01-08-2020
Yan Yii, Patty Willis, Kim Willett, Justin Martin, Bridget Wade, Courtney Song, Carla Dumont, Katie Leazott, Michelle Mendez, Amanda Capozzi, Christine Giglio, Lori Mooney, Cathy Paciorkowski, Garrett Clancy, Natalie Fabbiano, Jasminka Friedman, Lisa Goode, Heather Lazaro, Eamonn Kelly, Jen Reilly, and Chris Untersee
Canton High School, Library
Wednesday, January 8, 2019
Called to Order at 3:50pm
Acceptance of Meeting Minutes from December 13, 2019
South African educators arriving via bus from UMass-Lowell, dinner will be provided after meeting
Officer’s Reports
Vice President
- Nothing to report
Secretary
- Nothing to report
Treasurer
- Budget update – approx. $134,000
- Dues payments to be made to MTA
Membership
- Let Membership Chair know about any new hires in each of the buildings
Unit E
- Emailed Student Service coordinators about evaluations
- Jan 15 deadline for observations and feedback
- Jan 30 mid year meetings
- Unit E Sub form to be distributed when Admin locates it
Committee Reports
Mentor Steering
- PK is being replaced by Julie Shore or other Admin; long term replacement not communicated
Scholarship
- Current balance – $1,420.41
- $100 in Venmo to be transferred, approx. $282 raised in December
- 4 scholarships recipients from 2019
- Transcripts being requested
- Each receiving $250 if they meet requirements
- Application for Future Educator Scholarship is in the works and to be presented to high school for inclusion in packets and Scholarship Night
NCTA
- Courses out – registration open until Jan. 15
Old Business
- Course reimbursement/graduate credit update
- Julie Shore has sent out forms
- Keep copies of any correspondence (emails)
- Hear back within 21 days, let CTA know if you don’t so we can assist
- If denied, goes to 4 person committee to review
- Looking for one volunteer to serve on that committee
- Don’t be nervous if they reach out for more clarification
- Once the course is complete and you have a grade of B or higher, email to start the reimbursement process
- Paper Contract update
- Over break, lawyer reached out about one more issue
- Hoping to have a finalized copy by next week
- Prep time
- Inequities
- Using for meetings/trainings for ELA = missed prep
- Request to reassign teams to avoid missing preps was declined
- Leaders explained today (half day on Jan. 8) that “CLG is not PD”
- “If prep is that important, then just walk out.” – Admin
- Next contract’s language needs to clear AND equitable
- Team Leaders
- Admin keeps pushing the positive feedback about program
- Feedback needs to be honest – PARTICIPATE!
- Any contradictions, especially in writing, should be shared with Yan
- Admin keeps pushing the positive feedback about program
- Early Adopters
- Pests update
- Rat poison in vents situation?
- Plowing – timing and snowfall amounts cause safety, parking, drop off issues
- Attendance data
- Can we see data by school?
- Trends – grade level, days of the week?
New Business
- Yan running for NEA Director – lobby nationally on behalf of Massachusetts, twice a year meetings in Washington DC
- Union positions will be opening in the near future and we need people to step up, if interested you can shadow current
- Assistant Director of Student Services Search
- New position that handles out-of-district placements
- Interviews are complete
- Assistant Superintendent Search
- Take the opportunity to sit on these committees if they are offering – it’s out chance to share our voice
- School Start Date
- Latest date
- Teachers report September 1 and 2
- Students begin September 3
- Start times have been adjusted
- Find K start dates, orientation dates
- Latest date
- Open CTA positions
- Shadowing possible if interested in learning more about a position
Other Items
- Building-based issues/updates
- LUCE – Exec. Council met with Principal today to discuss building issues; another meeting coming up
Introduction of Phitsamay Uy from UMass-Lowell with her students from South Africa
- Learning about collaborative learning, restorative justice, and union skills
Adjournment at 4:48pm