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November 2016

NOVEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER

WORKING FOR YOU

111-1555 St. James Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B5

Phone: 204-953-0250 Fax: 204-953-0259 Office Email: [email protected] Website: www.wante.org Editor: Carol Gossel, [email protected]

See more pictures at www.wante.org

Retirees Janice Fiebelkorn & Diep Trieu and George V & Robertson family & friends Retiree Angela Preston & Glenelm family & friends

Retirees Elizabeth Marchessault & Norma Roulston & River Elm family & friends

Retiree John Walden & Robertson family & friends Retiree Denise Anneck & Sargent family & friends


Retirees Denise Anneck & Walter Kotowich & their Sargent Park & Montcalm family & friends

Retiree Connie Stewner and her Shaughnessy Park friends

Retiree Cecile Lemoine & Joanne Stanley with their family & friends from PC-ERC and Inkster

Retiree Barbara Courchene & friends from Niji Mahkwa & Mulvey


Retiree Diane Thorndycraft & her Prairie Rose firiends

permanent. This has been a long time coming but we have an agreement with Human Resources and I have already seen a few of you processed to permanent.

Our Annual Dinner was held on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the Victoria Inn and Conference Centre. There were 155 members, co-workers, friends and family who came out to celebrate with 24 of our 43 retirees in attendance being honored at this event. It was a wonderful evening. I wish to thank to Carol Gossel (Chair) and the Social Committee, for the excellent job of coordinating and planning this wonderful evening. We were again honored to have Board of Trustees Chairperson, Sherri Rollins, Chief Superintendent Pauline Clarke, Chief Human Resources Officer Eric Barnaby, Human Resource Officers Joelle Aylward, Lois Pare and Lizette Grivicic, Wellness Co-ordinator Heather Closen, and from Pensions & Benefits Audra Schalk,

join us as our guests. I want to thank everyone who attended this event and everyone who contributed and made it such a success. It really was a great evening and I think everyone that attended really enjoyed it. On behalf of the Association, congratulations and best wishes to all our retirees.

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. I will be off work from November 29, 2016 to the new year as I am having surgery. I will be, as always available by phone or E-mail while I am away. Lorraine Taylor, Administrative Assistant will be in the office while I am away Monday – Friday. Enjoy your time off with family and friends and best wishes for the New Year. See you in 2017! Please feel free to call me at 204-953-0250 (office) or while I am away at (204) 619-0822, if you have any questions or concerns. I can also be reached by E-mail at [email protected].


I can’t believe we are in November already. It seems like just yesterday that everyone was heading back to work and now before you know it we will be off for Winter Break.

If you are interested in looking for new opportunities, remember to check Employee Connect at least once every 5 days. There have been several jobs posted already this year. Remember— if you don’t apply as a permanent person you won’t be considered for the position.

GREAT NEWS FOR TERM EMPLOYEES. The big news this fall is for the employees who have been working in terms for several years. If you have worked in a term position since September 3, 2014 with no break in service till June 30, 2015 and returned September 9, 2015 in a term and worked till June 30, 2016 and are now working this year, HR will be reviewing your terms and if you meet the criteria you will be made

Message from the President — Barbara Morrison

In Memoriam On September 9, 2016, Rose Metcalfe, Retired Library Tech Assistant, a member of our staff for 13 years; On September 16, 2016, Susana Correia, Educational Assistant, a member of our staff for 17 years; On September 5, 2016, Adeline Parker, Retired Educational Assistant, a member of our staff for 16 years; On July 3, 2016, Evelyn Rawluk, Clerk, a member of our staff for 7 years; On September 4, 2016, Dorothy Roberts, Educational Assistant, a member of our staff for 10 years

Message from the Vice

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Retiree Brenda Chartrand & Grant Park friends Retiree Lakhwinder Pannu Retiree Denise Anneck

Retiree Janice Fiebelkorn Retiree Lorna Barley Retiree Walter Kotowich

Retiree Brenda Chartrand

Retiree Brenda Casselman

Retiree Barbara Courchene Retiree Shirley Cavers



2016 W.A.N.T.E. Annual Dinner

Thank you to everyone involved with the Annual Dinner held at the Victoria Inn on Thursday, October 27, 2016! With 24 retirees in attendance and honouring over 847 years of combined service, it was a wonderful evening. Thank you to all of the W.A.N.T.E. members who attended and helped celebrate with the retirees and their guests. Thank you also to Sharon Wereniuk for taking pictures, Irene Costa for saying grace and to the W.A.N.T.E. Social Committee for all your help in organizing and ensuring that the evening flowed smoothly and that everyone enjoyed the event.

Hope to see you all next year! Carol Gossel, Social Committee Chair

Back Row (L to R): Bev Patterson, Debra Lawrence, Shirley Cavers, Brenda Casselman, Joanne Stanley, Denise Anneck, Valerie Falk, Angela Preston, Brenda Pietrus, Linda Marchand, Cecile Lemoine, Walter Kotowich, John Walden

Front Row (L to R): Diep Trieu, Brenda Chartrand, Connie Stewner, Barbara Courchene, Lakhwinder Pannu, Diane Thorndycraft, Lorna Barley, Elizabeth Marchessault, Norma Roulston, Janice Fiebelkorn, Jocelyn Taylor

To all our Retirees - Congratulations on your well-deserved retirement. We wish you many years of health and happiness.

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Winter Break is around the corner!!

The last day of work for all ten month employees is Thursday, December 22, 2016 and the return day is Monday, January 9, 2017. All twelve month employees will work their regular hours with the exception of Boxing Day which is on Monday, December 26, 2016. All twelve month employees will have Tuesday, December 27, 2016 off with pay in lieu of Christmas Day as it is on a Sunday and Monday January 2, 2017 in lieu of New Years Day as it is on a Sunday.

TECH TIPS from Mike Langtry Helpful Hints for Working in Windows 7 Many people are dragged into using Windows 7 without a choice because their new computers probably came with Windows 7 installed. Working in Windows 7 isn’t so hard if you consider the helpful hints in this list. You’ll save time and pre-vent a headache or two! Don’t know what a certain button does in a program? Rest your mouse pointer over the button for a few seconds. A helpful box often pops up to explain the button’s purpose. If you’re baffled, try pressing F1, that “function key” near your keyboard’s upper-left corner. A Help window appears, often bringing hints about your current problem. To see what you can do with something in Windows, right-click it. A menu appears, listing all your available options. Press Alt to reveal any hidden menus in any program, including Media Player. To find lost windows on the desktop, hold down Alt and press Tab. Windows displays thumbnail images of open window. Keep holding down Alt, press Tab until Windows selects your desired window, and then let go of Alt to bring that window to the top. To share files with all the users of your computer, copy them into one of Windows’ Public folders: Dou-ble-click the name of any of your libraries, and two folders appear. The folder named Public is accessible to everybody on your PC (and even a network). If your computer acts weird after you install new hardware or software, use System Restore to set it back to a time when it worked. Click All Programs from the Start menu, click the Accessories menu and choose System Tools, and then click System Restore.

Retrieve accidentally deleted files and folders by opening the Recycle Bin on your desktop. Right-click the deleted item and choose Restore to return it to its original location. To return to an older version of a file you’ve changed, right-click the file and choose Restore Previous Versions. When Windows lists the date of the version you want to retrieve, click the Restore button.

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Use Problem Steps Recorder to Record Problems

In Windows 7 there is an awesome feature called Problem Steps Recorder to record your onscreen activities. Click on the start button and write psr on the search box and it will open Problem Steps Recorder. Just click on the record button and show the steps that were causing problems on your Windows PC.

If you ever encounter any problem and want to share the screenshots of the problems and what you were exactly trying to do, you can easily do this using PSR. PSR will record your open windows, clicks and comments and will save it as a mht format and will create a zip folder. Then you can share this zip folder with anyone who can help you to solve the problem. Note that, it will not record anything that you type so it is safe to use. If you want to write something that you think will help to solve your problem, you can add comments by clicking the comment button. If you want to know more; read the Microsoft page about Problem Steps Recorder on windows.

Michael Langtry WSD Tech 204.667.7225 “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” —Aldous Huxley

Organize Your Open Windows in Windows 7 While working in Windows 7, you may end up with a screen overflowing with open windows. Organize those open windows in Windows 7 by using the hints in this table:

To Do This… Do This… - See a list of all open windows - Look at the names on the taskbar along the screen’s bottom. - Move from one window to another - Press Alt+Tab+Tab or click the window’s name on the taskbar. window. - Tile the windows across the screen. - Click the taskbar’s clock with the right mouse button and click Show Windows Stacked, or Show Windows Side by Side. - Cascade the windows across - Click the taskbar’s clock with the right mouse button and then the screen. click Cascade Windows. - Shrink all open windows. - Click the Show Desktop icon at the taskbar’s far right edge. - Make a window fill the screen. - Double-click the title bar along its top edge. Maxing a window can also be achieved by dragging a window to the top of the screen, to restore just drag it away from top of screen.

UPCOMING EVENTS...

Friday, November 11, 2016 Remembrance Day (No School) Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Collective Bargaining Info Night

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Pension Workshop, Admin Bldg #2 Thursday, December 1, 2016 Liaison Meeting

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Council Meeting Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Council Meeting

Friday, November 18, 2016 Non Instructional Day Thursday, December 22, 2016 Last day of school before Winter Break

Monday, November 21, 2016 Collective Bargaining Info Night Friday, December 23—Friday, January 6, 2017

Winter Break

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BENEFITS– IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION! Sue Lee is no longer working for Winnipeg School Division. With Sue’s departure Benefits and Payroll has undergone a re-structure. As of October, payroll clerks are now in charge of administering benefits for all employees of the Division as of October. This should prove to be very beneficial to our members as the payroll clerks are aware when there are new employees and they will have the proper paperwork and information for benefit packages. If you have a question about your personal benefits package, or have a life changing event and need to sign up for or withdraw from benefits, please contact your appropriate payroll clerk. You can contact Payroll by calling the Admin switchboard operator by dialing “0” on any Division phone or directly at 204-775-0231. The operation will ask you which employee group you are with and the first letter of your last name. Also in the news on Benefits for 2017 — those enrolled in the Health Benefits will have their deductible waived for the 2017 year. Due to a surplus in the account—the WANTE Council and Executive discussed and decided that a waiving of fees would be the most beneficial to our Members—a nice little bonus if you have to pick up prescriptions in January!

Retiree Brenda Pietrus Retiree Jocelyn Taylor Retiree Linda Marchand

Retiree Diep Trieu Retiree Diane Thorndycraft Retiree Angela Preston Retiree Norma Roulston



Professional Development funding is available to our members from Winnipeg School Division and from W.A.N.T.E.

Any members seeking funding must first apply through WSD and then to W.A.N.T.E.

WSD PD Funding forms should be available at your work location and W.A.N.T.E. PD Forms are available on the W.A.N.T.E. Website.

Funding is given up to $250.00 to an individual once per year or $500.00 for group funding of more than 5 people.

W.A.N.T.E. wants to keep in touch

If a member at your work location is off for an extended time due to illness or has had a bereavement in the family, please advise the W.A.N.T.E. office and we will send out a “Thinking of You” card.

W.A.N.T.E. in conjunction with VuBiz offers members and their families an opportunity to on line training.

Check out the On-Line Training tab on the W.A.N.T.E. website to see the over 1000 courses that are offered.

VuBiz gives you the opportunity to work at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home.

Give it a try and see what you find and begin your learning experience!

On the log in screen, enter your E-mail address so the program can create a unique identifier for you which allows tracking of your results and printing certificates in your name. Use W.A.N.T.E. as your password ID.

The first time that you sign on, you will need to enter a little extra information so that we can set you up.

Email Address (confirmation): This is to confirm the information that you keyed.

First Name: So that we can identify you properly in the system when you return.

Last Name: So that we can identify you properly in the system when you return.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.wante.org On-Line Training

Improve your skills

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE FORMS

Membership update forms should have been distributed in your workplace. If you haven’t already done so, please send in your membership update form, as soon as possible to the W.A.N.T.E. office. W.A.N.T.E. does not receive any personal information from the Division so we rely on what our members send us.

**Changing your name—make sure you also let us know.

Do you have a Facebook account? Have you seen the W.A.N.T.E.

Facebook page?

The W.A.N.T.E. Page is used for sharing of information with the members.

Retiree John Walden


Retiree Elizabeth Marchessault

Retiree Valerie Falk

Retiree Debra Lawrence

Retiree Bev Patterson

Retiree Joanne Stanley

Retiree Connie Stewner


Greeters Carla Paul, Michelle Short & Brittany Morrison

I would like to let the Membership know that the Collective Bargaining Committee held its first meeting on October 5, 2016. We have been compiling and recording the items that have been submitted to the Committee. We have heard from roughly 100 plus members or workplaces. That is a small sample from our overall numbers, but a pattern has already formed. Along with the membership items, the Committee also has some ideas and also input from our Legal Counsel. We will be meeting with the Legal Counsel on November 7, 2016 to discuss and review items. We hope to narrow down the list to best reflect the concerns for this upcoming negotiations.

We will be holding two meetings for the membership to come out and participate. The dates are Monday, November 21 & Tuesday, November 22, 2016. These meetings will be held at Admin Building #2 in Room 106 from 5 to 7 pm. We hope that you are able to attend one of the two nights. When the Committee and Legal Counsel feel that we have finalized our memorandums for an agreement, we will then give notice to the Division to enter into Negotiations. We will also advise the Membership as to when this would take place.

Collective Bargaining — Luis Tome

Liaison Committee — Luis Tome


Our first Liaison meeting for this school year was held on October 13, 2016 at the Admin Bldg. # 2 . It was attended by 51 representatives from various work locations along with Council and Executive members that make up the 2016-2017 Committee. WANTE appreciates the commitment by our representatives. Items on the Agenda were: Introduction of Candidates Reporting of Absences on AESOP Term Employees Collective Bargaining

In the open session, various questions were asked about the topics and other items that were not listed. Please read the minutes for these questions. Liaison dates for the 2016-2017 school year are December 1, 2016, February 9 and April 6 2017. To all those who do attend the meetings it is much appreciated.

Our next meeting is scheduled for December 1, 2016.

BUS RIDERSHIP - Everyone including Educational Assistants, Teachers, and Principals should be participating

in school bus evacuation drills to learn proper procedures. - The intent of the training is to create a role memory within students of the process so that,

should a real event occur, the actions are well practiced and routine for the students. - If a supported student has never practiced the drill with the supporting EA, it becomes a panic

situation - particularly for students that are EBD or Autistic. - Additionally, students do not experience a realistic portrayal of the evacuation procedure and

the expectations placed on them.

WINNIPEG ASSOCIATION OF NON-TEACHING

EMPLOYEES 2015 / 2016 RETIREES

Denise Anneck Sargent Park Elizabeth Marchessault River Elm

Lorna Barley King Edward Ellen Nothstein Carpathia/Brock Corydon

Esther Bergen PC-ERC IDSS Lakhwinder Pannu Stanley Knowles

Cecilia Bruyere Gordon Bell Beverley Patterson Clinical Support Services

Brenda Casselman Carpathia - CSS Teresa Phillips Tyndall Park

Shirley Cavers Meadows West Brenda Pietrus Admin Bldg #1 - Payroll

Brenda Chartrand Greenway Angela Preston Glenelm

Barbara Courchene Niji Makhwa Lisa Riccio Sargent Park

Melody Coverdale Lord Roberts Sharon Rossi Brock Corydon

William Daly Wellington Norma Roulston River Elm

Valerie Falk Glenelm Ines Santos King Edward

Janice Fiebelkorn George V Joanne Stanley Inkster

Gertrude Flett Niji Mahkwa Connie Stewner Shaughnessy Park

Karen Hanuschuk Tec-Voc Jocelyn Taylor Robertson

Shelly Henry Grant Park Diane Thorndycraft Prairie Rose

Kelly Jonasson Tyndall Park Rosemary Tiede Isaac Newton

Walter Kotowich Montcalm Diep Trieu WAEC

Penny Kovacs John M. King John Walden Robertson

Catherine Land Gladstone Donna Walton Luxton

Debra Lawrence John M. King Vera Willson River Heights

Cecile Lemoine PC-ERC - LSS Larry Young Daniel McIntyre

Linda Marchand J.B. Mitchell

How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

- Winnie the Pooh

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