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Tuesday May 15 T U E SD AY MAY 15 MAY 2018 | THE VOICE | PAGE 1 Preparation Sets Tone at Bargaining of obstacles for districts tended NSEA bargaining Negotiations Season wanting to take advan- trainings or meetings, Generally a Success tage of the cost-savings Advocacy completed comparabil- available through volun- Dates Set ity studies using NSEA’s By Randy Gordon tary separation programs Navigator program or NSEA Collective Bargaining Specialist (VSP). In such cases, a NSEA has set a series spent time researching What happened at the table? veteran teacher is pro- of three Advocacy Confer- salary schedules, extra As another bargaining season ended, lo- vided a financial incentive ences next fall. For member duty structures and ben- cal education asso- to leave the district. This convenience, those sites are efits language, often with ciations across Ne- enables the district to re- spread across the state. The nearby association lead- braska reflected on a place that educator with dates are: ers. mixed bag of results. a teacher placed lower n Gering: Saturday, In addition to three There was good on the salary schedule. Sept.15, Weborg 21 Centre. Advocacy Conference news. The zero This practice has proven n LaVista: Saturday, opportunities being of- percent increase in to save school districts Oct. 6, Embassy Suites. fered across the state this Blue Cross and Blue money in the long run. n Kearney: Saturday, fall (see box), NSEA this Shield of Nebraska For districts to exempt Oct. 27, University of summer will host a series health insurance pre- their VSP costs from bud- Nebraska-Kearney Student of Navigator comparabil- miums for 2018-19 get and levy lids, LB512 Union. ity study trainings for bar- allowed many local required that the language gaining teams. Attendees association teams to must exist outside the ne- at this one-day training focus on salary and gotiated agreement; must will receive a licensed other benefit lan- Gordon limit compensation to $30,000 per teacher; copy of the program and may be able to guage. and must be paid out within a 5-year period. complete some or all of their study on-site, However, damp- Retention of the VSP became a bargaining provided they have accurate staff data prior ening negotiations for large and small locals chip with mixed results, as many districts to starting the study. Watch for information was a recent Supreme Court ruling on griev- viewed the lid exemptions as a difficult bud- from your Organizational Specialist about ance provisions and the passage of LB512, get and levy problem. trainings in your area. which restricted the ability of local school As issues of grievance, VSP, insurance Negotiators who completed the bargain- districts to offer voluntary separation agree- and salary became hot topics at the table, ing survey overwhelmingly indicated that ments. one might think that agreeing on other their overall settlement was “somewhat” In Armstrong v Clarkson College, the bargaining basics like staffing numbers or “very successful” (88 percent) and many Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that, where a and salary schedule placement would be attributed that outcome to managing and grievance procedure exists, all avenues must straightforward. However, disagreements building better relationships with board ne- be exhausted before proceeding to court. about the accuracy of staffing projections, gotiations teams both prior to bargaining That ruling may affect members who miss salary advancement and appropriate insur- and while at the table, prompting one nego- important grievance deadlines and could ance levels arose in many negotiations and tiator to say that “I felt like the board really jeopardize their remedies in the courts. teams had to spend valuable bargaining time listened to our rationale.” Many local teams proposed language resolving those issues. Remember: Your NSEA organizational that waived the requirement to exhaust the As one negotiator shared: “The lack of specialist and collective bargaining team can grievance procedure with some success. ‘homework’ on both sides…was concern- help local teams prepare for negotiations, Other teams took the opportunity to bargain ing.” resolve issues and move toward agreement. grievance language into their agreements In a post-bargaining survey of nego- As one negotiator concluded, “It’s a pro- that will extend grievance time lines. tiation teams, more than 80 percent of cess. In the end we came up with a compro- The passage of LB512 created a series responding negotiators said they had at- mise everybody could support.” Mornings are quite rosy today in Grand Island, thanks to expanded breakfast Cover: opportunities at Grand Island High School. Mornings are pretty good at Walnut Middle School as well, where every child must consider breakfast. Learn more on Page 7 Executive Director Maddie Fennell ing offices. Postmaster: send address changes to The Voice, Assoc. Executive Director Neal Clayburn NSEA, 605 S. 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508-2742. Director of Public Affairs Karen Kilgarin Assistant Comm. Director Al Koontz Published and mailed 8 times yearly in September, October, THE November, February, March, April, May and August. Pub- NSEA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE lished online in December and January. Payment of NSEA President Jenni Benson, Lincoln dues entitles members to receive The Voice. Net cost of print- VOICE [email protected] Nebraska State Education Association ing and mailing 8 issues of The Voice each year is less than Vice President Paul Schulte, Millard 50 cents per member. 605 S. 14th Street [email protected] Lincoln, NE 68508-2742 · www.nsea.org (402) 475-7611 · (800) 742-0047 NEA Director Linda Freye, Lincoln Ad rates available on request. Appearance of an ad in The [email protected] Voice does not imply NSEA endorsement. Volume 71, No. 9 NEA Director Tracy Hartman-Bradley, Omaha ISSN Number: 1085-0783 [email protected] Regularly cited by the State Ed- USPS Number: 000-369 ucation Association Communi- Official publication of the Nebraska State Education As- cators, including these honors: sociation, 605 South 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508-2742. Best Magazine, Best News Story, Great Public Schools For Every Child Periodical postage paid at Lincoln, NE, and additional mail- Best Feature Story, Best Photography, Best Editorial Design. PAGE 2 | THE VOICE | MAY 2018 The President & the Executive Director NSEA’s Roadmap: A Key to Success Editor’s Note: At NSEA’s 157th Del- We can begin to change that focus as we egate Assembly in April, NSEA President learn how to recognize, value and engage Jenni Benson and Executive Director others in different ways. Maddie Fennell teamed up to address the Jenni: We cannot argue the fact that we 270-plus member-delegates in attendance. have many more students of color than we This adaptation comes from their address: do teachers of color. NSEA is committed to expanding the number of highly quali- Jenni: My road with NSEA has been fied individuals entering teaching, espe- like most roads: turns, curves and a few cially among students of color. potholes. Here I am, 25 years in, serving NSEA received an NEA grant focused as NSEA President and still on that road- on Educators Rising, a high school organi- way. Along the way, when I needed doors zation for students interested in teaching. opened, NSEA was there with the key. We are using the grant to organize new Maddie: I would not have been suc- NSEA President Exec. Director chapters across the state. A year ago, there cessful without NSEA. It was through Jenni Benson Maddie Fennell were roughly a dozen active chapters. NSEA I had supportive mentors, great pro- Today there are more than 30, with more fessional development, and someone to watch my back when chapters targeted this year. my advocacy threatened those who weren’t focused on doing Maddie: We’ve increased professional development funding what was best for kids and teachers. I am proud to continue in our budget, and will partner with NEA and Creighton Uni- that tradition as your executive director, implementing our new versity on a social justice grant to train members how to more Strategic Plan and focusing our resources and activities to meet fully engage in issues around race. Our new 501c(3), LEARN our mission: A Great Public Education for Every Student. (Leading Excellence and Robust Networks), will offer profes- Jenni: We started the strategic planning process three years sional development around trauma-informed classrooms and ago under President Nancy Fulton’s leadership. Last year at other pertinent issues. DA members approved our goals and outcomes. Today, we Jenni: Now look at this list and check off a couple of will share how the plan has been further developed and will be things you can do to advance this goal: the key to NSEA’s future success. q I will identify and learn about my personal biases. Maddie: It’s important that the Strategic Plan doesn’t be- q I will offer to be a paid Praxis tutor. come just another white paper sitting on a shelf. Our plan must q I will support Educators Rising. be a dynamic, living document that holds us accountable. q I will give financial support to the Children’s Fund. q I will utilize the Children’s Fund for my students. ‘Injustice Anywhere...’ q I will participate in LEARN trainings. Jenni: The first goal:NSEA will advance a culture of social justice by improving educational opportunities for Support for New Educators ALL students and building respect for the worth, dignity Maddie: Our second goal is to partner with national and and equality of every individual. local affiliates to strengthen our capacity. Justice is about member rights, work environment and what Jenni: Each day we build relationships and work to in- it takes to make sure every child can fulfill their potential.
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