Posted by Hank Mollet on June 9th, 2008 in State Council
Jan and Hank attended State Council this weekend. State Council is the democratic body of CTA that meets 4 times per year to decide policy and direct the activities of the organization.
The item that was most contentious on the floor was the reverse dues check off. As we discussed at rep council, the reverse dues check off is a method of collecting funding for CTA’s legislative and scholarship programs. The reverse dues check off was approved (60%-40%) and will go into effect at the beginning of the school year.
If you would like to view the minutes from each committee and the new business items that were discussed, please visit CTA.org to download.
Posted by Hank Mollet on June 4th, 2008 in Bargaining, Contract
The election results are in! You have ratified the tentative agreement by a vote of 404-64 (86% approval).
Contract 08-10
Posted by Hank Mollet on May 30th, 2008 in Elections, Bargaining, Contract
In consideration of the May revise and our pending tentative agreement, the District called another negotiations meeting to discuss further considerations. The bargaining team has tentatively accepted the changes and the rep council is currently reviewing them. If accepted by rep council, these changes will be voted into the contract by the membership on Tuesday.
Updated Contract Language
The highlights
Caseload will remain at the current 172 first semester, but will stay at 163 second semester. (The sunset language was removed from this section. This means that this language will remain in effect unless it is renegotiated.) The new $2500 stipend for more than 170 students remains.
There will be 15 classes at 36, instead of 20. No teacher may have more than 2 of these classes.
The summer school language was also changed to allow a shorter summer school.
Posted by Hank Mollet on May 22nd, 2008 in Newsletter
Get your read on May 2008 ACT Now
Posted by who-me on May 15th, 2008 in Board Meeting
Education Coalition Rally on 5/14 4:30-6pm off of Waterman and Hospitality.
- Tentative Agreement is ready for Rep. Council.
- Ontario High School is looking at voting on a block schedule for next year.
Posted by Hank Mollet on May 14th, 2008 in Bargaining, Contract
Please open contract-updated-language.doc to view the changes to the contract.
Red text indicates changes.
Rep Council will be voting May 27th on whether or not this language will be recommended to the staff for a ratification vote. The ratification vote has been tentatively scheduled for June 3rd.
If you have any questions, please see your campus director or leave a comment here.
Posted by who-me on April 24th, 2008 in Rep Council
- May 14, CA Day of the Teacher, there will be a Rally in San Bernardino off of Waterman and Hospitality Lane.
- The Council endorsed Kathy Kinley and Shari Megaw for School Board.
- Voted by acclamation to waive written ballots and install Jan Thornhill as President and Phil Okamoto as Secretary.
- Elections Committee - Upcoming elections for State Council,
School Site Councils, Local Curriculum Steering Committees, Reps., Directors, and Dept. Chairs.
- Day of the Teacher Massages are coming May 6.
- Retirement Committee - Sign up for the retirement party on May 9. The deadline to sign up is Friday April 25. So far we have 8 retirees.
- Scholarship Committee has made it’s selections.
- Bargaining Committee- We have District
re-openers.
- The District wants to look at:
- Article 10 - Options in regard to work load/adjunct duties in alternative education settings.
- Article 11 - Case load/size parameters.
- Article 19 - Cost saving options for health and welfare benefits.
- Article 26 - Assuring that salary and other settlement costs shall be set at a level which will allow us to remain fiscally solvent through the 2008-2009 school year, plus two additional years as required by AB 1200.
- IPD - (Instruction and Professional Development) - 250 people have already taken the survey. Thanks for your response.
- State Council - Please see the report online.
Posted by Hank Mollet on April 9th, 2008 in School Board
As you may know, Ray Sario will be retiring at the end of the year. Shari Megaw has agreed to run for our board and we think she will make a fine replacement. The board and rep council have endorsed Shari.
Please take a minute to check out Shari’s campaign website.
Posted by Hank Mollet on April 7th, 2008 in State Council
Jan and I attended State Council this weekend. We were asked to vote on a number of issues and met with our own committees (Communications and Alternative, Career, Tech Ed).
You may have seen the CTA rally on the news. Jan was one of the teachers on stage representing the reduction in force numbers for our area. She also attended the second stop of the bus tour in Rialto on Monday.
State Council voted to endorse NEA Candidate Recommendations for:
Dennis Van Roekel for NEA President
Lily Eskelsen for NEA Vice President
Becky Pringle for NEA Secretary-Treasurer
Princess Moss for NEA Executive Committee
Len Paolillo for NEA Executive Committee
We also voted on endorsements for Assembly Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts.
There were some changes to policy language that State Council voted into our policy handbook and there were some recommendations for policy language distributed for first and second reading.
The issue of a reverse dues check off was brought up again. CTA is looking to start using the reverse dues check off next year. The reason for this extra assessment is to ensure that we are prepared for future attacks on education and will be able to fund the various scholarships CTA gives out each year. Members who do not wish to have their money spent on political action will have the ability to designate the entire $20 for scholarships or vice versa. Any member who does not want to give any funds will be able to opt out entirely.
Please feel free to examine the State Council report which can be found in the MyCTA section of CTA.org. If you have any questions regarding any of the decisions that were made, please leave a comment or e-mail Jan or me directly.
