relating to collective agreements 0 • work closely with the board's legal counsel on all employee relation matters referred to counsel • develop and maintain, communications with other boards with regard to new developments and strategies on negotiations develop and maintain communication with board of education and teaching organizations at the provincial level as well as the ministry of education to keep abreast of trends in bargaining and legislative policies affecting employee relations • maintain and generate statistics on salaries, working conditions and benefits in collective agreements across the province and • perform other tasks as may be requested by the director of education or the board. For staff Gryseels' duties will include • visiting schools regularly in an'ombudsman role as a means of improving . relations and discussing problems encountered • develop job descriptions for all employees and keep those descriptions current • assist the director of education in an annual performance review for all employees and • perform other tasks as may be requested by the director of education or the board. Gryseels' will have no easy time on the job but the board is confident any effort and success he realizes will be much better than what it has now. As Cochrane noted his first and most im- portant duty will be to "try to keep molehills and molehills and not let them develop into moun- tains". Goderich and district deaths MISS MARY IRENE JEFFERSON Miss Mary Irene Jefferson of Apartment 4, 86 Waterloo. Street, North in Goderich died sud- denly in Alexandra Marr- and . General Hospital on Friday, November 9. She was born in Don- nybrook to William, John and Christena (Cameron) Jefferson. She had lived in Goderich for the last 15 years Prior to that she served several Ontario communities as a school teacher. She taught in Ashfield Township, Dunville, Donnybrook S.S. 15, Mitler Lake, Colborne (on the Maitland Concession) and Sgmbra.. She was a member of Bluewater Chapter no. 284, Order of the Eastern Star. She was also a member of North ' Street United Church in Goderich. She is survived by three sisters, Gladys of Goderich, Mrs. Margaret Leddy of Wingham, and Mrs. Olive Reeves of Stratford ; and four brothers, Gordon of Owen Sound, Joseph of Thunder Bay, Sam of Goderich and Pete of R.R. 2 Auburn. She was predeceased by her parents and four brothers, George, Cameron, John and Charles. A funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home in Goderich on Monday, November 12 at 2:30 p.m. The Reverend Dr. R. Gordon Hazlewood -officiated. A beautiful tribute to the Jefferson family and the late Miss Jefferson, written by the Reverend Hugh Wilson of•Exeter, a close friend of the family, was read during the funeral service. Interment was in Greenhill Cemetery, Lucknow. Pallbearers were Robert,,Jefferson, Don C. Jefferson, Wesley Jef- ferson, Donald Jefferson, Norman ' 'Jefferson and Gordon Robinson. Bluewater Chapter no. 284, Order of the Eastern Star, held a service for the late Miss Jefferson at the funeral home on Sunday, November 11 at 9 p.m. MRS. ELIZABETH SCOTT Mrs. Elizabeth Scott of 125 Lighthouse Street in Goderich died in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Thursday, November 8 at the age of 85. She was born on April 23, 1894 in Habergham, Eaves, England to Robert and Mar'y Ann (Smith) Cockett. In 1910 she moved from England to Toronto with her family. She lived in Toronto until moving to Goderich in 1967. She was an adherent of St. George's Anglican Church. She was predeceased by her husband, john Scott. 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