KEEPING YOU INFORMED - Negotiations Update By Ruben Mancillas
Our ratified tentative agreement goes to the ABCUSD school board on February 21. If a majority of the board votes to approve then we will have an official salary agreement for the 2022-2023 school year and a master contract that is in place until the end of the 2025 school year.
Pending board approval, we can expect to see the raise on our April checks. We have been given a general timeline of the summer for the retro check and any accompanying off schedule payments and will provide more definite dates as soon as they can be established.
The ABCFT negotiating team will be bargaining for salary and benefits for the 2023-2024 school year as well. The master contract runs through 2025 but we bargain for salary and benefits every year. The May revise numbers will factor in the most recent tax revenue projections and inform the final state budget as well as the COLA that will be provided to districts next year.
A brief review of COLA; it is a percentage that is sent from the state to districts which then needs to cover all of the district expenses for that year. It is not an automatic increase to our salaries. The argument that “since the COLA was 6.56% and the raise was 7% the district only put in 0.44%” is incorrect. The COLA provides funds that need to pay for any increase in health benefits costs, the cost of step and column increases, and most significantly, costs associated with declining enrollment. The state instituted a three year average rule to help smooth out the impact of declining enrollment and not have districts face a steep cliff with sudden cuts. But even this helpful accounting mechanism means that ABCUSD has to account for 8.5 million dollars in lost funding each year of this three year period. These types of costs are thus taken out of the COLA before we arrive at the “base” or unrestricted amount of funding that remains to be negotiated for potential salary increases. This year was an anomaly in that the state provided additional funding, labeled as an enhancement, to help districts with precisely these kinds of looming costs. Thus the negotiating team was able to bargain for a raise greater than the total COLA.
In Unity,
KEEPING YOU INFORMED - School Board Report: Demographics Report By Ray Gaer
At last weeks ABC School Board meeting, the school board was presented with the results of the demographic report that they commissioned at the end of 2022. ABCFT wanted to make sure that you had access to this important enrollment data so that you can be informed about the impact of school of choice and declining enrollment in ABC. What is most important to keep in mind is that these data trends of declining enrollment are not just an ABC phenomenon but this is a national issue that is impacting a majority of schools in America. This decline in enrollment is largely due to the decrease in the birth rate over the past decade. This decline in birth rate can be attributed to many factors but the largest factor is the increasing costs of living and the continuing increase in the number of two-income families and the increased cost of housing and household goods (See a report on households here).
A decade ago, ABC had a student population of over 20 thousand and enjoyed the benefit of a number of out of district transfers from other districts (was 16% of our student population). After a five year decrease of 2,100 students ABC now has around 18,292 students. This declining enrollment has impacted ABC in more ways than many surrounding districts because during the pandemic ABC experienced a steep decline in out-of-district transfers into ABC because surrounding districts began to deny these transfers as they experienced declining enrollment and looked for ways to retain their home students. ABC’s out of district enrollment is hovering around the 10% level and this has also had an impact on our supplemental funding from the State that is tied to unduplicated student populations (low income, English learners, foster youth, and unhoused students). Our unduplicated percentage runs at about 52% in contrast to districts like Downey and Norwalk-La Mirada have unduplicated percentages of over 75%. These high percentages of unduplicated students create a significant funding advantage for those districts which helps to drive higher wages and greater resources for these students that need additional support.
ABCFT encourages you to look at the ABC demographics report because it highlights the enrollment trends for the next six years. The report uses birth rates, zip codes, and other trend data to produce appropriate numbers of enrollment over a time span. Their estimate is that ABC will have approximately 15,000 students by the year 2029. These declines in enrollment numbers will continue to have a major impact on the number of students available for schools of choice and the number of teachers in classrooms. For example, ABC has lost around 100 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers over the past three years and currently has a teacher population of about 950 FTE teachers. A continued decrease in student enrollment will cause more decreases in the number of teachers at our 31 school sites and various programs.
I’m sure you have heard rumors that the school board has created what is called a 7-11 Committee (due to legislative requirements of at least 7 but no more than 11 members) to look at the demographics report projections, our current facility usage, and the impact on our district budget. Many surrounding districts have taken measures to close a number of schools but ABC is just now taking a look at that as a possible option in the future. Any decision and discussion on closing or repurposing a school site takes time and will not happen in this calendar year or next school year. ABCFT is not highlighting this report to worry its members but we hope that by providing access and a narrative, ABCFT members will be able to have well informed conversations that are data-driven. In an age of “post-truth” and misinformation, we think it is vital that ABCFT members contribute to these important conversations from a place of historical context that highlights enrollment trends and financial realities. If there is indeed a decision to close or repurpose schools in the coming years, ABCFT will be there with our members to make sure that everyone is treated with dignity and the appropriate processes are followed by ensuring that any closing would be in an orderly way that secured teacher jobs in other sites across the districts. Your voice in ABC’s future is paramount and the most important way to participate is to stay up to date with what is being discussed at the school board level. We appreciate your readership.
Your Voice Matters - Superintendent Search Survey
Dear Colleagues,
The ABC Unified School District Board of Education is asking for your help in selecting our next superintendent. To ensure this is a collaborative and inclusive process, the Board is providing an anonymous online survey and encourages your participation. This is an opportunity for the Board to receive input from students, staff, parents, and the community. Please follow the link below to provide your input.
This survey will be open until February 22, at 4:00 PM.
Take the survey now. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZJXHNT6
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ACADEMIC SERVICES UPDATE
This month’s academic service update is vital for all teachers. We hope you will take a moment to look at this monthly report which discusses changes in academic services. This document provides the union with a means of giving the District feedback on the many programs or changes they are proposing at any time. Without your feedback or questions on these changes, it is harder for ABCFT to slow down and modify the district’s neverending rollout of new projects. Please submit your comments and questions to the appropriate ABCFT liaison.
For Elementary curricular issues, please email Kelley at Kelley.Forsythe@abcusd.us if you have any questions or concerns.
For Secondary curricular issues, please email Catherine at Catherine.Pascual@abcusd.us if you have any questions or concerns.
Click Here For This Month’s Full Report
ABCFT PRESIDENT’S REPORT - Ray Gaer
Consistent and regular communication is a union’s most important tool for advocating for its members at the bargaining table. Every conversation with members is focused on the end result of negotiating for the future prosperity and well-being of ALL ABCFT members. The goal of this weekly report is to keep members informed about issues that impact their working/learning conditions and their mental well-being. Our work as a Union is a larger conversation, and together we make the YOUnion.
“We create the conditions for learning.” - Not sure where I heard this but I’m sure it was an an AFT conference and it has become a driving message that has shaped the mission of the ABC Federation of Teachers. Most teacher unions do not have regular meetings with their academic service departments but instead play a defensive role in pushing back on policies that are already rolled out by the district office. In ABC, there are a dozen ABCFT members who have monthly meetings with the ABCUSD Academic Service team and other district administrators to ensure that teachers/nurse voices help to shape curriculum development and school district policies. I know of no other teacher union in America that functions in this manner and it is a strength of our district and especially our union.
As we retool and look forward to gaining a supportive superintendent it is vital that your voice is heard and that teachers and nurses help to drive the conversation on what type of superintendent we would like to see hired this Spring. I encourage you to take a moment to give your thoughts about what you hope to see in our next superintendent in the survey that was distributed this week. You can also find this survey up above below the demographics report. I hope that you take a moment look at the demographics report that we featured this week. I’ll be highlighting a few of the most important or interesting data points from this report in the coming weeks.
Thanks to the Hawaiian and Cerritos 5th grade teachers, the Melbourne teachers we visited with this week, and the 5th grade teachers from Burbank last week. It is a pleasure to see you in person to hear your questions and insightful comments. I hope you all have a good three day weekend, enjoy!
In YOUnity,
Ray Gaer
President, ABCFT
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Why California needs a wealth tax
Last month CFT President Jeff Freitas joined Assembly member Alex Lee in reintroducing a tax on extreme wealth in California. AB 259 and an accompanying proposed constitutional amendment, ACA 3, would raise taxes on the top .01% of Californians, raising critical revenues for our schools our essential public services by making sure billionaires and mega-millionaires pay what they owe in taxes
Now AFT Local 1931 Vice President Jim Miller weighs in with a timely op-ed offering a powerful justification for the wealth tax, urging California lawmakers to find the courage to act. He writes: “To really see the big picture of American inequality, one needs to focus not just on the obscenely huge income gap but also on the even more significant wealth gap.”
Read more here.
The latest CFT articles and news stories can be found here on the PreK12 news feed on the CFT.org website.
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LAUSD workers vote to authorize strike action
Thousands of Los Angeles USD workers, including cafeteria workers, bus drivers and custodians have voted to authorize a strike. SEIU Local 99 has been negotiating for a new contract with the district since April of last year, seeking better wages, more full-time workers and increased staffing levels. With the two sides at an impasse, a state mediator will now be overseeing negotiations. A mediation session is scheduled for February 21st. “Workers have sent a clear message to the school district that we demand respect,” Edna Logan, a custodian and member of the bargaining team, said in a statement. “During the pandemic we disinfected schools and kept our communities fed. This is a reminder that we’re still essential. LAUSD needs to value our work and respect our rights.”
L.A. Schools' non-teaching staff could strike if talks fail
Members of the union that represents most non-teaching employees at Los Angeles USD, including cafeteria workers, custodians and teacher assistants, have overwhelmingly voted to allow their leaders to call a strike if negotiations don't lead to an agreement. The 30,000 workers represented by Local 99 of Service Employees International Union also include bus drivers, campus security aides and gardeners. The union is seeking a 30% wage increase plus a $2-per-hour “equity wage adjustment” for all, which would especially benefit hourly workers making the least. The union is negotiating for salary terms going back to the start of the 2020-21 school year. The strike-authorization vote is a standard pressure tactic so the approval does not mean there will be a strike, but the overwhelming support for the vote (96%) nonetheless sends an unmistakable signal about worker dissatisfaction to the L.A. Unified Board of Education and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
Los Angeles Times
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Hundreds of thousands have experienced school shootings
There were more school shootings in 2022 (46) than in any year since at least 1999, according to research by the Washington Post, which examined news articles, open-source databases, law enforcement reports, and calls to schools and police departments. More than 338,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine. Through 2017, the nation averaged about 11 school shootings a year, never eclipsing 16 in a single year. Since 2018 however, violent incidents have been increasing. Some 42 K-12 schools experienced school shootings in 2021 and 46 in 2022. While almost all the deadliest assaults were committed by White gunmen, the research underlines the disproportionate impact of school shootings on children of color, who are far more likely to experience campus gun violence. Notably, at schools with majority Black student bodies, shooters typically target a specific person, limiting the number of people shot and any subsequent media coverage.
Shorter school weeks at odds with students regaining ground
Emerging research suggests that school and district leaders should think carefully before choosing to implement shortened school weeks. Lighter schedules have been adopted in more than 1,600 schools in 650 school districts nationwide over the last decade. Rural districts in particular have lauded the model as a way to draw in teachers and students looking for more-flexible schedules, though implementation of four-day schedules has varied significantly and the model has sparked debates over whether it is consistent with efforts to regain academic ground lost during the pandemic. A 2022 study of the effects of shortened school schedules in 12 states paints a bleak picture. Nationwide, researchers found significantly lower math and English/language arts achievement at schools using four-day weeks during the time period from 2009-2018 than in schools using a traditional schedule. When study author Paul Thompson, a public policy research professor at Oregon State University, and his colleagues dug deeper, they found instructional time made the difference for student achievement. Separately, a nationwide study by the Education Commission of the States suggests that education leaders should not hope for "miracles" from schedule changes. The ECS found that districts using shortened weeks trimmed on average only 0.4% to 2.5% off their budgets. Shortened school weeks may have made Oklahoma middle and high schools calmer and safer, according to studies, though the model has done nothing to improve students’ attendance or academic achievement. Shortened schedules also have little effect on discipline problems or improvements in SAT scores, attendance rates and truancy.
Florida drops plan to collect menstrual data on high school athletes
The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors has voted 14-2 to remove questions about high school athletes' menstrual history from a required health form for participation in high school athletics. During an emergency meeting, the association's attorney read public comments into the record for about an hour. The comments overwhelmingly opposed requiring athletes to report those details to school athletic officials, citing privacy concerns. The vote comes after weeks of controversy surrounding questions on the medical form, which is typically filled out by a physician and submitted to schools. The board approved a recommendation by the association's director to remove the questions, which asked for details including the onset of an athlete's period and the date of that person's last menstrual cycle.
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Gov. Newsom touts California community school gains
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited three community schools on Thursday, to highlight the state’s investments in an education model that emphasizes wraparound services for students, families, and community members. California's 2021-22 budget act included a $4.1bn investment in community schools; in its first year of implementation, the state approved $649m in grants to 268 school districts, county offices of education, and charters to both create new community schools and expand related initiatives. Last year, an additional $141m was allocated to nine county offices of education, intended to help those teams support community schools in their regions. “This is one of the most dramatic transformations of public education that’s ever happened in the state, and I think it’s one of the most interesting happening in the country,” said Mr. Newsom after his tour of Greer Elementary, Katherine Johnson Middle, and Encina High schools, a trio of schools that work across two campuses in Sacramento. Nearly two years ago they received $1m, which was used to expand before- and after-school programs, increase social work staffing, and provide mobile health care and other services. “It’s really, really hard for kids to focus on their education when they’re hungry, when they’re housing insecure, when they’re struggling with their health or mental health, or when they don’t have help with their studies,” said San Juan USD board president Zima Creason. “The whole-child approach that’s been spearheaded under current leadership really is the transformation that we need to remove barriers that our kids are seeing when reaching their academic goals.”
California bill would ban ‘willful defiance’ suspensions in all grades
East Bay State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) has introduced a bill that would eliminate suspensions for defying teachers and school staff or disrupting school activities — known as “willful defiance” suspensions — for all public school students by Fall 2024. Legislation from 2019 had already permanently banned willful defiance suspensions for students in kindergarten through 5th grade, and banned them for grades 6-8 until 2025. On a district level, Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco and others have dropped the practice over the last decade. Studies show that willful defiance suspensions disproportionately impact Black male students in California, and increase the likelihood of students dropping out of school. “SB 274 puts the needs of students first,” Ms. Skinner said. “Instead of kicking them out of school, we owe it to students to figure out what’s causing them to act out and help them fix it.” The bill would also prohibit schools from suspending or expelling students for being tardy or truant.
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Orange USD's interim super steps down one month after taking job
Orange USD has announced that interim Superintendent Edward Velasquez is leaving the post, after around a month on the job. In an missive to the Orange community on Wednesday, Mr. Velasquez said today will be his last day. He did not give a reason for his departure. Mr. Velasquez took the district's helm in January in a bit of a tumultuous fashion after a school board majority decided to fire Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen during a meeting while families and staff were still out on winter break. At the time of Ms. Hansen’s firing, the split board also placed another administrator, Cathleen Corella, on paid administrative leave pending a “curriculum and education audit.” Craig Abercrombie, the principal of Canyon High School, was picked to take over Ms. Corella’s job in the interim.
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Educators lack resources to address worsening mental health crisis
School leaders lack resources to properly address student mental health and behavioral concerns, according to two surveys released Thursday by EAB, an education research and consulting firm. While a large majority of superintendents (81%) agree student behavioral concerns have deepened since the pandemic and an even greater portion (92%) indicate the student mental health crisis is worse than in 2019, most (79%) also say they don’t have the staff to focus on the problem, a survey of almost 200 superintendents in 37 states found. Nearly two-thirds of superintendents (63%) cited budget concerns as another barrier. In a separate survey, administrators and student support staff, 84% said students are developmentally behind in self-regulation and relationship building compared to pre-pandemic levels and that incidents of physical violence have more than doubled since COVID-19. Almost 60% said pressure to boost academic outcomes leaves them with little time to address the situation. Ben Court, EAB senior director of K-12 research, comments: “While most feel more confident and energized than they did a year ago, persistent funding concerns and staffing headaches have led many district leaders to question whether making progress on their priorities is possible in today’s environment.”
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School finances face 'perfect storm' of headwinds
Mark Lieberman describes how school district finances nationwide face a perfect storm of fiscal challenges in the years to come. "Federal COVID relief funds will start to expire this fall, and the deadline for spending all those funds will arrive a year later. Inflation is driving up the costs of compensating employees, keeping buildings running, and renovating facilities. Meanwhile, the specter of an economic downturn looms large, particularly for low-wealth districts on shaky financial ground," he begins. Many teachers and other school workers could lose their jobs, Lieberman warns, while academic supplements like tutoring and summer programs could be pared back, and funding for mental health services and other social-emotional supports will be harder to come by. This all comes when students will still be struggling from learning loss that has been particularly pronounced among low-income students. Tina Certain, a board member in the Alachua County School District in Florida, fears that districts could be punished for failing to implement changes during the window to use relief funds, despite working within time and logistical constraints beyond their control. “Those that are attacking public education will say, ‘We gave them a boatload of money and the results still haven’t improved any, so they can’t say it’s the money,’” Certain laments. "But in order to get outcomes, you have to change systems, the way we do things.”
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Federal grants to strengthen teachers of color pipeline
The U.S. Department of Education has announced first-ever awards for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to increase high-quality teacher preparation programs for teachers of color, strengthen the diversity of the teacher pipeline, and help address wider teacher shortages. The program supports comprehensive, high-quality teacher preparation programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions. From the FY 2022 appropriation for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Congress allocated $8m for the Hawkins program. The Department is also using funds appropriated for the Hawkins Program in FY 2023 to bring the total for these grants to over $18m. As of October 2022, 27% of public schools had multiple teaching vacancies. These shortages were particularly acute for schools in high-poverty neighborhoods and schools with large portions of students of color where more than half of schools had multiple teaching vacancies (57% and 60%, respectively).
Teacher layoffs policies examined
The two most common factors districts use to determine teacher layoffs are based on seniority and performance, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), which has published a report analyzing policies among 148 of the nation’s largest districts. A third of districts said they primarily rely on a teacher’s performance, with the educators having the lowest evaluation ratings being the first to face layoffs. The study’s authors suggest creating federal stabilization funds to help minimize position and budget cuts during economic pitfalls. States should also collect data on teacher layoffs and pass laws barring seniority-based layoffs in schools, the report recommends. Discussions about teacher layoffs are occurring while ongoing staffing shortages are being felt heavily in some states and districts. A recent report by Horace Mann Educators Corp. revealed 63% of educators are considering leaving the profession.
Teacher applicants' top priorities ranked
A fresh survey by K-12 marketing magazine SchoolCEO indicates that location, school culture, school leadership and greater flexibility in curriculum and teaching are ranked as the top factors for teachers when applying for positions. Nearly 39% of teachers surveyed at least somewhat agreed that salary and benefits mainly influenced their decision to work in their current school district, though almost 20% were neutral on that point. When it comes to job satisfaction, about 65% of teachers agreed to some extent they were happy with their position, while nearly 15% were neutral. If given the opportunity, 40% agreed they would leave education, while 17% were neutral, and 43% said they at least somewhat disagreed with moving to another field. The four least important aspects teachers cited were school size, student performance, career advancement opportunities and mentorship programs.
Surgeon General warns over kids' social media use
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms. He acknowledged the difficulties of keeping children off these platforms given their popularity, but suggests parents can find success by presenting a united front. New research published this month in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that habitually checking social media can alter the brain chemistry of adolescents, making them more sensitive to social consequences over time. Psychiatrist Dr. Adriana Stacey says using social media releases a “dopamine dump” in the brain. “When we do things that are addictive like use cocaine or use smartphones, our brains release a lot of dopamine at once. It tells our brains to keep using that. For teenagers in particular, this part of their brain is actually hyperactive compared to adults. They can’t get motivated to do anything else.” Other recent studies demonstrate other ways excessive screen time can impact kids' development. Excessive screen time is significantly associated with poorer emerging literacy skills and ability to use expressive language, for example.
Excessive screen time in infancy may impede later academic success, study suggests
Amid the spike in screen time fueled by the pandemic, a new study found that letting babies watch tablets and TV may impair their academic achievement as well as emotional well-being later on in childhood.
Researchers found that increased use of screen time during infancy was associated with poorer executive functioning once the child was 9 years old, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, as CNN reported.
Executive functioning skills are mental processes that “enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully,” according to the Harvard University Center on the Developing Child.
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CDC underlines worsening mental health crisis for teens
The share of students reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness leapt from just over a quarter a decade ago to more than 40% in 2021, according to high school survey data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Female high school students were nearly twice as likely to struggle, according to the data. More than 40% of girls said they had experienced poor mental health in the past month, though just 18% of boys felt similarly. Nonetheless, more students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2021 than in prior years across all racial and ethnic groups. “These data show a distressing picture,” laments Debra Houry, chief medical officer at the CDC. “America’s teen girls are engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence, and trauma.”
COVID-19 vaccine recommended for kids 18 and under
Covid-19 shots are included in new schedules of routinely recommended vaccines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the immunization guidance does not set vaccine requirements for schools, but the summarize current vaccine recommendations for children, adolescents and adults. Key changes to the schedules include the addition of Covid-19 primary vaccine series and recommendations on booster dose vaccination, updated guidance on influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, and new vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and for hepatitis B. The schedule also recommends additional doses of MMR vaccine during a mumps outbreak and administering inactivated poliovirus vaccine in adults who are at an increased risk for exposure to the virus. “This means COVID-19 vaccine is now presented as any other routinely recommended vaccine and is no longer presented in a special “call out” box as in previous years. This, in a sense, helps ‘normalize’ this vaccine and sends a powerful message to both healthcare providers and the general public that everyone ages 6 months and older should stay up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccines (including a booster, when eligible), just as they would with any other routinely recommended vaccine,” Dr. Neil Murthy and Dr. A. Patricia Wodi said in a statement.
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College enrollment stabilizing
While the total head count for all of higher education sits 5.8% below 2019 levels, enrollment declines at colleges and universities nationwide have narrowed. According to a National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report released Thursday, declines in undergraduate enrollment began to stabilize last fall, contracting by just 0.6% compared to the same period in 2021. With more than 3,600 institutions captured in the data, the new numbers are an improvement from earlier estimates that relied on fewer schools. First-year undergraduate enrollment was a particular bright spot, as schools nationwide gained 97,000 freshmen, an increase of 4.3% over the year prior. Community colleges witnessed the largest growth in first-year students, with a 6% year-over-year increase, followed by public four-year colleges that saw head counts rise by 3.9%. Notably, enrollment diverged across racial and ethnic groups. Head counts for Hispanic and Asian undergrads rose 1.6% and 1.8%, respectively. White undergrads accounted for the steepest decline, at 3.6%, followed by Black students at 1.9% and Native American students at 1.6%. Lastly, all regions of the country showed improvement. The Northeast and Midwest posted smaller declines in undergraduates, down 1.1% and 1.2%, respectively, than in fall 2021. Enrollment was essentially flat in the West and South, where head counts grew by less than 1%.
NTA Life Insurance - An ABCFT Sponsor
Years ago ABCFT started a working relationship with National Teachers Associates Life Insurance Company. Throughout our partnership, NTA has been supportive of ABCFT activities by sponsorship and prizes for our various events. This organization specializes in providing insurance for educators across the nation. We have been provided both data and member testimonials about how pleased they have been with the NTA products and the opportunity to look at alternatives to the district insurance choice.
To All Members of the ABC Federation of Teachers,
National Teacher Associates (NTA) is committed in our efforts to helping educators through tough times. It’s what we do. After all…in our eyes, you are the heart and soul of our communities.
Protecting you and your families has been our goal for over 45 years. Despite the current global pandemic, we are not about to slow down now. We know that many of you have had our programs for years and sometimes forget the intricacies of how they work. NTA wants to help facilitate any possible claims for now and in the future. Fortunately, all claims and reviews can be done by phone and online. I personally want to offer my services to guide you in the right direction with your NTA benefits.
We also apologize for not being able to finish the open enrollment for those of you who wanted to get our protection. We are still able to help by extending our enrollment window for the near future. Again, this can be done over the phone, email, or online.
Please contact Leann Blaisdell at any time either by phone or email.
562-822-5004
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