January  27-29, 2006 – Los Angeles, CA

Present: Monica Masino, Leo Solis, Ngoc Le, Nadia Bravo, Chris Sumner, Ken Wisdom , Kyrian Smith, Nam Nguyen , Jane Rodgers, Kevin Wolfe, James Sheldon, Chance Carrico

 

Call to Order – Chance Carrico excused. Jane Rodgers, James Sheldon, and Kevin Wolfe excused for State Council. Guests Chie Nudell, Rhonda Lewis, and Anjana Khanna.

Approval of Agenda and December Minutes
 
Student CTA Bylaw Task Force

Motion to approve the Bylaws Task Force passes.

Motion passes to approve individuals for the Bylaws Task Force: Rhonda Lewis, Chie Nudell, Anjana Khanna, Jane Rodgers, and Nam Nguyen Charlene seconds.

 

Student Bylaw Task Force – Bylaw Article 5 section 3C referral. The Task force was created to suggest procedures to enforce this bylaw.

Conference Committee – Regional members have been contacted and are prepared. R.A., the board will be coming on Friday, April 28, 2006. It will be “Unmasking the Reality of Teaching.” Members must register online.
Membership Committee – Nadia is presenting a CPR workshop and working with Vielka for advertisement. Leo and James are working with Nam to present a CBEST Workshop at Sacramento State.

SPAC– The topic for Lobby Day is credentialing. Committee members will be researching specific issues such as the Garcia Bill and school fees.
SEMAC –The committee revised the survey in order to focus on the specific diversity issues related to our members.
Community Outreach – The grant will be finalized and sent out ASAP. The Read Across America theme is “Happy Readers Come From California: Got Books?” Campuses will be asked to create collection boxes for books.
Special Services  – Questions for the scholarship were chosen

Motion to approve the Herb Forman Graduate question: What challenges have you faced during your path to teaching, and how did you overcome them? Motion passes. Motion to approve the Ed Romeo undergraduate question: What experiences throughout your education will help you to promote diversity in the classroom? Motion passes. Motion to hold an SCTA t-shirt contest to create a design in which the winner will receive $100 gift card. Motion passes.
Policy Committee – Committee met on 1/28/06 to revise the Bylaws. The budget will need to be reviewed. The committee suggests visitations be included as a duty.
Elections Committee – Angela Rehn and Charlene Martinez will be part of the committee. Thus,  remaining neutral.

 

Board Appointments at Fall Leadership (revisited from December meeting)

The board appointments of Charlene Martinez and Vielka Elvebak took place.

 

Committee Reports and Recommendations

Bylaws Task Force Report

School Mentoring – Mentoring assignments will be assigned via email.

 

Informational Items
Newsletter Article Deadline (March 4) Members should contact Nadia for topic approvals and suggestions.

 

Equity & Human Rights Conference Volunteer

 

SEMAC continued. Motion to approve the SCTA Diversity survey for SCTA purposes. Motion passes. Motion to include the SCTA Diversity survey in the next newsletter with a prepaid postage envelope with the due date of March 20th. Motion passes.

 

Adjournment