Hello Redwood Members,

I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Attached are the following scholarship grant documents:

• Redwood SCC 2022-2023 Scholarship Application
• Redwood SCC 2022-2023 Scholarship Deadlines

Please send any completed application for each conference to Tina McKenzie at tmckenzie@cta.org.  Please pass this information along to your members.

Thank you; take care!

Ola

This  new virtual system  makes registering and attending a CTA presented Retirement workshop easier.  You can choose any date on the list, sessions are no longer restricted by geography. Registration is simple, just click on the link.

Click here to register!

Hello Redwood Service Center Council!

Have you ever thought about running for State Council?  If you’ve not heard, there’s a BUNCH of seats coming open so, if you’re interested, see below!

 

The CTA 2022 Summer Pass to Online Learning and University Credit is a benefit to members attending CTA Conferences during the summer conference season. CTA Members, through attending in-person or watching CTA Virtual Pass sessions, will be given the opportunity to accumulate the professional growth hours needed to qualify for university credit units with CSU, Chico. 2022 Summer Pass Deadlines Start Date: Today, June 10th, 2022 End Date: August 10th, 2022 As a benefit to members, CTA will cover the $75/unit cost for up to six university credit units available. The professional growth hours can be accumulated by attending conferences live and/or by watching recordings. Check with your district HR office or local chapter president to ensure that university credit units can help you advance on your salary schedule. For more information and a step-by-step process on how to earn University Credits, visit: www.CTA.org/Credits To see which Virtual Pass courses qualify for the current season, visit: www.CTA.org/VirtualPass For any questions, please contact VirtualPass@CTA.org

 

The CTA Elections Chair will be conducting a virtual elections training on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 4:30 pm.

Please share this info and date with your chapter Presidents, Elections Committee Chairpersons and Committee Members.

Please click here to sign-up for the virtual training session by 10 am, Monday, April 25, 2022.

The training handouts, manual, and link to log onto the virtual training will be emailed to you (to the email address you signed up with) by noontime on April 26.

Congratulations to the amazing RPCEA leadership and members!!!  It is always difficult and courageous to strike but to strike after two years of a horrific pandemic is a herculean feat.  We will be honoring our RPCEA educators with a much deserved CTA “Golden Foot” soon as a recognition of their valiant efforts to strike and achieve justice for the students, educators, parents, community, public education and our democracy!  The district might not realize it, but they actually won too as this justice helps us create better public schools with the best educators for our students

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/tentative-deal-reached-to-end-cotati-rohnert-park-teacher-strike/

Kristie McWilliams, a teacher at University Elementary La Fiesta, waves a sign at passing cars as teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Kristie McWilliams, a teacher at University Elementary La Fiesta, waves a sign at passing cars as teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Supporters and teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Teachers from Monte Vista Elementary School, including Cassandra Wilcox, from left, Tami Riddle, and Grace Daucher, join with supporters and teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District as they picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Supporters and teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Supporters and teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Rancho Cotate High teacher Kristi McWilliams, left, and Hahn Elementary fourth grade teacher Austin Brooks join teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District as they picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Supporters and teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District picket along Rohnert Park Expressway during their strike for higher wages in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 17, 2022.(Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat)

Each year, CTA’s Ethnic Minority Early Identification and Development (EMEID) Program takes BIPOC members who are interested in expanding their roles in their unions and/or CTA, provides them with mentors, and funds their participation in CTA conferences to provide them with the tools to achieve their goals. Applications for the 2022-23 program are currently being accepted and are due by 5:00p.m. on Friday, April 8th. EMEID participants must be able to attend CTA’s Summer Institute July 24-28, 2022 and CTA’s January State Council meeting January 27-29, 2023. Information on the 2022-23 program may be found here, and members may apply for the program here. For more information on past years’ programs, see these articles: Head of the Class In Step With the Union Learning Leadership EMEID:  A Path to CTA Leadership