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Notice of General Meeting and Meeting of the Bargaining Unit 
Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 is holding a General Meeting and Meeting of the Bargaining Unit on January 30, 2012 at the Coast Plaza Hotel at 5:00 pm. Click here for further information and agenda items.
"Sixteen Years of Teaching"
This is the second installment in the Communications Committee's new "INVOLVEMENT" series this year. Click here to read how one of our members in Local 38, Gillian Bernard, became involved in the work of the Local. Your feedback is welcomed. Please write to the Communications Chair via thodal@ata38.ab.ca and share your comments, or your own story.
"Sign Up for TNET" Part 2!
Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 is holding another draw for a chance to win a $150 gift certificate to Future Shop. Sign up for TNET by February 29, 2012 at 11:59 pm to be eligible to win. Click here for more information.
Thinking About Retiring?
Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 is sponsoring a seminar on January 28, 2012 for those teachers who are contemplating retirement and invite your participation. There is no cost to attend but pre-registration is required. Click here for further information.
Do You Have Questions about Convention 2012?
The 2012 Calgary City Teachers' Convention is fast approaching. Do you have questions about your professional responsibilities regarding this event? How technology has changed things for this year? How pre-registration has been improved? Click here for answers to these and other questions.
You Need to Know
Staff Development Fund Update
Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 receives $1 million annually from the Calgary Board of Education for the Staff Development Fund through the Local 38/CBE collective agreement. Calgary Public teachers should be applauded for fully depleting these funds over the past two years as they attend personally relevant professional development activities in a vast number of locations. Click here for an update on the amount of funds remaining as of November 30, 2011.
Member Emergency Assistance Fund
Effective March 3, 2011 Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 is offering financial support of last resort in emergency situations to members of Local 38. Click here for fund guidelines and application form.
Calgary Public Teachers' Charitable Athletic Event Rebate
Using funds from the Community Relations grant, the Teachers' Charitable Athletic Event Rebate program will reimburse the registration fee, up to $100, for teachers participating in charitable athletic events in Alberta. Click here for more information.
Experiencing Difficulties Joining TNET?
If you are experiencing technical difficulties in requesting a user name when logging into TNET, please refer to TNET Sign Up Frequently Asked Questions. Because the technology is relatively new, certain issues with certain computers have appeared regularly.
Retirement Information
Teachers contemplating retirement have a number of avenues to pursue for information. We've provided a list to provide you with a starting point for your queries. We have tried to provide some indication of the kind of information you are likely to find at each source. Find out more!
Expecting a Baby?
Calgary Public Teachers' maternity leave workshops are offered once a month in a school year. They present information related to your leave entitlements as well as how your leave integrates with Employment Insurance and health benefits. To access the schedule for 2011-2012, click here.
Issues in Education
Facing Our Future Together
Calgary Public Teachers, ATA Local 38 produced the video Facing Our Future Together to help our members understand the nature of collective bargaining, the history of collective bargaining in Local 38, the important role the Local and the Association plays in advocating for education in Calgary and Alberta, and the value teachers place on their Association.
Diversity and Assessment Symposium a Big Hit!
More than 130 people attended Calgary Public Teachers' symposium at the Carriage House Inn on Monday, October 17 to listen to Dennis Shirley, Dennis Sumara and Eryn Kelly share their views on Diversity and Assessment: Learning It/Sharing It. As a lasting gift, Dennis Shirley has given us access to his latest scholarly article published online in the Journal of Educational Change - The Fourth Way of technology and change. We also have access to a pdf of The Learning Mosaic: A multiple perspectives review of AISI, first published in 2009 by Dennis Shirley and Dennis Sumara, among other imminent authors, that you might find interesting.
Leading Our Future Together: Necessary Conditions for Shared Leadership in Calgary Public Schools
Calgary Public Teachers' ATA Local 38 conducted a comprehensive Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey in the spring of 2010. We received a tremendous response that helped us identify a number of trends and issues which impact our students' learning environment and our teachers' working conditions. The Local responded by creating a position paper intended to clarify our position on these trends and issues, aimed at (1) advancing the professional role of teachers as educational leaders, (2) removing obstacles to students' readiness to learn and (3) improving the teaching and learning conditions in Calgary Public Schools. Click here to download the position paper. Click here to view the powerpoint presentation from the January 12, 2011 CSR meeting where the position paper was officially launched.
The Changing Landscapes of the Next Calgary
Local 38's Executive and Strategic Planning Committees, along with five invitees, had a conversation at their April Retreat about the big picture issues facing teachers in Calgary now and in the future. The short video produced, linked in two parts, shares highlights about the growth and sustainability challenges that face Calgary and its public education system as it strives to become part of an innovative and adaptive Alberta. To view Part A of the video,
click here. To view Part B of the video,
click here.
