SB88-16/17: Resolution Amending ASUM Child Care Personnel Policy. This resolution passed 12Y-5N-5A at the May 3, 2017 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate (ASUM)

Barnes-Smith, Seth

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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present ASUM Student Government Spring 5-3-2017 SB88-16/17: Resolution Amending ASUM Child Care Personnel Policy Seth Barnes-Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/asum_resolutions Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Barnes-Smith, Seth, "SB88-16/17: Resolution Amending ASUM Child Care Personnel Policy" (2017). Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present. 617. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/asum_resolutions/617 This Institutional Document is brought to you for free and open access by the ASUM Student Government at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. The Associated Students of the University of Montana 1 Resolution Amending ASUM Child Care Personnel Policy 2 April 27, 2017 3 SB88-16/17 4 Authored by: Seth Barnes-Smith, ASUM Senator; 5 Sponsored by:  6  7 Whereas, section 4.4 subsection 4.41 of the ASUM Personnel Policy currently reads as follows: 8 Director (1 classified position, 1.FTE 12 mo.):  Primary responsibility of directing 4 9 child care/preschool centers, the Drop-In Care at Campus Recreation and Health 10 Facility, Griz Kidz Care for UM home basketball games, the Babysitting Exchange and 11 the Family Referral and Resource Program.  Director also administers the USDA Child 12 and Adult Food Program operations within the child care preschool centers.  The child 13 Care Preschool has supervision responsibilities over all classified employees of the Child 14 Care Preschool Program.  Director must receive 30 hours of training annually and 15 conduct staff meetings and staff training.  Director must be an approved Professional 16 Development Specialist II or III. 17  18 Whereas, section 4.4 subsection 4.44 of the ASUM Personnel Policy currently reads as follows: 19 Center Assistant Teachers (4 classified positions, 4=1. FTE 12 mo.):  Primary 20 responsibility is the supervision of the children enrolled, and assisting the lead teacher in 21 the childcare preschool program daily routine.  Assistant teachers must receive 24 hours 22 of training annually, and participate in staff meetings as requested. 23  24 Whereas, section 4.4 subsection 4.45 of the ASUM Personnel Policy currently reads as follows: 25 Student Teacher Aides (approximately 65 student positions each semester):  Primary 26 responsibility is to assist the teachers with supervision of the children, preparation of 27 meals and snacks as instructed, prepare educational materials as directed, and assist 28 with housekeeping duties as required.  Student teacher aides are also required to 29 participate in 8 hours of training annually and attend staff meetings as requested. 30 Whereas, these descriptions are not up-to-date and do not accurately demonstrate how ASUM 31 Childcare is operating due to the disappearance of certain programs and the modification of 32 licensing requirements; 33  34  35 Therefore, Let It Be Resolved, that section 4.4 subsection 4.41of the ASUM Personnel Policy be 36 updated to read as follows: 37 Director (1 classified position, 1.FTE 12 mo.):  Primary responsibility of directing 4 38 childcare/preschool centers, the Drop-In Care at Campus Recreation and Health 39 Facility, Griz Kidz Care for UM home basketball games, the Babysitting Exchange and 40 the Family Referral and Resource Program.  Director also administers the USDA Child 41 and Adult Food Program operations within the childcare/preschool centers.  The child 42 Care Preschool has supervision responsibilities over all classified employees of the Child 43 Care Preschool Program.  Director must receive 30 hours of training annually and 44 conduct staff meetings and staff training.  Director must be an approved Professional 45 Development Specialist II or III. 46 Therefore, Let It Further Be Resolved, that section 4.4 subsection 4.44 of the ASUM Personnel 47 Policy be updated to read as follows: 48 Center Assistant Teachers (6 classified positions, 4=1. FTE 12 mo.):  Primary 49 responsibility is the supervision of the children enrolled, and assisting the lead teacher in 50 the childcare preschool program daily routine.  Assistant teachers must receive 24 hours 51 of training annually, and participate in staff meetings as requested. 52  53 Therefore, Let It Further Be Resolved, that section 4.4 subsection 4.45 of the ASUM Personnel 54 Policy be updated to read as follows: 55 Student Teacher Aides (approximately 65 student positions each semester):  Primary 56 responsibility is to assist the teachers with supervision of the children, preparation of 57 meals and snacks as instructed, prepare educational materials as directed, and assist 58 with housekeeping duties as required.  Student teacher aides are also required to 59 participate in 16 hours of training annually and attend staff meetings as requested. 60 Student teacher aides must also be First Aid certified and Infant, Child, & Adult CPR 61 certified within 30 days of hire (paid for independently of ASUM Childcare). 62  63 Passed by Committee: May 1, 2017 64  65 Passed by ASUM Senate: ___________________________, 2017 66  67  68  69  70 ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 71 Connor Fitzpatrick,     Elizabeth, Engebretson Vice-President, 72 Chair of Relations & Affairs    Chair of the Senate 73  74 

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