By Denise Jennex It is extremely important that in the event of any adverse action affecting your employment status that you immediately contact the BTA office at (818) 240-9180. Examples of adverse actions are: notification of dismissal, suspension, child abuse, non-renewal, transfer, demotion, civil or criminal charges, or any contract violation. Until you are able [...]
By Denise Jennex The Workers’ Comp law has changed. These are the changes that are currently in effect. The law will change again on January 1, 2005. Once the state has finalized those changes you will be notified. Pre-Designation of Physician Only an employee covered by a group health plan is allowed to pre-designate a [...]
By Denise Jennex On April 19, 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a new Workers’ Compensation law that cuts deeply into the benefits that injured Californians have relied on if they were hurt or became ill on the job. He claimed he was targeting Workers’ Comp fraud, but the changes clearly strike at injured workers with valid [...]
By Denise Jennex Your BTA/CTA/NEA membership could be jeopardized if you do not maintain your membership during a leave of absence. Are you planning to take a leave of absence due to maternity, illness or other personal reasons? If so, keep in mind the importance of maintaining your membership while on leave. This is critical [...]
By Denise Jennex Following is an update on the National Education Association’s campaign to eliminate the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Momentum continues to build for repeal of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). These are two laws that affect public employees who receive a public pension from [...]
By Denise Jennex CTA, with the support of its members, will be collecting signatures to put the Improving Classroom Education Act initiative on the November 2004 ballot. The Act amends the state constitution to establish a fund which is divided into K-12 (two-thirds) and preschool (one third) portions. K-12: Two-thirds of the fund is for [...]
By Denise Jennex NEA’s Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on or around Dr. Seuss’s birthday. In cities and towns across the nation, teachers, teenagers, librarians, politicians, actors, athletes, parents, grandparents, and others develop NEA’s Read Across America activities [...]
By Denise Jennex Following is an article written by Alice Clement, Executive Director of the Alhambra UniServ, that I thought is important to share with you, as the supermarket workers are fighting a battle we can all identify with. Our neighbors and friends at Ralph’s have taken the extreme step of a strike, though technically, [...]
By Denise Jennex Evaluations shall be conducted at least every other year for permanent employees and annually for temporary employees, probationary employees, and permanent employees who have been designated as requiring a professional growth plan. Areas of Evaluation Employee competency shall be evaluated as it reasonably relates to: a. The progress of students toward established [...]
By Denise Jennex Under the new Federal ESEA law, any teacher who teaches in the Core Content areas specified in the law must be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Schools with Title I funded programs cannot hire new teachers for those programs who are not Highly Qualified after the beginning [...]
Friday, October 1st, 2004 