News Messenger 9-18-15

In a response to the outcry from SCTA leadership and teachers across the district, the academic office has cancelled the October and November training dates for ELA and Math. We look forward to working with the Academic Office to revise the way professional learning takes place so that instructional time in the classroom is not compromised. Much work needs to be done to ensure professional learning in our district matches the needs of teachers in the classroom.

As part of our broader effort to make the Sacramento City Unified School District a “Destination District,” the officers and executive board members of our association are reaching out to educators throughout the District.

Sometime in the next few weeks, a representative will be at your work site to hear from you what you think our priorities should be this school year and to provide you with on an update on committees, contract negotiations and other developments throughout the District.

The significant increase in the District revenues through the state’s Local Control Funding Formula puts our District in its best financial position in decades.  This makes our ability to accelerate class-size reductions, increase wages in an effort to recruit and retain staff, and other improvement, achievable provided we are organized and unified as educators to advocate strongly for our priorities.

We will email the date and time of the visit. We look forward to seeing you then.