The VTA and VUSD presented articles to open at the March 21, 2013 school board meeting.

Brenda Hensley, VTA bargaining chair, opened the following articles:

3: Wages
4: Hours of Employment
5: Health and Welfare Benefits
9: Class Size
14: Unit Member Safety

Randy Henry, VUSD Chief Negotiator, opened the following articles:

3: Wages
4: Hours of Employment
5: Health and Welfare Benefits
6: Leaves
7: Assignments
8: Part-time Employment
9: Class Size
10: Evaluation
16: Miscellaneous
19: PAR

Exec Board Agenda

March 26, 2013

Cooper School library 3:30 P.M

1)    – Approval of the minutes

2)    – Approval of the agenda

* Bargaining (Brenda Hensley)

3)    – President’s Report

4)    -Treasurer’s Report

5)    -Chair Reports

Action (Corey Penrose)

Human Rights (Alyson Brauning)

Women’s Issues (Tricia Cowen)

Grievance (Sylvia Aquino)

PAC ( Dawn Kelly)

Special Ed ( Tammy Parker)

Membership ( Julie Timmerman)

6)    –Business

Affordable Health Care Act update

7)  -Other

8)  -Adjournment

I just wanted to let you know there will be a public hearing at tomorrow night’s School Board meeting on the request from Pacific Valley Charter Academy for VUSD to sponsor the Heritage Peak Vacaville Learning Center and approve the charter petition they have submitted to the District.

This is an opportunity to come and learn more or share comments or questions you may have about this. The meeting is in the Board Room of the ESC at 401 Nut Tree Rd. in Vacaville and begins at 7:00 P.M. – Moira

Thanks for all your help with the NEA-RA elections! Special thanks to Bob Blaine for all his work on this. We will have the results to share soon.

Sylvia and I met with the district yesterday regarding POL usage. We will have more to share on the POL issue at the next Rep Council meeting as we gather information and explore options.

A letter from the district is supposed to sent next week to explain specifics about the numbers on the form, explain that your signature is only verifying the leave usage (not the calculations at the top), and to name a contact person to whom members should address their questions? HR sent an email to secretarial staff and principals to remind them that members should not be asked the specific reasons for absences, only the leave description (PL, POL, etc) when making corrections to their form. However, if the administrator thinks the leave is inappropriate or not consistent with the contract, then the administrator can enter into a clarifying conversation with the employee. In this case, we strongly encourage members to request VTA representation at the meeting where this is to be discussed. In order to receive Bereavement leave, the employee will be required to tell their administrator who passed and how far away the service is.

I spoke to Dr. Niederkorn regarding the Board Policy on fees and charges. Information about this is supposed to be disseminated to staff by the principals. Any questions should be directed to principals. I will send an email to members as a heads upon this.

I am also sending an email to members about the upcoming election for VTA officers and directors and State Council Representative. Nominations for these positions will be made at the April 9th Rep Council meeting which will be at Chevy’s at 3:30.

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Checklist for a 10 minute VTA meeting:

__Share this information

__Encourage anyone interested in running for a position to get their nomination in.

__Share member benefits information from the presentation. Direct folks to the CTA website to learn more.

__Let your staff know we will have an update on health care at the next meeting. Also, please reiterate that members can pull spouses and children off their plans at any time, and we encourage families to shop around for plans that may be less expensive or better options for them.

__Encourage staff to attend the School Board mixer which will be held at Chevy’s on April 9th at 5:15 right after the Rep Council meeting.

__And, as always, remind your staff to go to the www.vacateachers.org website for the latest news, documents, and other important information.

Thanks for all you do and enjoy the weekend – Moira