· Legal Rights & Remedies*

· Making the Most of 403(b) and 457 Retirement Plans - Investing for Your Future

· Member Benefits, CTA

· New Opportunities Lead to New Possibilities:  Teacher Driven Change

· Organizing in Difficult Times

· Parental Involvement: Turning the "P" in Parent into Power

· Professional Learning Communities

· Program Improvement: Districts in Corrective Action

· Race to Nowhere – Documentary Film & Panel Discussion*

· Race to the Top

· Retiree Medical Benefits (GASB 45, Health Care Trusts, the PERS Trust)

· Sacramento Scene and Legislative Update

· School Board Election Campaign Boot Camp 

· School Finance, Advanced

· School Finance, Beginning

· School Safety: It's No Accident, It Takes A Plan

· State Budget Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?

· Strategies for Dealing with RIFs (Reduction in Force)

· Survival Skills for New Leaders

· The New Normal:  What if this is it?*

· Time Enhancement Strategies*

· Understanding Poverty:  How to Work More Effectively With Students and Families*

· Understanding Special Education: Impact and Implications for Classroom Teachers

· Unifying School Employees in the Workplace by Mitigating the Practices of Bullying and Harassment*

· Unity During Polarizing Times*

· Using a Blueprint for Bargaining – Preparation is Key!*

· Using Technology to Build a Stronger Chapter

· What’s the Plan?  Skills Session:  Develop, Executive and Evaluate an Organizing Plan at the Local Level*

· When Was The Last Time You Read Your Bylaws? Is Your Elections Process Solid?

· Who Is Making The Decisions Around Here?*

· Women's Leadership -- Stressed?

 

* New in 2011

· Attacks on Unions and Public Education*

· Bargaining "In the Zone" (Setting a Rational Financial Proposal)

· Bargaining Health Care and Fringe Benefits in Tough Times

· Bargaining Retirement Incentives

· Bargaining Team Resources, Research and Contract Assessment*

· Bridging Generational Divides*

· Building Relationships with Your School Board

· CalSTRS Retirement Issues

· Charter Schools, Organizing

· Communication Styles*

· Communication Tools for COE & ESP Leaders*

· Communication With Your Members in a Digital World *

· Coordinated Bargaining and Coordinating Support*

· Coping with Pressure: Balancing Your Act*

· County Office: Bargaining, Funding, Governance & Workplace Issues

· Cultural Competence*

· Dealing with Parental Complaints

· Empowering School Site Councils to Advance Our Agenda*

· Evaluation -- Teachers' Rights & the Importance of Contract Language

· Everything A Site Rep Needs to Know*

· Executive Board Training

· Filling the Funding Gap: Parcel Taxes

· Gang Intervention

· Gay/Lesbian Youth: Breaking the Silence

· Grievances: The Basics

· Group Decision Making*

· How Do We Respond To Threats of Impasse and Imposition?*

· How to Deal with the Rigors of a Small Chapter

· How to Prepare Yourself to Compete for UniServ Staff Vacancies

· Involvement for All - Organizing for a Stronger Local

· Is It Time to Consolidate Districts to Conserve Resources?*

· Issue Advocacy: Grievances and More*

· It's News To Me: Basic Media Relations

· Leading in Turbulent Times

· Legal Issues in Bargaining

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