NVUSD/NVEA/ NAPS Joint Communication
IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Early Tell
The District with NVEA and NAPS have a shared interest in offering an incentive to teachers who provide us with an early notice of resignation from the District. Such notice allows us to accelerate our planning, transfer, recruitment, hiring and assignment processes. With that in mind we have entered into an agreement for the current year and for next year which provides a modest cash incentive to Certificated employees who submit a signed “early tell.” In the current year, that signed hard-copy notification will have to be received by the Human Resources office by Friday, February 28 in order to receive the incentive. A special Form 91 is available in the Human Resource office for that purpose. More details regarding the agreement are available on the Human Resources and NVEA websites. Early Tell MOU
Primary Grades Class Size Reduction
This year, the District/NVEA Council has been hard at work on the process of developing plans for the implementation of the Grade Span Adjustment (GSA) program for primary grades. Our current plan involves a rolling implementation of primary class size reduction, which will allow us to thoughtfully manage the hiring and facilities needs associated with the program. This implementation will require approximately 16 additional teachers for the 2014-2015 school year.
The plan will have the following class sizes in 2014-2015: Transitional K, K, and 1 at 26:1, Grades 2 and 3 at 28:1. The District’s High Impact Schools (Phillips, McPherson and Shearer) will have accelerated implementation plans. We expect that the primary grades GSA program will be fully implemented District-wide in the 2018-2019 school year.
Changes in Transfer Process
With the increased level of hiring planned for the 2014-2015 school year, both the District and NVEA have a heightened interest in doing everything possible to ensure that teaching assignments are completed as quickly as possible. Before any new hires can be placed, we need to complete our obligations under the Transfer process. We are planning to move up the deadline for Transfer requests. Last year those requests were due to the Human Resource office by April 1. This year we are proposing to move that timeline up to March 3, 2014. Again, details of the changes to the transfer process will be available on the Human Resource and NVEA websites as soon as the agreement has been finalized.
Elementary Program Support
In addition to our Furlough Days, one of the concessions made during the economic crisis was the temporary set-aside of Elementary Program Support. As you may know, we are returning workload relief for all elementary teachers next year. The complete implementation of the program will include Band, Strings and Vocal Music at the 4-5 level, and Physical Education at the K-3 levels.
As an interim step, teachers in grades 4th and 5th will begin receiving Physical Education instructional support this spring. The teachers for those programs have been hired and the program will begin in February.
IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Early Tell
The District with NVEA and NAPS have a shared interest in offering an incentive to teachers who provide us with an early notice of resignation from the District. Such notice allows us to accelerate our planning, transfer, recruitment, hiring and assignment processes. With that in mind we have entered into an agreement for the current year and for next year which provides a modest cash incentive to Certificated employees who submit a signed “early tell.” In the current year, that signed hard-copy notification will have to be received by the Human Resources office by Friday, February 28 in order to receive the incentive. A special Form 91 is available in the Human Resource office for that purpose. More details regarding the agreement are available on the Human Resources and NVEA websites. Early Tell MOU
Primary Grades Class Size Reduction
This year, the District/NVEA Council has been hard at work on the process of developing plans for the implementation of the Grade Span Adjustment (GSA) program for primary grades. Our current plan involves a rolling implementation of primary class size reduction, which will allow us to thoughtfully manage the hiring and facilities needs associated with the program. This implementation will require approximately 16 additional teachers for the 2014-2015 school year.
The plan will have the following class sizes in 2014-2015: Transitional K, K, and 1 at 26:1, Grades 2 and 3 at 28:1. The District’s High Impact Schools (Phillips, McPherson and Shearer) will have accelerated implementation plans. We expect that the primary grades GSA program will be fully implemented District-wide in the 2018-2019 school year.
Changes in Transfer Process
With the increased level of hiring planned for the 2014-2015 school year, both the District and NVEA have a heightened interest in doing everything possible to ensure that teaching assignments are completed as quickly as possible. Before any new hires can be placed, we need to complete our obligations under the Transfer process. We are planning to move up the deadline for Transfer requests. Last year those requests were due to the Human Resource office by April 1. This year we are proposing to move that timeline up to March 3, 2014. Again, details of the changes to the transfer process will be available on the Human Resource and NVEA websites as soon as the agreement has been finalized.
Elementary Program Support
In addition to our Furlough Days, one of the concessions made during the economic crisis was the temporary set-aside of Elementary Program Support. As you may know, we are returning workload relief for all elementary teachers next year. The complete implementation of the program will include Band, Strings and Vocal Music at the 4-5 level, and Physical Education at the K-3 levels.
As an interim step, teachers in grades 4th and 5th will begin receiving Physical Education instructional support this spring. The teachers for those programs have been hired and the program will begin in February.
A Greeting from the President
Welcome to the website of the Napa Valley Educators Association. The NVEA is a chapter of the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Educators Association (NEA), and serves as the exclusive representative of certificated employees of the Napa Valley Unified School District, including of teachers, counselors and school nurses.
The intent of our website is twofold: first as a means for the Association to exchange timely information with
our members, and second; to provide a link for NVEA members to organizations and elected officials whose policies and actions influence public education and the well-being of public school employees.
As President of the NVEA, it is my sincere hope that our members finds this site useful, not only to learn of policies and practices that effect public education in Napa, but also to add their voices to the debate on
what constitutes quality education for all learners from kindergarten through high school.
Linda Hansen, President
Napa Valley Educators Association
Welcome to the website of the Napa Valley Educators Association. The NVEA is a chapter of the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Educators Association (NEA), and serves as the exclusive representative of certificated employees of the Napa Valley Unified School District, including of teachers, counselors and school nurses.
The intent of our website is twofold: first as a means for the Association to exchange timely information with
our members, and second; to provide a link for NVEA members to organizations and elected officials whose policies and actions influence public education and the well-being of public school employees.
As President of the NVEA, it is my sincere hope that our members finds this site useful, not only to learn of policies and practices that effect public education in Napa, but also to add their voices to the debate on
what constitutes quality education for all learners from kindergarten through high school.
Linda Hansen, President
Napa Valley Educators Association
How lucky we are to be teaching here!
Photo of Vintage High School by David Lockhart, Industrial Arts Teacher
The Napa Valley Educators Association is a CTA affiliate serving the interests of the teachers, counselors and nurses in the Napa Valley Unified School District. Our nearly 900 members support the education of over 17,000 students in 31 schools, grades Pre-K through 12th.
