Solano County Kindness Campaign Video Contest – Open to all 7th through 12th grade students in Solano County!

Hatred and bullying can pop up anywhere. How can the power of kindness be used in our schools, homes, and communities to make a positive difference? If you had the power of kindness, what would you do with it?

Rules:

• Videos must be no less than 30 seconds and no longer than 2 minutes in length

• Open to all Solano County students in grades 7 through 12.

• Video content must focus on how kindness can make a positive difference against bullying and negative behavior.

• Entrants MUST Include a short, written explanation of their video, either in the body of your email submission or attached as a Word document. For example, tell us about the inspiration for your project and provide the backstory if you feel it will aid the judging panel. Include a contact e-mail address.

• Include your name and school affiliation with your entry.

Important Dates: Contest Opens: March 2, 2020 Submission Deadline: April 24, 2020 Finalist Announced: May 13, 2020

Submit videos by e-mail at PowerofKindnessSolano@gmail.com or via Dropbox at www.solanocounty.com/kindness

All students must complete and submit a photo release form with video submittals.

All contest information can be found online at www.solanocounty.com/kindness

Would you like to represent VTA at the NEA National Convention?

Hey VTA members.

If you would like to run for a position on the National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA), fill out the attached Declaration of Candidacy and return it to Alyson Brauning by March 11th.

The Representative Assembly is a chance to represent us nationally and I’ve also attached an explanation sheet about it if you have any more questions.

Todd Blanset – VTA President

Declaration of Candidacy Form NEA RA 2019 2020

What is the RA

Endorsement lists – for VTA members only

During the February 25th, 2020 Representative Council Meeting, the governing body of the Vacaville Teachers Association requested that the following endorsements be shared on our association website, for our members to use when filling out their ballots. Those endorsements are listed below.

California Teachers Association Endorsements

Labor Endorsements for Napa and Solano Counties

Labor Endorsements for Sacramento and Yolo Counties

Labor endorsements for Contra Costa County

Labor endorsements for Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Lake Counties

February Rep Council Agenda

Rep council meeting agenda

From Alyson, our Equity Team Chair

I am always being asked for resources, so I thought I would provide a whole bunch in this month’s chair’s report.  Please share these with your colleagues – Alyson

  • Redwood Facebook Page                   
  • Vacaville Teachers Association webpage managed by Corey Penrose         www.Vacateachers.org
  • CTA Instructional Leadership Corps                           www.cta.org/ilc
  • CTA Instructional & Professional Development         www.cta.org/ipd
  • CTA Institute For Teaching                                         www.teacherdrivenchange.org
  • Local Control Funding Formula                                  https://www.cta.org/en/issues-and-Action/School-Funding/Local-Control-Funding-Formula.aspx
  • Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Digital Library   https://sbdigitallibrary.org
  • California Department of Education Website – Curriculum Frameworks            http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/allfwks.asp
  • CAASPP Student Accessibility Resources and Test Settings Web page and CDE CA Student Assessment Accessibility Web page                                   http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/accesssupportitems.asp
  • Literacy websites;                                                       http://wordgen.serpmedia.org/
  •                                                                                     http://newsela.com
  •                                                                                     http://education.weebly.com
  •                                                                                     www.readingquest.org
  •                                                                                     www.docsteach.org
  •                                                                                     http://ell.stanford.edu/
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  • Math websites;                                                           http://padlet.com
  •                                                                                     www.powtoon.com
  •                                                                                     https://getkahoot.com/.com
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  • Blogging websites;                                                      kidblog.org
  •                                                                                     Edublogs.org
  •                                                                                     Education.weebly.com
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  • LGBTQIA resources;                                                    glsen.org
  •                                                                                     gsanetwork.org
  •                                                                                     hcr.org
  •                                                                                     thetrevorproject.org  
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  • Special Education websites;                                        www.pbisworld.com
  •                                                                                     www.pent.ca.gov
  •                                                                                     www.disabilityrightsca.org

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