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

Hello Redwood Steering Committee,

I hope you and your family are well.

Attached are the following items for the March Redwood Steering Committee Meeting.

• Agenda
• Agenda for the March 12, 2022 meeting
• Budget for 2022
• RSCC Meeting Minutes for January
• RSCC Steering Minutes for January
• Friday night event flyer
• WHO Award Nomination Form
• Redwood Educators Conference Draft Registration Form

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Alyson

RSCC EDUCATORS CONFERENCE_REGISTRATION FORM

State WHO Award Rules for Nomination

RSCC STEERING AGENDA

RSCC Steering Committee Minutes

Budget 2022

RSCC AGENDA

Join us Friday night!

RSCC General Meeting Minutes

CONFERENCE_REGISTRATION FORM

Presenters Application

Black history is American history. February is a month to study and celebrate African Americans’ rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that are part of our history. The 2022 theme, Black Health and Wellness, acknowledges Black medical scholars and health care providers – especially timely during this pandemic, which has disproportionately affected minority communities.

Watch CTA President E. Toby Boyd speak to the importance of Black history here. Find CTA resources and suggested lesson plans here.

It’s not too late to participate in this week’s Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action! Find classroom and school resources at CTA and NEA, including  tips to facilitate conversation and advocate for your students at the school and district level.

Our collective action, including calls from educators and other union members across the state, proved successful on Jan. 25, when Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced an agreement that will provide supplemental paid COVID sick leave (SPSL) to educators, school personnel and all California workers.

The proposal, which will be voted on by the Legislature next week, provides up to 80 hours of SPSL, with a guarantee of 40 hours to all employees. It is retroactive to Jan. 1 and extends to Sept. 30, 2022.

“This leave will allow school employees to quarantine, recover, and return to their students and classrooms,” said CTA President E. Toby Boyd, adding that the agreement “is the fruits of our collective labor as educators, labor partners and state leaders committed to the health and well-being of California workers.”

Join CTA to urge your legislators to vote yes! Click here to add your voice.