Newsletter+Jan+08

=Newsletter October 2009= Last updated {$revisiondate}.

=**UPCOMING**=

=**Negotiations October 16, 2009**= __**DTA Opening Proposals**__ Article 10 Safety Article 13 Transfers Article 14 Employee Benefits Article 15 Salaries

=//__**Contracts**__//= =**Copies of the contract are available. Check with your building rep.**=

=Reminders:= = = ==Teachers shall not be required to participate in the __**observation**__ **and/or** evaluation of other teachers other than within the formal structure of PAR. They shall not be required to formally assess their own performance except by mutual agreement between the evaluator and the evaluatee.== = =

__**Log of Time Spent Outside of Contractual Time**__
== We are asking all teachers on each site to fill out a log for DTA to keep track of time spent on activities outside of contractual time. A form will be at each site for your convenience. Check with site rep for additional information on the form. ==

=Officers= =President= - Myron Buller =Vice President= - Rich White =Secretary= - Toni Gerbrandt =Treasurer= - Susan Abair Their term is Jan of '08 to Jan of '10.

=Problem on Campus?= Remember that site problems start with the problem resolution committee. Consult with your site representative about your concern so that this committee can address it at the monthly meeting with the Principal.

=Board members can be contacted here:= ►Sandra Kizirian ►Bev Keel Worrell-[|bevworrell@sbcglobal.net] ►Mary Villarreal-[|mhv1_99@yahoo.com] (underscore between 1 and 9) ►Ron Froese-[|ron.froese@reedleycollege.edu] ►Victorio Rojas-[|vrojas@cvrc.org]

Be looking for the DTA Teacher of the Year nomination forms. The criteria for selection is listed on the form, as well as the deadline for submission. Teacher of the Year Award nomination forms are available see your Building rep. for a form. Due March 31, 2008.
 * DTA Teacher of the Year 2009-10**

All teachers with graduating high school students qualify for their child to receive the DTA Scholarship. Application forms will be available from your site rep.
 * DTA Scholarship Forms**

=Weingarten Rights= - If you have a meeting with a supervisor in which you believe you will be discipline or terminated, you have the legal right to Association representation. If once a meeting starts and it becomes clear that the meeting is about these areas, you can have the meeting stopped at that point and reschedule at a time that you can be represented by a building rep. or other DTA representative. These are known as your Weingarten rights.