BOLETÍN 1843: ODYSEEY, StatuteCdC, Promotion, Unfilled posts, Caisse de Maladie..

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Bulletin No 1343 

Meeting of the Staff Committee, 10. September, Brussels (continued from BI 1342)

• Meeting with the Secretary General (SG) and the Deputy Secretary General(DSG) (cont.)

• School Management System ( The ES Odyssey with the aptly named odyssee… ) A commercial product (My School) is  now being adapted to meet the needs of the ES. New COBEE has been tested and goes into production in all schools in 2013 in three phases.
• German L1, lower marks from second corrector. The SG “ in all subjects in all schools the second examiner gives lower marks than the first on average…”. But the differences in German L1 are very significant and the OSGES will study the question.
• Budget driven pedagogical reform.  SG:  schools can have exceptions, these are then to be approved by the Admin Boards. .  The WG  “Organisation of secondary studies”  meets for the first time on 24 September; issue of failure rates will play a role in considering the reform. School leaving certificate (e.g.  language skills of “failures”). Most expensive lessons are religion. The OSGES  wants to map which are the most expensive subjects. DSG: look at where there are small teaching groups since these are the most expensive; the  issue is not big/small school but big/small section; may need to study the issue of creating sections. Issue of class size and L2 skills in debate of failures: DSG studying failure and will present a report to the JTC in Feb.  SG: most failures in 4/5 include failures in the 3 sciences. Middle management: less ambitious proposals for JTC in Feb; watching the pilot project in Munich closely.
• Statute CdC:  For the OSGES this is the number one priority and it is hoped, with the agreement of the Belgian presidency, to put it to the BoG for approval in December for implementation from Sept 2013. Very few changes to the proposal made to the BoG in April, and the proposed salary steps have been retained despite opposition from the Commission.

• Approval of Bulletins 1834 – 1840. Approved, but see version 2 of BI 1835 with the current list of CdP representatives in the various working groups.
• Designation of CdP representatives in the various working groups c.f. BI 1835 (v2)
• Election of deputy secretary of the CdP : M Francis CHARUEL (Lux II)
• Report from the “Languages WG”. This will now become the “Organisation of Secondary Courses”. The final report of the Languages group will pass to the Inspectors and then the JTC.

• Other Business

• Lack of cleaning in the Primary buildings of Bx II by the first day of the new school year: Quite simply these were not cleaned and were found with the stains, debri, food remains etc. from the end of the last school year; waste was not emptied, a layer of dust lay over everything. Could budgetary considerations be the reason for this? The matter will be raised in the next Admin Board meeting…
• Increase in numbers of unfilled posts and the appeal by some Luxembourg teachers (coordinated by a Munich firm of lawyers). Many new colleagues feel discriminated against and some cannot live on the salary the receive (30-40% less than previously!).
• Criteria for promotion: many colleagues are surprised at the sometimes very liberal interpretation of the new article 61 b)
• Bx I colleagues having to commute between Uccle and the temporary premises in Berkendael. Colleagues can spend up to 200 minutes per week but there is no compensation for this at present. A proposal on supervision duties has been made and a meeting is scheduled for 11 September between management and staff reps.
• Caisse de Maladie: problems with documents “disappearing” and slowly “reappearing”… Apparently arbitrary (and unexpected) decisions on the cover for spouse and family members. Colleagues are encouraged to contact their staff rep in cases of difficulty.

• Dates of forthcoming meetings: 

• Wednesday 10 October, preparation for the JTC
• Monday 3 December, preparation for the BoG

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