Town HallWe will hold this town hall twice: Wednesday, February 17 from 12:15-1:15 Thursday, February 18 from 3:30-4:30 If you’d like to join one of our town halls, use this zoom link. As we move through the bargaining process, we need your input to help us! Agenda Where we stand in bargaining. The newsletters andContinue reading “Townhalls tomorrow and Thursday!”
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Bargaining Update #20
Today we had our twentieth negotiating session. We have come closer to an agreement and had helpful discussions about family leave, training and professional development, and concept / cognitive skill grading policies. Summit’s Proposals Leaves: Summit offered this proposal and because we are closer to an agreement, we offered a verbal counterproposal later in theContinue reading “Bargaining Update #20”
English Learner Report
Bargaining Update On Wednesday, February 3rd, we had our 19th bargaining session with Summit. We discussed the following items: Proposals From Summit Union Rights: The main challenge is that Summit wants admin to be present in union meetings during orientation. It is standard for unions to have time alone with members during orientation; this allowsContinue reading “English Learner Report”
Virtual School Agreement Reached!
Virtual School Agreement Reached! Today, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Summit for virtual school. This MOU will be in effect through the end of the school year. Highlights Reduction in projects and power focus areas. English, history, Science and Spanish teachers are expected to teach a reduced number of projects, with oneContinue reading “Virtual School Agreement Reached!”
Bargaining Update #16
In this newsletter: Virtual School Negotiations Update Summit’s proposal still in development Contract Negotiations Update SPS management continues to push for teachers to work through June as at-will employees with no additional compensation SPS Board Meeting Recap New person appointed to SPS Board Legal Update EL Survey Reminder Virtual School Negotiations Update Friday 12/11, weContinue reading “Bargaining Update #16”
Bargaining Update #15
Virtual School Negotiations UpdateFriday 12/4, we bargained for the fifth time about the virtual school model. It was Summit’s turn to present a proposal (here is our last proposal). Summit’s bargaining team used the meeting to explain their process of crafting their first proposal of the virtual school model — which has been underway forContinue reading “Bargaining Update #15”
November 17 Town Hall and Support for English Learners
Support for English Language Learners A working group of teachers in Unite Summit is researching how we can better advocate for stronger English Language Learner supports. As you may remember, our Support Services contract proposal that we introduced back in March called for the creation of an ELL coordinator at each school site and EnglishContinue reading “November 17 Town Hall and Support for English Learners”
Bargaining Update #14
On Wednesday, November 4, we had our 14th bargaining session with Summit. Our most significant discussions were around Summit’s Support Services proposal and our Discipline and Dismissal proposal. Summit presented the following proposals: Organizational Security Evaluation Shared Governance Professional Development & Support Services (combined) Summit also provided thoughts on our Intellectual Property proposal but declinedContinue reading “Bargaining Update #14”
Bargaining Update #13 and Reopening Town Hall
11/1/2020 In today’s newsletter: An update on bargaining and sanctuary schools (check out our video update!) We’re having our second Town Hall on Tuesday, November 17 at 5pm to discuss school reopening (Register here: https://tinyurl.com/USNovember17) Virtual school negotiations continue Support a fellow Bay Area charter teacher! Bargaining UpdateOn Wednesday, we had our 13th bargainingContinue reading “Bargaining Update #13 and Reopening Town Hall”
Bargaining Update #11 and #12
10/19/2020 Bargaining UpdateOn 10/7 and 10/14, Unite Summit met with Summit management to bargain our overall union contract. Here’s a short summary of those bargaining sessions. Increasing Classroom Support for StudentsOn the very first day of bargaining, back in March, we presented our Support Services proposal that would provide our students — particularly English LearnersContinue reading “Bargaining Update #11 and #12”