April 2008
HOW MANY PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS DO YOU HAVE?
Our contract now provides for three personal leave days each year and the right to bank up to a maximum of five days. Those with more than two days currently banked will need to use those days down to no more than two days to avoid losing them (the excess over two for next year. Unused days from the current year can also be cashed in for sub pay ($94). If you have days to use please remember that the use of these days on either end of Memorial Day weekend is limited and they cannot be used the last week of school. Be sure to plan ahead. Your building rep has a list of those certs who have more than two days. If you have questions please call or email the office.
RETIRING THIS YEAR?
If you have made the decision to retire or to leave the district at the end of the year please consider notifying the personnel department as soon as possible. It would be a great help to the district and to your colleagues in making staffing plans for next year. If you have given the district notice prior to May 11 you will be invited to the dinner held to honor retirees. That dinner will be held on Wednesday May 22 at the Mirabeau Park Hotel at 5:00 PM. Retirees are allowed to invite a guest and will be honored for their service to children and public education by the District and the Association. Remember, to be invited the District and the Association must be notified that you plan to retire. Thank you.
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The Central Valley Education Association and the Central Valley School District are again jointly sponsoring a program this year to help retiring teachers dispose of unwanted teaching materials accumulated during their career and to provide help and resources to new teachers starting out their careers in the district next year. Teachers who have made the decision to retire at the end of the school year will be asked to box up unwanted materials that they have accumulated over the years. Please label the boxes as to contents and grade level and clearly mark
“REMARKABLE REUSABLES”. Be sure to include only the items and materials not considered District property. Leave the boxes in your room at the end of the school year and notify the CVEA that you are participating in the program. The District will then pick up the materials and store them at the District offices over the summer. In mid August the CVEA Executive Board will organize and display the materials as much as possible. At the conclusion of the new teacher orientation program held each year at the end of August the new employees will be allowed to rummage through the materials and take what they think may be of some help to them. A list of guidelines and instructions will be sent to everyone who notifies the District of their intent to retire. I am sure many of you remember scrambling for ideas and materials when you began your teaching career. This is a great opportunity for retirees to not have to carry this stuff home, clutter up the basement or garage and provide a valuable service to the new teachers beginning their careers. Thank you for your participation. If you have questions please call or email the CVEA office (929-0201 or cvea@aol.com).
CALENDAR
- Tuesday, May 6, CVEA Executive Board Meeting, 3:30 PM
- Wednesday, May 7, Eastern Washington UniServ Council Meeting, 5:30PM
- Tuesday, May 13, SEAT Meeting, LTC, 3:45PM
- May 15-17, WEA Representative Assembly, Spokane Convention Center
- Tuesday, May 20, CVEA Rep Council Meeting, Players and Spectators, 4:00PM
- Wednesday, May 22, Retirees Dinner, 5:00pm, Mirabeau Park Hotel
- Monday, May 26, Memorial Day. No School
CVEA OFFICERS
- President..............Kent Richardson
- Vice-President ........ Steve Lalonde
- Secretary/Treasurer ..Shirley Brick
- Elementary Rep..June Cunningham
- Middle School Rep...Vicki Arnold
- High School Rep.......Dick O’Brien
- Office Manager.............Jeff Brown
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Vicky Jensen
Vicky Jensen
Vicky has taught in CV since 1998. Prior to that she taught in Genesee School District in Idaho where she served on the bargaining team for two years. In Central Valley Vicky taught at Greenacres JH until reconfiguration when she moved to the high school level. She currently teaches Art at University High School. Vicky is Board certified and teaches workshops for NBPTS and Pro Cert candidates for EWU and GU. She has worked for the WEA Speakers Bureau and was selected by WEA to serve on the Gonzaga University PEAB since 2005.
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