Napa Valley Educators Association
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, January 23, 2017
3:30-5:00
In attendance: Mary Duenow, Vice President, Debbie Kmiec, Secretary, Ginger Dunne, Treasurer & Chief Negotiator, Erin Reilly, Director - High School, Courtney Garcia - Director - Human Rights, Kristin Pruitt, Director - Elementary School, Karen Fleming, Director - Middle School, and Mike Wilmarth, Director - Communicaitons
Absent: Gayle is enroute she was at the issues conference in Vegas
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, January 23, 2017
3:30-5:00
In attendance: Mary Duenow, Vice President, Debbie Kmiec, Secretary, Ginger Dunne, Treasurer & Chief Negotiator, Erin Reilly, Director - High School, Courtney Garcia - Director - Human Rights, Kristin Pruitt, Director - Elementary School, Karen Fleming, Director - Middle School, and Mike Wilmarth, Director - Communicaitons
Absent: Gayle is enroute she was at the issues conference in Vegas
- Approve Agenda - approved with additions of Digital Schools portal and questions on PERS
- Approve Minutes of November meeting - minutes were approved by Mary Duenow and 2nd by Erin Reilly
- NVEA Budget Report
- we have $84,000 in savings, we are about $3000 under from what we have brought in and what we have spent.
- We have a large number of teachers attending Good Teaching Conference
- we have $84,000 in savings, we are about $3000 under from what we have brought in and what we have spent.
- We had a requests from all of the high schools for a scholarship and Valley Oak was mentioned since there may not be a dependant of an NVEA member, however we will look at the applicants to see if anyone is going into education.
- We had a requests from all of the high schools for a scholarship and Valley Oak was mentioned since there may not be a dependant of an NVEA member, however we will look at the applicants to see if anyone is going into education.
- Chief Negotiator -
- NVEA/NVUSD Council - no meeting since break
- NVEA/NVUSD Council - no meeting since break
- Nurses - current info
- Nurses - current info
- Workload-echo, etc - nothing new to add,
- Courtney asked if new ELA adoption can be added since one of the curriculums might add to the workload of teachers.
- Mike asked that Courtney send Mike information on the concerns at bay
- Courtney asked if new ELA adoption can be added since one of the curriculums might add to the workload of teachers.
- Workload-echo, etc - nothing new to add,
- Elementary prep schedules - still working on gathering schedules
- Elementary prep schedules - still working on gathering schedules
- Salary schedule - merging to 1 - still in progress and consolidate as needed
- Salary schedule - merging to 1 - still in progress and consolidate as needed
- Grading -
- summit for elementary ( Jan 25); 8th-12th grades (Feb 2)
- meetings coming up on dates listed,
- these meetings will be different than the first grading summit meeting
- summit for elementary ( Jan 25); 8th-12th grades (Feb 2)
- Grading -
- Evaluations - in progress
- Evaluations - in progress
- PBIS - meets tomorrow
- PBIS - meets tomorrow
- President Report
- District Budget Update
- PARS today (1/23/17) is the deadline which was originally last friday (1/20/17)
- we currently have enough people to go ahead with the PARS.
- The district needed 45 and we have 50. CSEA got approved as well and they are participating also
- PARS today (1/23/17) is the deadline which was originally last friday (1/20/17)
- District Budget Update
- Employee Wellness Partnership
- emails have been coming weekly regrading employee wellness
- emails have been coming weekly regrading employee wellness
- Employee Wellness Partnership
- Reinstating Rave Review
- Chris Auld will do it and revamp the program to recognize teachers
- Chris Auld will do it and revamp the program to recognize teachers
- Reinstating Rave Review
- Web site redo
- Patty Wyman will assist in redoing and updating the website
- Patty Wyman will assist in redoing and updating the website
- Web site redo
- LCAP input at council on 2/7/17
- would like more teacher input in addition to the 8 teachers who are on council.
- This will be brought up at the site rep meeting on 1/30/17
- would like more teacher input in addition to the 8 teachers who are on council.
- LCAP input at council on 2/7/17
- Purchase CTA suggested books for Read Across America for each school?
- Ginger will get prices and email us to see if we want to include purchasing books for the sites
- Ginger will get prices and email us to see if we want to include purchasing books for the sites
- Purchase CTA suggested books for Read Across America for each school?
- State Budget
- Gayle and others went to the Govenor’s presentation and we arent’ getting quite as much as we thought
- with declining enrollment and even with the PARS we might still be looking at layoffs.
- Looks like district TOSA’s will be going back into the classroom, not site TOSA’s (academic specialists at sites stay)
- Gayle and others went to the Govenor’s presentation and we arent’ getting quite as much as we thought
- State Budget
- Digital Schools
- personal necessity leave 7 don’t ask don’t tell days. pool doesn’t change from year to year
- you will be capped at how many you can use
- employees who have over 100 days of sick leave have the opportunity to take up to 7 DPNL days
- district doesn’t like this because it costs the district money where if they carry it over and wait until retirement it then becomes a STRS cost not district cost.
- personal necessity leave 7 don’t ask don’t tell days. pool doesn’t change from year to year
- Digital Schools
