Vallejo Education Association

2009 Back to School Bash!

Christal Watts — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:47:35 +0000

VEA 2009 Back to School Bash from Christal Watts on Vimeo.

Just Another Brick

Christal Watts — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:54:39 +0000

We Won’t Back Down!

Christal Watts — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:11:03 +0000

CSEA and VEA Show Solidarity from Christal Watts on Vimeo.

“What Teachers Make”

Christal Watts — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:44:36 +0000

Taylor Mali is a teacher and slam poet. You may have seen a version of this poem floating around the Internet not know that he was the original author of it. We need to keep in mind the difference we make every day in our classrooms. Vallejo has many challenges, however, for those of us who choose to teach in Vallejo, we know that we do make a difference. We know that we are counselors, nurses, moms or dads, and often provide the only stability that some of our students have ever known. YOU make a difference and that difference has value.

United we stand. Divided we fall.

Pink Friday – March 13, 2009

Christal Watts — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:45:12 +0000

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The sound is still choppy on this one and I’m not sure why!

Outrageous!

Christal Watts — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:41:48 +0000

Last Wednesday, the school board agreed to send out pink slip to 190 of our unit members. Imagine our surprise when we received in our district e-mail this morning a posting for a brand new administrative position! The district continues to advertise for Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support at the starting salary of $148,825 a year and now they are advertising for Assistant Director of Elementary Education with a salary range of $86,453 to $91,853.

How many teaching positions would these two positions pay for? It is amazing to that the district seems to have plenty of money to pay for more administrative positions but no money to keep teachers in the classroom.

Pink Slipped

Christal Watts — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:45:41 +0000

(Music is playing on this video. Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks)

Dr. Bull’s Online Evaluation

Christal Watts — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:26:39 +0000

How do you think Dr. Bull is doing as superintendent of VCUSD?

Stand Up for Schools!

Christal Watts — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:06:07 +0000

Show your support to fellow teaching colleagues across the state and in our District who are facing the very real possibility of receiving RIF notices. The deadline for districts to give notice to teachers that they may be laid off is on Friday, March 13th. What can you do? Join Stand Up for Schools and spread the message to your friends via e-mail, facebook and myspace.

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District Remodeling

Christal Watts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:09:06 +0000

Just a few months ago, the District received new office furniture at the tune of almost $20,000. Then, two weeks ago while your Bargaining Team was hard at work bargaining with the District, they were quite shocked to see that the interior walls of the District Office was being painted a lovely shade of green. It seems that the District has plenty of green for their needs, but no green for our pockets!

When was the last time your school site received a nice new coat of paint and not just one to cover up the spots here and there. Those don’t count! Send us your pictures to post on this blog. We bet that your school sites don’t look as spiffy as the District Office!