Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1527898
The academy comes after a school year that saw SDEA successfully organize to fight teacher layoffs and defend San Diego schools from draconian cuts. Weinberg said that SDEA members are pre- paring for the continued fight for the resources all students deserve and the public schools our com- munities need. " Through collective actions like putting up signs on the doors of our classrooms throughout the district, rallying at school board meetings, passing out thousands of flyers to parents asking them to contact board members and demands that layoffs be rescinded, we were able to push the district to rescind the layoff notices. And we will bargain our salary increase for next year together with our successor contract negotiations," he said. "But if we don't address how schools are funded by the state, we will continue to find ourselves on the defensive and battling the district over the impact of the latest budget crisis." SDEA President Kyle Weinberg welcomes SDEA leaders. Site reps and other SDEA leaders learned best practices for supporting members on the job. Sessions included workshops on special education and community schools. "That two days before you return to school you are here doing the good work and building your collective power is why our union is strong and alive." —CTA President David Goldberg 45 O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R 2 0 24