Rep Council meeting minutes for Nov. 12

The Rep Council voted on October 22 to establish a VTA Health Care Committee. The role of the committee will be to research alternative options and gather data that will help us make informed decisions about how we provide health care benefits to our members as we move forward. The committee will report to the Executive Board, Rep Council, and membership. It will solicit input from members, and potentially put some choices to a vote that can be implemented through the negotiations’ process.

We are looking for members who represent the various types of coverage we now offer; in lieu of, single subscriber, subscriber plus one, subscriber plus two or more, as well as a range of new to veteran members to serve on the committee. The responsibilities will include approximately one meeting per month plus some additional duties involving research, reporting, survey drafting, compiling of responses etc.

Alyson Brauning, our Vice President, will serve as committee chair. Our goal is to have a committee of approximately six members who represent a mix of the groups listed above. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please email me by November 20th. We plan to have the committee selected and ready to start after the winter break.

We are also looking for members to serve on the Peer Assistance Review (PAR) committee. This would entail just a few meetings with the District to discuss current implementation of PAR and look at current PAR language to see if changes may need to be made through the negotiations’ process. Please let me know if you are interested in working on this committee.

Thank you,

Moira McSweeney

The School Board voted unanimously last night to approve the tentative agreement ratified by members on November 1st. The terms of the agreement are attached and will go into effect immediately. The new contract and salary schedules are being worked on and will be posted on the www.vacateachers.org website as soon as they are ready.

The retro base pay will be on the December pay warrant. Retro adjustments for extra duty/stipend pay earned since the beginning of the year will be on the January pay warrant. Attached is a formula to calculate your retro base pay developed by Brenda Hensley, our Bargaining Chair. To use an excel worksheet developed by Wood Rep DJ Bowen to make this calculation, click here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtM8r7TEo05LdDQxX1pJZ0pyWHFYSmtYU1BreDRQTVE&usp=sharing
Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Moira McSweeney

Rep Council Agenda Nov. 12

•GLBT Safety in Schools Grant and Scholarship Program – Application due November 20, 2013
• CTA César E. Chávez Memorial Education Awards Program – Applications and projects must be postmarked by January 10, 2014
• CTA Scholarship for Members – Up to five – $3,000 scholarships – Application due February 7, 2014
• CTA Scholarship for Dependent Children – Up to thirty-five – $5,000 scholarships – Application due February 7, 2014
• Del A. Weber Scholarship for Dependent Children Attending Continuation High School/Alternative Education Programs – One $5,000 scholarship – Application due February 7, 2014
• L. Gordon Bittle Memorial Scholarship for Student CTA (SCTA) – Up to three – $3,000 scholarships – Application due February 7, 2014
• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Application due February 21, 2014
• NEA Grants & Awards – ongoing – see CTA website for more information

Applications and past winners may both be found at www.cta.org/about-CTA/CTA-Foundation/Scholarships