OFFICERS’ ROLES
WHAT TO EXPECT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Too often, the Vice President is the forgotten person in the organization, expected to attend meetings, but seldom noticed until a sudden need arises. Don’t let that happen. The Vice President should act as an “assistant-president,” relieving you of some of the cores of the presidency, while preparing [...]
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Structure
Structure is everything. Structure is established by the Executive Board in order to implement the goals and policies determined by the membership. Communicating the structure is an essential element of implementing a good structure. Good structure allows us to create unity within the membership. Unity leads to power. Power leads to parity with the employer. [...]
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The Executive Board — The Policy Implementation Body
Policy implementation is typically delegated to an “Executive Board” usually consisting of the chapter’s elected officers and an appropriate number of Directors elected by the membership. This group executes the business of the chapter within the policies adopted by the membership or Representative Council. The Executive Board is also responsible for overseeing the coordination of [...]
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The Bargaining Team — Standing Committee
The Bargaining Team is the negotiating arm of the association serving at the direction of the Executive Board. It exists only to negotiate with the employer. The team does not decide policy. The policy body is the chapter membership. (In larger associations, the members delegate some policy-making powers to a representative council.) At the direction [...]
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President’s Post
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May Minutes
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Bargaining Update
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UCLA Summer Institute
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Interesting Video
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President’s Post
Hello Everyone, I thought I would share some information you might find interesting. First of all on the District level… I need some assistance with Bargaining. If you are a Sp. Ed. teacher, nurse, or speech therapist, please respond to the following question. What would you consider a reasonable, responsible, and manageable case load? One [...]
May Minutes
Here are the minutes for the May rep council meeting. CVTA Rep Council Minutes 5/8 Link to this post!
Bargaining Update
May 14, 2012 The Bargaining Team met with the District to continue bargaining for the successor collective bargaining agreement. The Bargaining team signed tentative agreements on eight contract articles. The tentatively agreed upon Articles are 2, 8, 10, 17, 18, 23, 25, & 27. More detailed information to come as bargaining progresses. An additional [...]
UCLA Summer Institute
Every summer CTA offers a wonderful and exciting training. If you want to become more knowledgeable and involved consider attending the training. Below is some information and the application. 2012 UCLA Brochure UCLA Summer Institute Training 2012 Link to this post!
Interesting Video
Here is a link to download a video on the Corporate Power Grab initiative. Arm yourself with information. https://www.yousendit.com/download/M3BuQ1ZwYUlRYS9MbjhUQw Link to this post!
Bargaining Update
April 19, 2012 The Bargaining Team met with the District to continue bargaining for the successor collective bargaining agreement. The Bargaining team verbally agreed on two articles and made progress on many others. The overriding feeling of your bargaining team is that bargaining is going well during this bargaining cycle. Bargaining will resume April [...]
President’s Post
Hello Everyone, I thought I would share some information you might find interesting. First of all on the District level… Last Thursday the team of teachers and administrator who went to Cupertino, presented Dr. Adams’ 18, 18, 18, 18 plan. I am excited about the potential for our students and the direction the school district [...]
Disability Insurance
Good morning…here is something I thought you might like to know. Why switch to CTA-endorsed disability and life insurance? CTA members have unique insurance needs. That’s why CTA Member Benefits, in partnership with Standard Insurance Company (The Standard), created voluntary Disability and Life Insurance plans with features specifically designed for education professionals, including: – Provisions [...]
Rep Council Minutes
Here are your minutes from the last meeting. CVTA Rep Council 4.17 Link to this post!
Petition for Governor’s Tax Initiative
In the next few days you will be seeing yellow petitions floating around. Please sign them. The petitions are to get the tax initiative on the ballot for November. This is extremely important for our district. If the initiatives don’t pass we could be losing over $400 per student next year, which of course, affect [...]
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