There are benefits when we stand together.
Mountain View Family Center
On Tuesday, May 15th, some MVTA elected Executive Board members, and MVSD Administration and School Board members, were on hand to see the current state of the Mountain View Family Center. This center will be used to support students and families in the MVSD community. It is on the site of the old Boys & Girls Club on Mountain View Road between Elliott Avenue and Magnolia Street. The grand opening is scheduled for Fall 2018.
MVTA-MVSD Tentative Agreement Voting Results
The MVTA-MVSD tentative agreement ratification vote results are:
Yes: 215
No: 20
We will upload the new contract when it is available. The first retroactive check will be sent out around late June, and the other checks will be sent out in August.
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta of Books
Saturday, May 5 was the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta of Books at Arceo Park and MVTA was there to pass out free books to the young children (12 years or younger) in El Monte.
Thank you to Laura Gaber, Patty Goytia, Jenny Siebel, and Letty Cardenas for showing up and representing MVTA.
Executive Board Meeting Tomorrow, May 2nd
The Executive Board will be meeting tomorrow to set the timeline for voting on the Tentative Agreement.
Leticia Urias Honored at CTA WHO Awards
Leticia Urias, our MVTA Vice President, was honored today at the California Teachers Association WHO Awards that took place at the Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills.
Tony Thurmond, candidate for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was the speaker.
#mtviewteachers
MVTA-MVSD Tentative Agreement 4/27/18
Date(s) to vote on the tentative agreement will be settled on soon. Please see the "Contract" area to view and download the tentative agreement.
MVTA and CSEA School Board Rally
MVTA and CSEA rallied before the school board meeting today. Several educators spoke during the meeting to voice a need for an increase in pay and medical benefits.
MVTA School Board Rally
MVTA is having a School Board rally this Wednesday, April 18th.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Dinner will be provided by Taco Man Catering
6:30 p.m.: School Board meeting start time
Consider telling your professional story.
RSVP Your Attendance: Use your personal email (not your district email address) and send a confirmation by Tuesday, April 17 at 12:00 to Jenny Siebel (MVTA Organizing Chair) at jsiebel8@gmail.com and let her know how many (if any) are coming with you.
PS. If you did not receive an email notifying you of the school board rally on April 18th, please go to the "Contact" tab on this website and enter your contact information so that we will be able to send you any future updates that cannot be sent to your district email address.
Upcoming MVTA and MVSD Negotiation Dates
The upcoming MVT and MVSD negotiation dates are:
Friday, April 20, '18
Friday, April 27, '18
Monday, May 7, '18
Friday, May 11, '18
DACA: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
This session was held at the Equity and Human Rights Conference in Torrance on March 4th and led by Patricia Rucker.
DACA is an executive order signed by Barack Obama in 2012 that gives registered protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.
DACA fees are $495 per person and the recipients need to reapply every two years in order to receive temporary protection from deportation and a work permit.
Recipients pay the same taxes as U.S. citizens and they pay into the Social Security fund. They do not receive Social Security benefits, Medicaid, welfare, food stamps, and the Affordable Care Act.
In order to qualify for DACA the recipients had to have come to the U.S. before June 15, 2007 and be younger than 16 years old at the time. They must have a clean criminal past.
95% are in school or have a job.
5,000 DACA recipients are California teachers.
22,000 DACA recipients did not renew their status in the first month after the September rescission order by President Trump.
72,300 undocumented students are enrolled in California public colleges and half probably have DACA protection right now.
People whose DACA protection expired before March 5, 2018 had the opportunity to reapply for another two years. For everyone else their protection will start to expire if another plan isn’t developed.
Tammy Capilla, Equity & Human Rights Chair/LGBTQ+ Contact
Mrs. Celia Galindo: Community Outreach Action Team (COAT) Recipient for 2018
CTA #ArmMeWith Personal Video
If you'd like to share what you would like to be armed with, you can create a video and upload it to this CTA website. The website has a sign you can print out and use in the video.
Also, the student-led March for Our Lives is this Saturday and there are marches happening in Brea, Pico Rivera, and Upland. Find out more information at MarchForOurLives.com
https://stories.cta.org/armmewith/
Bargaining Team Members
The new Bargaining Team is as follows:
- Elena Caballero - Chair
- Maria Aguilar
- David Chen
- Lena Solis-Aguilar
- Leticia Urias
Their first team meeting was February 22, 2018. They created a survey that was presented to the Representative Council on Wednesday, March 14th and it will be distributed at the staff meetings during the week of March 19 -23, '18.
ACCESS: PART OF A SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS CHECKLIST
I participated in the “Organizing for Social Justice” session at the CTA Issues Conference this January. It was 1 ½ hours long and covered a lot of ground, so this article will focus on one small piece of that session having to do with access. Most of this information was taken directly from the “BCTF Social Justice Lens Booklet” found at: https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Publications/SJLens.pdf
What challenges keep some students from accessing the same opportunities as their peers?
Do our programs, resources, events, and so forth meet the following criteria for access? If not, we should identify alternatives that do satisfy these criteria.
ACCESS
- values a welcoming and inclusive approach to all people equally
- values openness to the ideas and opinions of others as equal participants
- teaches the value of multiple perspectives
- demonstrates respect for democratic processes and civil society
- values community and cooperation
- responsive to all others equally
Tammy Capilla, MVTA Equity Team Chair and LGBTQ+ Contact
We've Launched Our New Chapter Website
Today at the CCA 2018 Conference in Los Angeles, we created a new website. Features include a new calendar, our contract is available to download, and more.