Napa Valley Educators Association
Excutive Board Meeting
Monday, October 24, 2016
3:30 - 5:00 pm
 
In Attendance:  Gayle Young, Ginger Dunne, Debbie Kmiec, Mary Duenow, Courtney Garcia, Erin Reilly, Mike Willmarth, and Jim Gutman
 
Absent:  Krisitn Pruitt, Karen Fleming
 
  1. Agenda approved - Mary Duenow moved to approve

  1. Approval of 9/19/16 Minutes - Minutes were approved by all
 
  1. Budget report
    1. Travis acct closed out $ left was placed into savings at Umpqua
    2. Dues deposit from CTA should be deposited by the end of the month approx. $10,000
    3. Ginger is working on budget that is due by 10/30/16 for our agency fee payers to view what is chargaeble vs. non-chargable
    4. Budget went out at last rep council and will be voted on at next site rep meeting
 
  1. NVEA/NVUSD Council - Next meeting 11/1/16 Courtney Garcia and Erin Reilly will attend, committees will take place tomorrow 10/25/16
    1. Nurses -
      1. Evaluation forms are done and there will be restructuring of nurses to meet their needs
      2. District is reaching out to nursing programs at PUC and NVC to get help since we have a shortage of nurses in the district
 
  1. Workload-ECHO, etc -
    1. Still an option to use Aeries until end of year and learn ECHO as you go.
    2. There are ECHO focus groups being formed
 
  1. Salary schedule -
    1. Met and there are 4 different schedules for charter schools, etc.
    2. Trying to level everyone, consolodate and even everything out
 
  1. Elementary Prep -
    1. Meets tomorrow 10/25/16
    2. Equity, look at schedules (later start, earlier start, daily block, etc. collaboration time etc. see what else is out there)
  2. Grading -
    • Elementary Summit - Gayle heard great things from admin, but not great things from teachers.  Purpose was to get all teachers on the same page as to how they grade
    • Looking at different rubrics and how to align them around the 6 C’s.
    • Secondary is suppose to have a summit by January
 
  1. Evaluations
    1. Meets tomorrow 10/25/16 at 1pm
    2. Use edivate and using videos for teacher to be taught or teacher is videod for a lesson and can go back and watch their own lesson.  
    3. Edivate hasn’t been shared yet
    4. Being used at leadership roles, fullan, ELD leads,
    5. Admin is suppose to be introducing it to staff
    6. Need to have something clearer in contract as far as language is concerned so one as a teacher can grow, better practices etc.
 
  1. Stipends are done
 
  1. PBIS
 
  1. Council Visitations
    1. Was interesting and eyes are being opened
    2. Next month - Coutney and Erin are attending 11/1/16 noon Wappo room
 
  1. President Report
    1. District Budget Update
      1. Gayle went over a multi-year salary comparison from 2012-13 through 2016-17
      2. Gayle reviewed the presentation that Wade is going to present at the site rep meeting on 10/31/16 (Formula 2.0 Understanding the Calculation)
      3. Wade was asked to update it to 2016-17 numbers
 
  1. Multi year comparison on compensation -
    1. Gayle went over a multi-year salary comparison from 2012-13 through 2016-17
 
  1. Latest CTA Salary Comparisons
    1. We are 3rd in the county and area as far as salary is concerned
 
  1. Grading Summits - see above
 
  1. Toy Drive -
    1. Gayle wants to do a Toy Drive
    2. Have each rep bring an unwrapped toy at the next site rep meeting on November 28, 2016
 
  1. Wellness -
    1. Two different committees one about students and one about what is being taught regarding health, foods brought on campus, this is about the wellness of teachers,
    2. Dana Page is putting together something with Kaiser,
    3. Employees received a survey to fill out
    4. look for things to start in January
    5. If anyone is interested in starting a group let Gayle know
 
  1. Vice President Report - working at getting membership roster updated
 
  1. Directors Reports -
    1. Karen putting together information for the members as far as what beneftis are available
 
  1. State Council Repurposed -
    1. Mike and Gayle knocked on doors for Prop 55, did postcards and phone banking
    2. Big push on 55
    3. Concern with election of Clinton if they feel it is a done deal then they will stay away from the polls  
    4. Big message there are no new taxes (30 had two parts - sales tax and additional income tax on those earning a given higher salary
 
  1. Jim Gutman from CTA -
    1. Nothing to add,
    2. Prop 55 is priority for CTA it maintains the status quo
    3. Doesn’t bring us a mess load of money
 
  1. Agenda for Rep Council
    1. Wade Roach coming to talk about formula
    2. Input from Reps on program cuts
    3. Vote on NVEA budget
 
Next Rep Council Meeting:  November 28, 2016 at 3:30pm

Next Exec Board Meeting:  November 14, 2016 at 3:30pm