Volume 12, Issue 5 - February 2008

Volume 12, Issue 5 - February 2008

• February 2008

Features

 
• Teacher retention: Working conditions drive decisions for stayers, leavers
• Special ed instructors experience isolation
• Does declining enrollment offset the teacher shortage?
• Be proactive: Formulate a local plan
• The key to retaining teachers: Listening to their suggestions
• Some schools already know what the shortage looks like
• Mentors provide the support educators need to survive
• Districts look for an edge as they compete for teachers
• Minority recruitment efforts are facing an uphill battle
• Affordable housing helps teachers put down roots
• Inflexible requirements impact would-be teachers

Taking A Stand

• Proposed budget cuts would hit education hardest
• CTA cautions against premature response
• Voters defeat prop.92 and pass local school bonds

Making A Difference

• Five members awarded top honors as California's 2008 Teachers of the Year
• Lewis Chappelear represents state at competition on the national level
• Schools begin to benefit from QEIA funds
• Teachers demonstrate compassion

Action

• Our students come first, says Sanchez
• State Council condemns proposed cuts to education
• Council OKs Educational Change report
• Teachers elected to CalSTRS Board
• Educators urge Congress to pass Social Security Fairness Act
• Health care is still on burner
• CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2007-2008
• Coming attractions

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• February 2008