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Class Caps & Overages • Episode 408 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes back his guest ASTA Executive Director Mia Colación to discuss recent challenges in implementing the new class caps and overage language along with a number of end of the year updates.

• Mia Colación - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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Prop 55 • Episode 407 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes back his guest ASTA Executive Director Mia Colación to discuss the importance of renewing Prop 55 to keep our current funding for public education in California as well as ASTA's plan to collect signatures to put Prop 55 on the ballot in November.

• Mia Colación - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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Tentative Agreement (Part 2) • Episode 406 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes his guests Bargaining Chair James Goran and Bargaining Team Member Ashley Pothoff for the 2nd part of his discussion on the Tentative Agreement. This episode includes class size & caseload caps, special education, and SLPs.

• James Goran - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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Tentative Agreement (Part 1) • Episode 405 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes his guests ASTA Bargaining Chair James Goran & Bargaining Team Member Michelle Doherty to break down the Tentative Agreement. On Part 1, they will discuss Salary, Safety, Leave, and PD.

• James Goran - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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Budget Analysis • Episode 404 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes back his guest ASTA Executive Director Mia Colación for an analysis of the district budget.

• Mia Colación - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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State & National Issues • Episode 403 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes his guest CTA/NEA Coordinating Director Grant Schuster for a discussion from the state and national perspective on issues that are concerning to members and public education.

• Geoff Morganstern - [email protected]
• Grant Schuster - [email protected]

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Bargaining Can't Wait • Episode 402 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes his guest ASTA Executive Director Mia Colación for a discussion on Bargaining for the We Can't Wait campaign.

• Mia Colación - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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Staying Organized • Episode 401 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes his guest ASTA Organizing Chair Danielle White for a discussion on the We Can't Wait campaign.

Watch the 2024-25 We Can't Wait recap video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw-HNtBgJBA

• Danielle White - [email protected]
• Geoff Morgansterm - [email protected]

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RiF Recap (Pt 4of 4) • Episode 304 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes back his guest Executive Director/CTA UniServ Staffperson Lisa Eck for the final part of the four part series debriefing the spring layoffs and discussing ASTA's efforts to ensure we don't have layoffs again this year.

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RiF Recap (Pt 3 of 4) • Episode 303 • Join our host ASTA President Geoff Morganstern as he welcomes back his guest Executive Director/CTA UniServ Staffperson Lisa Eck for the third part of the four part series about the spring layosffs as they discuss skipping and the reason for conflict counsel and share the narrative of May 10 about the rescission of the RIFs.

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