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February 2016

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A N G E L A N O R M A N D T E A C H E S students with special needs at Adams Middle School in Brentwood. By her own admission, for years she was a "very quiet site rep" who wanted to get more involved in the union but didn't quite know how, and didn't think she knew enough to contribute. en in 2014, Normand, a Brentwood Teachers Associa- tion member, applied for and was accepted into CTA's Ethnic Minority Early Identification and Development Program (EMEID). "EMEID changed all of that," Normand says. "It taught me what I needed to know and provided me with the mentorship as well." Normand says the yearlong EMEID program gave her the skills, background knowledge and confidence to step into leadership roles. Since then, she was elected vice president of her local, ran for and won a seat on State Council, and was elected as a delegate to the 2015 NEA Represen- tative Assembly. "I honestly give all of the credit to EMEID and the Emerging Leaders track [required of EMEID participants] at Summer Institute," Normand says. "e program not only teaches history, customs and cour- tesies, but also organizational leadership — and then puts participants in mock situations so that we learn the right way the first time. Once we are back home, we have a CTA staff mentor who is there to lead and guide us." CTA created the pilot program in 2006 to identify, promote and develop ethnic minority members who are interested in expanding their roles in the union, with a goal of sustaining and increasing ethnic minority leadership in CTA and its affiliates. EMEID builds on existing CTA/NEA programs, Head of the Class Program promotes and develops CTA's ethnic minority leadership Applications will open soon! EMEID is accepting applications for the class of 2016-17 beginning March 4; see cta.org/emeid. Deadline to apply is May 6; applicants will be notified by May 27. Those selected must commit to attending the Emerging Leaders track at CTA's Summer Institute at UCLA, July 31-Aug. 4. "The program not only teaches history, customs and courtesies, but also organizational leadership — and then puts partici- pants in mock situations so that we learn the right way the first time." Angela Normand 50 cta.org

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