AMU TIME October 2014 CTA 6095 Bristol Parkway Suite 100 Culver City 5:00-7:00 pm

Executive Board Reports

President’s Report Salina Joiner AMU Newsletter: The AMU President sent out a newsletter via the Green dot server in late September. The next one will be ed December 10 th.If you would like to submit a piece for the newsletter please it to by December 3 rd, 2014 for November 3 rd Phone Banking before election day: AMU’s regularly scheduled rep council meeting will be canceled due to the upcoming November election. In lieu of our monthly rep council meeting site reps will be phone banking at CTA. All members are welcome to attend and participate in phone banking.

Financial Planning: During the months of October and January Green dot will be holding financial information sessions for members. This is a great opportunity to learn about the various retirement options available through Green dot and the state. CalStrs information Sessions 4:00-5:00 October 24 th Locke Hobbs Hall October 27 th, Inglewood Gym January 14 th, Pat Brown Gym January 28 th, ODLH Pension Architects: You need to sign up with Stacey Hache. President’s Report Salina Joiner

Pension Architects 10/6/14- Watts 10/6/14-Mae Jemison 10/7/14-James B Taylor 10/8/14- Jefferson Middle School 10/9/14-Ralph Bunche 10/10/14-Ellen Ochoa 10/14/14-ASLA at SLA 10/15/14-Locke A and B 10/16/14-Locke C 10/17/14-Venice 10/17/14-Westside 10/20/14-Leadership 10/22/14-ACPA 10/23/14-Inglewood 10/24/14-Home office 10/27/14-Jackie Robinson 10/29/14-Phyliss Wheatley and Western

President’s Report Salina Joiner Counselor Supervision-  AMU and management met to further discuss the issue.  AMU shared its interest and options.  AMU gave management a grievance.  The grievance will start at the Level II.  AMU has amended its plan on concerted activities based on managements response  Thank you for supporting the counselors in this effort.

Secretary Report Danielle Berger  During the second semester AMU will have a happy hour for all members. A date will be finalized soon!!

Treasurer Report Treasurer is working on the budget for the fiscal year. Budget will be finalized in December.

Committee Reports

Benefits Committee  The benefits committee has scheduled its first meeting for October 28 th.  Any concerns regarding benefits please Brian Pfeffer at

Bargaining Committee  Bargaining survey will be sent out in mid October.  Reopeners will be sunshined October 29 th.

Grievance Committee  Counselor evaluation grievance- Level III  Counselor complaint grievance- Level III  Counselor written warning grievance- settled at the informal level  Locke PLV grievance- Level III  Locke start time grievance- informal level  Locke Dress Code- Demand to bargain was issued  Supervision Grievance- Level II

Grievance Cont.. Counselor evaluation grievance- Level III This grievance is carried over from last year. A counselor’s evaluation was not followed according to the contract. She was being evaluated by two administrators without being informed. Her goals meeting took place after the deadline. She was given low scores despite having shown that she met the criteria.

Grievance cont… Locke School Wide-Start time/Clocking In:  Admin at Locke unilaterally decided to implement a “Teacher Preparation Time Before School.” They distributed a bell schedule requiring members to be at school 25 minute before the start of school.  AMU filed a grievance.  We are currently at the informal level Dress Code:  Locke distributed a gender base dress code to members during the first week of school.  AMU filed a demand to bargain under the notion that this presented a change in working conditions.  We demanded the dress code at Locke follow the dress code in the Green dot Handbook.

OLD Business A site rep moved to change the start and end time of AMU Rep Council meetings from 5:00 to 7:00 to 4:30 to 6:30 pm. However, the motion did not pass. All AMU Rep Council meetings will start at 5:00 and end at 7:00.

New Business The rep council passed a motion enabling AMU to sign an MOU with management that will implement the counselor pilot evaluation for the school year. This pilot will only be implemented at a select group of schools. Piloting counselors and administrators will have the opportunity to evaluate and provide feedback about the evaluation process throughout the year.