san bernardino teachers association cta/nea mou-collaboration day professional development program
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San Bernardino City Unified O San Bernardino City O URBAN district O 50,000 students O 74 Campuses O 11 Charter schools O 70% English Learners O High Concentrations of African American, SES, Special Ed, FRL O Second poorest city in America O City filed for bankruptcy 2012 O City Council Recall Election O minimal employment O Gang/Racial War 35 deaths in the past 2 yearsTRANSCRIPT
San Bernardino Teachers Association
CTA/NEAMOU-Collaboration Day
Professional Development Program
SBTA O Represents 3,000
members in SBCUSD
O Teachers, Nurses, Counselors, Psychologist, Speech Therapist
O 16 member Board, 2 Uniserv Directors, 3 employees
San Bernardino City Unified O San Bernardino CityO URBAN districtO 50,000 studentsO 74 CampusesO 11 Charter schoolsO 70% English
LearnersO High Concentrations
of African American, SES, Special Ed, FRL
O Second poorest city in America
O City filed for bankruptcy 2012
O City Council Recall Election
O minimal employmentO Gang/Racial War 35
deaths in the past 2 years
What’s our story? Union-led Transformation!!!
O Under NCLB SBCUSD was designated as a Program Improvement District.
O The intervention plan called for increased training and professional development.
O Current contract allowed for 2 staff meetings per week, outside of the workday.
Continued…O In 2003, the District and the
Association decided to bargain an alternative workday for the teachers and students one day each week.
O This would create 90- 120 minutes of professional development time within the workday!
Alternative ScheduleO ElementaryO Student Day 8:50am to 1:00pm
O Teacher workday8:40 am to 3:45 pmProf. Development 1:30pm to 3:30pm
O SecondaryO Student Day9:45 am to 2:35pm
O Teacher workday7:50am to 2:40pmProf. Development7:50 am to 9:25 am
Pros & ConsO Teachers could
receive professional development during the workday.
O Less disruptions to afterschool programs
O Increased training opportunities
O No input of training
O Schools could opt-out
O 2 meetings outside the workday
O People were not collaborating, they would sit and listen (or not listen)
Organize, Organize, Organize!!!
O The Association surveyed members for input on the schedule, training topics, decision making.
O The District developed a uniformed bus schedule and required all schools to participate.
O This process took over 10 years to refine.
New ChangesO Language on Professional Develop
TeamsO Share decision making at the siteO Joint Training O Limit staff meetings to 1 per monthO Language on recess, lunch breaks,
duty O Changes the focus from professional
development to COLLABORATION
District RESULTSO We had several schools exit out of
program improvement.O We began seeing more schools with
API scores in the 800 and 900sO Schools receiving achievement
recognition Distinguished school awards, Seal Biliteracy, AVID Demonstration school etc.
O Graduation Rate increased from 68% to 78%
Teacher leadership Opportunities
O Professional Develop TeamsO Staff PresentationsO Department Collaboration across
sitesO Focus on building site capacity and
pulling experts from within the school sites and the district.
O Created coaching positions for teachers v hiring consultants
What can you do?O Develop a CO-OP board with your
district where you brainstorm ideas focused on student achievement.
O Collaborate on a common topic or initiative show solidarity and support for each other.
O Focus on building a relationship first!