Dear NESPA Member,
Welcome
back---soon! We hope you had a great summer, and are excited
about the work ahead with our teachers and students! You
might want to save this info—or put it on your personal calendar.
· The first 2 non-student days are here: Wednesday and Thursday, Aug 29 and 30. The first student (school)
day---and the first regular scheduled work day for
Paraeducators, School Assts and Tech Specs, OT/PT Assts, Interpreters, Campus
Supervisors, and the School Service Spec--- is the day after Labor Day:
Tuesday, Sept. 4. (Friday, Aug 31 is a non-work,
non-paid day---a long Labor Day weekend day.)
· Most NESPA members in the job titles
listed above (those who work 180 days + 11 paid holidays) will
work on the two non-student days (Wed, Aug 29 and Thurs, Aug 30) using
15 of their Professional Hours for this purpose. This is optional.
If the Principal decided not to schedule you for 7.5 of the 15 hours (on
these 2 non-student days before school starts), then you can add 7.5 hours to
your remaining 40 hours to use during the school year. See the contract
language below my signature if you want more info on that. (RNs,
Truancy and Mental Health Specs,and our Comm Schools Proj Coordinator are
covered under Article 11.21, which is also below my signature.)
· Nurses and others have probably already begun
(using some of last year’s work days and/or Professional Hours)!
See below for the work year calendar for your job title.
· Go to NESPA Work Calendars Tab for the work calendars for ALL NESPA members:
o Para-Educators, School Assistants, School Tech Specialists, OT,
PT, Interpreter, Campus Supervisor, School Service Specialist: AE 191
· Go to Your 2012-2013 Accountable Days Tab school year for this year's Non-student Accountable Days.
o Come to a 10 minute Association meeting at
your school, which may be held on one of the 2 non-student days before
school---or during the first week of school. Find out what’s going
on! These meetings are
being led by an NSEA (teacher) Building Rep, but will have important info for
YOU!
o Check out NESPA’s cool re-formatted
INFORMATIVE web site: www.nespablog.blogspot.com Thank you to Nancy Celms for making this user
friendly!! By using tabs at the top of our webpage, you can find information more easily. For example, you can click on your Collective Bargaining Agreement,
and do a word search to find ANYTHING!!
See you
soon! We
are excited about the coming school year! Peggy Sturm and Pat
Waldrop are continuing as NESPA Co-Presidents (thank you!) and
have great plans!
