VEA如何在问题上采取立场

在VEA,所有的位置都安排好了 通过和通过成员. VEA的130多个地方工会, 每个国家都有自己的官员, 是VEA管区的一部分吗. 每个地区有权选举成员作为VEA董事会的代表. VEA的政策和立场由成员讨论, 军官, 以及地区和州的董事会, 然后由每年一次的州代表大会批准, 哪个是协会最重要的机构.

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VEA在当前热点问题上的立场是什么

班级规模

凯发现金网的立场

VEA认为:

  • 小班教学对学生的成功有积极的影响.
  • 学校部门应该只使用教师来计算和公布班级规模, 不包括资源人员.
  • 应为PK-1设定最大师生比例st grade at 1:15; 2nd– 3rd grade at 1:17; 4th -12th grade at 1:21; 1:18 for English classes in middle and high school, 分科教师(体育、表演艺术)不超过105人。.
  • 实验科学课程的最高学额应为1:20(每人45平方英尺), 艺术工作室, 还有实用艺术课程.
  • Weighted formulas should be used to determine teacher-pupil ratios in specialized classes including special education.

BACKGROUND

第一次小班制的大规模实验已经过去了20年. 这项研究, 以及随后的许多人, confirmed substantial academic gains for K–3 学生 in smaller classes compared to 学生 in larger classes. 甚至当助教出现在较大的班级时, 这些学生的表现不如小班的学生好. 男孩和女孩的结果是一样的, 但对于黑人学生来说, 结果更加引人注目. Black 学生 in the smaller classes outperformed Black 学生 in larger classes at a rate two to three times higher than the white 学生 did over their white counterparts. 到目前为止, 只有一项值得注意的研究试图驳斥凯发现金网小班制的研究, 但就连这一努力也因方法不当而受到批评, 而且,它在影响这场辩论方面并没有取得多大进展. 总的来说,最大的阻碍减少班级规模的问题是对成本的担忧.

在弗吉尼亚州,质量标准(SOQs)制定了 division-wide 许多核心内容类的类大小,但大多数类没有被任何状态要求覆盖. Local school divisions and building-level leadership have tremendous flexibility to set individual class sizes based on their student population and teacher allocation so long as they remain under the state-mandated levels 作为一个分工和 SOQ-mandated类.

更多的

  • VEA分辨率D-19:类大小
  • 弗吉尼亚州代码:质量标准 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/quality/soq_max_class_size.pdf 
  • 联系人:政府关系与研究/Kathy Burcher,主任
教育储蓄帐户(又称学券)

凯发现金网的立场

  • VEA believes that public funds should not be used in any form to support non-public elementary or secondary education. 程序和政策, 例如esa和其他凭证系统, are detrimental to public education as they deplete resources from our already under-funded public schools. VEA进一步认为,这些项目与弗吉尼亚宪法直接冲突, 哪一项规定只允许公立和非宗派私立学校使用公共资金.
  • In requiring local school divisions to transfer the bulk of student’s state Standards of Quality (SOQ) funding to an outside “Education Savings Account,“这些代金券将剥夺凯发现金网公立学校急需的资源.
  • The funds that would be withdrawn from the public school system bear no relationship to the cost of the private education to be provided. 因为欧空局只要求转移国家资金, 各家庭收到的数额相差很大, 这取决于学生来自哪个地区.
  • These programs lack accountability standards for participating schools and no requirement that these state funds be used to provide 学生 a high-quality education.

BACKGROUND

教育储蓄账户(ESA)是公立私立学校教育的最新趋势. These programs pay parents the money the state would otherwise have spent to educate their children in exchange for an agreement to forego their right to a public education. 在维吉尼亚州, 因为公共资金不能用于资助宗教学校, 国家资金被存入“储蓄账户”,父母可以从中支取. 家长们可以将这些国家基金用于各种各样的教育目的, 包括宗教学校的学费, 私立学校. 这使得欧空局在弗吉尼亚州是符合宪法的论点显得软弱无力.

更多的

  • 立法会第C-29号决议:“公共教育的公共基金”
  • NEA政策简报:教育储蓄账户
  • VEA政府关系和研究/Kathy Burcher,主任
特别是生活工资

凯发现金网的立场

  • Education Support Professionals should be compensated at a level which provides no less than a living wage.
  • 工资应使特别工作者能在其工作的地方有尊严地生活.

BACKGROUND

The Tompkins County Worker’s Center defines a living wage as “the minimum wage a single adult working full-time requires to meet his or her basic living expenses, 包括租, 食物, 运输, 卫生保健, 其他必需品, 税, 还有适度的娱乐和储蓄津贴.”

更多的

  • VEA决议B-22:教育支持专业人员 “esp应该得到最低生活工资” http://www.nea.org/home/29173.htm
  • 经济政策研究所(EPI),家庭预算计算器:  http://www.epi.org/resources/budget/
  • EPI。”为什么美国人需要15美元的最低工资:  http://www.epi.org/publication/why-america-needs-a-15-minimum-wage/
  • VEA组织和现场支持/Breanne Armbrust,主任
退休保障

凯发现金网的立场

  • VEA认为一个安全的, 保证, 充足的养老金对健全的公立学校制度至关重要. 一个强大的养老金系统直接关系到学生的成功, because 学生 can thrive only if Virginia is able to recruit and retain the very best individuals in the profession.
  • VEA反对任何减少公立学校雇员退休福利的努力.

BACKGROUND

The foundation of a strong retirement plan for public school educators is a traditional “defined-benefit” (DB) pension plan that guarantees adequate monthly payments after retirement. DB计划提供了一个固定的, 向参加者提供终身年金, with the benefits based on a formula that takes into account years of service and average final salary over a specified number of years. 与此形成鲜明对比的是, “固定”的退休计划, 比如401(k), 提供一项福利,该福利来自于企业累积的供款和收入 个人参与者的帐户; typically, both employer and employee contributions are mandatory. 固定缴款计划对员工来说风险更大, because the timing of the retirement and investment returns can significantly diminish funds available for a secure retirement.

美国的立法者.S. have undermined the retirement security offered by traditional public pension plans in a number of ways: by underfunding the plans, 通过改变减少退休人员收入保障的计划, 通过削减生活成本的增长, 或者用不太安全的固定缴款计划取代全部养老金.

在维吉尼亚州:

  • The funding status of the 维吉尼亚州的退休制度 slipped from 100 percent in 2001 to just under 70 percent by 2016, but the General Assembly is now committed to a schedule to fund actuarially recommended payments to increase the funding status.

The traditional DB plan offered to Virginia school employees prior to 2010 was amended with the creation of three different Plans: Plan 1, 影响7月1日后录用的员工, 2010; Plan 2, 影响1月后聘用的员工. 1, 2013; and a “hybrid” plan, 包含DB计划和DC计划的元素, 为那些在简之后雇佣的人设立的, 1, 2014. 与之前的DB退休计划相比,这三个计划的福利都减少了.

更多的

  • VEA决议B-5:退休
  • 全国教育会“养老金保障”资源
    http://www.nea.org/home/31934.htm
  • 全国养老金保障联盟
    http://protectpensions.org/
  • 国家退休保障研究所
    http://www.nirsonline.org/
  • 维吉尼亚州的退休制度
    http://www.varetire.org/
  • VEA政府关系和研究/Kathy Burcher,主任
  • VEA法律服务/Dena Rosenkrantz,董事
学生纪律

凯发现金网的立场

在离析的决议, the Association’s position is clear in insisting on safe school and work environments for both student and public education employees and for discipline policies that are developed, 以非歧视性的方式实施和应用.

  • “The VEA believes that consistent discipline policies which respect and safeguard the physical and psychological rights of 学生 and education employees should be established and followed in each school division in a non-discriminatory manner……..(VEA决议:E-30).
  • “VEA相信所有的教育员工, 学生, 父母/监护人, 社区, 社区机构必须合作建立安全有序的学校. 学生和工作人员必须远离身体伤害, 口头, 心理暴力, 以及各种形式的骚扰.......... (VEA决议:D-30)
  • “VEA相信一个安全有序的环境, 在那里,学生受到尊严的对待, 会提供一个积极的学习体验吗. 有效的纪律可以提高学生的期望值和教学质量, promoting self-control and responsible behavior while ensuring the right of all 学生 to due process and an orderly learning environment. It is incumbent upon school boards and administrators to support 老师 in this pursuit…… “ (VEA Resolutions D-32);
  • The VEA Legislative Committee has consistently opposed bills that would remove local school and school system 自由裁量权 and control of discipline and bills that would seriously weaken protections and assurances of safe learning and working environments for 学生 and school employees.

BACKGROUND

根据公共诚信中心2015年对美国能源部数据的分析, 维吉尼亚州是将有纪律问题的学生移交给警察的州中最多的. 每1000名儿童中有16人转诊,这一比率居全国之首, and 学生 of color and 学生 with disabilities were referred to police at a disproportionately higher rate than the overall student population. The dilemma is twofold: 1) examining the high rate of referrals of 学生 of color and 学生 with disabilities while, 2)确保安全的学习环境和学生的学校安全, 老师, 以及教育支持专业人士.

The 2017 General Assembly saw the introduction of several bills opposed by the VEA Legislative Committee due to concerns about securing safe school environments for 学生 and employees and the lack of autonomy, 自由裁量权, 如果法案通过,当地学校系统可能会保留控制权.

更多的

  • VEA决议D-30:安全有序的学校/社区
  • VEA决议D-32:纪律
  • VEA决议E-30:纪律
  • 学生行为政策指引 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/guidance/safety/student_conduct.pdf
  • Guidelines for the Development of Policies and Procedures for Managing Student Behaviors in Emergency Situations in Virginia Public Schools
  • http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/student_conduct/guidelines_managing_behaviors_emergency.pdf
  • 离析教学 & 学习/安托瓦内特·罗杰斯,导演
  • VEA政府关系和研究/Kathy Burcher,主任
  • VEA法律顾问/Dena Rosenkrantz,董事

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