New meeting for those who were unable to log into 4/12/18 meeting: - CVEU member meeting – Learn More about the recently agreed upon Caseloads Article, Contract ratification and ask questions Time: Apr 16, 2018 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) · https://lms.k12.com/lms/go/classConnect/PJ3JAJCJMJVJAJ0-5JMJGJCJ2JHJD-P-R-E909I99-G9097-T9HJIJOJMJR-HJ9J3KUJ3JF9B-V-3-W-P-P-E-O9IJGJPJ8JQ-IJP-7JJJQJ0JBJDJR-5-3-I97---2989J-894-H9E929 Members Only Meeting We will be holding a member meeting on Thursday, April 12th at 4pm. We hope to see you all there. We will be talking about caseloads, membership, and ratification. CVEU member meeting – Learn More about the recently agreed upon Caseloads Article, Contract ratification and ask questions Time: Apr 12, 2018 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) · Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/539340289 · Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699006833,,539340289# or +14086380968,,539340289# · Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 888 683 5204 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 539 340 289 As you may have heard, we have settled on all of our core issues. Now we will be taking the steps needed to ratify our contract that all our teachers worked to gain. Our landmark contract includes:
This was only possible because of the unity of CAVA educators. Together we can keep CVEU strong; become a member today! CVEU Membership: Security, Strength, Solidarity It is very important that we receive your membership form. If you have already submitted your membership form, thank you! If not, please do so this week. If you were part of a union at a previous job, you still need to fill out the CVEU membership form as we are a different union. There is not an electronic version of the form at this time, so please take a moment to print, fill out, scan and return via email.
RATIFICATION Next Steps: Membership and Ratification
At the end of April, we will have our contract ratification vote. All CVEU members will have the opportunity to vote on the contract. Your CVEU Bargaining Team recommends that members approve this contract. Once it is approved, it will go into effect--including retroactive pay. We want to have a HUGE turnout to again show how united we are! We are tentatively looking at 4/26 as the first day of our ratification vote. We will announce the dates and times on 4/17. Upcoming Members Only Meetings We will be holding a member meeting on Thursday, April 12th at 4pm. We hope to see you all there. We will be talking about caseloads, membership, and ratification. CVEU member meeting – Learn More about the recently agreed upon Caseloads Article, Contract ratification and ask questions Time: Apr 12, 2018 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) · Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/539340289 · Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699006833,,539340289# or +14086380968,,539340289# · Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 888 683 5204 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 539 340 289 CVEU Ratification Vote Kick Off – Membership Questions and Voting Access Time: Apr 25, 2018 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) · Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/536859509 · Or iPhone one-tap: US: +16468769923,,536859509# or +16699006833,,536859509# · Or Telephone: US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 888 683 5204 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 536 859 509 CVEU Member Ratification Vote April 26, 2018 12:00PM – 5:00PM: https://lms.k12.com/lms/go/classConnect/PJ3JAJCJMJVJAJ0-5JMJGJCJ2JHJD-P-R-E909I9I909N9U9T9HJIJOJMJR-HJ9J3KUJ3JF9B-V-3-W-P-P-E-O9IJGJPJ8JQ-IJP-7JJJQJ0JBJDJR-5-3-I97---2989J-894-H9E929 Questions and Answers Question: How do I find my hire date? Answer: Insperity can help you find your start date, to find it online please follow these directions: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bnrjkxUEbO9t6iw_RSvOp8m7-VVhg0xa Question: How does retro pay work? Answer: Find how much you will be making this year on the salary schedule (teacher salary schedule) (Support Salary schedule) then minus how much you are making now. There are a few caveats, your stipend is not included in your current pay and they will only be looking at the salary you have accumulated this year compared to the salary you should have accumulated this year, also taxes will be applied. You will then get that in two checks, one soon after we ratify the contract and another at the end of the school year. We do not have exact dates for this at the moment. Step one is to approve the contract! Summary Overview of our Settlement After four years of organization and almost two years of bargaining, we are almost at the goal of having one of the strongest charter school contracts in the nation. This is all thanks to the dedication of CVEU members who refused to quit until we had a contract in place that supported teacher and student success. Here is a quick overview on the articles recently approved:
Let’s finish this year strong with a brand new contract, and looking to the future! If you have any questions or comments please email [email protected] In Solidarity, California Virtual Educators United
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We have caseloads!!
CVEU is excited to share with you that after nearly two years of negotiations, we have successfully addressed our member’s core values and have signed tentative agreements for Work Status, Workday, Salary and Caseloads as well as the rest of our contract! The union would like to thank the 338 teachers who made their voices heard by signing the caseoload petition and the amazing strike captains and reps who reached out to members to keep them informed. Caseloads for Elementary teachers is placed at 31 for homeroom, and 32 for middle school and high school. Caseloads were also reached for Guidance Counselors and Freshman Support Specialists. We will be creating a special committee starting July 1, 2018, consisting of two CVEU representatives and two CAVA representatives to recommend caseload numbers for Intervention, ELD, Science Lab teachers, SPED teachers, Mentor teachers, high school content and Community Day. An update will be sent out with more specific information regarding overages as well as other details about the caseload article. CVEU is confident that the caseload article begins to address the issues and concerns our members have in regards to unmanageable caseloads and begins to ensure the success of CAVA teachers and students. This goes along with our already agreed upon strong contract language concerning salaries, workday, job security and workload. Please look forward to more information in our newsletter including an upcoming member meeting to address any questions members have and to review next steps. CVEU was only successful in bargaining because we had a strong unit of teachers come together to make this happen. We are now asking that you make your membership official and complete the membership form on SharePoint. Cost of membership will be approximately $48 per paycheck and dues will not start until after the contract has been ratified. Our goal is 100% membership before we ratify the contract. CVEU reps will be reaching out to you to help with any questions you may have in regards to membership. We will also share more information shortly about our plan for contract ratification. You may also email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. Congratulations! In Solidarity, CVEU Bargaining Team Welcome back from Spring Break! We’ve spent the last two days at CAVA’s offices in Simi Valley taking part in fact finding. We were joined by colleagues from across the state who presented about the importance of commonsense caseload protections and helped us deliver our Caseload Unity Petition that already has been signed by 338 of our colleagues. During fact finding, we presented why we believe caseload protections are important so we can provide enough attention to our students. We believe reasonable caseloads will help us create more stability at our school, cut down on both teacher and student turnover, and help us improve student performance. We believe CAVA can afford improved caseloads and should prioritize this for the health of our school. CAVA administration presented why they believe caseload limits are not necessary due to their current practice of a school-wide 25/1 student to teacher ratio, that includes Regional Lead Teachers as well as others who are not part of our bargaining unit. They suggested it would be too difficult to limit statewide caseloads for teachers. Though we tried to get to a workable compromise, no agreement was reached. A three-person panel comprised of one CVEU designee, one CAVA designee and a neutral party listened to the presentations. In the upcoming weeks the panel will issue a non-binding report. Because of the already extensive delays in the fact finding process CVEU will be encouraging the panel to issue the report as soon as possible. In preparation that an agreement is not reached soon, CVEU strike captains will start working with their members to organize for a possible strike. Our hope is we will be able to reach agreement in the weeks to come and no strike will be necessary. However, we must be prepared in case no agreement is reached. Resolving this issue is so important to the future of our school. Through union meetings, one on one conversations, calls and our petition, our colleagues have emphasized the critical importance of reaching agreement on caseloads. No later than April 10th, we will launch our strike preparation program out of our weekly strike captain meeting. Expect to see a newsletter following that meeting with a calendar of activities and also to hear from your rep or strike captain. If you have any questions about Fact Finding, about a possible strike, or want to know how you can best help us finalize our union contract, contact us at [email protected]. Sincerely, The CVEU Organizing Committee cavirtualeducators.org |