How To Advance The Student-Centered Advocacy Agenda webinar

1. How To Advance The Student-Centered Advocacy Agenda webinar Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy Thursday, February 18, 2016

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3. Agenda - NEA CBMA Student Centered Advocacy Webinar: PASCOFebruary 18, 2016 (2:00-3:00 Eastern) 2:00-2:05: Introductions 2:05-2:15: Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy 2:15-2:55:PASCO 2:55-3:00: Q & A

4. Student-Centered Advocacy • Taking charge and implementing educator-led solutions that work for students. • Voicing the needs of parents, communities, and students to create great public schools for every student • Using approaches tailored to each community to assure fairness and opportunity for every student. • Advocating for schools students deserve.

5. Student-Centered Advocacy • Safe, nurturing learning environments • Respect and appreciation for all cultural backgrounds and languages • Access to health, wellness, nutrition, and counseling services • Empowered educators and increased collaboration

6. The Road to Student Success(A Toolkit for Student-Centered Advocacy) https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/The_Road_To_Student_Success.pdf • Action Guide: Suggests action steps to identify priority needs and to identify and involve partners • Real Places/Real Stories: Provides real-life examples of student-centered advocacy in practice, illustrating a diversity of approaches • Resources: Identifies support and resources as affiliates move forward with action to advocate for students

7. STUDENT-CENTERED ADVOCACY GRANTS Purpose of Grants • Enable affiliates to design and implement student-centered initiatives through collective bargaining or other forms of advocacy. • Assist affiliates with their student-centered contract campaigns. • Help affiliates create new programs, or refine existing practices. • Demonstrate a commitment to improving learning conditions that are sustainable beyond the term of the grant.

8. Grant Recipients

9. CBMA Bargaining Database Website • NEA Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy website for online bargaining assistance www.neacollectivebargaining.org • One user-friendly site for: • Factsheets • Student-centered advocacy and bargaining tools • The NEA Collective Bargaining Laws Manual • The NEA Model Language Database • Webinars

10. NEA CBMA Collective Bargaining and Compensation Staff Contacts Carolyn York, Director,Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy) Dale Templeton, Manager, Collective Bargaining and Compensation Brian Beallor- BBeallor@nea.org(Western Region + HI, NV) Charles Holmes- cholmes@nea.org(Midwest Region + OR, AK) Andy Jewell- ajewell@nea.org (Northeast Region + ID) Marcy Magid-mmagid@nea.org(Southeast Region + CA) ** Mid-Atlantic (Vacancy)– please contact Dale Templeton-dtempleton@nea.org

11. Student-Centered Bargaining • Matthew Polk, PAE Lead Bargainer & Community Organizer • Greg Olson, PAE President • Jorge Rivera, NEA Organizational Specialist

12. Previous Pasco

13. Organizational Wins Contract Wins Pasco’s Student-Centered Success

14. Externally Internally What Changed?

15. Bargaining Campaign Internal Organizing Research Media Campaign Legal Strategies Other Unions DECISIONMAKER/S On the job actions Community Support Political Allies Board Actions Parental Support Places of Worship Legislative Agenda Civil Rights Style Tactics

16. Logistics of Change

17. Any Questions ?