San Diego
The annual SCTA Representative Assembly -- Face It...Teach! -- was held in San Diego. Each campus or chapter sends delegates to the RA based on the number of members on their campus. Delegates vote on any changes to the constitution & bylaws as well as elect officers for 2003-04. In addition, each campus may send 2 additional non-voting participants.
The day started with an icebreaker activity so that people had an opportunity to get to know one another.
SCTA members from 32 campuses attended this year's event. In addition to the business portion of the meeting, participants also had the opportunity to attend workshops including: Charter Schools: Choice in Public Education; Eight Building Blocks for Chapters; Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR): Impact!; Why Politics?; and ESEA: Changing the Rules for Teachers
Many campuses displayed information about their chapters and programs.
Many campuses brought items from their school to raffle. There were also a variety of other prizes including a boom box that was raffled to support the SCTA scholarship program.
LaShay Roberts, SCTA President, presided over the business portion of the meeting.
Each campus had the opportunity to share their accomplishments for the year.
The lunchtime entertainment was provided by Ballet Folklorico. This local children's dance troupe performs traditional dances from different regions of Mexico.
Reg Weaver, National Education Association (NEA) President was the keynote speaker during the evening Awards Banquet celebration. He was a truly inspirational and dynamic speaker who had the audience laughing and crying!
All students in attendance who are graduating this year were honored with a SCTA pin.
The current 2002-03 SCTA statewide officers were recognized with a certificate.
Local chapter presidents were recognized for their accomplishments during the year.
The SCTA W.H.O. (We Honor Ours) Award was presented to Melissa Martin, CSU Sacramento
The West Valley Community College chapter won two awards including: Outstanding New Chapter and the Chapter in Politics Award. In addition, Mae Conroy, won the Outstanding Advisor award and Shauna Aragon won the Student in Politics award.
The UCLA chapter won the Outstanding Local Chapter award.
The Partners in Education award went to Ms. Lauren Franken with the AVID program at University High School in LA for partnering with the UCLA SCTA chapter.
The UC Davis chapter won the Outstanding Chapter Newsletter award.
The award for the chapter with the largest overall membership went to Humboldt State with 197 members.
The award for the chapter with the largest membership increase from last year went to Mission College, which showed an increase of 60 members.
The newly elected SCTA Executive Board for 2003-04: (Left to right). Nam Nguyen (UC Davis) Communications Editor; Shauna Aragon (West Valley CC) Secretary-Treasurer; Monica Masino (Argosy Univ) Executive Vice President; Rhonda Lewis (National Hispanic Univ) Ethnic Minority Rep; Angela Itoge (UCLA) Ethnic Minority Rep; Jaymie Bell-Dean (College of the Canyons) Southern Regional Vice President; Leo Solis (Rio Hondo College) Southern Regional Vice President; Melissa Martin (CSU Sacramento) Northern Regional Vice President; Joshua Hardwick (Chabot College) Northern Regional Vice President; Rudy Jimenez Ortiz (CSU San Marcos) SCTA President.