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Show Tho Salt Lake Tribune Hhl4 Sunday, September B5 Contract Settlement Drags Because of the System, Granite Teachers Claim Hv Steve Eaton Tribune Stuff Writer Teachers in the Granite School District have bad to wait months fur a contract settlement in recent years because of disticl negotiation tactics and a district system that does nut lend itself to fast fair contract settlements. accurdmg to Granite Education Association officials This year contract negotiations were the most difficult the district has had in recent years according to Kent Gardner the district contract negotiator A federal mediator was called in last July after the GEA turned dow n a distric t offer but a seltlement was still not reached until ( BiG other items are discussed from the very beginning Some of the delays, however, must be attributed to the GEA, because they do not always make offers that are "realistic," he said "There is no motivation for the district to make counter offers on salary s. for example, while they are asking for twice what we can afford to pay, Mr Gardner said "The idea that we are not negotiating is false," Mr Gardner said There is no question that offers made by the GEA are brought back and carefully studied," Mr Call said "It would be irresponsible on our part not to bring them back and study the finacial and the educational implications of them " There is also prob'm between the time a proposal is presented and the time the board hears it, according to Ms Broadhead and Ms Phipps "I think our school board is too isolated." Ms Phipps said "It is insulated by the administration to the point where they dont get another source of information " "They get their training from the superintendent, they get their information from the superintendent, they only get the information that the superintendent wants them to hear" Ms Phipps said August This years contrail for teachers includes a 4 5 percent salary increase an improvement in the retirement plan, and a change in the emergency leave policy Teachers have also been given four extra contract days for class preparation and other professional actities as a result of career ladder money given to the district Administrators were also given a 4 5 percent salary increase and an extra half percent in administrative annuity's District classified employees reached a tentative settlement Friday but details of the agreement could not be released until the agreement is ratified, Mr Gardner said The board gave John need Call district superintendent, a salary boost from $63 000 to $67,000, a six percent increase Difficult Negotiations Kathy Broadhead GEA president and Norma Phipps, who was the GEA spokeswoman during the negotiations. have placed much of the blame for difficult negotiations with the district In a recent interview they said that the district is slow to give the GEA any offers and that the association's proposals must go through several layers of administrative bureaucracy before they reach an "isolated' board of education that only gets the information the superintendent wants them to receive Mr Call and Mr Gardner, said the GEA must not understand how the district negotiation process works and board members interviewed say they are not isolated The two sides apparently view the same elephant completely different "We didn't get any proposals or counter proposals from them the disthree months" Ms Broad-heatrict! said ' Every proposal we give they take it over and throw it out to the principals and let them tear it to pieces, they throw it out to the budget man and let him tear it to pieces, they throw it out to the personel man and let him tear it to pieces and when we get through you know somebody is going to find a reason w hy it shouldn't fly." Ms. Phipps said "And consequently when that takes place there isn't any real bargaining that takes place at that table. Ms Broadhead said "They make you an offer and if you' dont take it they declare impass Ms Phipps said Offer Not Realistic Although salary is not the first thing discussed. Mr Gardner said. More Direct Contact The board needs to have more South Mam Street Salt Lake - TALL & Fashion Place Mall 532-168- 7 261-155- 4 'pa&Juart- pedtcoU 'paM new fashion collection... Shown here - is a sampling of our for fall, especially for you. On just , sale now. 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Black, brown, wine & grey people Gary Swensen. a board member of said that based on past experience he can say 'w ithout reservation" that he has "complete confidence" information given the board by the administration is complete He described the accusation that information is "laundered" as an "old policial ploy ' The board h.3s decided that during negotiations all exchanges between the GEA and the district be conducted by Mr Gardner, Mr Swensen said "As individual school board members we don't have the expertise or the time to get involved in those kind of things," Mr Swensen said talking of the negotiation process Proposals Discussed J Dale Christensen, another board member, said that when reporting to the board in executive sessions. Mr Gardner discusses GEA proposals in detail "In my opinion he has even gone overboard to express the position of the association," Mr Christensen said Mr Christensen, who is a principal in the district, and Mr Swensen, who works with the Salt Lake County Recreation Division, have frequent contact with teachers and others that offer them input on school matters N & 12. M-1- WW 5-- 1 1 25 deposit selection on ar if W5-1- 2 it '55 to 105. will hold your lay-awa- y U. Course Helps Students At Judge to Learn Science A course developed by a I'mversity of Utah science education professor is giving students at Judge Memorial High School the skills necessary to learn science Dale R Baker, assistant professor of educational studies, spent the summer developing the science literacy-coursw ith the assistance of Michael Piburn of Westminster College of Salt Lake City and John LeCavilier and Steve Cotterell. who are teaching the course to all freshmen at Judge Memorial Dr Baker received a grant from the Castle Foundation to purchase-specia- l instructional materials used in the course The course utilizes all the findings of research about how students learn science, said the professor. W e re taking w hat w e know from research and applying it to the classroom." she said Develop Reasoning In addition to giving students lilei acv skills the course helps them develop reasoning and abilities and moti problem-solvinvates them to continue studvmg m tionships A strong experimentation component comes next before they begin constructing scientific models The classes are arranged so that students move from the easiest to the most difficult skills," she said "Were moving from concrete ideas to more abstract ideas throughout the year. Reasoning in an abstract fashion is something they will need" for subsequent success in science Dr Baker said the course will help prepare students to be successful science learners throughout the remainder of their high school and .oliege years What we plan to do with these students in subsequent years is to look at their achievement in biology, physics and chemistry to determine how successful we were in providing them with the skills necessary to learn about science," she said Arts Conference Set c g The course is taught m a lab in sit-aof through text be oks ftcauK' of nature and it involves a ts hands-o- n about what students lot of discus-io- n arc doing and leurini g said Dr Bus er However traditional ter is not r c giesti d sjtjcit mat this apI b Lev e that and proach students will undci'tand than content they more member it would ii they received the usual said and textbmk ii"tru(t,on the hy potn tin a ,i J iiu' laii 1 his c - si- I rn Doling tli fi-- ait st s'udu.ts participate ai ' In- in of tli'1 c y ai expeatorv them with that fan.il-anr, at oral w m Id Xin ntifie H laiionships iv iiic s ' - 111-- -, tin n loi k al M Titlli - I Gov Scott Matheson will be among the featured speakers at an arts edu ( at ion conference Thursoay and Friday at the Salt Lake Art Center. 20 S West Temple The conference will examine the talus of arts education programs in 11 Western and Southwestern states and will provide information on strategies to improve and promote arts education The session also will focus on arts education in rural schools m areas with great geographical diversity The Salt Lake confeicnce is the fourth of five sponsored nationwide hv the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with the National Alembic of Stale Arts Agencies Joe Prince director of the endowment s Artists in Education Pro gam - sdij (,ov Mathesons parliu .. ,o;is njua'ive of a crowing of the importance of the awarcic-s-- V-.- The work arts oi (to- - si pool c urr o ulum 3 hard They work out They toke their coreers, their health - and their looks - seriously of active They're the tan generation The thousends Silver that discovered men end women who hove Solariums tan better saer and fcser than the sun Unlike the sun, Silver Sdoriums ten gen!y The doer out the rays tha burn and age tne skin And they ton r sess ens ere a'l you need to fast - u st a fe-lock grec For he Heo.h loo1 cf sjmer ell year rojnd get a S her Solon jm' t eaves you ee mg haf-hou- j young Be 0 a part of the tart generation. 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