Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1518807
CTA's 2024 Human Rights Award Winners Our inspiring social justice warriors PAGE 32 Time to End the TPA Teaching Performance Assessments fail our aspiring educators — but there is a solution PAGE 18 Paid Pregnancy Leave for Educators CTA members advocate to end long-standing inequity PAGE 20 Top photo: Lydiana Alfaro, Natomas Teachers Assn., carries her baby as she speaks at a February CTA press conference at the State Capitol in support of AB 2901, the Paid Pregnancy Leave for Educators Act. To her right is CTA Secretary-Treasurer Erika Jones; to her left is Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, the bill's author. Cover photos, clockwise from the top: CTA officers, board members and members at the Capitol in March, lobbying for AB 2901; Clara Hutar, San Carlos Teachers Assn., with her daughter; Zully Valdez, East Side Teachers Assn.; Victoria Kim, Folsom Cordova Education Assn., with her children; Vanessa Rodas Romero, United Teachers of Richmond, with her baby; CTA's Erika Jones with her newborn. 2 cta.org In the Know 7 Calendar 9 News & Notes 13 Quotes & Numbers Spotlight 16 DOLORES HUERTA: Indefatigable labor icon continues the work 18 NO TO THE TPA: Opinionated take Feature 28 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: National learning lab set to launch in Anaheim Advocacy 38 LAYOFF NOTICES: CTA organizes to protect educators, students 40 ELECTION: Winning educators 41 ADJUNCT FACULTY: Part-time college instructors' lawsuit becomes class action lawsuit 42 BARGAINING: Statewide roundup 44 LEGAL VICTORY: Ruling holds administrators accountable Teaching & Learning 46 CHALLENGE BASED LEARNING: How it works for the classroom CTA & You 49 ESP OF THE YEAR: Steven Acosta 50 JEFF GOOD: CTA's new executive director 52 CALM: Workplace wellness 53 DESIGN: Educator creates new learning environment 54 TEACHER GRANTS: Music & arts 56 LIT FROM WITHIN: Work by our members 57 DAY OF THE TEACHER: Use this poster to celebrate teachers, nurses, ESPs D E P A R T M E N T S / F E A T U R E S April / May 2024 C O N T E N T S