Napa Valley Educators Association
Executive Board Meeting
Monday, March 20, 2017
3:30-5:00

In attendance:  Gayle Young, President, Mary Duenow, Vice President, Debbie Kmiec, Secretary, Erin Reilly, Director - High School, Courtney Garcia - Director - Human Rights, Karen Fleming, Director - Middle School, Kristin Pruitt, Director - Elementary School, Mike Wilmarth, Director - Communicaitons, Steve Savage, CTA

Absent:  Ginger Dunne, Treasurer & Chief Negotiator, Steve Savage, CTA

Introductions

  • Approve Agenda - agenda approved
  • Approve March Minutes - minutes approved
  • NVEA Budget Report - Ginger absent
  • NVEA/NVUSD Council
    • Nurses - current info nurses meeting tomorrow, currently have 4 nurses plus a stipend position as a head nurse to organize and restructure what is happening in the nurses department, want to hire more LVN’s
 
    • Workload (echo, etc.) - working on matrix to be used for anything that comes through the district and to make sure all stakeholders are heard.  ECHO continues to be a workload issue, the more things that we can send on to workload committee what supervsor is asking us to do request for a streamlined ECHO for those teachers who just want ECHO for a gradebook and agenda.  Technology is turning on Google Classroom.  It is currently turned on for elementary and will be turned on for Middle and High at the end of June.  If people want to start google clsasroom now technology asks that you come down to technology for a quick training.  We have a two year contract with ECHO through the 2017-18 school year.  Trying to get Napa Learns to pay for ECHO in its entirety.  
 
    • Elementary prep schedules - nothing
 
    • Salary schedule - talked with Phillips rolled their salary schedule in with everyone elses
 
    • Grading - summit for elementary and then 8-12 - next meeting 4/27/17 in room 130 at 3:30
 
    • Evaluations - Model from Natomas school dsitrict was presented to council will be more gradient throughout 6 areas, seperate part for probationary teachers and permanent, clearer information for teachers so they get a feel for where they are is more of a growth model..  Piloting new evaluation system next year since contract gets looked at
 
    • Stipends - taken care of
 
    • PBIS - in limbo right now, conversation with special ed since some feel that the frequent flyers are mostly sped students.  Intention was good, but again funding was an issue and it was brought to the board without proper training and implementation.  it works for some, but not all
 
  • Bylaws - Ginger took bylaws and made them into the format that CTA wanted them.  As they come back and are passed by CTA then we as NVEA will vote on them.  Less wording rather than more.
 
  • President Report
    • District Budget Update - FAQs Mike sent them out on Friday, Gayle received a letter from one of our members wanting more answers and she needs help responding.
 
    • Road Show - VHS 4/26, NHS 4/27, ACHS 5/3 all at 4pm
 
    • Elections -timeline Gayle will send out a reminder tomorrow and then ballots at the site rep meeting to hold an election for State Council
 
    • Transfers - not finished yet, sped in particular is messed up, teachers who have been with the district for a while are not itinerant, however newer teachers have been hired as itinerant.
 
    • Day of Action -May 1 spoke at negotiations with a hashtag recognizing current teachers or teachers who made a difference so it is heard throughout the community.  We are standing up for free quality public education, recognizing impact teachers have had in their lives. Stems from social justice.
 
    • Newsletter - sign up form for mailchimp sign up if interested in helping get information out so it is not just Gayle’s voice that is being heard.  Email blast is a possibility too.
 
    • 360 - an app through CTA that you download on your phone.  Gayle would like all of us to be on it so we can update changes
 
    • ELA Adoption - programs for 4th & 5th grade has been adopted, Middle School has not been adopted yet due to some teachers feeling the process wasn’t done correctly.  There will be a meeting w/Middle school ELA sharing Pilot information
 
  • Vice President Report
    • membership - nothing new, a Napa High Teacher received the Cesar Chavez Grant
 
  • Directors Reports
 
  • State Council -June is next meeting
 
  • NEA -RA
 
  • Steve Savage from CTA
    • CILC (Sat. October 7, 2017 at Rodrigues HS possibly) - moving forward changing the way local chapters are contributing.  Each chapter is being asked to pay $.50 per member will cost us about $500.  We had two attend last year and we need to have more attend this year.  Reps need to have conversation at site.  Next meeting is May 4.
 
    • New Member Engagement - one on one conversations with new members Jerry Eaton wants every member to have access to 360
 
  • Agenda for Rep Council
    • Budget Committee report
    • FAQ/Roadshow
    • Our Bylaws
    • Member Engagement
    • State council elections
 
  • Next Rep Council Meeting: April 24th