Central Valley Education Association

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." — William Butler Yeats

Combined, the following members were awarded $630 for their classrooms.  Thank you SAREA for your kindness!


Bernie Hite- Central Valley

Lara Schoener- Central Valley

Heidi Sine- Greenacres El

Tammy Bradstreet- McDonald

Financial Education Resources

August 13th Board Meeting was Full of Red!
 
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New
2016-2019 
Collective Bargaining Agreement

Current Contract

First Charter School in Washington 
Imploding!

Click on the rotten Apple to read why.

Bargaining 2019-2020

CVEA HAS begun the bargaining process.  We have released our proposal template and ask that all bargaining requests be returned to the CVEA office by February 28th.  So far we are getting back great ideas for changes to benefit members.  The Team of 12 will gather information and prioritize all proposals received.  We hope to begin bargaining in April and finalize salary issues in August. 

ORGANIZING 2019

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OUR UNITY CREATES CHANGE!

Buying a Home Soon?

For more information on our partnership with Homestreet Bank, click on the link on the sidebar to the right....

Attendees to one of the workshops below will receive a certificate that is good for two years that will give you access to down payment assistance through Home Street Bank's affiliation with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.
 

Attention:

Professional Development Clock Hours
If you have taken professional development classes through CVSD, you must go into HRM+ and fill out the evaluation within 30 days of the completion of the class or course. Failure to do this will result in the loss of those clock hours with no chance to recover them.



Good idea to review those building files!  

It's a good practice to review your building file at least once a year to ensure that the information in it is accurate, up- to-date, and relevant to your current assignment.

For those of you who have been with the district for many years, your building file (defined as supervisory or working file in the CBA) has the potential of containing very old information that may not be particularly helpful to have around. For example, a complaint letter from one disgruntled parent 5 years ago is not likely to be reflective of your career accomplishments, so it would make sense to remove it.  Please see the 

May Newsletter for more information.

Unions are under attack...  This means you are too!

The purpose of teacher's unions is generally to be a strong, unified advocating body for teachers. Unions advocate for teachers, but have an interest in the functioning of the overall education system. Unions are comprised of professionals deeply interested in, and passionate about education. Through the strength of their numbers, Unions are also able to provide a wealth of resources to their members that members would usually otherwise not be able to afford. These resources alone are perhaps reason enough to join the union, since access to many wonderful tools would otherwise not be possible or cost- effective without the union.

In Friedrichs v. CTA, a disgruntled teacher,  along with some special interest groups are attacking unions.  If successful, this attack could have far reaching consequences on teachers right here in Spokane.  Watch the intriguing video on the right at the top to learn more. 

Our Mission:

The mission of the Central Valley Education Association is to contribute to excellence in education in the Central Valley School District through professional training and support of its members.

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