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Join FACCC in congratulating our champion Shaaron Vogel for the first annual Jonathan Lightman FACCCtivist Award.
Named for former Executive Director Jonathan Lightman, this award is presented to a FACCC member whose demonstrated commitment to advancing FACCC's agenda goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Shaaron's unwillingness to compromise on faculty-forward values and her professional warmth made her an easy choice for this year’s award. Congratulations Shaaron!
Named for former Executive Director Jonathan Lightman, this award is presented to a FACCC member whose demonstrated commitment to advancing FACCC's agenda goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Shaaron's unwillingness to compromise on faculty-forward values and her professional warmth made her an easy choice for this year’s award. Congratulations Shaaron!
CTA has Disaster Relief grants available to members affected by the Camp Fire. Please ask your members to come to the CTA office beginning at 10am on Tuesday, November 12 and all week as well as after Thanksgivings break to assist members with completing the CTA Disaster Relief Grant application.
CTA office address:
1430 East Avenue, Suite #1
Chico, CA 95926
We share this business complex with other business. If the parking lot is impacted, please park in the Pleasant Valley High School Parking lot and walk across the street. We are the building directly on the corner of Ceanothus and East.
CTA office address:
1430 East Avenue, Suite #1
Chico, CA 95926
We share this business complex with other business. If the parking lot is impacted, please park in the Pleasant Valley High School Parking lot and walk across the street. We are the building directly on the corner of Ceanothus and East.
CTA Disaster Relief Grants: www.ctamemberbenefits.org/Life-Events/Disaster-Relief-Fund
NEA Disaster Relief Resources: www.ctamemberbenefits.org/Life-Events/NEA-Disaster-Relief-Assistance
NEA Disaster Relief Resources: www.ctamemberbenefits.org/Life-Events/NEA-Disaster-Relief-Assistance
Educators Devastated by Fires Ravaging Northern and Southern California, Working Together to Support Colleagues, Students and Families
Lives, Schools And Homes Lost, Thousands Evacuated; CTA Disaster Assistance Available
Contacts: Cyndi Menzel at 650-380-8553 or Claudia Briggs at 916-325-1550
BURLINGAME – California Teachers Association President Eric C. Heins issued the following statement today regarding the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County and the Woolsey Fire in Ventura County:
“These destructive fires are turning lives upside down. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and communities living this nightmare. The fires have claimed lives, destroyed homes, schools and hospitals. I know many educators, students, families and friends are threatened and are being evacuated or have already fled their homes. Right now, our number one job is to make sure everyone is safe.
“CTA members are working with school districts and community partners to provide whatever help and resources they can. Local teacher leaders are helping to account for educators, students and families, connecting them with housing when needed. In these devastating times, I am proud and gratified to see the outpouring of support from the entire community. We’re also grateful to our union brothers and sisters, the firefighters and first responders, who are battling these blazes and providing medical care. Although this is frightening, I know we will land on our feet because we have each other, and because of our collective strength and good will.”
Heins made his statement while he and his family packed up belongings and were being evacuated from their southern California home.
In northern California, the Camp Fire has destroyed at least five of the nine schools in Paradise and many educators have lost their homes. CTA’s Disaster Relief Fund provides assistance to educators who have had homes or schools damaged by wildfires. In the last three months, CTA Disaster Grants have paid out more than $187,000 to support educators, their families and students. www.cta.org/disasterrelief
The CTA Chico Regional Resource Center at 1430 East Avenue #1 in Chico will be open all day Tuesday to aid area educators, including help with donations and filling out Disaster Grant forms. CTA leaders and staff are also stepping up to raise funds for victims. Donations for Paradise area teachers can be made through a special GoFundMe account.
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Lives, Schools And Homes Lost, Thousands Evacuated; CTA Disaster Assistance Available
Contacts: Cyndi Menzel at 650-380-8553 or Claudia Briggs at 916-325-1550
BURLINGAME – California Teachers Association President Eric C. Heins issued the following statement today regarding the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County and the Woolsey Fire in Ventura County:
“These destructive fires are turning lives upside down. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and communities living this nightmare. The fires have claimed lives, destroyed homes, schools and hospitals. I know many educators, students, families and friends are threatened and are being evacuated or have already fled their homes. Right now, our number one job is to make sure everyone is safe.
“CTA members are working with school districts and community partners to provide whatever help and resources they can. Local teacher leaders are helping to account for educators, students and families, connecting them with housing when needed. In these devastating times, I am proud and gratified to see the outpouring of support from the entire community. We’re also grateful to our union brothers and sisters, the firefighters and first responders, who are battling these blazes and providing medical care. Although this is frightening, I know we will land on our feet because we have each other, and because of our collective strength and good will.”
Heins made his statement while he and his family packed up belongings and were being evacuated from their southern California home.
In northern California, the Camp Fire has destroyed at least five of the nine schools in Paradise and many educators have lost their homes. CTA’s Disaster Relief Fund provides assistance to educators who have had homes or schools damaged by wildfires. In the last three months, CTA Disaster Grants have paid out more than $187,000 to support educators, their families and students. www.cta.org/disasterrelief
The CTA Chico Regional Resource Center at 1430 East Avenue #1 in Chico will be open all day Tuesday to aid area educators, including help with donations and filling out Disaster Grant forms. CTA leaders and staff are also stepping up to raise funds for victims. Donations for Paradise area teachers can be made through a special GoFundMe account.
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Update: Enloe and Anthem Blue Cross Contract Dispute. See attached pdf file below:
update_-_enloe_and_anthem_blue_cross_contract_dispute.pdf
update_-_enloe_and_anthem_blue_cross_contract_dispute.pdf
Online registration is now open for all upcoming CTA Statewide Conferences. When you attend a CTA conference, you receive vital information and perspective from some of the best content experts and thought leaders in public education that you can immediately apply to your role as an educator and local leader.
Click on a CTA conference below to learn more and to register.
2018 GLBT Issues Conference
December 7-9
Riviera Hotel, Palm Springs
2018 New Educator Weekend (South)
December 14-16
Sheraton, San Diego
2019 Issues Conference
January 18-20
Tropicana, Las Vegas
2019 Good Teaching Conference (North)
February 1-3
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 CTA/NEA Retired Conference
Febriary 28 - March 1
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 Equity and Human Rights Conference
March 1-3
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 New Educator Weekend (North)
March 8-10
Hyatt SFO, Burlingame
2019 Good Teaching Conference (South)
March 22-24
Hyatt Regency Orange County, Garden Grove
New training sessions have been developed and popular trainings have been updated. Friday pre-conferences have been added to some conferences. In addition to the excellent trainings offered, each conference will feature keynote and guest speakers as well as extensive networking opportunities. Visit www.CTAGo.org for more details about each conference and to register.
Incentive Grant
Grants are available. Please visit www.CTAGo.org/Grants to learn more.
Click on a CTA conference below to learn more and to register.
2018 GLBT Issues Conference
December 7-9
Riviera Hotel, Palm Springs
2018 New Educator Weekend (South)
December 14-16
Sheraton, San Diego
2019 Issues Conference
January 18-20
Tropicana, Las Vegas
2019 Good Teaching Conference (North)
February 1-3
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 CTA/NEA Retired Conference
Febriary 28 - March 1
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 Equity and Human Rights Conference
March 1-3
Fairmont, San Jose
2019 New Educator Weekend (North)
March 8-10
Hyatt SFO, Burlingame
2019 Good Teaching Conference (South)
March 22-24
Hyatt Regency Orange County, Garden Grove
New training sessions have been developed and popular trainings have been updated. Friday pre-conferences have been added to some conferences. In addition to the excellent trainings offered, each conference will feature keynote and guest speakers as well as extensive networking opportunities. Visit www.CTAGo.org for more details about each conference and to register.
Incentive Grant
Grants are available. Please visit www.CTAGo.org/Grants to learn more.
Join us at a BSSP member forum with Anthem
Thursday, October 11
7:00 p.m.
Marsh Junior High School
Multi-Purpose Room
Enloe Medical Center has issued contract termination notices to Anthem Blue Cross Effective November 1, 2018.
BSSP's medical benefits are provided through a partnership with Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) and under a contract with Anthem Blue Cross.
A large number of BSSP+SISC members access health care every day at Enloe Medical Center, its other facilities and specialty practices. In many cases, there are no alternatives for care within Chico. Alternatives with nearby Adventist Health Feather River and Oroville Hospital, as well as practices affiliated with those organizations, are not impacted by Enloe and Anthem negotiations.
Anthem is concerned about Enloe's negotiating stance with regard to renewing the contract on November 1, 2018. The increases Enloe is seeking will significantly impact the cost of your health care: Enloe patients will pay more in out of pocket costs and all BSSP members will see increased premiums. Remember, BSSP+SISC plans are self-insured and your plans rates will be directly impacted by increased costs with Enloe.
Current health care costs strain district budgets, limit the funds available for public school employee salaries, and dramatically impact household budgets. We cannot accept unreasonable increases in health care costs that make access to care unaffordable.
In an effort to keep BSSP members informed, representatives from Anthem, SISC and BSSP will be holding a member forum:
Thursday, October 11, 2018
7:00 p.m.
Multi-Purpose Room
Marsh Junior High School
2253 Humboldt Road, Chico
It is important to be informed about your benefits and the impact these negotiations may have on your benefits. I encourage you to attend.
For more information on how this may impact your benefits, please click here.
Thursday, October 11
7:00 p.m.
Marsh Junior High School
Multi-Purpose Room
Enloe Medical Center has issued contract termination notices to Anthem Blue Cross Effective November 1, 2018.
BSSP's medical benefits are provided through a partnership with Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) and under a contract with Anthem Blue Cross.
A large number of BSSP+SISC members access health care every day at Enloe Medical Center, its other facilities and specialty practices. In many cases, there are no alternatives for care within Chico. Alternatives with nearby Adventist Health Feather River and Oroville Hospital, as well as practices affiliated with those organizations, are not impacted by Enloe and Anthem negotiations.
Anthem is concerned about Enloe's negotiating stance with regard to renewing the contract on November 1, 2018. The increases Enloe is seeking will significantly impact the cost of your health care: Enloe patients will pay more in out of pocket costs and all BSSP members will see increased premiums. Remember, BSSP+SISC plans are self-insured and your plans rates will be directly impacted by increased costs with Enloe.
Current health care costs strain district budgets, limit the funds available for public school employee salaries, and dramatically impact household budgets. We cannot accept unreasonable increases in health care costs that make access to care unaffordable.
In an effort to keep BSSP members informed, representatives from Anthem, SISC and BSSP will be holding a member forum:
Thursday, October 11, 2018
7:00 p.m.
Multi-Purpose Room
Marsh Junior High School
2253 Humboldt Road, Chico
It is important to be informed about your benefits and the impact these negotiations may have on your benefits. I encourage you to attend.
For more information on how this may impact your benefits, please click here.
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW…Investment Education:
Maybe CTA isn’t the first place you think of for obtaining information and guidance regarding present and future investments, but if you visit the CTA's investment web site you will find information that will be relevant at various stages of your career and life. Some of the topics include:
Maybe CTA isn’t the first place you think of for obtaining information and guidance regarding present and future investments, but if you visit the CTA's investment web site you will find information that will be relevant at various stages of your career and life. Some of the topics include:
- Basics of a 403(b) or 457 plan
- Save for my child's education
- Buy my first home
- Plan for retirement in my 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's