Performance Evaluation: (2023-24) Superintendent Diana Rigby
CAUSE SURVEY
Please Complete this Performance Evaluation
(2023-24) Superintendent Diana Rigby
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Greetings CUSD Colleagues & Employees,
To better understand and communicate issues related to the partnership between the CUSD Superintendent and the staff & faculty she leads, we rely upon your feedback and experience.
As we near the end of another instructional year, Union Leadership asks that each employee help us better understand the Superintendent’s performance and the support she provided District employees in 2023-24.
This can be done by completing the following survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Superintendent-RIGBY
Each staff & faculty member may complete one survey for the CUSD Superintendent. Although this is an anonymous survey, your individual experiences, opinions, and perceptions are highly valued. CAUSE leadership will make every effort to ensure that the identity of individual survey respondents remains confidential.
Please make every effort to complete your survey
NO LATER THAN, Friday,
May 17, 2024
THANK YOU for your participation.
~ CAUSE Leadership
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Performance Evaluation: (2023-24) School-Site Administrators, Supervisors, & Directors
CAUSE SURVEY
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(2023-24) School-Site Administrators, Supervisors, & Directors
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Greetings CUSD Colleagues & Employees,
Union Leadership relies on employees to better understand the partnership between CUSD School Site Administrators, Supervisors, & Directors, and the staff & faculty they lead. As we begin to wrap up another instructional year, we ask that each employee help us better understand the administrative performance and support you experienced in 2023-24.
This can be done by completing the following survey:
Each staff & faculty member may complete one survey per School Site Administrator, Program Supervisor, or Department Director. [For example, a Middle School Special Education Teacher may complete an individual survey for both the CMS Principal & the Director of Special Education; whereas a Custodian at Canalino may complete individual surveys for both the CANALINO Principal & the Custodial Supervisor.]
Although this is an anonymous survey, your individual experiences, opinions, and perceptions are highly valued. CAUSE leadership will make every effort to ensure that the identity of survey respondents remains confidential.
Please make every effort to complete your survey
May 17, 2024
THANK YOU for your participation.
~ CAUSE Leadership
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Performance Evaluation: (2023-24) CUSD School Board
CAUSE SURVEY
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(2023-24) CUSD School Board
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Greetings CUSD District Colleagues, Families, and Interested Community Members,
Union Leadership relies on employees, District families, and engaged community members to better understand the partnership between the CUSD School Board, District employees, and the families & community we serve. We ask that all interested stakeholders help us better understand their experience with the CUSD School Board’s performance by completing the following survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23-24PerformanceSurvey-CUSD-School-Board-Trustees
Although this is an anonymous survey, your individual experiences, opinions, and perceptions are highly valued. Employee Union (CAUSE) leadership will make every effort to ensure that the identity of survey respondents remains confidential.
Please make every effort to complete your survey
NO LATER THAN, Friday,
May 17, 2024
THANK YOU for your participation.
~ CAUSE Leadership
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CAUSE ADVISORY
Bargaining Update: May 2, 2024
CAUSE & CUSD Finally Update
the CERTIFICATED CBA !!!
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District Employees & Colleagues,
Today in Bargaining:
1.) Although we have not reached any agreements in the 23-24 negotiating cycle, the Union and District have resolved updating the terribly outdated CERTIFICATED Collective Bargaining Agreement [CERTIFICATED CBA]. And it only took 6 years! No longer is the CBA labeled 2018-2019. Alas, many years of contract agreements have been included and can be found in areas relevant to the TABLE OF CONTENTS.
We are pleased to publish the updated version titled, CERTIFICATED Collective Bargaining Agreement [CBA] – CUSD . CAUSE – Final. Version. May 2.2024.
To ensure that you are in the possession of the correct CERTIFICATED contract moving forward, CAUSE Leadership encourages ALL CERTIFICATED employees to remove any previous contracts in their possession, and download / print this version immediately.
2.) Unfortunately, we ran out of time to submit employees’ proposed improvements contained in the, CAUSE – CERTIFICATED – Article 6: Compensation & Benefits Proposal. But the bargaining partners did schedule an additional two bargaining dates to invest more time towards that objective. Therefore, the bargaining partners will meet on the following dates:
* May 16, 2024 – Thursday
* May 20, 2024 – Monday
* May 30, 2024 – Thursday
* June 3, 2024 – Monday
3.) Finally, the District provided a less than motivating counter proposal [attached]. This was their response to the variety of improvements proposed by District employees in, CLASSIFIED Article 6: Compensation & Benefits Proposals (PARTS A & B).
Moving forward:
Given how thoroughly the District rejected employees’ proposals, it is clear that District Leadership needs to hear from District employees directly.
Please take a moment to share your stories, experiences, concerns, and opportunities for improvement with your colleagues, District Leadership, and the community. We STRONGLY encourage District employees to make their voices heard in the coming weeks.
District School Board meetings will be held on the following dates:
* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 5:30PM – Carpinteria City Hall
* Tuesday, May 28, 2024 @ 5:30PM – Carpinteria City Hall
But there are many ways to participate. Please review the attached list of opportunities and ask yourself what you can do to support employees, students, and their families.
Full ahead !
~ CAUSE Leadership
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Department Chair & Grade Level Chair Selection
CAUSE ADVISORY
District Department Chair (secondary)
& Grade Level (elementary) Elections:
A contractual selection process is required.
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Greetings, CUSD Faculty,
CAUSE Leadership has received inquiries on the selection process for CUSD Department Chairs (secondary) & Grade Level Chairs (elementary). These Department Chair / Grade Level Chair positions are critical to the functional operations of the teaching and learning environment. Department Chair / Grade Level Chair positions and expectations are protected in our collective bargaining agreement. These Chairs serve as faculty diplomats; working in coordination with our District administrators.
CUSD Department Chairs (secondary) & Grade Level Chairs (elementary):
* represent the interests of their department and/or grade level faculty colleagues
* clarify professional experiences, insights, concerns, questions, etc.
* transparently share the impact of administrative decisions on the teaching and learning environment
As grade levels (elementary) and departments (secondary) work to formalize their internal leadership positions through Spring of 2024, CAUSE Leadership reminds District faculty and administrators that the ONLY processes governing Department Chair & Grade Level Chair selection are set forth in the Certificated Collective Bargaining Agreement (CERTIFICATED – CBA) * Article 6: Compensation & Benefits (see attached).
At this time, as the Union works to update the CBA itself, we have provided the relevant contract language that clarifies the unique selection process for either Grade Level Chairs (elementary) or Department Chairs (secondary):
Elementary Grade Level Chairs:
6.9.2 * Grade Level Chairs (K-5, 1 per grade) shall receive 6 RLs. Every spring an invitation to apply for elementary Grade Level Chairs for the following year will be sent to elementary. Chairperson decisions will be announced before the end of the school year.
…&…
Secondary (CMS / CHS /Rincon) Department Chairs:
6.9.3 * Department Chairperson Selection Process: A department chairperson shall be biennially nominated in writing at the March department meeting or at any time following the regular February department meeting and before the regular March department meeting. The election shall be at the regular March or April department meeting. Except as set out in the Education Code, the term of the department chair shall be two years. The vote to select the chairperson shall be weighted by the number of periods taught in that department by each employee who works in the department. Each person shall be allotted one vote for each period he or she teaches in the department.
For Secondary faculty: In any Department where the current Chair has either…
(A) completed the second year of service since being elected
…or…
(B) was not elected by their peers according to the contractual processes cited above
Department Chairs & Grade Level Chairs are required to resolve the contractual selection process for their positions to be valid. Upon completion of the selection process, whether your department is maintaining its current elected leadership or experiencing turnover based on Spring 2024 elections, please make sure to notify your current site-principals and Union Leadership of the outcomes associated with elected Department Chairs & Grade Level Chairs for the 2024-2025 school year.
Moving forward, please feel free to contact Union leadership with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
In Unity,
~ j. Hotchner * CAUSE President
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ALL CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES are strongly encouraged to download this now current version (2023-24), and maintain a copy for quick reference.
CAUSE – SAFETY Proposals for the 23-24 School Year
The following are links to the SAFETY improvements that CAUSE has been encouraging, in hopes of improving the CUSD’s faltering SAFETY conditions.
1.) a summary of several recommended improvements:
Historic SAFETY Initiatives copy
2.) More details: the 23-24 CERTIFICATED Bargaining Proposal
CERTIFICATED CAUSE (Counter Proposal ) ARTICLE 15 SAFETY. 2023-24
3.) More details: The 23-24 CLASSIFIED Bargaining Proposal
CLASSIFIED CAUSE (Counter Proposal ) ARTICLE 14 SAFETY . 2023-24
District’s March 7, 2024 – CLASSIFIED Proposal [ Article 6: Compensation & Benefits ]
Please follow this link to review the proposal:
CUSD’s Proposal – Article 6 Compensation and Benefits (Classified)(March 7, 2024)
At the Tuesday, March 12, 2024 CUSD Board meeting, the School Board voted 5-0 to LAYOFF several CLASSIFIED employees, and did not even inquire about the 8-10 teachers being non-reelected, as a result of CUSD’s effort to avoid the LAYOFF process. After a clear procedural error exposed the District’s intent to pass the LAYOFF Resolution without even listening to the Union’s perspective and insights first (see MINUTE: 3:29:15), the District scrambled to improve the optics.
In the end, CUSD’s effort to adjust the order of District business didn’t change a thing. The Board had already arrived, prepared to rubber stamp the Superintendent’s recommendation, just as they do on all other matters.
Nonetheless, Union Leadership attempted to advocate for these approximately 13-15 employees and the students who will be harmed by these LAYOFFS and Non-Reelections. We did so by sharing several reasons why LAYOFFS and Non-Reelections are absolutely unnecessary at this time. If you’re interested in listening to our complete comments, you will find them at MINUTE: 3:30:25 of last night’s Board meeting video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC9nXGAJmnE&list=PLhGoPZRQubpb4As5lqiaNWNOYDsTc2j6O&index=2&t=4228s
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