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Volume 12, Issue 3 - November 2007

• November 2007

Features

• Professional learning communities: Exploring the power of teamwork
• CTA endorses PLC model: It's a way to improve teacher quality 
• A tale of 2 PLC schools
  • At Yorba Linda Middle School, teachers seize the opportunity.
  • At Kraemer Middle School, power struggles plague the process.
• High school conference to focus on PLCs
• PLCs spark innovation in Shasta County high school
• New Haven teachers win assurance: Top-down implementation will change

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Taking A Stand

• Nevada educators join CTA for a rally to raise awareness of NCLB's problems
• Health care reform is needed now, say educators and coalition partners
• SMETA's organizing produces record win
• McKinleyville educators are fed up with lack of respect

Making a Difference

• Firestorms ravage education community
• SDEA volunteers help fire evacuees cope
• Help for fire victims is available through CTA

Action

• CTA flexes its muscle as it fights NCLB proposal
• Community college funding joins CTA's top priorities
• CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2007
• CFA wins full disclosure of CSU compensation deals
• CTA Death and Dismemberment Plan change
• EEL has new claims processor
• Deal calls on unlicensed staff to perform medical procedures
• Coming attractions

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• November 2007