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Thursday, October 17, 2013
How to support your bargaining team to gain better teaching and learning conditions ...
How to support your team to gain better teaching and learning conditions.
- Be Visible: Wear OEA Green on Wednesdays
- Stay Informed: Read your OEA emails
- Build Unity: Eat lunch with your staff
-Contract Maintenance: Know your contract and enforce current provisions
- Communicate: Share issues, concerns, strategies, and successes with OEA
Your OEA Bargaining Team:
Kei Swensen, Chair
Kathryn Byrnes
Jennifer Formosa
Steve Randall
Vincent Tolliver
Doug Appel, CTA Staff
WHAT MATTERS TO OEA MEMBERS
"WHAT MATTERS TO OEA MEMBERS"
Grass Valley, Montclair, Peralta, SEED, Lafayette, Sequoia, Laurel, Bunche, Hillcrest, Madison, Park Academy, Reading Clinic, La Escuelita, Piedmont Ave, Munck, Kaiser, Westlake, Sanfoka Academy, Esperanza, Chabot.
HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD
Question 1: What are the most important things you need to improve students' academic and social/emotional outcomes?
* smaller class size/caseload
* on site psych/counseling support (not just
for SST/IEP)
* intervention (academic) staff w/equity of
service & reasonable group sizes
* planning time
Question 2: What are the most important things you need to develop as a professional educator?
* duty free or extended contract (paid) planning time
* relevant, member-driven PDs
* duty free or paid prep time
* access to functional, current technology
* evaluations that support professional growth
Question 3: What are the factors that might prevent you from remaining as a career educator in Oakland?
* low salary
* high class size/caseloads
* lack of effective administrative leadership
"Lack of Respect" was actually the second highest factor reported for question 3. However we found it difficult to define this. Does "lack of respect" mean unrealistic demands and expectations are placed on us, we are given a lack of resources, we are blamed for lack of student growth, or we have a lack of member voice in decision-making?
DO THE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE CAPTURE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU?
Come to the OEA Membership Meeting/Contract Convention to share your opinions and/or to give your feedback as to how these top issues might be addressed at the bargaining table.
In Unity,
Your OEA Bargaining Team
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
OEA EXECUTIVE BOARD VOTES TO RECOMMEND RATIFICATION BY THE MEMBERSHIP.
To read the Tentative Agreement click here.
TIMELINE FOR A RATIFICATION VOTE**
Wednesday:
4:00-5:30 OEA Representative Council
Bret Harte Middle School
3700 Coolidge Ave.
Debate and secret ballot on recommendation to membership
Friday:
Bret Harte Middle School
3700 Coolidge Ave.
Debate and secret ballot on recommendation to membership
Friday:
OEA Ratification Meeting/You will be able to leave school early.
Oakland Technical High School
Tentative Agenda
2:30-3:00 Registration (Bring ID or Membership Card)
If you are not a member, you may sign up and vote
3:00-4:00 Questions and Debate on Acceptance of TA
4:00 Balloting begins
Questions and Debate continues
6:30 Balloting ends
**The ratification vote by the OEA Membership will take place on Friday, June 14. That meeting is not dependent on the actions of the Executive Board or Rep Council.
Update
On Monday, June 10, the OEA Executive Board voted 10 to 6 to recommend that the membership accept the Tentative Agreement (TA).
A TA is the first step to having a settled contract. The membership has the final say in accepting or rejecting the terms of the TA at a Ratification Meeting on Friday, June 14.
Hard copies are available now at the OEA Center.
Please send questions you may have about the TA tooaklandea@oaklandea.com, and write in Subject Line: TA QUESTION. This will help us prepare a FAQ sheet for the Ratification Meeting.
We have made small but real gains in this Tentative Agreement, the first TA since 2005. One of the strategies for settling a contract by the end of the year was to establish a foundation to build upon in the next round of negotiations for a 3 year contract. Those sessions will begin in the fall and I am convinced that the solidarity we have built among the membership this year will continue to grow and will be critical to achieving significantly more.
In Unity,
Trish Gorham, OEA President
Enforce the Contract!
An Article of the contract was not printed in the current copy, but is still agreed to by OEA and the District. The last Wednesday Minimum Day in elementary schools is exclusively for teacher preparation and there are no mandatory meetings.
SPREAD THE WORD!
It is not just the OEA Center that holds all responsibility for getting the word out to members.
Reps: Please make sure the members at your sites are getting the most up to date information.
Members: Please forward to your colleagues whom you know don't always fix their attention on union matters.
It is extremely important that we make the decision on a Tentative Agreement through a vibrant democratic process. That can only be fully realized by an engaged and participatory membership.VOTE!
Oakland Technical High School
Tentative Agenda
2:30-3:00 Registration (Bring ID or Membership Card)
If you are not a member, you may sign up and vote
3:00-4:00 Questions and Debate on Acceptance of TA
4:00 Balloting begins
Questions and Debate continues
6:30 Balloting ends
**The ratification vote by the OEA Membership will take place on Friday, June 14. That meeting is not dependent on the actions of the Executive Board or Rep Council.
Update
On Monday, June 10, the OEA Executive Board voted 10 to 6 to recommend that the membership accept the Tentative Agreement (TA).
A TA is the first step to having a settled contract. The membership has the final say in accepting or rejecting the terms of the TA at a Ratification Meeting on Friday, June 14.
Hard copies are available now at the OEA Center.
Please send questions you may have about the TA tooaklandea@oaklandea.com, and write in Subject Line: TA QUESTION. This will help us prepare a FAQ sheet for the Ratification Meeting.
We have made small but real gains in this Tentative Agreement, the first TA since 2005. One of the strategies for settling a contract by the end of the year was to establish a foundation to build upon in the next round of negotiations for a 3 year contract. Those sessions will begin in the fall and I am convinced that the solidarity we have built among the membership this year will continue to grow and will be critical to achieving significantly more.
In Unity,
Trish Gorham, OEA President
Enforce the Contract!
An Article of the contract was not printed in the current copy, but is still agreed to by OEA and the District. The last Wednesday Minimum Day in elementary schools is exclusively for teacher preparation and there are no mandatory meetings.
SPREAD THE WORD!
It is not just the OEA Center that holds all responsibility for getting the word out to members.
Reps: Please make sure the members at your sites are getting the most up to date information.
Members: Please forward to your colleagues whom you know don't always fix their attention on union matters.
It is extremely important that we make the decision on a Tentative Agreement through a vibrant democratic process. That can only be fully realized by an engaged and participatory membership.VOTE!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Sign the OEA Petition and forward it!
YOU TOLD THE OUSD SCHOOL BOARD IN PERSON LAST WEDNESDAY
TELL THEM BY EMAIL
NOW
Greetings!
Your OEA Bargaining Team has requested that all members sign and send the petition that will deliver the clear message to the OUSD School Board Directors that:
WE HAVE BEEN PATIENT TOO LONG. WE DEMAND A FAIR CONTRACT NOW.
OEA WILL NO LONGER WAIT: NEGOTIATE!
The OUSD Bargaining Team will present more than the original offer put on the table 2 months ago when the School Board Directors instruct them to.
The time for movement at the table is, wait for it..........
NOW
Forward the petition to your friends, neighbors, parents, and colleagues.
NOW
We negotiate again on Tuesday, June 4. Your team expects a counter offer to the last proposal.
To send the petition, click here.
In Unity,
Kei Swensen, Bargaining Chair
Oakland Education Association
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PS
DO NOT believe rumors.
ASK your site representative.
CALL and EMAIL the OEA Center.
MAKE SURE your site sends someone to the June 3 Rep Council at Oakland International High for the latest, accurate information.
Sign the petition and forward it.................NOW
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