Since 1999, Education Austin has assertively represented the interests of all AISD employees before the AISD administration through a process called elected consultation.  Since 1999, AISD has held an election every four years to determine which employee organization will represent the workforce in consultation, and Education Austin has either won decisively or has been unopposed.  Unfortunately,  the district is considering changing the current consultation process.

We need your help NOW and on Wednesday, April 18, to tell the district to continue elected consultation.

·       Please send an e-mail message from www.austinisd.org/consultation-policy-feedback to AISD as soon as possible, but no later than this Friday, April 13, at 5 PM, insisting that the current consultation policy has worked well for AISD employees and needs to continue.  Use your own words, but suggested points could include:

-- school board members are elected by majority vote; why shouldn’t AISD employees elect their consultation representative by majority vote?
 

-- opening consultation to every employee organization would be confusing and would unnecessarily weaken the one strong voice that has won pay raises and needed policy changes under elected consultation.

-- only Education Austin has the capability and willingness to advocate at the district-wide level for employees

-- Education Austin represents certified and classified employees equally

-- the consultation agent should be able to freely address the school board and the administration

·       Attend AISD’s all-staff meeting on Wednesday, April 18, from 6 PM to 8:30 PM at McCallum High School cafeteria, 5600 Sunshine Drive.  Tell the administration directly that elected consultation has served you well and you don't want any changes that would limit our voice.

Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Please click on the Title above to download the 2012 Memorandum of Agreement.

Left to Right: Tom Frech, Robert Donnelly, Joanna McAvoy (union rep), Ed Howard, Jessie Thatcher

Member participation on the survey was very high.

The MSFF annual membership meeting has been rescheduled from April 11, 2012 to April 18, 2012.  The membership meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6:16 at the Golda Meir Center, downstairs, at 1146 9th Street Park.

NOTICE 2012 LOCAL 6100 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

BPSA Survey Link

 Saturday, April 14 - 9 AM to 12 noon
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6121 North IH-35 & Hwy 290

Breakfast Buffet Provided – RSVP Required
Forging a movement of AISD Employees, Parents, and Community Members:

• for campus led decision making that respects teachers’ and school employees’ expertise
• for a rich curriculum that promotes student inquiry and investigation, not test preparation
• for safe schools that promote learning
• for respecting the duty day and avoiding excessive meeting and paperwork
• for professional development that strengthens the profession
• for community engagement that integrates its ideas into policy and programs
• for fair wages and benefits for all AISD employees
• for electing public education friendly candidates to public office

JOIN THE MOVEMENT - LET’S TAKE IT BACK!
RSVP today by contacting Mary M. at Education Austin at 472-1124 or marym@educationaustin.org