Ontario Nurses' Association

Purpose: To provide participants with ideas and strategies to assist in developing roles, functions, meetings and accountabilities as ONA Local executive members.

Focus:

• Process tools - how to use them and how they will assist the facilitator/leader in his or her role
• The need for outcomes (short-term and long-term) and how these guide the Local's work
• Some short- and long-term outcomes required to guide the Local's work over a two-year period
• The accountabilities of the Local executive team and the specific roles and accountabilities for each member of the Local executive team
• Qualities of a facilitator/leader required for building a team. The stages of group development, the role of the facilitator/leader in assisting groups to achieve their outcomes and develop some basic conflict resolution skills
• The provincial structure of ONA, including the roles and accountabilities of the Board of Directors, Locals and the Bargaining Unit Structure, and the identification of defined and potential roles and accountabilities for the bargaining unit, bargaining unit committees and unit representatives
• ONA‘s policy governance model and how this links to their roles in representing members at the Local /Bargaining unit level
• Discussion of and planning for bargaining unit needs over a two-year period
• The establishment of the relationship between strategic planning and budgeting. Discussion and execution of a planning line for the Local for a two-year period based on bargaining unit needs. Identification of the skills required to service the Local and how to use a skills gaps analysis tool to assist the Local in planning. Review of the process required when developing local policies (with membership approval using parliamentary procedure)