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Page Welcome Letter ...... 1
CTA Board of Directors and NEA Directors from California ...... 2
High Desert Service Center Council Facts ...... 3-4
General Information ...... 5-6
Agenda Friday, November 21...... 7 Saturday, November 22 ...... 7 Sunday, November 23 ...... 8
Your Personal Conference Schedule ...... 9
Workshops-at-a-Glance...... 10
Workshop Descriptions ...... 11-16
Trainers and Conference Staff ...... 17
Biographies Dean E. Vogel, CTA President ...... 18 Eric C. Heins, CTA Vice President ...... 19 Mikki Cichocki-Semo, CTA Secretary-Treasurer ...... 20 Joyce Powell, Executive Committee Member, National Education Association ...... 21
Business Partners...... 22
Urgent Care Information ...... 23
EMAC Reception ...... Inside Back Cover
Hotel Map ...... Back Cover
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Welcome to the 2014 High Desert Service Center Fall Leadership Conference Building the Future the High Desert Way: Excellence, Innovation, Equity and Pride!
Welcome to the 2014 High Desert Service Center Fall Leadership Conference. It is a pleasure for our Service Center Council to again host this annual conference! We are excited to join with you to share, learn and teach so that we all may be the most effective education advocates for our members and the communities in which we serve.
Prior to 1989, High Desert chapters participated in the San Gorgonio and Sierra Service Centers. However, it became clear that the best way to address the unique needs of our unique region would be to establish our own service center. As a result, the High Desert Service Center was formed and from 1989 forward, we have been partners in advocacy in our far-flung and distinctive school communities.
We are pleased to provide sessions that will both educate and empower members and leaders of our many diverse associations. This year, we offer sessions covering a variety of themes including curriculum, negotiating, capacity building for reps and leadership, advocacy for social justice and human rights, organizing, political action and membership development.
Break-outs will present in-depth information in seminar-like settings on Common Core, Smarter Balanced, best practices for bargaining, tax fairness issues, rep trainings and many other important topics. We hope our conference will equip you with new tools to represent your members by giving you the most current information CTA has to provide.
We work hard to meet your needs! From small beginnings over twenty years ago and with your participation, our Fall Leadership Conference has grown steadily. In fact, attendance has sometimes exceeded that of CTA’s regional conferences.
Whether you serve on a bargaining team, a political action committee, or a rep council, if you are serving your local in some manner, this conference will reinforce skills and provide you with new resources to get the job done for your members!
Again, thank you for your participation in the 2014 High Desert Fall Leadership Conference!
In unity,
Simone Zulu High Desert Service Center Chair
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dean E. Vogel, President Eric C. Heins, Vice President Mikki Cichocki-Semo, Secretary-Treasurer
José Alcalá Jerry Eaton Marty G. Meeden Gayle Bilek David Goldberg George Melendez E. Toby Boyd Jim Groth Theresa Montaño Tyrone Cabell Terri Jackson Michael Stone Elana Davidson Leslie Littman Kendall Vaught Don Dawson Sonia Martin-Solis Curtis L. Washington Dana Dillon Sergio Martinez
Joe Nuñez, Executive Director
Karen Kyhn, Deputy Executive Director
NEA DIRECTORS FROM CALIFORNIA Gilda Bloom-Leiva Gerri Gandolfo Krista Patterson Greg Bonaccorsi Karl Kildow Robert V. Rodriguez Colleen Briner-Schmidt Sonia Martin-Solis Bill Sammons Ron Edwards Doreen McGuire-Grigg Bill Freeman Claire J. Merced
NEA ALTERNATES
Robert Ellis Erika Jones Ken Tang
NEA Executive Committee Member
George Sheridan
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION HIGH DESERT SERVICE CENTER COUNCIL FACTS
What is the High Desert Service Center Council? The High Desert Service Center Council is composed of 43 local chapters affiliated with the California Teachers Association and the National Education Association, representing more than 8,000 educators in Kern, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono and San Bernardino counties.
What is the Purpose of the High Desert Service Center Council? 1. Coordinate member participation in California Teachers Association activities. 2. Receive tasks from the CTA State Council of Education and offer information following study and discussion of professional issues. 3. Establish statewide channels of communication between CTA State Council committees or commissions and the membership; to act as an agency for CTA State Council committees or commissions to conduct hearings on current professional issues. 4. Develop Service Center objectives regarding programs and services. 5. Advise the Service Center/CTA staff on regional programs and service needs and to evaluate programs and services. 6. Provide a foundation for regional political activities and legislative contact programs.
Which chapters are served by the High Desert Service Center Council? Hesperia RRC Adelanto District TA Mammoth EA Apple Valley Unified TA Mammoth ESP Baker Valley TA Mono COE EA Barstow EA Needles TA Big Pine EA Owens Valley TA Bishop TA Round Valley TA Desert Area TA Silver Valley EA Eastern Sierra TA Snowline TA Helendale Professional TA Southern Inyo TA Hesperia TA Trona Classified EA Inyo County Assn. of Certificated Personnel Trona TA Inyo County TA Victor Elementary TA Lucerne Valley TA Victor Valley TA Lancaster RRC Acton-Agua Dulce TA Muroc EA Antelope Valley TA Palmdale Elementary TA Eastside TA TA of Lancaster Gorman EA Tehachapi Association of Teachers Keppel Union TA Rosamond TA Lakes TA Westside Union TA Mojave FA Wilsona TA Community Colleges In Our Area Antelope Valley College Barstow Community College Victor Valley College
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 2014 HIGH DESERT SERVICE CENTER COUNCIL FACTS When does High Desert Service Center Council meet? The 2015 scheduled meetings below are held at 5:30 pm.
January 7, 2015 Lancaster RRC March 25, 2015 Hesperia RRC May 27, 2015 Lancaster RRC
All CTA members are invited to attend Service Center Council meetings. The business portion of the meetings is targeted for CTA State Council representatives, association presidents and High Desert Service Center Council Steering Committee members.
Who are the Members of the High Desert Service Center Council Steering Committee? Chair Simone Zulu Vice Chair Sharon Vega Secretary Nancée Fine Treasurer Stephanie Kelly-Cloward Area A Director Barbara Walls Area B Director Bill Lindoff Area C Director Candy Michelson Area D Director Nancée Fine Minority-At-Large Director Hugo Estrada Minority-At-Large Andrew Ramirez Political Action Chair Gordon Williamson GLBT Chair Sharon Vega Human Rights Chair Nancée Fine Elections Committee Chair Jeanne Marks Women’s Issues Chair Christine Van Allen CTA Board Director, District H George Melendez CTA Board Director, District O José Alcalá CTA Board Member-At-Large Marty G. Meeden CTA Board of Director, District Q Theresa Montaño NEA Director, District 8 Karl Kildow ABC Committee Member, District H Karen Schuett ABC Committee Member, District O Amy Hall CTA Elections Chair Jeanne Marks ABC Committee Member District Q At-Large Joan Sholars
Need more information about the High Desert Service Center Council? Contact any of the above committee members or telephone the Hesperia Regional Resource Center at 760-244-2239.
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE FORMAT The agenda on the following pages provides you with the times and locations of the workshops.
CTA Go! MOBILE APP The app is available now from iTunes and the Google Play store or text CTAGo to 99000 to get the app. Use the app to access all the conference information, agenda, workshops, materials, maps and evaluations. Create your own personal conference calendar with CTA Go! by favoriting workshop sessions, preview session handouts and post directly to Facebook through the app.
HOUSING The check-in time at the Tropicana, Las Vegas is 3:00 pm and the check-out time is 11:00 am. The Tropicana’s phone number is 702-739-2222.
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS A meal ticket along with your badge is required for all meals. Meals will be served in the Cohiba 5. Please look at the daily agenda to see what times the meals will be served as they fluctuate based on the program schedule.
Registered non-participants will be provided a guest meal ticket that will allow them to dine with the group. Meal tickets may be purchased at the CTA Registration Desk.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND UNIVERSITY CREDIT Each conference participant will receive 12 hours of professional growth. Professional growth hours will be awarded based on the number of workshops attended. Verification of professional growth hours will be sent to the participant within three weeks after the conference.
University Credit will be available through California State University, Chico. Conference participants are entitled to receive one unit of credit.
To be eligible for university credit, you must attend all of the trainings, general sessions and the workshops.
You may register for units online at http://rce.csuchico.edu/teachers/cta or at the CTA Registration Desk. University Credit application forms are available all week. The cost for each unit is $60.00. Checks, credit cards or cash are accepted for payment. Verification of university credit will be available online three weeks after the conference.
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EXHIBITORS Please visit our exhibitors to gather information regarding CTA programs and other resources available. Exhibitor tables will be located in Cohiba 5.
DOOR PRIZES Remember to turn in your name badge at the beginning of the Closing Session on Sunday to be eligible for the door prize drawing. You must be present to win.
EVALUATIONS This year, you will be able to provide direct feedback from every session you attend through the “Take the Survey” link found in each session description on CTA Go! We look forward to receiving your feedback.
Also, after the conference you will be sent an email with a link to complete the online evaluation related to the overall conference. Responses are anonymous and completely confidential. Expect the email shortly after the conference concludes.
MEDICAL INFORMATION Please complete the necessary medical information on the back of your name badge. For a medical emergency, please pick up a house phone, which will connect you to the operator who can assist you with the emergency.
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE AGENDA Friday, November 21
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm CTA REGISTRATION DESK / EXHIBITS LOCATION: Cohiba 5
6:00 pm -10:00 pm BUFFET DINNER RECEPTION AND DANCE LOCATION: Entrance through Cohiba 5
Saturday, November 22
7:00 am - 5:00 pm CTA REGISTRATION DESK / EXHIBITS LOCATION: Cohiba 5
7:30 am - 8:30 am BREAKFAST BUFFET LOCATION: Entrance through Cohiba 5
8:30 am -10:00 am TRAINING SESSION 1 LOCATION: See pages 10-16
10:00 am -10:15 am COFFEE AND TEA BREAK LOCATION: Cohiba 5
10:15 am -11:45 am TRAINING SESSION 2 LOCATION: See pages 10-16
12:00 pm -1:30 pm LUNCH AND GENERAL SESSION LOCATION: Entrance through Cohiba 5
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS: Simone Zulu, Chairperson, High Desert Service Center Council
SPEAKER: Dean E. Vogel, CTA President
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm TRAINING SESSION 3 See pages 10-16
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm TRAINING SESSION 4 See pages 10-16
Dinner on Your Own
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Sunday, November 23
7:30 am -11:30 am CTA REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK LOCATION: Cohiba 5
7:30 am -8:30 am COFFEE STATIONS LOCATION: Cohiba 5
8:30 am -10:00 am TRAINING SESSION 5 See pages 10-16
10:15 am -11:45 am BRUNCH AND CLOSING GENERAL SESSION LOCATION: Entrance through Cohiba 5
PRESIDING: Simone Zulu, Chairperson, High Desert Service Center Council
SPEAKER: Joyce Powell, Executive Committee Member, National Education Association
DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS: Steering Committee Members
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR NAME BADGE TO THE CLOSING GENERAL SESSION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS. You must be present to win door prizes (drawn from name badges submitted before the closing General Session begins).
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION YOUR PERSONAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Saturday, Topic Room Or Topic Room November 22, 2014
7:30-8:30am Breakfast Buffet
8:30-10:00 am Or First Workshop Session
10:15am-11:45 am Or Second Workshop Session
12:00-1:30pm Lunch and General Session
1:45-3:15 pm Or Third Workshop Session
3:30-5:00 pm Fourth Workshop Session Or
Sunday, Topic Room Or Topic Room November 23, 2014
8:30-10:00 am Or Fifth Workshop Session
10:15 -11:45 am Brunch and Closing General Session
Notes:
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Workshops at a Glance
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 SESSION 4 SESSION 5 Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Sunday 8:30-10:00 am 10:15-11:45 am 1:45-3:15 pm 3:30-5:00 pm 8:30-10:00 am Advocacy for Cohiba 1 Common Core - Common Core - Special Education Educators and the Educators and the ELA Mathematics Students and Law Law Teachers Teacher Leadership: Taking Common Core— Smarter Balanced Thematic and Cohiba 3 the Lead in Using Social Media Successful and the Common Project Based Implementing the for Organizing Implementation Core Learning Common Core and New Initiatives Effective Inequality for All: Communication Building Rep Inequality for All: State Budget Montecristo 1 Tax & Economic between School Training The Film – Part 1 Update Fairness – Part 2 Boards and Local Leaders
Everything You Electing Your Educators and Montecristo 2 Who Am I? Need to Know Candidates to Stressed? Politics about Grievances Office
It’s Not a Building Capacity Basic Human Rights! So You Want to Grievance—It’s a through Constant Montecristo 3 What are they Unconscious Bias Run for School Complaint. Now Organizing in the anyway? Board? What? Local
Running an Effective Making Peace with LCFF and LCAP: A Proactive Membership (and Organizing) Implications for Approach to the Montecristo 4 Committee in a Our Charter School School Site Parent Trigger Post-Agency Fee Colleagues Councils Threat World
Election Standing Understanding Rules, Bylaws and Best Practices for District Budget Retirement: Advanced Rep Partagas 1 Local Standing Effective Documents. Changes and the Training Rules: What’s the Bargaining Where’d the Future Difference? Money Go?
Connecting Your Dealing with Dealing with Nuts and Bolts of Partagas 2 Union to Your Bullies in the Bullies in the Difficult Behaviors Bargaining Community Workplace Workplace
Our Broken Why CTA? A Clear Healthcare System: Breaking the Are Retirement Explanation of Health Care What Went Wrong? Silence/Current Supplements/ Partagas 3 Benefits, Advocacy Reform and How Do We Fix It? GLBT Issues for Investments for and Perks of Benefit Packages How Do We Finish Educators You? Membership the Job?
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CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Advanced Rep Training Basic Human Rights! What are They Anyway? There is more to being a rep than passing out papers. Site Human and Civil Rights are the heart of the labor movement reps accompany and represent members when discipline in our nation and the overarching concept to the CTA may occur and when a violation of the contract has Strategic Plan. Human Rights issues in education are the occurred. Are you confident? Do you feel there is parity core of the California Teachers Association. This workshop between you and the administration? This session is will define issues that protect the human dignity and civil designed for building reps who already know the basics and rights of the membership and the students we teach. would like to learn the next steps to member Participants will discuss approaches to strengthening their representation. A brief review will lead into simulations of locals by valuing culture and incorporating social many varied representation scenarios. As participants you responsibility in all aspects of the union. This workshop is will leave this session with more tools in your kit and greater designed for anyone interested in social justice and/or confidence as you represent your members and local teaches social justice in the classroom. association. Trainer: Reena Doyle Trainer: Kim Breen Room: Montecristo 3 Room: Partagas 1 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am
Best Practices for Effective Bargaining Advocacy for Special Education Students Today’s bargaining environment requires that teams are and Teachers well-prepared to deal with the district’s reluctance This interactive session will focus on special education- oftentimes to negotiate a reasonable settlement. This related workload issues, bargaining strategies and ideas to session will cover best practices in bargaining preparedness, strengthen special education using your local association. data collection and usage and bargaining team selection and Participants will examine local reforms related to special management. education, emerging issues and teacher rights, including Trainer: Chris Balentine budget constraints and new service delivery options which Room: Partagas 1 have raised very serious concerns for educators about Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm caseload, class sizes, lack of planning time and increased workload. Resources and successful organizing strategies used to address specific special education issues will be Breaking the Silence/Current shared in this session. GLBT Issues for Educators Trainer: Angela Boyle Room: Cohiba 1 As students struggle to deal with gay, lesbian, bisexual and Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm transgender issues, educators need factual information and resources to support them on campus. This training will provide participants with strategies for reducing hostilities towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and Are Retirement Supplements/Investments for You? ways to create a safe learning environment for all students.
CTA Member Benefits will provide an introduction to several Trainers: Tracy Bennett and Luciano Ortiz basic investment principles and explain the importance of Room: Partagas 3 supplementing your pension benefits. The session will cover Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am 403(b) and 457 plans, their product offerings and plan fee information. We will distribute and discuss numerous CTA resources that are available to help members make important investment decisions.
Trainer: Henry Ahn Room: Partagas 3 Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm
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Building Capacity through Constant Common Core – Successful Implementation Organizing in the Local Are you looking for examples of successful Common Core This training is about unlocking the capacity local implementation? In this session, you will obtain information associations have to build a stronger local and to win better on Common Core implementation tools and strategies. contracts, surface new leaders, build alliances and Learn how some locals bargained contract language as well communicate effectively with their members. The key is as what types of structures were established for decisions adopting an organizing culture and leaving your old service on curriculum adoption, development of units and model behind. If you're tired of doing the same old thing and professional development. getting the same old results then you need to attend this Trainers: Jake Anderson and Norma Sanchez training. Room: Cohiba 3 Trainer: Arleigh Kidd Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am Room: Montecristo 3 Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm Connecting Your Union to Your Community Parents and education employees are natural allies when it Building Rep Training comes to advocating on behalf of students. So, why do This training addresses the basic duties of the Site Rep and these two groups sometimes find themselves in conflict? the roles and responsibilities every good rep must know and This presentation and discussion will review that question understand. The session includes a comprehensive look at and offer some strategies that union leaders can use to be the many hats the site rep wears including complaint more deeply connected with parents and other community procedures, grievances, contract enforcement, members all the time – not just in times of crisis. administrative conferences, fiduciary and legal Trainer: Andrew Oman responsibilities. Room: Partagas 2 Trainer: Brian Breslin and Dawn Murray Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am Room: Montecristo 1 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am
Dealing with Bullies in the Workplace Common Core-ELA There are bullies in every aspect of our lives and they can An overview of the Common Core Standards in English play a major role in creating a toxic environment. Bullying Language Arts along with practical instructional strategies will prevent progress in the workplace and stagnation is will be provided in this session. Participants will also learn inevitable. Millions of adults are bullied on a daily basis how teachers can bridge and scaffold student learning by because they see no alternatives. On the contrary, you can using the CTA Spirals. survive and work with a bully. We will explore the types of Trainer: Marlene Fong bullies and the strategies necessary to be productive and Room: Cohiba 1 keep your sanity. A bully-free workplace starts with you! It is Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am not your job to change the bully, but to protect yourself.
Trainers: Phyllis Peters and Rose Tapp Room: Partagas 2 Common Core-Mathematics Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm An overview of the Common Core Standards for Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm Mathematics and the Standards for Mathematical Practices will be provided. The new Mathematics Framework will also be previewed.
Trainer: Marlene Fong Room: Cohiba 1 Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am
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Difficult Behaviors Electing Your Candidates to Office Can you recall the last time you had to deal with a negative How often have we heard the question asked, “Why are we, or difficult person? Or the last time someone said something as teachers, involved in politics?” This course will provide a with the intention of hurting you? How did you handle it? process for assessing internal and external organizational What was the result? What can you do in the future to get capacity within our chapters for engaging in political action, through these situations with peace and grace? This session provide a brief step-by-step process for forming a PAC and will explore the different types of difficult behaviors and furnish information on how to interview, endorse, support and nurture school board members and candidates. how to deal with each of them with a positive result for all.
Trainer: Phyllis Peters Trainers: Brian Breslin and Paul Scott Room: Partagas 2 Room: Montecristo 2 Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Educators and the Law Election Standing Rules, Bylaws and Local This workshop will focus on the educator’s individual rights Standing Rules: What’s the Difference? in the workplace including workplace safety, sexual CTA’s newly revised Bylaws Template eliminates the need to harassment and hostile work environment. submit separate Election Standing Rules. With the
Trainer: John Kohn interactive CD provided each participant, your Room: Cohiba 1 Local/CTA/NEA Bylaws will sail through committee approval. Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm Various examples of Local Standing Rules will be provided to Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am allow your local to address its specific needs. The distinct and separate role of the Executive Board related to bargaining will be clarified as well as Election Procedures related to your local’s Bylaws.
Educators and Politics Trainer: Kim Breen This session will examine why education and politics are Room: Partagas 1 inseparable. It will demystify the process around which Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am chapters involve themselves in the political arena. The session will illustrate the process by which the teaching profession involves itself in politics instead of believing it can Everything You Need to Know about Grievances remain neutral onlookers. The session will show how the Understand why you need to know your contract language instructional program and the teaching profession actually and how a grievance should be filed. benefit from the political involvement of teachers and will outline the process by which parity, capacity and power can Trainer: Morgan Brown be developed and utilized in their districts and communities. Room: Montecristo 2 Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am Trainer: Paul Scott Room: Montecristo 2 Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm Health Care Reform and Benefit Packages This session will focus on health care issues impacting local Effective Communication between School Boards and associations. Participants will receive information on The Affordable Care Act, joint employee-employer decision Local Leaders making, pending health care legislation and the new CTA “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion tool to conduct a comprehensive comparison of your that it has taken place”—George Bernard Shaw. This specific health plans. We will also discuss local plan designs, session will provide options for board members and local out of pocket costs and specific actions that can be taken to associations to consider in developing a mutually beneficial improve quality and reduce the cost of health care. communication program. A realistic discussion of the Trainer: Kathy Rallings constraints under which both board members and Room: Partagas 3 associations labor that impede clear communication will be Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am included—as well as ways to bridge gaps and build positive bonds in the interest of all. Of note--the trainer served as a CTA local president for 12 years and as a school board member in a large district for 22 years.
Trainer: Bill Hedrick Room: Montecristo 1 Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am
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Inequality for All: The Film – Part 1 Making Peace with (and Organizing) Part I of this double session will be a screening of the Robert Our Charter School Colleagues Reich documentary, Inequality for All, which chronicles the This session will review strategies and tactics that may be decline of the American middle class and the consequences used to effectively reach out to our colleagues in charter to the overall economy. Seating is limited and the film will schools and bring them into the CTA fold. A review of start promptly at 10:15 am as it is 90 minutes in duration. successful organizing efforts will be highlighted.
Participants should plan to attend Part 2 at 1:45 pm where Trainer: Penny Upton we will discuss the film and provide additional information Room: Montecristo 4 about inequality and the impact it has on students and Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am educators.
Trainers: Mitch Olson and Angela Su Room: Montecristo 1 Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am Nuts and Bolts of Bargaining From sunshining to ratification, this training is for bargaining teams, executive boards, other chapter leaders and anyone Inequality for All: Tax & Economic Fairness – Part 2 that wants to understand sunshining, developing an initial proposal, demands to bargain, proper use of a This session will explore the impact of economic and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), developing and political inequality on our personal and professional lives as signing a Tentative Agreement (TA) and the guidelines for seen in Inequality for All. We will discuss the importance of ratification. The training will conclude with ways to avoid the “public good” and the economic and tax changes that DFR breaches in the area of collective bargaining. need to occur if we are to ever adequately fund public schools. We will also challenge the notion that public Trainer: Phyllis Peters education is failing in America, how poverty significantly Room: Partagas 2 impacts educational outcomes and talk about the message Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am we need to deliver as educators to change the negative view of public education. Our Broken Healthcare System: What Went Wrong? Trainers: Mitch Olson and Angela Su How Do We Fix It? How Do We Finish the Job? Room: Montecristo 1 Sunday 1:45 – 3:15 pm Many of us feel fortunate to have decent employer-based or retiree healthcare coverage. But as premiums continue to rise faster than inflation, it is clear our health plans are not It’s Not a Grievance, It’s a Complaint. Now What? sustainable, secure or just. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will/has helped many but does little to help union healthcare Some of the most difficult challenges that impact our negotiations. This program will discuss our broken members are not violations of the contract—but they can healthcare system, the ACA and how we can finish the job make the workplace miserable. Learn what constitutes a and make healthcare a right for all. complaint and how to successfully pursue an appropriate resolution. Trainer: Kathy Rallings Room: Partagas 3 Trainer: Dawn Murray Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am Room: Montecristo 3 Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm A Proactive Approach to the Parent Trigger Threat
If a group like Parent Revolution is looking at one or more LCFF and LCAP: Implications for School Site Councils schools in your district, you want to know before the Be sure your association representatives and School Site petition is filed! This presentation will briefly review the law Council members understand the implications that the Local and eligibility requirements, share some experiences from Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control and schools that have been threatened or worse and – most Accountability Plan (LCAP) have on School Site Councils. importantly – discuss proactive steps your local can take to Members need to understand their legal obligations and really partner with parents and at the same time prevent also have the skills and knowledge to access and influence your community from being swayed by the proponents of the flawed parent trigger law. their School Site Councils in the LCFF and LCAP. Educate, advocate and empower members at your site to continue Trainers: Christian Lozano and Andrew Oman having their voices heard! Room: Montecristo 4
Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm Trainer: Marlene Fong Room: Montecristo 4 Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm
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Retirement: Changes and the Future State Budget Update In 2012, the California public retirement systems underwent This presentation will include the details of the 2014-15 state major changes. In this session we will discuss the changes education budget including information about the Local that impacted CalSTRS members, current legislation and the Control Funding Formula. In addition, we will look at how future of public retirement systems. California school funding compares to other states and what we need to do to improve funding for our schools. Trainers: Chris Balentine and Morgan Brown Trainer: Angela Su Room: Partagas 1 Room: Montecristo 1 Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Running an Effective Membership Committee in a Stressed ? Post-Agency Fee World This session examines how to effectively manage stress Our locals dodged a bullet when the Supreme Court handed through lifestyle and behavioral changes. down a limited ruling in Harris v. Quinn. For the moment, CTA and its member locals still may maintain agency fee. Trainers: Chuck Mendoza and Melissa Rogers However, the victory may be short-lived as we look at the Room: Montecristo 2 next challenge—Friedrichs v. CTA. Learn how to get ahead Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am of the curve and form a dynamite membership committee to connect members to your local!
Trainer: Penny Upton Teacher Leadership: Taking the Lead in Implementing Room: Montecristo 4 the Common Core and New Initiatives Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am Common Core and Local Control have many pieces that provide great opportunities for teacher leadership. Come and hear about great projects developed by Teacher Smarter Balanced and the Common Core Leadership Cohort (TLC) members that are making an Want to learn more about the Smarter Balanced impact on moving our profession forward. Please bring a laptop, tablet or other electronic device to this session. assessments? Come and learn about the different types of SBAC items and performance tasks. Gain knowledge in the Trainer: Jake Anderson ELA and Math Claims and the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Room: Cohiba 3 levels for SBAC assessment items. The session will include Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am tools for developing your own performance tasks, information on the digital library and resources for incorporating technology into common core lessons and Thematic and Project-based Learning performance tasks. Want to learn more about critical thinking and Trainer: Norma Sanchez thematic/project-based teaching with the Common Core Room: Cohiba 3 State Standards (CCSS)? This session will provide you with an Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm overview and strategies on how to develop cross-curriculum and thematic lessons/units and project-based learning. Learn how students can apply Common Core literacy and critical So You Want to Run for School Board? thinking skills in each subject area across the curriculum.
If you've ever thought about running for your local school Trainer: Norma Sanchez board or helping someone else run, this training is for you. Room: Cohiba 3 Have you ever wondered why some candidates are Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm successful and others are not? What are the ingredients needed for a winning campaign? What do school board members actually do? What role does the Brown Act play? If you want the answers to these questions and many more then attend this training.
Trainer: Arleigh Kidd Room: Montecristo 3 Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am
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Unconscious Bias Using Social Media for Organizing Social psychologists and other social scientists have found Relational organizing is the best way to reach our members, that all of us, regardless of ethnicity, have cognitive biases but how do you keep contact when you’re not at a school that influence how we perceive and make decisions about site? This session will cover various social media platforms other people. The behavior of human beings is often guided and cover ways to get your message out to a broader by racial and other stereotypes of which we are completely audience. unaware. This training will guide participants through an Trainers: Jake Anderson and Christian Lozano introduction of a deeper journey of personal exploration for Room: Cohiba 3 an awareness of the shortcuts and subsequent perceptions Sunday 8:30 – 10:00 am we make about people and our surroundings. It will also provide skills, through transformative learning, to increase awareness about our cognitive biases and offer intervention Who Am I? strategies. This session explores how to assess self-esteem and how to Trainer: Reena Doyle develop a positive self-concept. Room: Montecristo 3 Saturday 10:15 – 11:45 am Trainers: Chuck Mendoza and Melissa Rogers Room: Montecristo 2 Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 am Understanding District Budget Documents: Where’d the Money Go? Why CTA? A Clear Explanation of Benefit, District budget documents are complicated and contain Advocacy and Perks of Membership more information than what is needed to make good Specialists from CTA and NEA Member Benefits will lead you bargaining decisions. This session will cover the basics of on a path of discovery, exploring the many discounts, how to read a budget and how to find the essential data products and services designed especially for CTA members. that is needed to determine reasonable bargaining goals. You’ll be delighted to learn how these benefits can assist Trainer: Chris Balentine you both personally and professionally. Join the thousands Room: Partagas 1 of members enjoying the exciting world of Member Benefits Saturday 3:30 – 5:00 pm every day!
Trainer: Henry Ahn Room: Partagas 3 Saturday 1:45 – 3:15 pm
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TRAINERS AND CONFERENCE STAFF Trainer Title Office Henry Ahn Member Benefits Analyst Burlingame Headquarters Jake Anderson Regional UniServ Staff – Option I Golden Oaks UniServ Christine Balentine Regional UniServ Staff - NODD Ontario Tracy Bennett CTA Human Rights Cadre Trainer Angela Boyle Regional UnivServ Staff – NODD Oxnard RRC Kim Breen Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Ontario RRC Brian Breslin Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Lancaster RRC Morgan Brown Executive Director – Option II Associated Pomona Teachers Nessa Connor Conference Program Specialist II Burlingame Headquarters Reena Doyle Regional UniServ Staff – Human Rights Santa Fe Springs RRC Marlene Fong Regional UniServ Staff – IPD Natomas Bill Hedrick Regional UniServ Staff - RRC Hesperia Mark Herrmann Supervisor Burlingame Headquarters Arleigh Kidd Regional UniServ Staff – Option I Glendale John Kohn Attorney Santa Fe Springs RRC Jesus Lomeli Field Services Specialist Hesperia RRC Christian Lozano Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Monrovia RRC Chuck Mendoza CTA Human Rights Cadre Trainer Dawn Murray Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Hesperia RRC Mitch Olson Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Bakersfield RRC Andrew Oman Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Santa Maria RRC Luciano Ortiz CTA Human Rights Cadre Trainer Phyllis Peters Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Ontario RRC Kathy Rallings Regional UniServ Staff - NODD Norco Headquarters Melissa Rogers CTA Human Rights Cadre Trainer Norma Sanchez Regional UniServ Staff - IPD Santa Fe Springs RRC Paul Scott Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Lancaster RRC Angela Su Regional UniServ Staff - NODD Norco Headquarters Rose Tapp Regional UniServ Staff – Option I Compton Education Association Penny Upton Regional UniServ Staff – RRC Culver City RRC
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17 CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DEAN E. VOGEL, CTA PRESIDENT
A passionate consensus-builder, proven leader and teacher, CTA President Dean E. Vogel strongly believes California must engage educators more in policy decisions and that by fighting to improve the working conditions of educators across the state, the union can improve the learning conditions of all students.
He believes that if you want to know how a child learns to read, ask a teacher, not a bureaucrat. If you want to know how a student can better achieve a college education, ask a school counselor, not a politician. It’s time to take back the teaching profession from billionaire education reformers who have no real understanding of the everyday dynamics of teaching and learning, Vogel contends. Drawing on his 40 years as an educator and award-winning counselor, Vogel has insights into many levels of public education gleaned from his rich experience as a public school teacher and counselor at the elementary and higher education levels. He has taught all elementary grades, including kindergarten and has trained counselors and student teachers.
He speaks out against the scapegoating of educators and the glorification of high-stakes testing. As CTA vice president, he served as chair of CTA’s vital Public Education Funding Workgroup the past few years, helping to develop the union’s ongoing push for stable and sustainable public school funding. He also believes we must make real changes to the state’s tax structure so that the tax burden is equitable for all Californians.
As CTA secretary-treasurer for four years, he oversaw the association’s budget and expenditures and began his statewide coalition work in earnest. Again and again, he has helped CTA fight off political and financial threats to our classrooms in recent years, speaking out in numerous debates and rallies, doing media interviews and walking precincts with state education leaders.
He understands educators and their needs. Since 1990, Vogel has been an elementary school counselor in the Vacaville Unified School District in Solano County and understands, first-hand, the consequences of California having the fewest counselors per student of any public school system in the nation.
In Vacaville, he was a counselor’s counselor. As a master counselor for university field study students, he trained many pupils who went on to become school counselors. He helped to develop a unique community counseling center that was housed on the campus of a Vacaville elementary school, where it served students and the public. For his commitment to counselors, he was named “Advocate of the Year” by the California Association of School Counselors in 2006.
He’s also taught extended education courses at three California State University campuses in Sacramento, Sonoma and Hayward and at the University of California at Davis. In addition, he spent 10 years as a resident teacher in the University of California Teacher Education Program, working with student teachers and helping the university develop its program for pre-service and in-service educators.
His counseling work was preceded by a teaching career of some 18 years in Vacaville, where he was named a local teacher of the year and was one of the first mentor teachers in Vacaville Unified.
His dedicated CTA service in a variety of positions demonstrates his commitment to the power of union work and organizing. He chaired the CTA crisis assistance panel that aids members working for better compensation and classroom conditions across the state. His activism with the Vacaville Teachers Association included three years as president. He was elected to the statewide CTA Board of Directors in 1996, representing 20,000 educators in nine Northern California counties.
A graduate of public schools, Vogel was born in Idaho and grew up in Chino in Southern California. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and received his elementary teaching credential from UC Davis. At CSU-Sacramento, he earned a master’s in education/group dynamics and a pupil personnel services credential.
He lives in Davis in Yolo County with his wife, Nancy Hiestand, who is a retired teacher from the Vacaville district, where the two educators met on the job. Vogel has three grown daughters and eight grandchildren.
18 CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ERIC C. HEINS, CTA VICE PRESIDENT
More than two decades of advocacy for the education profession at the local, state and national levels has prepared CTA Vice President Eric C. Heins for his current leadership team role.
His passion for union work shows. He believes in connecting core union values with the power of the 325,000 members CTA gained through organizing, negotiating and advocating to create a stronger teaching profession and a stronger union.
Skilled in dealing with the media, Heins has done numerous interviews, TV news shows and editorial board meetings in recent years as part of various CTA campaigns against education cuts, pink slips and larger class sizes, among other battles.
He was elected vice president directly from his position as a member of the CTA Board of Directors, where he served about four years, representing thousands of educators and education support professionals in all of Contra Costa County and most of Alameda County.
A 21-year teaching veteran, his advocacy for at-risk students runs deep. He chaired the CTA Quality Education Investment Act Workgroup, charged with monitoring the progress of the CTA-sponsored QEIA, the landmark 2006 reform law. This program provides nearly $3 billion for proven intervention reforms at about 500 of our schools of greatest need over eight years.
Heins also chaired the pivotal CTA Teacher Evaluation Workgroup, which adopted new guidelines in spring 2011 stressing that reforms for teacher assessments must focus on strengthening the teaching profession and improving student learning, not punishing educators. He was also an active member of CTA’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Workgroup.
In addition, he represented local Bay Area teachers for six years as a California member of the National Education Association Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Pittsburg Education Association and was bargaining chair for that chapter during its five-day strike in June 2000. He was chair of the CTA Alcosta Service Center Council. He also monitored education issues as CTA’s liaison to the State Board of Education and was on the steering committee of the California Safe Schools Coalition.
Active on many human rights issues, Heins was a cadre trainer for GLBT leadership training and the “Breaking the Silence” workshops. He chaired the CTA Diversity Committee and served on the union’s Equity and Human Rights Conference Planning Committee.
He holds a bachelor’s in music from Chapman College in Orange County. His master’s in language and literacy education and his reading specialist credential are from the University of California at Berkeley. Born in Amsterdam, he speaks fluent Dutch. Heins lives in San Francisco.
19 CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION MIKKI CICHOCKI-SEMO CTA SECRETARY-TREASURER
CTA Secretary-Treasurer Mikki Cichocki-Semo brings a career dedicated to helping at-risk students and building local education coalitions to her statewide leadership position.
The daughter of two public school teachers, her education roots run deep. A veteran teacher with classroom experience in kindergarten through middle school, she is currently assigned to Youth Services in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Cichocki-Semo (pronounced “chuh-husky”) believes CTA is a driving force for a quality education for every student. She holds a degree in liberal studies from Cal Poly Pomona and went to San Bernardino public schools. She came to education after working in business for several years. She has 23 years of education experience and has represented thousands of teachers throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties on the CTA Board of Directors.
Cichocki-Semo’s duties with Youth Services focus on disciplinary, attendance and child welfare issues for nontraditional students who face shrinking alternative educational programs. She was serving her third three-year term on the CTA Board of Directors when she was elected to the CTA leadership team in spring 2011. Her many duties as secretary-treasurer include ensuring that CTA remains fiscally sound as California schools cope with unprecedented cuts.
In the thick of many past CTA campaigns, she has lobbied in Sacramento often on behalf of students and educators and her proven commitment to union principles shows. Her critical CTA work includes serving on the union’s Education Change Workgroup and Strategy Committee.
A past president of the San Bernardino Teachers Association, she became a site representative for SBTA during her first year of teaching. She is past chair of the Language Acquisition Committee of the CTA State Council of Education.
Cichocki-Semo led efforts to bring child care to State Council meetings so that members with families could fully participate in the CTA representative process. She also fought to include education support professionals in the union in her leadership roles with CTA’s Membership Enhancement and Membership Enhancement Implementation task forces. She has been very active with the San Bernardino Community Coalition, an education coalition that has promoted literacy training, developed Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) language adopted by CTA chapters across the state and created Survive and Thrive, a program for veteran teachers who need assistance. This coalition of CTA chapter presidents and school superintendents collaborates on local education issues to find common ground in support of students and public education.
She lives in Riverside with her husband and her daughter who attends Riverside Poly High School.
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JOYCE POWELL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Joyce Powell, a special education schoolteacher from Vineland, N.J., was elected to the National Education Association’s (NEA) Executive Committee in July 2009 for a three-year term. She was re-elected to a subsequent three-year term in 2012.
Powell brings more than 30 years of education experience, advancing the educational opportunities for students with special needs. She began her teaching career in 1973 as a teacher of emotionally disturbed children. She has taught computer math, English, vocational training, health and inclusion U.S. History at Vineland High School South.
For the past four years, Powell served as president of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) where she played a major role in obtaining lifetime premium-free health benefits for retired school employees. She was also instrumental in helping to establish a new School Employees’ Health Benefits Plan and was the driving force behind the creation of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, which delivers innovative educator-led professional development. She currently serves as the chair of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning.
Prior to her role as the state’s Association president, Powell also served as NJEA’s vice president and secretary- treasurer.
As an educational leader, Powell served on the Board of Directors of the Educational Improvement and Resource Center (EIRC) South and was on the Board of Directors of the Work Environment Council where she worked on issues related to the safety of school facilities. Powell currently serves as a member of the New Jersey Professional Teaching Standards Board.
In addition to her leadership role within the state of New Jersey, Powell has been a powerful voice at the national level as well. She has served on numerous NEA committees, including the UniServ Review Commission, the Professional Standards and Practices Committee and a special committee on NEA Membership. She served as vice president of the National Council of State Education Associations from 2008-2009.
Powell is a graduate of Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). She earned a master’s degree in urban education and community affairs from William Paterson College in 1981.
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22 CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center For emergencies involving police, the fire department, or 3186 South Maryland Parkway medical personnel while at Tropicana, use the house
Las Vegas, NV 89109 phones if available to call “0” for the operator. If no 702-731-8000 house phone is immediately accessible, call 911 and 24 Hour Emergency Services, 12 min away from hotel have someone contact the front desk. Driving Directions: Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel: 1. Right on E Tropicana Ave 3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South 2. Left on Koval Lane, right on E Flamingo Rd Las Vegas, NV 89109 3. Left at S. Maryland Pkwy Telephone: 888.381.8767 or 702.739.2222 PHARMACIES Walgreens CVS Pharmacy (Next to Monte Carlo) 3480 S Jones Blvd 3758 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89146 Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-871-1405 702-262-9028 Store and pharmacy open 24 hours everyday 5 min away from hotel 10 min away from hotel Store Hours: Driving Directions: Open 24 Hrs Everyday 1. Left on W Tropicana Ave, slight merge onto I 15N Pharmacy Hours 2. Take Exit for Spring Mountain Rd, keep right at fork Mo-Fri: 8:00am - 10:00pm Sat: 9:00am - 6:00pm 3. Follow signs for Spring Mountain Rd W Su: 10:00am - 6:00pm 4. Right on S Jones Blvd Driving Directions: 1. Take S Las Vegas Blvd toward E Tropicana Ave 2. Left at E Harmon Ave, left on S Las Vegas Blvd URGENT CARE Take Care Health Clinic in Walgreens MinuteClinic Inside CVS/pharmacy (Next to Monte Carlo) 3480 S Jones Blvd 3758 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89146 Las Vegas, NV 89109 702- 871-1405 702-262-9284 No appointment necessary, 10 min away from hotel No appointment necessary, 5 min away from hotel Clinic Hours Clinic Hours Mon – Fri: 9:00am 4:30pm Mon – Fri: 8:30am – 7:30pm Sat: 9:30am – 5:00pm Sat: 9:00am – 5:30pm Sun:9:30am – 5:00pm Sun: 10:00am – 5:30pm Driving Directions: Driving Directions: 1. Left on W Tropicana Ave, slight merge onto I 15N 1. Take S Las Vegas Blvd toward E Tropicana Ave 2. Take Exit for Spring Mountain Rd, keep right at fork 2. Left at E Harmon Ave, left on S Las Vegas Blvd 3. Follow signs for Spring Mountain Rd W Accepted Insurance: Aetna, AmeriPlan, Anthem BC&BS, 4. Right on S Jones Blvd BCBS, ChoiceCare, Cigna, First Health, Healthlink, Accepted Insurance: Aetna, AmeriPlan, Anthem Medicare, National PPO, PacifiCare, United Healthcare BC&BS, BCBS, ChoiceCare, Cigna, First Health, Healthlink, Medicare, National PPO, PacifiCare, United Healthcare DENTIST Enhance Dental Driving Directions: 1215 S. Fort Apache, Suite #230 1. Left on W Tropicana Ave, merge onto I 15N Las Vegas, NV 89117 2. Merge onto 95N Reno 702-437-1007 3. Exit onto Summerlin Pkwy W Mon – Sat: 9:00am – 6:00pm 4. Exit Rampart Blvd, left onto N Rampart Blvd Call Prior to Arrival. 15 min away from hotel 5. Continue onto S Fort Apache Road After Hours Line - Dental Emergencies: 702-733-8700, Opt 2
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