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July 31, 2010

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Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Unfortunately, unemployment has become an issue of increased importance for DACE teachers. DACE teachers who do not have Permanent Status (tenure) are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits at various times of the year. The attachment below contains information on eligibility.

Please post this on the UTLA bulletin board at your school.

Download:

Unemployment Benefits Eligibility 7-10.pdf

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What's New

Districts Eliminating Adult Ed Programs

Apr 25, 2010 (16:33:49)

Following the February 2009 decision by the legislature to eliminate state funding for adult education programs and place responsibility for funding adult ed at the local level, a number of district school boards have taken action to either fully eliminate their programs or significantly reduce them. Attached is a summary of local district actions as of February 2010.
Download:

Adult School News through Feb 2010.pdf

Students Lead Movement to Save School Sites

Apr 13, 2010 (14:46:19)

LAUSD proposed eliminating a number of leased adult school sites citywide as a cost-cutting measure. The district ratiionale was that schools should re-locate to district-owned facilities. A good idea in theory, but it has been the district that for decades has refused to construct adult schools for the 400,000 students that annually attend adult ed classes. Successive DACE administrators and school boards have chosen to lease rather than build, creating a legacy of lease costs for the district.

Student actions have resulted in successful renewals of the leases at the RAFU, Mid-Wilshire, the Korean-American Center, and Menlo sites. Click below to view the following videos of students in action:

The protest at Menlo (Belmont):
ABC7 news clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2AtpnLH6Io
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyUfGjjsWl0
or
http://tinyurl.com/yj2fp94

LA Times article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/adult-students-protest-potential-loss-of-picounion-campus.html

Students Protest Closing of School Sites

Feb 24, 2010 (15:22:00)

On February 8, students from several adult schools appeared before the Board of Education to protest plans to close their sites. Their Board presentation can be viewed on YouTube:

Students from Mid-Wilshire branch of L.A. Technology Center (Koreatown):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8NHeeAHMtw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G786Jz7CSPs

Students from the Menlo site of BElmont Adult School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMSIYwQXmA

National Trends in Adult Ed

Feb 11, 2010 (12:07:00)

Attached below is a new report from the National Adult Education Professional Deveopment Consortium, "Adult Learners and State Policy." Adult ed teachers interested in whether adult ed will continue in California should read this report.

A second report of interest attached below is in support of Congressman Patrick Kennedy's current bill, the Adult Education Economic Growth Act. Both reprots are must reads.

Download:

Adult Learners and State Policy-February 2010.pdf,

Adult Education-Supporting the Presidents Workforce and American Graduation Initiatives.pdf

Adult Ed Lobbies the Board on Tenure

Oct 26, 2009 (12:12:00)

On Tuesday, October 13, Adult Ed teachers again appeared before the School Board to protest the lack of job security or career advancement occasioned by DACE's opposition to tenure status for teachers.
Board members and Superintendent Ray Cortines heard from a number of adult ed teachers, including complaints about the Byzantine non-tenuer process devised by DACE. Board members were attentive, and we beleive our message is getting through.
View an edited clip of the presentation through the link below:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_K361-EJRQ