Alameda Education Association

Pay increases, pilot part of proposed teacher contract deal

Michele Ellson
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 12:05am

Alameda’s teachers will be getting the raises their union proposed last April under a tentative agreement they’ll be voting on next week, deal points obtained and released by a local blogger show. If approved by teachers and the Board of Education, the deal will cap two years of contentious negotiations whose closure required the assistance of a state legislator.

Neither side wished to offer additional contract details or comment on Wednesday. Read more >> about Pay increases, pilot part of proposed teacher contract deal

Teachers demand contract after settlement talks break down

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 12:05am

Video by Donna Eyestone.

Scores of teachers and their supporters stormed City Hall on Tuesday night to demand a new contract from Alameda school district leaders, following all-night settlement talks that ended without a deal being reached. Read more >> about Teachers demand contract after settlement talks break down

Teachers okay class size and calendar deal, averting strike

Michele Ellson
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 6:03pm

Alameda's teachers have voted to approve a class size and calendar accord their union leaders reached with district officials on Tuesday evening, ending - for now - the threat of a strike over class sizes and providing families a start date for the upcoming school year. Read more >> about Teachers okay class size and calendar deal, averting strike

Teachers, district reach tentative agreement on class sizes and calendar

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 12:05am

Alameda school district officials and the union representing the district’s teachers have reached a tentative accord on class sizes and on a calendar for the 2012-2013 school year, Superintendent Kirsten Vital announced Tuesday night, potentially heading off a threatened strike over class sizes. The deal heads to teachers for a vote Wednesday and on Thursday, students’ final day of school this year. Read more >> about Teachers, district reach tentative agreement on class sizes and calendar

Q&A: Superintendent Kirsten Vital and Alameda Education Association President Gray Harris

Michele Ellson
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 12:05am

Two weeks ago, we asked the community for their questions regarding negotiations over a new contract for Alameda's teachers. Today we publish responses from Superintendent Kirsten Vital and Alameda Education Association President Gray Harris. Read more >> about Q&A: Superintendent Kirsten Vital and Alameda Education Association President Gray Harris

Teacher grievances detail battle over evaluations, discipline

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:05am

School district officials have released dozens of grievances filed over the years Kirsten Vital has served as Alameda Unified's superintendent, documents that cast fresh light on teachers’ claims of a lack of respect from school administrators and on the reasoning behind new rules on teacher evaluations and discipline their union wants included in a new contract. Read more >> about Teacher grievances detail battle over evaluations, discipline

Teachers, superintendent speak out on busted contract deal

Michele Ellson
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 12:05am

The head of Alameda’s teacher’s union is casting teachers’ decisive rejection of a tentative contract agreement as a referendum on the administration of Superintendent Kirsten Vital, while Vital is questioning why the union’s leaders would present the deal only to dismiss it as “inferior” after teachers voted it down. Read more >> about Teachers, superintendent speak out on busted contract deal

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