Now, there are two great reasons to contact your California Casualty Auto and Home Insurance Program today: 
WIN A $7500 SCHOOL LOUNGE MAKEOVER!
WEBSITE:     http://schoolloungemakeover.com/cta

 

CUEA Scholarships Now Available
Applications for graduating high school seniors of CUEA members are now available from the CUEA office.

The parent or guardian of the applicant must be a teacher, speech pathologist, nurse, psychologist or counselor employed in CUSD and a current member of CUEA.

The student must be a graduating senior with an overall GPA of 3.2 or better.

The student must be planning to attend college.

Applications are due Monday, March 12, 2012 of each year.

Application Fill-In Form (MS Word)
Application Fill-In Form (pdf)

Contact Julie Gallups the CUEA office by or phone at 949-900-2280 for more information.

 

CTA Scholarship for Members
Scholarship Amount : $3,000 for up to five members statewide
Eligibility: CTA members working on a credential, degree or graduate program
Requirements : CUEA/CTA membership
Deadline Postmark: February 3, 2012

 

CTA Scholarship for Dependent Children of CTA Members
Scholarship Amount: $5,000 for up to twenty-five dependent children of members statewide
Eligibility: Graduating high school seniors; undergraduate or graduate students claimed as a dependent on members' IRS tax forms; dependent child or action, retired or deceased CTA member
Requirements : CUEA/CTA membership
Deadline: February 3, 2012

 

Del Weber Scholarship for Dependent Children Attending Continuation High School or Alternative Education Programs
Scholarship Amount: $5,000 for one dependent child of a member statewide
Eligibility: Graduating high school senior who is claimed as dependent status on members' IRS tax form; may be a dependent child of an active, retired-life or deceased member.
Requirements: Parent of dependent child must be a CUEA/CTA member
Deadline: February 3, 2012.

 

For any of these applications go to the CTA website at www.cta.org or contact Julie Gallups at the CUEA office by or phone at 949-900-2280.

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CUEA is pleased to announce that the district is offering an early retirement package for certificated employees 55 and older. This early retirement incentive is contingent upon a minimum number of retirees. It is anticipated that this minimum will be reached and the total package is expected to save the district millions of dollars.

A win-win-win situation

Retirement incentives are rare occurrences, and the timing of this one provides a triple win.  First, the district wins by saving millions of dollars in salary costs; second,  retirees win with a financial incentive to retire earlier than anticipated; and third, RIF teachers win since many of them can count on being called back for steady employment.

Potential retirees should look for more information mailed to their home address from the District.

If you have called CalSTRS and left your name and phone number, DO NOT CALL AGAIN.  Due to the high volume of calls, they cannot return your phone call immediately, but they will get back to you! Additionally, DO NOT sign up for both an individual and a Group Counseling workshop – they are the same thing.  At the group workshop, you will receive a customized packet of information just as you would at the individual conference. Check out the CalSTRS website here  for information about telephone conferences.

 

With the Republican primaries in full swing, there is a lot of media attention about Super PACs.  Supposedly Mitt Romney’s super PAC was responsible for Newt Gringrich’s terrible showing in the Iowa caucuses, and now in Florida the Super PACs of both candidates are battling it out on the airways. In the mix is Stephen Colbert’s fake Super PAC designed to teach the public what they are all about. Want to learn more about how they work, read this easy primer,“Election 101: Five basics about Super PACs."

“Asking the right question means more than getting the right answer.”

So says Diane Ravitch in a video clip found on the CTA website. (see lower right hand side of front page). Once an early supporter of  NCLB, Diane Ravitch has shaken up the education world by doing a complete about-face on testing, accountability, and the merits of charter schools. Ravitch author of   The Death and Life of the Great American School System, begins one video clip with this enticing statement “Here are some of the things that can’t be measured [meaning tested] …”

How would you finish that sentence?  Log on your comment on the President’s Blog.