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“AMERICA’S BEST GRADUATE SCHOOLS” U.S. News & World Report, 2011 edition Department of Education’s web- site to fill out a complaint form alleging that Colton had misman- aged its funds, but the state replied they needed more documenta- tion. The district hasn’t shared any documentation, says Houck, “so we are caught in a loop and don’t know how to get out of it.” Monique Segura, president of the Orcutt Educators Associa- tion, says the Orcutt Union School District used $900,000 in Ed Jobs money to hire hourly certificated part-time teachers instead of bringing back teachers who were laid off. She says teachers are “demoralized” at the district’s decision to pay part- timers $20 an hour instead of giving teachers their jobs back. The Simi Valley Unified School District will use $3.8 mil- lion in Ed Jobs money to “stay afloat” and keep class sizes from being increased. Administrators have told Dayle Gillick, presi- dent of the Simi Educators As- sociation, that they will bring back pink-slipped employees in exchange for the union agreeing to furlough days. “They have enough money to have no furloughs and no RIFs [reductions in force], but we can’t convince them of that,” says Gillick. “They are sitting pretty financially, and it’s a game to use the Ed Jobs money to bring back RIFs that never needed to hap- pen in the first place. They are meeting the letter of the law, but playing a game.” SHERRY POSNICK-GOODWIN Advance Your Career in Education Our online M.A. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) can prepare you for leadership roles in public and private institutions – in just two years! And you’ll also earn your California Administrative Services Credential. For more information: (818) 677–7763 or scott.dunlap@csun.edu http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/elps DREXEL PREPARES TOMORROW’S LEADERS EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE Drexel University at the Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento offers a solid and dynamic path of academic and technological innovation for today’s education administrators. Programs offered include: • Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management: A rigorous, professional practitioner’s degree in a blended delivery format that combines on campus classes with transcontinental online education. • M.S. in Higher Education*: Students undergo rigorous preparation to lead in complex administrative and management positions in university and college offices, national and international associations and organizations, government agencies, foundations, and corporations in the U.S. and around the world. • M.S. in Human Resource Development*: Students learn strategic human capital leadership with competencies to facilitate employee and organizational learning, performance and change in a variety of workplace settings. * These programs are now available in our new Executive Weekend format (one Friday evening/Saturday each month). For more information, call 916.325.4600 or email sacramento@drexel.edu. sacramento.drexel.edu JUNE 2011 | www.cta.org 31