05-13-2020
Yan Yii, Patty Willis, Kim Willett, Justin Martin, Bridget Wade, Courtney Song, Carla Dumont, Katie Leazott, Michelle Mendez, Camille Killian, Amanda Capozzi, Christine Giglio, Janet Rigdon, Naomi Adagboyi, Cambria Washington, Cathy Paciorkowki, Garrett Clancy, Natalie Fabbiano, Jasminka Friedman, Lisa Goode, Heather Lazaro, Jen Reilly, and Chris Untersee
Virtual via Zoom
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Call to Order at 4:02pm
Review of Meeting Minutes from April 22, 2020
Motion made to accept minutes from April 22, seconded, and voted in favor unanimously
Officer’s Reports
Vice President
- Nothing to report
Secretary
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- Elections moved to September
- Summer coverages – Mentor Steering
- Motion made to reschedule election back to May 2020 via digital platform, seconded, and voted in favor unanimously
- Mentor Steering recruitment (New Hire trainings)
- Confirm with Admin about their summer plan
Treasurer
- Budget update, currently $60,000
- $7,000 to Scholarships
- Approx. $27,000 going to payroll
- Approx. $24,000 balance
- Negotiations Committee members will receive their $500 stipend
- COVID-19 team members will receive $500 stipend as well
- $50,000 invested in CD
Membership
- Nothing to report
Unit E
- Nothing to report
Committee Reports
Mentor Steering
- Nothing to report
Scholarship
- CTA Scholarship
- 12 applicants
- $6,000 total to be paid out to CTA members’ families
- Future Educator Scholarship, 1 x $1,000
- 9 applicants, many very strong
- Recipient has been named and sent to Anne Murray
- Virtual ceremony to be held
- Optional: paragraph or video describing the Scholarship and its meaning to be included
- Submissions due by end-of-the-day Friday, 5/15
NCTA
- Dues increasing from $8 to $12
Old Business
- MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates
- Mery Najimy and Max Page reelected to serve a second 2-year term together as President and Vice President, respectively
- $3 dues increase coming
- Technology budget set
- Nothing new coming
- Zoom expectations
- Julie Shore’s newsletters should have clear language of expectations
New Business
- Furloughs
- Sharon has been talking about possibly furloughing some school employees
- Reduction in Force
- Seniority
- Social Distancing in classroom
- Subcommittee will be needed to work on re-entry plan, especially PreK-2
Other Items
- Building-based Zoom Forums
- Packing up classrooms?
- Janitors at Hansen
- Teachers at Luce – each grade level will be scheduled for a day next week
- Building access inequities
- Some buildings teachers can go in with notice, some cannot at all
- Summer school plans – Rodman?
- Notice for Non-professional status staff is June 15
- Staff meetings/PD requirements
- Whole staff meetings on top of Dept. and/or grade level meetings
- EAs being assigned PD with optional forms
Adjournment at 5:09pm