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www.spfe28.org August 26, 2019 CONTRACT UPDATE SAVE THE DATES Thursdays: Wear Red SPFE shirts @ SPFE office CAT Team Training Monday, September 9 4:30-8:30p.m. SPFE (23 Empire Drive) RSVP to [email protected] Open Bargaining Thursday, September 12 4:30p.m. Pre-Mee0ng 5-8p.m. Bargaining Session SPFE (23 Empire Drive) Thursday, September 26 4:30p.m. Pre-Mee0ng 5-8p.m. Bargaining Session SPFE (23 Empire Drive) Steward Training Saturday, September 21 9:30-3:30 SPFE (23 Empire Drive) RSVP to [email protected] Membership Mee.ng Monday, September 23 4:30p.m. SPFE (23 Empire Drive) Mental Health Support for Students Top Priority Suppor0ng student mental health needs in St. Paul is a cri0cal step to addressing the predictability of dispari0es by race, socioeconomic status, and disability, and will accelerate learning and achievement for all students. In a 2011 Minnesota ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) survey, 60% of Minnesotans surveyed reported at least one adverse childhood experience. Adverse childhood experiences and the resul0ng challenges are a public health crisis that play out each day in our schools, causing students to miss learning 0me. Your bargaining team presented a proposal to increase mental health support so we can help our students thrive and reach their full poten0al. Specifically, we proposed that each St. Paul Public School be fully staffed with a mental health team comprised of staff in the following posi0ons: School Social Workers who serve Special Educa0on and General Educa0on students, School Counselors, School Psychologists, School Nurses, and Behavior Interven0on Specialists. Each of these posi0ons brings different exper0se and skills into our schools. Together they compliment each other and can fully support our students. In addi0on to proposing we fully staff these posi0ons, we proposed the team provide training and support for all licensed staff and behavior interven0on specialists. We also proposed peer supports for our Behavior Interven0on Specialists. The District gave us a counter to our Mental Health Proposal at the July bargaining session. The counter was to form a commikee to discuss an equitable phase-in plan to support student mental health needs. Countering with another commikee to address our student needs is a delay our students cannot wait through and is more than disappoin0ng. We are working on a response for a future bargaining session. Quick Update Your SPFE bargaining team met with the district on May 30th and July 25th to present the following proposals. All SPFE proposals can be found on our website at: hkps://spfe28.org/proposals/ 1. Student Mental Health Supports 2. Addi0onal Du0es for EAs and SCSPs and Interpreter Prepara0on Time 3. Na0onal Board Cer0fica0on 4. EA and SCSP Grow Your Own Par0cipa0on 5. School Redesign and Elec0on to Work Agreements 6. Peer Assistance and Review At the July 25th bargaining session, the District presented the following proposals and counter proposals. 1. Sick Leave Accrual Rates for EAs and SCSPs 2. Shorten the Interview and Selec0on Period with end date of May 31 (this was a verbal proposal made at the table) 3. Student Mental Health Supports counter proposal
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CONTRACT U P D AT E
SAVE THE DATES Thursdays:WearRed
SPFEshirts@SPFEoffice
CATTeamTrainingMonday,September9
4:30-8:30p.m.SPFE(23EmpireDrive)[email protected]
OpenBargainingThursday,September124:30p.m.Pre-Mee0ng
5-8p.m.BargainingSessionSPFE(23EmpireDrive)
Thursday,September264:30p.m.Pre-Mee0ng
5-8p.m.BargainingSessionSPFE(23EmpireDrive)
StewardTrainingSaturday,September21
9:30-3:30SPFE(23EmpireDrive)[email protected]
MembershipMee.ngMonday,September23
4:30p.m.SPFE(23EmpireDrive)
Mental Health Support for Students Top Priority Suppor0ngstudentmentalhealthneedsinSt.Paulisacri0calsteptoaddressingthepredictabilityofdispari0esbyrace,socioeconomicstatus,anddisability,andwillacceleratelearningandachievementforallstudents.Ina2011MinnesotaACE(AdverseChildhoodExperiences)survey,60%ofMinnesotanssurveyedreportedatleastoneadversechildhoodexperience.Adversechildhoodexperiencesandtheresul0ngchallengesareapublichealthcrisisthatplayouteachdayinourschools,causingstudentstomisslearning0me.Yourbargainingteampresentedaproposaltoincreasementalhealthsupportsowecanhelpourstudentsthriveandreachtheirfullpoten0al.
Specifically,weproposedthateachSt.PaulPublicSchoolbefullystaffedwithamentalhealthteamcomprisedofstaffinthefollowingposi0ons:SchoolSocialWorkerswhoserveSpecialEduca0onandGeneralEduca0onstudents,SchoolCounselors,SchoolPsychologists,SchoolNurses,andBehaviorInterven0onSpecialists.Eachoftheseposi0onsbringsdifferentexper0seandskillsintoourschools.Togethertheycomplimenteachotherandcanfullysupportourstudents.
Inaddi0ontoproposingwefullystafftheseposi0ons,weproposedtheteamprovidetrainingandsupportforalllicensedstaffandbehaviorinterven0onspecialists.WealsoproposedpeersupportsforourBehaviorInterven0onSpecialists.
TheDistrictgaveusacountertoourMentalHealthProposalattheJulybargainingsession.Thecounterwastoformacommikeetodiscussanequitablephase-inplantosupportstudentmentalhealthneeds.Counteringwithanothercommikeetoaddressourstudentneedsisadelayourstudentscannotwaitthroughandismorethandisappoin0ng.Weareworkingonaresponseforafuturebargainingsession.
Quick UpdateYourSPFEbargainingteammetwiththedistrictonMay30thandJuly25thtopresentthefollowingproposals.AllSPFEproposalscanbefoundonourwebsiteat:hkps://spfe28.org/proposals/1. StudentMentalHealthSupports2. Addi0onalDu0esforEAsandSCSPs
andInterpreterPrepara0onTime3. Na0onalBoardCer0fica0on4. EAandSCSPGrowYourOwn
Par0cipa0on5. SchoolRedesignandElec0onto
WorkAgreements6. PeerAssistanceandReview
AttheJuly25thbargainingsession,theDistrictpresentedthefollowingproposalsandcounterproposals.1. SickLeaveAccrualRatesforEAsand
SCSPs2. ShortentheInterviewandSelec0on
PeriodwithenddateofMay31(thiswasaverbalproposalmadeatthetable)
3. StudentMentalHealthSupportscounterproposal
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PROPOSALSUMMARIES
Addi.onalDu.esforEAsandSCSPsItisnotunusualforourEduca0onalAssistantsorSchoolandCommunityServiceProfessionalswhoservicestudentstobepulledfromtheirstudentstodootherdu0esassignedbyaprincipalorsupervisor.Thiscanmeanalossofcri0calservicetostudentsandadisrup0oninlearning.OAen0mes,thesedu0esarenotrelatedtothestaffperson'sjobdescrip0on.
Therefore,yourbargainingteamputforthaproposaltolimitthisdisrup0on.Ourproposalwouldrequireprincipalsandsupervisorstoprovideaclearscheduleoutliningdailyresponsibili0esandassignmentsthatalignwiththeemployee’sjobdescrip0on.Italsorequiresthemtos0cktothisschedule,exceptinextremecircumstances.IfanEAorSCSPdisagreedthatanydu0esalignedwiththeirjobdescrip0onuponreceivingtheschedule,theywouldhavetherighttofileagrievance.
InterpreterPrepara.onTimeOurEAinterpreters(bothdeafandhardofhearingandspokenlanguage)whoworkdirectlywithstudentsinclassroomscurrentlydonotgetanyprepara0on0metorevieweduca0onalcontentortoconnectwiththeteacherbeforeinterpre0ng.Weproposedthattheseeducatorsget125minutesofprepara0onperweektoensurethattheyareprovidingthebestinterpreta0onofeduca0onalcontentaspossibletoourstudents.
Na.onalBoardCer.fica.onThisproposalisanupdatetoourlanguageonLicensedStaffwhoareseekingandgetaNa0onalBoardCer0fica0on.Weproposedlanguageupdatesthatreflectchangestothecer0fica0onprocessandforaddi0onalsupportforfolksseekingcer0fica0on.BenLathropandJennyFunkhouserfromHardingsharedtheirexperiencegoingthroughtheprocessandhowitimpactedtheirteachingprocess–helpingthemtobuildstrongerrela0onshipswithstudentsandprovidemoreculturallyrelevantinstruc0on.
DistrictSponsoredLicensureProgramsEAsandSCSPswhopar0cipateinadistrictsponsoredteacherlicensureprogram,suchasSUTR,currentlydonothaverightsbackintotheiroriginalbargainingunitiftheydon'tendupbecomingateacher.WeproposedthattheycancomebackintotheiroriginalbargainingunitiftheydonotgetplacedinSPPS,aredeniedtenure,ordon’tcompletetheprogram.Manymembershavetoldusthatthelackofjobsecurityisabarriertopar0cipa0nginthesetypesofprograms.Wewanttheseprogramstobesuccessfulinhelpingtodiversifyourteachingworkforceandarehopingto
openmoredoorsforourmembersofcolorwhowanttopar0cipateintheselicensureprograms.
Elec.ontoWorkAgreementsBasedonlastyear’sfrustra0ngElec0ontoWorkAgreementprocess,weproposedsomelanguagethatclarifiesthe0melineandprocedures.
PeerAssistanceandReviewandforma.veevalua.onsThisproposalisaclean-upofourPeerAssistanceandReviewcontractlanguage.Wealsoaddedaclauseregardingtheschedulingofforma0veevalua0onsforallteachers,reques0ngschedulesatthestartoftheschoolyearthatgiveteachersa1-week0meframeforwhentheycanexpecttobeobserved.
DistrictProposalsThefirstproposalfromSPPSwasaboutsickleaveaccrualsforEAsandSCSPs;thedistrictwouldliketohaveaccrualratesbethesameforallstaffregardlessof10monthand12monthstatus.10monthEAswouldlose1.25daysofsickleavewiththisproposal.
ThesecondproposalwasfortheLicensedStaffcontract;thedistrictwouldliketheInterviewandSelec0onprocesstoendonMay31insteadofmid-June.
“I am a proud member of SPFE because our union supports our students and quality education!”
Chris Baumhover EL Teacher
Mississippi Creative Arts
