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ABCFT YOUnionews for May 12, 2023



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HOTLINKS- Contact ABCFT at ABC Federation of Teachers abcft@abcusd.us

 

KEEPING YOU INFORMED - Negotiations Update By Ruben Mancillas


ABCFT is negotiating with the district regarding both the ABC Virtual Academy and the ABC Secondary School: Independent Study Program for 2023-2024.  These programs have evolved over the past few years and reflect changing state requirements.  Our virtual programs initially started as a response to the demands of COVID and have been shifting to accommodate the needs of students and families who prefer an online schedule.  Independent Study regulations have changed a great deal so our program needs to reflect these new rules while still providing an alternative placement for those students who benefit from an independent study option.  ABCFT has been meeting with teachers from these programs to gain insights as to what has been working and what potential changes they would like to see as we move forward.


A question was asked during our rep council last week about the expansion of the virtual school to include grades 7-8 and how this might impact the enrollment and staffing at our middle schools.  During this 2022-2023 school year, grades 7 and 8 were included in our Online Independent Study Program (OISP), so the shift will likely be that middle school students who were enrolled in the OISP program will now be part of the ABC Virtual Academy.  Thus, there should not be a great deal of disruption to our in-person middle school programs. 


This week site reps and alternates were invited to attend the PAL Advance at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center to get a presentation of our LCAP and discuss goals for next year.  One element I would like to highlight is the reminder that we have two voluntary PL days scheduled for August 8 and 9, 2023.  My understanding is that we will be receiving a communication from Academic Services in the near future and can register to attend these voluntary PL days between June 1 and 15.  ABCFT negotiated a rate of $474 per day for all members to participate in this two-day training.


Another reminder that our off-schedule payment is scheduled to be distributed before the last day of school in June, while our retro check is scheduled for sometime this summer.  We will share a more definite date as soon as we receive an update from LACOE.


In Unity,



UNDERSTANDING YOUR BENEFITS - EYEMED & DELTA 


Recently the district in partnership with our new insurer, EyeMed who has replaced our previous eye insurer, MES and Delta Dental had in-person and virtual presentations highlighting the benefits of each of the coverages. 

Here is the link to the recorded EyeMed and Delta Zoom presentations. 

The passcode is *1uv@607 


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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. This weekly report informs members about issues impacting their working/learning conditions and mental well-being. Our work as a Union is a larger conversation, and together we make the YOUnion.



“You can turn this world around

And bring back all of those happy days

Put your troubles down

It's time to celebrate

Let love shine

And we will find

A way to come together, we can make things better

We need a holiday” - lyrics to Holiday by Madonna


I’m going to put a few odds and ends in this week's report to get information out to you in an easy form. This is especially important after my column last week, where I jumped off the educational philosophical diving board hehe. Thank you for taking the time to read each week as I try to make sense of it all. I’m thankful Ruben wrote this week about all the additional negotiations that are currently underway concerning OISP and the Virtual Academy. I encouraged Ruben Mancillas a couple of years ago to create a regular column in the YOUnionews so that members would have more transparency and additional negotiation/contract language information throughout the school year. I hope these updates will continue to help to provide clarity and transparency on these topics. We are planning on expanding this focus on contact language next school year.


Intercom update - Protecting your privacy - Earlier this year, the union office heard concerns from teachers that the newly installed intercom systems across the district had a two-way function. ABCFT investigated and found that one feature of the new system was capable of being a two-way communication system and that there were no visual or auditory cues to make people aware that this feature was being used.  


After a series of follow-up conversations with Dr. Colin Sprigg, Joe Machado, and site administrators about these issues, I was able to come to an agreement with the district to address this concern.  This agreement states that there will be a visual signal (flashing red light) and a specific auditory chime to notify people in the room that the intercom is being used for two-way communication. The flashing red light will be visible throughout any usage of this communication feature. Please see the video below for an example.  These discussions also agreed that these intercom practices will be the standard for all schools and work sites in ABC. 

      Atlas Intercom Sample.MOV


Know your Weingarten Rights  - Tanya and I are currently working with the district as we edit and amend the final master contract document. I anticipate that all of you will receive a hard copy of the new ABCFT/ABCUSD Master Contract at the beginning of the next school year. Members of the ABCFT Executive Board are already discussing ways in which ABCFT will feature contract language education in the YOUnionews throughout the school year.  It is important that ABCFT members understand foundational contract protections and an understanding of any newer contract language.  


One of the most fundamental protections you have as an employee is when you are in meetings with administrators discussing information that could become disciplinary in nature. “You have the right to have a union representative at any meeting or investigatory interview with a supervisor or administrator that you reasonably believe might lead to discipline.”  


Now, please understand my purpose in discussing your Weingarten Rights; I’m not saying that you should invite a union representative every time you speak with your administrator or supervisor. We have an overall exceptional culture of trust in ABC where, in most cases, you can have open conversations about a great number of topics without fearing things will turn disciplinary. However, if you do find yourself in a meeting and the little hairs on the back of your neck stand up because of the course and content of the topic, then you need to know your Weingarten Rights. 

Click here for a helpful flyer that outlines; discipline, attending meetings, and how to assert your Weingarten Rights when needed. 


Substitute Pay Increase - The ABC School Board has approved an increase in substitute pay for both daily ($200) and long-term substitutes ($230). In addition, the hourly substitute pay for Child Development was also increased from $20 to $25 without a bachelor's degree and $25 to $30 for those with a bachelor's degree. ABCFT hopes that this increase will maintain and improve the quality and quantity of the substitutes we attract and retain. The ABCFT leadership believes this increase is a long-term investment in our classrooms and students. Thank you to the board members for listening to our concerns. 


Lastly, this week the ABCFT site reps and their administrator counterparts met for two hours after school in a PAL Advance meeting that discussed labor-management relations, educational partner voice, and district directions. Next week, I will have a full report on the success of this meeting and I will share a document that illustrates that ABC is finding new direction and innovation. 


Happy Mother’s Day to everyone, you need a holiday!


In YOUnity,


Ray Gaer

President, ABCFT





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----- NEWS STORY HIGHLIGHT-----

Teacher Appreciation Week underlines remuneration concerns

To mark national Teacher Appreciation Week, which runs all this week, Marc Levy underlines how state governors nationwide are pushing for educator pay increases, bonuses and other perks for the beleaguered profession, with some being pushed to beat out local peers competing for teachers. More than half of the states’ governors over the past year, 26 so far, have proposed boosting teacher compensation, according to groups that track it. The nonprofit Teacher Salary Project said it is the most it has seen in nearly two decades of tracking. Already in 2023, governors in Georgia and Arkansas have pushed through teacher pay increases. Blame for teacher shortages has fallen on underfunding after the Great Recession, tight labor markets, lackluster enrollments in colleges and programs that train teachers and teacher burnout inflamed by the travails of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, teacher salaries have fallen further and further behind those of their college-educated peers in other fields, as teachers report growing workloads, shrinking autonomy and increasingly hostile school environments. The “teacher pay penalty,” the gap between teacher salaries and their college-educated peers in other professions, reached a record 23.5% in 2021, with teachers earning an average 76.5 cents for every dollar earned by other college-educated professionals, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The national average public school teacher salary in 2021-22 increased just 2% from the previous year to $66,745, according to the National Education Association, while inflation peaked around 9% during the same period.

AP News


----- NATIONAL NEWS -----

Schools increasingly considering later start times to support kids’ mental health

The idea of later school start times is increasingly gaining traction as a way to address the mental health crisis affecting teens across the U.S. “These mental health challenges are already going to happen and then, with the absence of sleep, are much worse,” says Orfeu Buxton, director of the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory at Penn State University. “The same with decision making, suicidal ideation, those kinds of things.” For some schools, the pandemic allowed experimentation to try new schedules. Other challenges wrought by the pandemic, teacher shortages for example, have also benefitted from such schedule changes. Teachers can take care of themselves and their families in the morning, while administrators have more time to replace staffers who call out sick. Nationally, at least nine states are considering legislation related to school start times, up from four the previous year, according to the National Conference on State Legislatures. California in 2019 became the first and only state to dictate school start times. Large school systems including Denver, Philadelphia and Anchorage, Alaska, too have been looking into later start times.

AP News


Illinois moves to end book bans

Illinois is poised to become the first state to punish public institutions that ban books. Gov. JB Pritzker has said he supports a House bill that would withhold state funding from any of the state’s 1,600 public or school libraries that remove books from their shelves. It passed in the Illinois Senate last week, and Pritzker is expected to sign the legislation. The bill says that in order for public libraries, including in public schools and universities, to remain eligible for grant funding, they must adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights or adopt their own written statement prohibiting the banning of books. A library that doesn’t certify either of the statements, or takes the next step of banning a book, will not be eligible for grant funding from the secretary of state. The American Library Association has said it’s seen a record 1,200 challenges to books over the past year, nearly double from the previous year. In Illinois, the organization said there were 43 attempts to limit access to books.

Politico


Biden administration suggests college students 'step in' as K-12 tutors

In a “dear colleague” letter, the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday encouraged colleges and universities to use Federal Work-Study Program funds to pay their students so they can serve as mentors, tutors, student success coaches, and wraparound student support coordinators for school-age children in their communities. The administration hopes the strategy can help K-12 districts that are struggling to find enough people to help their students catch up from a pandemic-induced academic slide. The department called on colleges and universities to set a goal of either using at least 15% of their work-study funds to pay college students employed in community service activities including tutoring, or using other means to significantly increase the number of college students taking on tutoring and mentoring roles at schools, and to share data with the National Partnership on Student Success on the number of college students serving in mentoring and tutoring roles.

Education Week


Louisiana’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances to Senate

Lawmakers in Louisiana have advanced legislation that would broadly ban K-12 public school staff from discussing sexual orientation anthis increase is a long-term investment in our classrooms and  manner that deviates from state content standards or curricula developed or approved by the public school governing authority.” Additionally, the bill would require teachers to use a student’s name and pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. Louisiana’s bill is similar to legislation that Florida passed last year, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. As of March, at least 30 proposals similar to Florida’s law were filed in 16 states. So far, at least three other states — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted similar laws.

KTBS

----- STATE NEWS -----

Balancing act: Newsom’s plan to cover California’s ballooning budget deficit

Listen to the report through the QR Code.


IN SUMMARY

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his plan to cover a California budget deficit now projected at $31.5 billion, up from $22.5 billion in January. He says his plan protects investments in climate, economic development, education, health care and housing.


California’s estimated budget deficit has grown by $9 billion since January, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today, though the governor downplayed the severity of its potential impact on critical government services and programs.


During a press conference at the California Natural Resources Agency in downtown Sacramento, Newsom unveiled a revised spending plan that will rely on some additional fiscal moves — including shifting funding sources and internal borrowing — to address a projected $31.5 billion gap in the 2023-24 state budget.


“We have a $31.5 billion challenge, which is well within the margin of expectation and well within our capacity to address,” Newsom said. Despite the growing shortfall, California’s overall budget is now expected to be $306 billion, including special funds, less than a 1% decline from a record $308 billion in the current fiscal year.

Full story here

----- OAKLAND TEACHERS’ STRIKE UPDATE (DAY 7) -----

Oakland teacher strike continues into seventh day

Talks between Oakland USD and the Oakland Education Association continued yesterday, but district officials said that they failed to come to an agreement, meaning that - at the time of writing - the teacher strike is to continue into a seventh day. School administrators made the announcement Thursday night, adding they are "always hopeful that a deal is imminent" as negotiations continue. "Because there is no deal yet, we must give our community enough notice to make alternate plans," the statement said.

ABC 7       NBC Bay Area


Oakland teachers' strike continues

Oakland USD officials say negotiations with the Oakland Education Association remain at an impasse and the teacher strike continued Tuesday, its fourth day in total. "As you know, despite the OUSD negotiations team spending the entire weekend trying to find a collaborative way forward, OEA has continued their strike," said Superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell. "With just 13 school days left in the academic year, it is imperative that our students conclude the year positively with the many exciting and memorable experiences we cherish during this time of year." The district's 80 schools remain open for the roughly 34,000 students, and office staff were tapped to "educate and supervise" the students

CBS News


Oakland teachers strike enters second week with no end in sight; school board meeting canceled after rally announcement

The Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Education Association remain deadlocked on ‘common good’ measures

Still deadlocked on negotiations related to pay and proposed “common good” measures, the Oakland Education Association prepared to enter its second week on the picket lines, and planned to rally outside a now-canceled board meeting as its open-ended strike against the Oakland Unified School District heated up Wednesday.

Despite earlier indications that the two sides were close to an agreement on compensation, on Wednesday teachers alleged the district gave them misleading information — and that only 44% of union members would receive the hoped-for 22% salary bump.

“We can’t afford to stay in this district if we don’t get a real, significant raise,” said Katie Tsuji, a third-grade teacher at Thornhill Elementary School, who walked the picket line outside the school Wednesday morning.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/05/10/oakland-teachers-strike-pushes-into-fifth-day-rally-scheduled-outside-school-board-meeting/


NAACP urges Oakland teachers to end strike for children’s sake

Oakland Unified students are on their fifth day at home or at school with limited instruction because their teachers are on strike. The Oakland branch of the NAACP has urged the teachers union to end the strike, saying it is hurting children.

“We know that our children’s education should never be compromised, and education is critical to ending intergenerational poverty,” said Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland NAACP in a statement Monday. “As the academic school year nears the end, it is our position that all students, including the most vulnerable, should be learning and thriving in school.”

Half of the children in the district are Hispanic, 20% are Black, 10% are Asian and 10% are white. Nearly three-quarters of the district’s children come from low-income families, according to state data. 

FULL STORY HERE



----- DISTRICTS -----

Culver City teachers demand the pay and respect they deserve

The Culver City Federation of Teachers are locked in contentious contract talks with their district over issues of compensation. Despite record funding from the state and high inflation, district negotiators initially offered just a 2% raise to their dedicated teachers.

With parents firmly on their side, the teachers are organizing community rallies, speaking out at the Board of Education, and getting elected officials to publicly call out the district for their disrespectful offer.

“As a parent of four CCUSD children, I know teachers and staff directly impact their life on a daily basis,” said parent Blakely Robles in the LA Daily News. “The teachers and staff all need to know how valued, important and crucial they are, not just with words. They should be paid like they mean something to the school district.”

Following the community uproar, we’re happy to report that there has been some substantial movement at the table.

Keep up the great organizing!

CFT.org


Teachers' union approves Los Angeles Schools contract

Teachers have overwhelmingly approved a new contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District that will give a significant pay raise to educators, nurses, counselors, librarians and other educational staff in the nation’s second-largest school system, which cares for more than 500,000 students. United Teachers Los Angeles announced Friday that its 35,000 members voted by a 94% margin to ratify the three-year deal that was given tentative approval last month. The deal calls for a 21% pay increase in increments of 3% or 4% retroactive to last July and through January 2025. The pact, reached over 11 months of bargaining, also enhances pay for substitute teachers, decreases class sizes by two students, creates enforceable class size caps for special education, provides support for immigrant students and families, and increases mental health and counseling services. “This contract will set the national standard for all other educators to achieve livable wages and solidify an equitable future where students are supported in a healthy learning environment,” UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz said in a statement. Both contracts still require approval by the district Board of Education.

NBC Los Angeles

----- CLASSROOM -----

Experts predict artificial intelligence's impact on teaching and learning

Four experts in technology, education, and artificial intelligence to look into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on how AI will likely change teaching and learning. Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, a research group focused on disruptive innovation, says new tools will give students more control over creating content and learning at their own pace, while simultaneously taking busywork off teachers’ plates by allowing them to automate tasks. Nancye Blair Black, the AI exploration project lead for the International Society for Technology in Education, says educators are going to be asked to perform a balancing act between introducing students to new and innovative tools, while also safeguarding students from tools riddled with biases and that misuse their data. Amber Oliver, managing director for the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund nonprofit in New York City, suggests that one big potential problem is how AI could exacerbate inequities. “If you look back at all the other major disruptions that we’ve had, we’ve done a terrible job of making sure that the way in which they roll out doesn’t exacerbate the inequities that are already in our system. Think about how computer science even today is still something that is less available to students of color, to students living in poverty,” she says. For his part, Peter Stone, a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who is also the chair of the One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, which draws insights from experts around the world in reports published every five years to try to understand what the long-term impacts of AI will be on society, asserts that what is taught in schools will also change. "Students and teachers are going to need new skills. A major part of that is AI literacy—understanding how AI works as well as how it affects our lives and wider society."

Education Week


Schools nationwide moving to keep phones out of class

Schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and elsewhere have this year banned mobile phone devices in class in a bid to tackle learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health concerns. Most school systems already had cellphone bans in 2020, according to federal data, but the pandemic brought more urgency to places with lenient rules or lax enforcement. “We’re not trying to infringe on anybody’s freedom, but we need to have full attention in the classroom,” says Nancy J. Hines, superintendent in the Penn Hills School District in the Pittsburgh suburbs. “We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” says Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed … if our students continue to sit on their phones.”

Washington Post

----- CHILD DEVELOPMENT ----

Academics champion benefits of quality preschool education

Robert A. Hahn, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University, and W. Steven Barnett, a professor and senior co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Education, conduct a new review of early-childhood programs and argue why they are "vital to the education and overall health of children." They recommend public funding for preschool education for all three- and four-year-olds as such provisions can improve health and longevity, and reduce persistent educational gaps. The evidence suggests greater gains for those in poverty, the authors note, but because children in middle-income households also benefit - gains accrue to the population as a whole. The pandemic wiped out years of progress and the National Conference of State Legislatures reports that only six states have established early-childhood agencies that have directors in cabinet-level positions. They are Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Washington. "We found a remarkable number of U.S.-based studies revealing long-term health and longevity benefits for preschool education," Han and Barnett assert. "Taken together, the studies we reviewed suggest that policymakers and the public should give more attention to the effects of preschool education on health, mortality and equity."

Washington Post

----- HEALTH & WELLBEING -----

Students’ mental health increasingly hindering learning

A fresh survey by the nonprofit YouthTruth indicates that the percentage of middle and high school students saying their mental health is an obstacle to learning jumped from 39% to 48% between spring 2020 and the 2022-23 school year. Fewer students meanwhile said they feel they have an adult to turn to at school when they’re feeling stressed or having problems than they did prior to COVID-19. Students are also feeling less connected with their teachers, the survey suggests, as just 22% of 2022-23 respondents said their teachers made an effort to understand their life outside of school, compared with 43% in spring 2020. Certain groups still struggle with feeling like part of their school community than others. The survey found LGBTQ+ students (35%) are less likely than non-LGBTQ+ students (46%) to feel a sense of belonging at school in 2022-23. The same can be said for students of color, with 40% of non-White students saying they belong, compared to 46% of White students. Relatedly, in a February survey by EAB, 79% of superintendents indicated they don’t have the staff to focus enough on student mental health needs. The Center on Reinventing Public Education also suggested in a February report that communitywide coordination is needed in order to improve students’ mental health.

K12 Dive


Active shooter drills 'traumatizing' students

Experts fear that the measures being deployed to prepare kids for potential incidents via active shooter drills are actually "traumatizing" the American youth. Almost all (95%) U.S. schools have shooter lockdown practice, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, so they affect millions of students every year. The group's 2020 analysis of millions of tweets and Reddit posts using machine-learning psychological affect classifiers studied posts from before and after school lockdown drills, and, based on the usage patterns of words such as “afraid,” “suicidal” and “irritability,” they found there was a 42% increase in anxiety and a 39% increase in depression around the drills. Sarah Burd-Sharps, senior director of research at Everytown, comments: “The cumulative impact of shooter drills, lockdowns, metal detectors, armed teachers, and other school-hardening measures is an environment that feels inherently unsafe for America’s schoolchildren.” For her part, Nancy Rappaport, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, feels that lockdown practices are “conducted in a pretty poor, chaotic way.” Schools often don't do a debriefing of high-risk students, such as those previously involved in shootings or trauma in that area, causing further damage, she adds, noting that there have even been incidents where schools did not tell students the situation was only a drill until after it was over.

The Hill

 ----- TECHNOLOGY -----

Chromebook lifespans prompt financial and environmental concerns

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is concerned about the sustainability of school-issued Chromebook devices from both a financial and environmental standpoint. If the lifespans of Google Chromebooks expanded twofold, U.S. schools could save $1.8bn, according to a report from U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (PIRG), a public advocacy group. A CoSN national survey of more than 1,500 K-12 IT leaders in 2022 found 83% of high schools, 86% of middle schools and 80% of grades 3-5 have 1:1 device programs, up from 2020, when 1:1 device rates were 66% in high school, 69% in middle school and 43% in K-5. The laptops, which have grown popular for K-12 use, have also come under increasing fire recently for their average four-year lifespan, as they no longer receive updates and can’t use secure websites once they reach their built-in “death date” for support. A doubled lifespan could also significantly reduce the devices’ environmental impact. Longer lifespans for Chromebooks sold in 2020 alone would cut carbon emissions equivalent to taking 900,000 cars off the road for one year, according to PIRG Education Fund. Within the first year of the pandemic, the 31m Chromebooks sold globally represent 8.9m tons of carbon emissions.

K12 Dive

----- HIGHER EDUCATION -----

California Community College trustees elect new leadership

Andrea Hoffman, a trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District, has been elected president of the California Community College Trustees, an advocacy group representing the local trustees across California’s 73 community college districts. “I am honored to have been elected by my peers to serve as the President of CCCT,” Hoffman said in a statement. “I am following past presidents who have provided strong leadership for our organization and ensured that trustees were at the table on important issues.” Hoffman was elected to the position at the organization’s annual conference held this past weekend in Monterey. 

EdSource

----- OTHER -----




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

Leann.Blaisdell@horacemann.com 

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