CEA
Cupertino Education Association
Cupertino Educators Association: CEA
10011 N. Foothill Blvd, #107 Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 257-2122 cea@ceaweb.org
CEA News and Updates
Use these links to access information that frequently changes or to contact CEA.
CEA Newsletters: Monthly CEA News
Certificated Seniority List:
LINK to Certificated Seniority List 2.28.23
Latest Vacancy List:
To apply for a site transfer choose the positions you are interested in from the vacancy list below. Then, please email CUSD Human Resources with up to three positions of interest. Upon receipt of your email, Human Resources will notify the principal(s) of your interest.
Please this link or cut and paste this url to access the vacancy list:
President's Message
Happy New Year! As we move into 2023 CEA looks forward to negotiations with the district. You can see which articles we are reopening for change here. As we get further into bargaining we will need your support to help our team be sucessful. Look for communications from CEA via Action Network, our new email program, for ways you can be involved. I want to extend special thanks to our bargaining team members who have spent numerous hours meeting in preparation for upcoming negotiations.
Best wishes for the new year,
Kai
Kai K. Brown,
President Cupertino Education Association
What CEA has Done for You!!
Bargaining 2022-23
Click on the hands icon to go to 2022-23 Bargaining Updates sent out after each meeting for negotiations.
Know your Rights
Weingarten
“If an employee has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequences may result from what he or she says, the employee has the right to request union representation. When the employee makes the request for a union representative to be present management has three options:" Read more...
Injury by student
Ed Code 44014. (a) Whenever any employee of a school district or of the office of a county superintendent of schools is attacked, assaulted, or physically threatened by any pupil, it shall be the duty of the employee, and the duty of any person under whose direction or supervision the employee is employed in the public school system who has knowledge of the incident, to promptly report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the incident occurred. Failure to make the report shall be an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Read more...
Harassment
Harassment is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA).
Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive. Read more...
Grievances
Generally a grievance is a violation of a specific provision of the contract, past practice, written policy or settlement agreement.
Your union contract provides a mechanism for you to make sure your employer abides by the contract. That mechanism is the grievance procedure (Article 10). When an employer violates a provision of the contract, union members have a right to file a grievance.
Whenever we let an employer violate the contract without challenging them, we are weakening the contract for all members—it sends a message that we will not enforce the contract. Read more...
CEA: HISTORY & Mission
Why Our Union Matters,
And Why You Matter To Us
Did you know there was a time in our district, not so long ago, that even though teachers had a union, we had no contract? Teachers had no right to bargain working conditions, evaluations, teaching hours, class size, or even having a phone in their classroom. It's true! CUSD teachers had to organize and actually go on strike to get the rights they deserved, and the education their students deserved.
being a teacher:
It's more than just a job
Essays that give voice to teachers around the United States. If you would like to share your voice on our website, please contact our Communications Director.
Unless you are speaking to another teacher, it is almost impossible to explain to someone why we do what we do. Julie Pickhaver, Providence Public Schools Read more...
To remember the forgotten, to feel, to share, to dance in celebration, to pass into the shadows, to teach. Joseph Murphy, Vanderbilt University Read more...
The Dues and Don'ts of Union Dues
If you want to start a lively discussion, bring up the subject of either taxes or union dues. In fact, the two are very similar. Many of us complain about paying taxes, but deep down we know that if we don’t pay taxes, many of the things we depend on every day will fall apart.