Vice President Margie Granado (MPE) has won the prestigious WHO Award for the Montebello Teachers Association. Margie is being honored for her ongoing commitment to the Association including her work on the Executive Committee, the Special Education Committee, and Negotiations.

Margie will be honored at a banquet Wednesday, June 4 at the Cerritos Sheraton. Contact the MTA office by Friday, May 9 if you would like to join the celebration. The cost of the banquet is $30 per person.

Special Education
Whistle Blower
Protection

Employees of a school district have the right to provide information to express good faith opinions to parents regarding their rights under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as state law regarding individuals with exceptional needs.

The Education Code (section 56046) protects educational employees who feel it is necessary to alert parents to available resources in the district. This whistle blower protection is only in effect outside of school time.

Monitor Your Advancement on the Salary Schedule
Do I get credit this year?

An employee must have served 60% of the days school was in session to qualify for an additional year on the salary schedule. In the K-12 program the calendar consists of 180 teaching days plus 3 staff development days (total of 183 days) for traditional and single track calendars and 175 teaching days plus 3 staff development days (total of 178 days) for multi-track YRE. Therefore, in order to receive a service increment the required number of days is 110 days for traditional and single track calendars and 107 days for multi-track YRE.
When do I receive an anniversary?
The salary schedule ends at year 14. Beyond the schedule are anniversary increments which are awarded at year 16, 20, 25, and 30. Anniversaries are awarded based on years of service to the District.
If you have more experience in MUSD- Many Bargaining unit members have years of experience in the District that are not on the MTA bargaining schedule. Other Bargaining unit members have years of experience on different MTA schedules including K-12, Headstart, and Adult Education. All the experience counts for the anniversaries. Therefore, a person with 14 years of experience as a full time Headstart teacher or a site secretary and one year experience on the K-12 schedule would be entitled to begin the following year with the sixteenth year anniversary added to the appropriate annual salary.
If you have less experience in MUSD than reflects on the salary schedule -
Some Bargaining Unit members have been rated in on the salary schedule. The rated in portion does not count on the anniversary. Therefore, a person who taught in a different district and received 9 years prior experience credit would begin on step 10. However, that same person would not receive the sixteenth year anniversary until he or she had been on step E13, F14, or X14 for five or more years. (Article XII.13.a page 24)
For your information -These procedures are pursuant to the contract. The only way to change the procedures is mutual agreement of the District and the Association in negotiations.