OPSEU Member Educational Programs Clause Samples

OPSEU Member Educational Programs. 14.05.01 The Parties recognize the employee’s responsibility to ensure the delivery of a high quality education program to OPSEU’s dues paying members. The Employer acknowledges that an effective education program requires the involvement of staff and undertakes to see that staff is involved at all levels of the planning, co-ordination, development, delivery and evaluation of OPSEU's education program. Both Parties agree that although the President of OPSEU is responsible for all staffing decisions, the President will be guided, in the selection of facilitators for regionally based education programs, by the recommendations of the Regional EBM/STAFF Committee. 14.05.02 The Regional Executive Board Member/Staff Committee may assign a co- facilitator to any Regional educational program. Co-facilitators may be bargaining unit employees, or members of the Union, or any other person selected by that Committee. Employees shall be given preference in the selection of facilitators. 14.05.03 For the purpose of Regional Membership Education, the Regional Executive Board Member/Staff Committee will be tasked with the coordination of the Regional Education Programs. The Employer shall ensure that all staff and member facilitators who wish to facilitate are given the opportunity to learn new course material as it is developed. 14.05.04 OPSEU may also use qualified member facilitators where staff are not available for an assignment. Facilitators who wish to facilitate shall first have taken OPSEU's train-the-trainer program. A list of qualified member facilitators will be forwarded to each regional office. Where a member facilitator is not qualified he/she may co-facilitate with a staff member until they become qualified to facilitate.