Members to Conference

The two members voted to represent Chapter 99 at this years an-

nual conference are Jared Ruddell and Michelle West. These two

delegates will accompany our Chapter President to Las Vegas.

They will be voting on Resolutions in our behalf. Once back from

conference both representatives will report out to the unit.

NOTE: Alternate Delegate - Debra Cotter

Celebrate You CSEW Classified School Employees Week

California’s Legislature recognizes the important contributions of

classified school employees and their and named the third full week

of May “Classified School Employees Week” (CSEA) to honor these

contributions.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

Evaluations

The District and the associa-

tion believe evaluations

should be meaningful to the

employer and employee, fos-

ter success and accountabil-

ity in job performance, and

provide an effective commu-

nication process. This pro-

cess should provided strug-

gling employees and their

supervisors an opportunity to

discuss an employee’s job

performance, his/her profes-

sional goals as they relate to

the goals of school site/

departments, information

about employee contribu-

tions, and district support in

the workplace. All classified

employees are to be evaluat-

ed by their Immediate Super-

visor. The forms used in the

evaluation procedure shall be

approved by the District and

the Union.

Article 15:

Evaluation

Procedure

CSEA Contract.

April 2017

SmartFind Express - Mandatory Submission

SmartFind Express is MUSD’s absence tracking system for employees. It is mandatory that when you are not at work during your contracted hours, you input your absence submission via SmartFind Express. Please see reason options in the reason box to the right.

Presidents Message

For those of you that didn’t attend the Chapter Meeting on 4/12, we did a number of things. We

nominated members to sit on the negotiating team and we elected our delegates to CSEA’s Annual

Conference. Congratulations to Michelle West and Jared Ruddell for being elected to represent our

chapter at Conference in addition to me. We also elected Deb Cotter to be our Alternate in case

Jared or Michelle are unable to attend.

In the realm of Round Table we had a lively discussion about changes coming out of the Personnel

Department. These changes include, but are not limited to, things like elimination of flex time,

staggering lunch times, and other items that while technically in our contract are allowances we

have made over the years to make everything just “work”. Since in this new day the niceties are

being removed and we are being sticklers for the rules, we need to show the District what the world

is like when everyone does just what is in their job and nothing extra to make the everything “work”.

This includes taking all lunches and breaks, not starting work until your start time, leaving right on

time even if there is still work to get done. I do understand that there are things in all our jobs that

for the best interest of student we feel obligated to do, but I would ask that we be aware that we

need to be compensated for all work we do either through pay or comp. time.

Speaking of Comp. Time is was brought up that people didn’t want to work for Comp Time because

they never seem to be able to use it and they feel like it just sits on their Comp. Time sheet. Ac-

cording to our Contract, Comp. Time must be used within one (1) year of when it is earned or it

must be paid out. If you have been diligently using the Comp. Time form and making sure you get

your Comp. Time sheet signed by your Supervisor there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to

either use the Comp. Time or be paid for it. If you have any difficulties with Comp. Time contact me

and we’ll work through it.

Kevin Stein, President CSEA Chapter 99

Reason: Administrative Leave Bereavement Leave Compensatory time (Comp. Time) Floating Holiday Industrial Accident Leave Judicial Leave Maternity Leave Military Leave Personal Leave Without Pay Personal Necessity - Emergency Personal Necessity - Personal Business Personal Necessity - Prior Approval School Business/Conference School Business/Professional Development School Business/Union Business Sick Leave Vacation

CSEA Annual Recognition Award Picnic

Join CSEA in celebrating “Classified Employees”

and honoring the 2017 Award Honorees

Date: Saturday, May 6 2017

Location: Kennedy Park (Mulberry I & II)

2296 Streblow Dr., Napa CA 94558

Picnic: 11:00am to 3:30pm

Cost: $3 each ($2 if Victory Club Member)

BBQ served between 11:30am and 1:30pm ONLY

Award Ceremony: 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Reservations Required!

Please RSVP to the North Bay

Field Office no later than April 28,

2017.

All walk-ins & later RSVP’s

Ask the Editor

Q: When students have a minimum day, do I get to

shorten my day and leave early when the kids leave? A: If

your paid time exceeds the student early release time, you

MUST stay and finish out your contractual day. The

ONLY exceptions are if you use compensatory (comp.)

time, or vacation time. In either case you MUST go online to

SmartFind Express to select your reason for absence.

Note: See site

administrator for additional

duties, when needed.

New Employee

Jeremy Holben - Maintenance Worker - DO Amanda Cosantini - Noon Duty - JSE Meredith Allendorph - Para C - MEIPP Suzanne Ruiz - Library Media Assistant - JME Sarah Harrison - Noon Duty - JME

Holiday Reminder

Monday, May 29th

All gave some… some gave all

CSEA Classified

Employee

Of the Year 2017

Sonja Metzger - MJHS Cafeteria Lead

Lisa Greenwood - MPE Office Manager

Debra Cotter - LJE Para Educator

Debra Carey - JSE Tech Specialist

Martha Morin - AHS Tech Specialist

Jack Lee - JME Custodian

Tanya Andrews - VMHS/Brio Typist Clerk

Sarah Lastrico - MEIPP Para Educator

Consuello Augustine - Food Service Driver

Congratulations!

North Bay Field Office

2345 STANWELL CIR,

CONCORD 94520

Main#: (925) 676-5755

Toll-free: (800) 464-7717

Member Benefits:

Tickets and Discounts Available

Amusement Park's, Attractions, Car Rentals,

Automotive, Lodging, Travel, Movies, and more.

Administrative Professionals Day April 26, 2017

During World War II, there was an increased need for skilled administrative personnel, particularly in the US. The National Secretaries Association was formed to recognize the contributions of secretaries and other administra-tive personnel to the economy, to support their personal develop-ment and to help attract people to administrative careers in the field. The first national secretaries week was organized in 1952.

Your Chapter Officers

President: Kevin Stein

1st VP: JoAnn Buccellato

2nd VP: Debra Cotter

Public Relations: Michelle West

Recording Secretary: Jessica Robinson

Treasurer: Deborah Dawson

Chief Union Steward /

Past President: Jill Scott

Political Action Coordinator /

Site Rep Coordinator: Jared Ruddell

Historian: Patricia Russell Hanson

Site Representation

If you have a union question and/or need clarity on our

CSEA contract language please contact your Site Rep-

resentative. Please find your site rep in the list below.

AHS: Karin Sloper

VMHS/Briones: Cathleen Mariucci

MJHS: Barbara Chaney

LJE: Debra Cotter

MPE: Lisa Greenwood

JSE: JoAnn Buccellato

JME: Jessica Robinson

DO/Pre School: Ahmed Ismaiel

Adult School: Cindy Santos

Your Site Rep is there to help!

Open Chapter Positions

Do you want to help your chapter to be

stronger? Are you interested in helping to

shape your employment future?

Positions are available :

Pre-Retirement Representative

Correspondence Secretary

If interested talk to your site representa-

tive or contact Kevin Stein, President

MANDITORY!

Absence Reporting

www.martinez.k12.ca.us

Select: SmartFind

Express

User ID = your Staff ID #

found on your check

Work to the Rule

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibits employees

from volunteering their time in the same capacity for

which they are getting paid. It also mandates that employ-

ees must be paid for any work that is “suffered and permitted”.

Your work is suffered and permitted if your district knew or

should have known that you were working above and beyond

your assigned time. Note: district compensation can be in the

form of money, or compensatory time. Either should be logged

in SmartFind Express.

NOTE: In accordance with our contract Article 7 section 1

subsection b workday. The Lengths of the workday for each

classified assignment shall be designated by the district.

Each employee shall be assigned a fixed, regular and

ascertainable minimum number of hours. For just cause, the

District may change the hours of the workday of an

employee on a permanent basis. Appropriate notice should

be given.

Classified employees care about the children that we educate

and as a result of their dedication, often come to work early,

leave late, or skip lunches and breaks just to get the job

done.

NOTE: In accordance to our

contract Article 7 sections

2 & 3. Lunches and breaks are the

employee's right and should be

taken uninterrupted.