EA Spareboard Call-Out

Starting January 3, 2023, the district will be extending the evening call-out times for Education Assistants. It will call EA spareboards from 6-9 pm for next-day dispatch assignments. This will allow more employees to be contacted the night before rather than in the morning. The morning call-out times will remain as is from 5:45 AM.

By-Laws meeting

Thank you to those who were able to make it out today for the meeting. Unfortunately we were unable to meet quorum and the meeting was ended. We hope that you will join us on Dec 21 at 4pm for a By-Law’s presentation before our GM that evening which will begin at 6pm.

Special By-Law Meeting

Be sure to join us tomorrow November 19th at 10am via zoom for a presentation from your By-Law committee and to vote on the by-laws. All information for the zoom can be found in the events or under meetings and financials page. Copies or the by-laws are also available under the by-laws tab in resources.

Happy Diwali

Diwali, the festival of lights, joy, prosperity and happiness will be celebrated this year on October 24, 2022. It is a five day long celebration. The festival of Diwali is celebrated on the darkest night of the year in the Hindu month of Kartik

EA introduction to ABA Modules

Please be advised the ABA training for EA’s is mandatory to take.  If there is anyone who is both EA and ABA certified or those who have taken the EA-BT course are not required to take it.  However, please confirm with HR that you do have to correct requirements.

You will find the link to register under the “Workshop Registration” tab on the hub for the October 21 pro-d day.  If you register you will receive an email from HR and you are able to do the modules on your own at your leisure or on the pro-d day.

There are 4 modules, each module consists of a set of slides, some short videos and is finished with a 10 question quiz.  With 4 quiz’s its a total of 40 questions.  Ensure you have the time to complete the quiz in one sitting as you are not able to exit the quiz once you have started.

The Union believes any education provided by the employer is a good thing and this is a way for us to obtain full time hours in the new school year for EA’s and ABA’s.

***Meeting Change***

Hello All.

We have made a change to the September 21 General Membership meeting to an ONLINE ONLY meeting.  Some of  our Executive table members have fallen ill and we have decided to move this meeting online to accommodate the situation.

We will still be holding a BBQ beginning at 6pm at LA Matheson in person.  Please come down to join some of us for a hot dog or two.  If you would like to stay and do the online meeting at LA Matheson from your personal device we will have an Executive member there as well, so you are welcome to participate from the school.

Thank you for your understanding in this and we look forward to being able to hold hybrid meetings in the future.

In Solidarity,

Your Executive Team.