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California Labor Management Initiative – Los Angeles Regional Convening

California Labor Management Initiative Los Angeles Regional Convening

November 16, 2015 Los Angeles, CA

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Welcome!

David Rattray

President, UNITE-‐LA

Executive Vice President, Education & Workforce Development, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Co-‐chair, CDEF Board of Directors

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Thank You For Your Time!



Working Group: •  Tom Alves, Coordinator, CalTURN •  Shannan Brown, President, SJTA •  Josh Daniels, Staff Attorney, CSBA •  Amanda Dickey, Project

Coordinator, CCSESA •  Ray Gaer, President, ABC FT •  Chris Adams, ACSA •  Leslie Littman, State Board, CTA •  Mary Sieu, Superintendent, ABC

USD •  Jason Spencer, CDE


Steering Committee: •  Peter Birdsall, Executive Director, CCSESA •  Keith Bray, General Counsel, CSBA •  Shannan Brown, President , San Juan TA •  Chris Callopy, Executive Director, TA of Long Beach •  John Collins, Superintendent, Poway USD •  Ray Gaer, President , ABC FT •  Eric Heins, Vice President, CTA •  Josh Pechthalt, President, CFT •  Mary Sieu, Superintendent, ABC USD •  Candy Smiley, President, Poway Federation of Teachers •  Wes Smith, Executive Director, ACSA •  Jai Sookprasert, Assistant Director for Governmental

Relations, CSEA •  Chris Steinhauser, Superintendent, Long Beach USD •  Chris Swanson, Field Director, CSEA •  Dean Vogel, President, CTA


Thank You CalTURN & ABC Unified


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Ray Gaer

President, ABC Federation of Teachers LMI Working Group and Steering Committee Member


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Why Collaborate?

California Labor Management InitiativeFall 2015 Convenings

Why Collaborate?

Question 1:

What do you hope to accomplish through collaboration?

Question 2:

What are the potential risks of collaboration?

Why Collaborate?

Why Collaborate?

“I have learned that no single constituency in education can succeed by itself in making our public schools

effective for all students.

It’s tough enough even if we all work together—impossible if we do not.”

- Adam Urbanski, founding director of Teachers Union Reform Network (TURN)

Why Collaborate?

What does authentic labor-management collaboration look like?

•! Authentic collaboration takes place at all levels of the system: •! At school sites •! The district office •! Between and among managers, teachers and staff •! It’s about cultivating a district-wide culture of collaboration

•! Authentic collaboration focuses on all matters that affect teaching and learning, not just issues of collective bargaining.

•! Authentic collaboration does not end disagreements, nor does it always lead to consensus.

•! Authentic collaboration does not lead to collusion.

Why Collaborate?

The Purpose of Collaboration

“Labor-management collaboration is not about unions and districts being more cordial to one another for the sake of cordiality. The goal…is to change the substance of the conversation and, ultimately, the quality of decisions.” - Julia Koppich, co-author, United Mindworkers

Why Collaborate?

The ultimate purpose of collaboration and better decision-making is to improve student achievement.

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Achievement

Greater Trust

Increased Civility

Increased Innovation

and Problem Solving

Fewer Grievances,

Better Retention

Intermediary Effects of Collaboration

“School reform movements often are accompanied by external pressure to improve quickly and considerable external scrutiny as well.

In short, the stakes suddenly are high and the demands for change great. The presence of relational trust, however, moderates the sense of uncertainty and vulnerability that individuals feel as they confront such demands.

When trust is strong, individual engagement with reform does not feel like a call for heroic action. In this sense, relational trust is a catalyst for innovation.”

- Bryk and Schneider, Trust in Schools

Why Collaborate?

Greater Trust

Increased Civility

The effects of incivility in the workplace based on a poll of 800

managers and employees in 17 industries…

• 47% intentionally decreased the time spent at work.

• 80% lost work time worrying about the incident.

• 66% said that their performance declined.

• 78% said that their commitment to the organization declined.

• 12% said that they left their job because of the uncivil treatment.

• 25% admitted to taking their frustration out on customers.

- Porath and Pearson, “The Price of Incivility,” 2013, Harvard Business Review

Why Collaborate?

Better Problem Solving and Innovation

Montgomery County, Maryland

Why Collaborate?

•! 156,000 students •! 17th largest district in U.S. •! 31% White •! 29% Latino •! 21% African-American •! 14 % Asian


Products of Collaboration in Montgomery County

•! A nationally recognized Professional Growth System that ensures continuous improvement in teaching and shared accountability for student outcomes.

•! A peer assistance and review (PAR) program that provides intensive support to all novice teachers and to tenured veterans who are struggling.

•! A National Board Certification Support Program, providing scholarships, coaches, and professional development to participating teachers.

•! A career lattice program that enables teachers to serve as team leaders, consulting teachers, instructional specialists, and staff development facilitators. “Lead teachers” can receive annual salary supplements of up to $3,000.

Why Collaborate?

The Impact of Collaboration

Why Collaborate?

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Why Collaborate?

Montgomery County Public Schools

•! Reduced teacher attrition •! 30% decline in grievances

•! 90% graduation rate in 2014

•! 92% of graduates attended 2 or 4 year college

•! Recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award



Cincinnati Public Schools

Why Collaborate?

•! 55 Schools •! 34,000 Students •! 64% African-American •! 28% White •! 3% Latino


Products of Collaboration in Cincinnati Public Schools

•! The nation’s second Peer Assistance and Review Program

•! Instructional Leadership Teams at all schools that address operational problems. Members include the principal and lead teachers who make most of the key educational decisions at their schools.

•! Community Learning Centers available to students and their families during and after school and on weekends.

•! health services •! counseling •! after-school programs •! nutrition classes •! parent and family engagement programs •! early childhood education •! career and college access services •! youth development activities, mentoring, and arts programming.

Why Collaborate?

Why Collaborate?


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Why Collaborate?Why Collaborate?


ABC Unified School District

Why Collaborate?

•! 30 Schools •! 21,000 Students •! 56% Free/reduced lunch •! 45% Latino •! 25% Asian •! 11% Filipino •! 9% African-American •! 7% White

Why Collaborate?

Key finding from study by Rubenstein and McCarthy:

•! Students in schools with the strongest labor-management partnerships showed the greatest academic improvement.


Impact on Student Achievement

!! Statistically Significant: P< .01 !! Controls for SES !! Explains 54% of Variation in API Improvement

Partnership and Performance

n  Statistically Significant Association between Partnership, API Performance in 2012 & Improvement ¨  Partnership Factor Can Account for 76 Points on

2012 API

- Rubinstein and McCarthy

Partnership Quality Leads to Performance Improvement

Questions and Comments

Why Collaborate?

Why Collaborate?

A Final Thought…

If you want to go fast, go alone… If you want to go far, go together.

- African Proverb

Why Collaborate?

Team Time 1

Question #1: When do you collaborate well now and why does it work?

Why Collaborate?

Team Time 1

Question #2: What obstacles do you face in strengthening collaboration in your LEA?

Question #1: When do you collaborate well now and why does it work?

Question #2: What obstacles do you face in strengthening collaboration in your LEA?

Team Time 1: Report Out


Ice Breaker

Ray Gaer President

ABC Federation of Teachers



What Is Possible

•  Presentation by the ABC Unified School District Team: –  Ray Gaer, President, ABC Federation of Teachers – Maynard Law, President, ABC School Board –  Rebecca Michel-‐Macias, President, ABC CSEA –  Dr. Mary Sieu, Superintendent, ABC USD


California Labor Management Initiative Fall 2015 Regional Convening

November 16, 2015 Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

Los Angeles, CA

Presenters: Dr. Mary Sieu, Superintendent-ABC Unified School District Ray Gaer, President-ABC Federation of Teachers Maynard Law, President-ABC Board of Education Rebecca Michel-Macias, President-ABC CSEA

ABC’s Collaborative Labor Management Partnership

$! Located in southeast corner of Los Angeles County

$! Serving the communities of Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, portions of Lakewood and Norwalk

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$! Student Population: 32,469 (PreK-Adult) $! 30 Schools – 19 Elementary Schools; 5 Middle

Schools; 5 High Schools; 1 Adult School; 10 Preschools

$! Low Income Families – 51% $! English Learners – 20% $! Attendance Rate – 96% $! Graduation Rate – 93.7% $! District’s Drop Out Rate - 2.3% $! Total Number of ABC Employees - 3,446


$!RELATIONSHIPS

$!COMMUNICATION

$!TIME

$!COMMON VISION

$! From strife to stability (1993) $! Harvard School of Management Conference-”Labor

Management in the Public School System” $! New leadership (1999)

!! New superintendent and new board commit to collaborate with the teachers’ union toward goal of student achievement

$! Creating a new partnership between labor and management

$! Creating new strategies, structures, and systems for collaboration (South Side Schools Reading Collaborative)

The ABC Partnership is a collaborative effort to improve student achievement and to enhance the teaching and working environment for faculty, staff, and administration through the institutional partnering of colleagues in the ABC Unified School District and the ABC Federation of Teachers.

Faculty and administration should have a voice in those decisions that reflect the collaborative efforts and goals of the partnership emphasizing a common understanding of the issues, joint research, sharing of information, mutual respect, and working together to ensure each others’ success.

The Partnership’s Mission Statement

$! All students can succeed and we will not accept any excuse that prevents that from happening in ABC. We will work together to promote student success.

$! All needed support will be made available to schools to ensure every student succeeds. We will work together to ensure that happens.

The Partnership’s Guiding Principles

$! The top 5% of teachers in our profession should teach our students. We will work together to hire, train, and retain these professionals.

$! All employees contribute to student success. $! All negotiations support conditions that sustain

successful teaching and student learning. This is the MAIN THING!

$! We won’t let each other fail!

The Partnership’s Guiding Principles

$! We will work hard to understand the core of each other’s job.

$! We will respect each other. $! We will be honest with each other. $! We will not “sugar coat” difficult issues. $! We will disagree without being disagreeable. $! We will reflect on each other’s comments,

suggestions, and concerns.

The Partnership’s Guiding Principles-Behaviors

$! We will seek clarification until we understand. $! We will maintain confidentiality. $! We will both “own the contract.” $! We will solve problems rather than win

arguments. $! We will laugh at ourselves and with each

other.

The Partnership’s Guiding Principles-Behaviors

Academic Services

•! Transitional Kindergarten

•! CA Common Core Standards

•! SMARTER Balance Assessment

•!PROPS (Proactive Problem Solving)

Superintendent’s Office

•!Weekly meetings

•!Shared principles; beliefs

•!PAL Council

Business Services

•!Insurance Benefits Committee

•!Budget Workshops

•!Finance and Audit Committee

School Services

•!Liaison with Principals – Training (COMPASS)

•!Problem-Solving

•!PAL Survey Committee

Human Resources

•! Negotiations

•!Recruitment and Retirement Fairs

•! New Teacher Orientation

•! Personnel Issues

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Collaborations

ABC-ABCFT District Level Collaborations

Board of Education

Superintendent Union President Chief Financial Officer Chief Negotiator Asst. Supt. HR Union President and Chief Negotiator Asst. Supt. Academic PASS Coordinator and VP Elem. Curriculum and P.D. VP HS and VP MS Special Education VP Special Education

Special Ed Advisory Committee Information Technology Union President Coordinator of Child Dev VP-Child Development ABC Management All Labor Unions District Cabinet ABCFT Executive Board Principals Site Reps

Superintendent Union President Chief Financial Officer Chief Negotiator

ABC Management All Labor Unions

Asst. Supt. Academic PASS Coordinator and VP Elem. Curriculum and P.D. VP HS and VP MS Special Education VP Special Education

Special Ed Advisory Committee

District Cabinet ABCFT Executive BoardDistrict Cabinet

Coordinator of Child Dev VP-Child Development Coordinator of Child Dev

Asst. Supt. HR Union President and Chief Negotiator

Information Technology Union President Information Technology

Principals Site Reps

$ Attend budget workshops together

$ Chief Business Officer and Chief Negotiator meet and compare numbers

$ Budget overview meetings with all unions and management led by the superintendent

$ Greater understanding of expenditures and revenues

$! Hybrid: Traditional with interest based feeling tone

$! Guiding principles are considered

$! Pre-negotiations’ conversations frequently occur

$! Rational for proposals are clear and reasonable

$! We understand each others’ political realities

$! Trust has been built over time

$! We won t let each other fail

$! Ability to collaborate in a union partnership is a criteria used when selecting new administrators

$! Union representation is present on all administrator interview panels

$! Union’s point of view and input is valued and considered when making major District decisions

$! New principal training and orientation

$! Annual full day P.A.L. retreat with site administrators and site union reps

$! Created in 1999 $! Collaborative planning group $! Focus on team building, communication, staff

development $! P.A.L. Retreat has been replicated in other districts

Our Partnership Story: $! ABCFT invites CSEA to their PAL Retreat $! Dr. Sieu asked if CSEA would be interested in

creating a partnership? YES!

Why a Partnership? A Partnership would: $! Improve Communication $! Build positive relationships $! Create change $! Help us focus on a common goal

The Planning Begins $! Monthly meetings with the Superintendent $! Ongoing meetings held with HR Administrators $! Together we decided on the common goal of

providing Professional Development for classified staff

$! We proudly named our partnership PAL 2 $! Assembled a PAL 2 Advisory Committee:

Director-HR, CSEA President, CSEA-VP, a secretary from elementary, middle, and high schools, and District Office classified staff

$! Surveyed classified employees and administrators

Professional Development $! This first workshop began with 175 employees,

“Hidden Keys to Personal Success” (June 2012)

$! Adopted the motto “World Class Customer Service”

$! Last four years we have offered a full menu of Professional Development opportunities

$! Customer Service, Building Positive Relationships, Technology Workshops, Common Core, PBIS, Empowering Conversations

Through this partnership we have: $! Built mutual trust $! Improved communication $! Improved employees’ skills $! Created a positive working environment for our

employees $! Worked together to resolve conflicts and employee

issues $! Developed a better understanding at the negotiations

table $! Made a commitment to the overall success of our

students, staff, and the community we serve Everything is awesome!when you are part of a team!

$! Partnerships are about RELATIONSHIPS and trust that are established over time

$! Practice PAL with fidelity, authenticity, and open COMMUNICATION

$! Working together takes TIME and commitment

$! Keep the focus on student achievement!. our COMMON VISION

$ Dr. Mary [email protected]

$ Ray [email protected]

$ Maynard Law [email protected]

$ Rebecca Michel-Macias

[email protected]


Team Time

•  Meet in your district/county teams to discuss the focus questions (provided on tables).

•  Refer to the agenda packet to see where your team will be meeting.



Lunch



Role-‐Alike Small Group Discussions

•  Meet in small groups with others that have similar roles in their districts/counties.

•  Refer to your name tag to see which table you will be meeting at.

•  Do a brief round of introductions (name, position, organization)

•  Focus questions will be provided on tables.



Role-‐Alike Small Group Discussions

•  In your role in your district/county office, what strengths or opportunities can you draw upon to promote and support collaboration?

•  In your role in your district/county office, what challenges have you encountered to working collaboratively, and how have you approached these challenges?



Building Collaboration •  Presentation by the Corona-‐Norco District Team:

–  Dr. Sam Buenrostro, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources

–  Dr. Jose Lalas, Board President

–  Dr. Michael Lin, Superintendent, Corona-‐Norco USD

–  Dr. Lisa Simon, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

–  Harold Stryker, President, Corona-‐Norco Teachers Association

–  Danny Torres, CSEA Labor Relations Representative

–  Nancy Walters, CSEA President, Chapter 369



Team Time

•  Meet in your district/county office teams at the same tables as the previous team time (see agenda packet).

•  Focus questions will be provided at tables.



Moving Forward


Shelly Masur Chief Executive Officer

Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation


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