When: February 24 - 27, 2021
Where: Online
Theme: Truth, Healing, Action
Cost: Free
University Credit & Professional Growth Hours: Free (see CTA.org/credit for more information)
Featured Sessions & Presenters:
Opening Keynote by Little Steven;
A Panel on Communities Organizing for Justice;
Melina Abdullah;
Jackie Byers;
Human Rights Awards
How to attend and to find out times and session information:
MVTA held a retirement panel on February 17 via Zoom and a number retirees shared information about the issues to consider when deciding to retire.
Some are newly retired, and some have been retired for a while, so there was a wide perspective.
Also, it must be said that this is NOT a replacement for a CalSTRS Retirement workshop or a meeting with a financial advisor.
Here is the link: MVTA Retiree Panel
The MVTA Membership Engagement Committee, using funds from the CTA Member Engagement Grant, is having a special event to acknowledge your hard work.
Please find the RSVP link in your personal email with “MVTA Thank You! Drive-Thru” in the subject line.
The Calendar TA passed with 118 voting “Yes, I approve”, 5 voting “No, I do not approve”, and 5 voting “Abstain”.
SCONE is holding a virtual Ethnic Minority Leadership Development Training in two parts, each on a different day.
Part 1: Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Part 2: Friday, February 12, 2021 - 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - with special guest CTA Cadre Trainers: Tony Duarte and C. Scott Miller
Please see the attached flyer for more information.
To register, please fill out this Google Form.
Deadline to submit declaration: January 29, 2021 online submission, or no later than 5:00 p.m. if sending by mail (mailing address is listed on pg. 61 of California Educator under the “Category” section).
NEA Convention Location and Dates: Meeting Virtually, July 2-6, 2021 (No longer in Denver, CO and dates are subject to change)
Application: https://www.cta.org/racandidacy or page 61 of the December 2020/January 2021 California Educator
Duties of delegates to NEA Representative Assembly are listed on the online application and on page 61 of the California Educator. California Educator pg. 60, “Actual dates and other format details are still being finalized. You can expect the Representative Assembly to be the first week in July 2021.”
Members who are people of color are urged to attend.
When: February 4-7
Where: Virtual - Webex
Audience: Grades TK-5
Your experience at the Good Teaching Conference is equal parts educational and transformational. You’ll learn news skills and find solutions to real-life challenges. You’ll leave the conference feeling inspired, motivated and with a knowledge of what you need to do to be even more successful on Monday morning in your classroom.
Click on the link below to register and for more information on the sessions and agenda.
https://www.cta.org/event/2021-good-teaching-conference-elem
Taking place January 14-17, the CTA Issues Conference: Facing Extraordinary Times Together brings together local leaders and activists on the issues that matter most.
Some of the sessions are:
Bargaining the Unknown - MOUs and Side Letters
Educator Self-Care During COVID: Explorations in Wellness and Strengthening Immunity
Taking Action: Contract Enforcement and Intro to Grievance Handling
Addressing Special Education Mid-Pandemic
Building and Maintaining Relationships with School Board Members and Trustees
Rights, Responsibilities and Hot Topics for ESP Union Leaders
Go to this link to register and to get more information:
Ruby Huesca, Dual Immersion Transitional Kindergarten Teacher at Payne School, is MVSD’s recipient of the 2020 Bobby Salcedo Esperanza Award.
The MVSD Food Service staff members are receiving the Community Hero Award.
"We are very proud to honor Ruby as our Bobby Salcedo Esperanza Award winner. She is one of the most dedicated and talented teachers in our District and is very deserving of the recognition." said Lillian Maldonado French, Superintendent. "We are also extremely grateful to our Food Service Team for their unwavering dedication and service to our students and families during our school closures and we look forward to joining the community to honor their efforts."
The Virtual Tamalada Gala will be on Thursday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. on the El Monte Promise Foundation website: www.promisenow.org/2020Tamalada
CTA is calling on the State Board of Education and the California Department of Education to apply for a federal waiver for the English, Math and Science portions of California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) in spring 2021.
#WeAreCTA
In order to keep our benefit coverage at the lowest possible cost, MVSD is having a Dependent Verification Review and American Fidelity will be conducting the review on behalf of the District.
MVSD will be sending the attached letter home with the November paycheck, as well as sending a copy of it to our district email addresses this week.
The review needs to be completed by May 1, 2021.
The 12th annual CTA conference addressing LGBTQ+ issues involving educators, students and the community is on December 3 - 5, 2020.
Register at https://cta.org/event/2020-lgbtq-issues-conference
Over the next several weeks, CTA will be emailing members a personalized link to download their digital membership card to their mobile device.
This proof of membership can be saved as a photo or saved in Apple Wallet or Google Pay.
CTA Service Center One Council invites members to the Ethnic Minority Leadership Development Reception on October 29, 2000 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
RSVP for this virtual event by October 16 to Edna Gonzalez at egonzalez@cta.org
Please include your name, chapter, and email with RSVP.
Here are the MVTA election results.
* Indicates Elected
Office of Vice-President
Votes Name
43 Maria Frias
*152 Leticia Urias
Office of Secretary
Votes Name
*102 Jacquella Payne
92 Patty Goytia
Office of Member at Large
Votes Name
*146 Ruby Huesca
*129 Ramona Chandler
64 Natalie Casillas
*102 Jenny Siebel
63 Dinorah Jimenez
Respectfully submitted by Tammy Capilla, MVTA Elections chair.
Here are some of the wonderful, professional workspaces setup by Mountain View educators.
CTA membership cards will be in the August/September 2020 edition of the California Educator.
Look for it in the last part of the magazine close to the last page.
The NEA Women’s Caucus sent an email that includes a message from the National Woman’s Party on the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Dear Friend,
Today marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment became law, finally securing in the U.S. Constitution a woman’s right to vote after more than 70 years of struggle by generations of women across the country.
National Woman’s Party (NWP) founders Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, along with countless brave and committed people from across the country, helped accomplish this achievement. And they did so by pursuing innovative tactics and strategies—marching, organizing, lobbying, holding politicians accountable, and picketing the White House—the first organization in history to do so.
They persisted, even during World War I, when many believed it unpatriotic to criticize President Woodrow Wilson during war time. It was this commitment to purpose that led to their arrest, imprisonment, and even an effort to declare Alice Paul insane. In protest of their treatment, many went on hunger strikes and endured brutal force feedings that left them with long-term health issues.
The suffrage movement, like the country, was impelled by and tolerated racism, despite the leadership and participation of many Black women, including Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell and members of the Delta Sigma Alpha sorority. And after ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, voting rights were not evenly given. It would be decades before Black and Native American women achieved those rights. Still today, voter suppression and assaults against women’s basic rights remain a threat that disproportionately impact women of color.
The story is told at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, DC.
Alice Paul said that the 19th Amendment vote was a means to an end and the real goal was equality. In 1923, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment, and for the next 50 years, the NWP worked to overturn legal discrimination at the local, state, national and international levels.
Today, activists across the country and the globe are raising their voices, working to take the next leap forward for justice and equality for all.
Our foremothers from 100 years ago would no doubt be proud.
Onward,
Susan E. Carter
President,
National Woman’s Party Board of Directors
