AVP Report of Substitute Teachers

AVP Report of Substitute Teachers for Meeting of January 11, 2011

What has been happening since the last Exec Board Meeting of December 8, 2010?


SAN BERNARDINO: The Working Committee met on December 8, 2010. The report submitted shows that the change would cost the San Bernardino School District about 30-40k. The next meeting is scheduled for February 8, 2011.

Thirty eight substitutes went through orientation on December 16. There will be two more groups of new hires with twenty scheduled for January 13 and an unknown number scheduled for the last orientation of the school year on February 17.

Two substitutes were referred to us by Elaine Alessandres’s office. One substitute had reportedly said something that a student took an exception too. The substitute was removed from spin and due to the holidays has not had a hearing upon these charges. The other substitute was been removed from the system for tweaking a student’s ear.

RIALTO: The Stakeholders committee met on December 8. The union is still awaiting dates to start contact reopener with Rialto. Fifty-five new substitutes were hired and orientation was given on December 16 and 20.

FONTANA: A congratulations get together scheduled for December 14 to honor Sophia Green for being elected to the Fontana School Board, was attended by two school board members; one from Rialto and one from Colton. The guest of honor was a no show but those substitutes in attendance learned a lot from the two school board members about how important their job is to the success of the school districts and how little money is going to be available in the near future. Heather Estruch has continued to make calls to recruit new members from Fontana.

GENERAL: On December 18, 2010, a group of substitutes volunteered their time early on Saturday morning to hand out coats and other clothes and to assist Santa Claus in helping to make Christmas more enjoyable for some of the less fortunate boys and girls of San Bernardino. This event took place at Mt. Vernon Elementary School and was coordinated by Maria Hootman.

The Christmas Dance at the Hilton had Steve Gianni and Heather Estruch winning door prizes. The food tasted great and dancing to the DJ’s went very well. The line at the bars was a steady two feet deep.

Monthly Meeting: Our next substitute meeting will be held on Tuesday evening the 11 of January.

The substitute’s web site is set to run an article on abuse. Mr. “C” has put several things that may be of interest to subs on http://substitutebuzzon-line.blogspot.com . It has a link to the CWA site. Mr. “C” is working to keep it updated.