Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/63126
ACTION State Council honored CTA Education Support Professional of the Year Robert Hill of the Ventura Classified Employees Association, shown here being congratulated by NEA Director Paula Monroe and CTA ESP Issues Advisory Committee Chair Doreen McGuire-Grigg. Innocent Miramonte Elementary School teachers who were hastily and improperly reassigned to other schools following criminal charges against one teacher shared their story. Front row: Joyce Berwanger, Tom Louie, Christine Chipres, Maria Peaza. Second row: Tom Vaughn, Andrea Shaffer, Rosalinda Aguilar, Blanca Gonzalez. Third row: Ingrid Villeda, UTLA /NEA Secretary David Lyell, UTLA Elementary Vice President Juan Ramirez, MJ Roberts, Maria Miranda, William Turner, Martha Gemme, CTA Board member David Goldberg, Luiz Lopez. Kandi Nieto, San Diego EA, and Meritt Davies, Lafayette EA, were all ears when it came to discussions about early childhood education. CTA members Eleanor Evans (San Diego EA), Julie Nielsen (Anaheim TA), Bryan Blatte (Newark TA), and Sheen Yee Florence Flesche (Bakersfield TA) review the state's Common Core Content Standards, which are intended to clarify what students are expected to learn. 26 California Educator / April 2012 Robert Ellis, United Teachers of Richmond, and Judy Olson, California Faculty Association, compare notes on teacher evaluation proposals.