Cartwright Education Association

Happy Labor Day!

Calling all Cartwright Teachers… 📞📞

Taken from ’s most recent magazine, here are some ways you can get more involved in your local association. You’ve made it through the first week of teaching, now what?

Mr. Bill says that CEA is the place to stay! Join today and be the best you that you can be- the union You!” Message us for more information!!

Making Good Trouble with a Middle School Book Club, a guest post by Tanvi Rastogi Empathy is good; action kindled by empathy is vital.

👏 Attorney General Mayes is investigating Tom Horne’s approval of illegal funding. Well done.

📰 READ MORE: Our has all the details: bit.ly/July21EdReport

Set a tone of inclusion and community with our "Everyone Is Welcome Here" poster. ❤️ It's free to download and print. 👇https://www.weareteachers.com/everyone-is-welcome-here-poster/

Wednesday Morning we need you! Set up will be around 7:15-7:30, and we’ll need volunteers until about 1pm. If you can join us at the Cartwright Training Center, please let us know!

The Arizona Caucus of the 2024 Regional Assembly hosted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Join the Public Education Nextdoor group!

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Teacher Well Being is definitely an issue all around the country. What are your thoughts on this issue?

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA1100/RRA1108-11/RAND_RRA1108-11.pdf

📣 To save public education in Arizona, we MUST elect a pro-public education legislature this November. Join us Sunday June 30th at 4pm in Glendale to support the LD24 candidates: Rep. Analise Ortiz, Héctor Jaramillo for State Representative LD24, and Anna Abeytia. Let's make a difference together! 🗳️

✍️Register here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/yaoj1G3e10itBSlnP_uWfw2

The Arizona Education Association (AEA) reminds us on their website that according to the U.S. Census Bureau,

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/public-school-spending-per-pupil.html

only 48% of school funding in Arizona comes from the state. With the growth of micro schools, that funding is in jeopardy.
Micro schools gained prominence during the pandemic. What are they? They offer individualized, personalized learning, and proponents swear by their benefits. However, this brings us back to the age-old debate of public vs. private funding.
While the idea of personalized learning is noble, we must consider the bigger picture. For every micro school that receives state funding, there is one less dollar available to keep public schools a fixture in our communities.

Everyone in CEA has a voice

Arizona Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today released a new report detailing the coordinated and growing effort to undermine, dismantle, and privatize the American public education system.

Link in bio

CEA is still working for YOU during the summer! ☀️

June is pride month! As we head into the last week, what do you think are still some major issues facing our LBGTQA+ students and teachers within our school district?

The Arizona state legislature has passed a budget and adjourned for the year.

What are your thoughts on the current majority in our legislature prioritizing ESA vouchers above all else?

The ESA voucher program also provided nearly a million dollars in taxpayer money to the church where Trump just held a campaign event.

What would happen if you tried to use school district resources to host a campaign event for a presidential candidate on your campus? Would the rapture start? 🧐

Link in bio to news article from AZ central

New reporting confirms that the out-of-control ESA voucher program is paying for well-off parents to buy individual Lego sets for their kids – including one Lego set that cost $1,800.

What could that amount of money have bought in your own classroom?

Full story linked in our Instagram bio.

From this past Thursday-to Saturday, some members of our new E-board and E-committee attended Arizona Education Association’s Growth and Leadership Summit.

Jess led for the fourth year in a row, a session called “Secondary Trauma”. She has had much success and even other school districts such as Paradise Valley have had her come in and train staff! Way to go Jess!

Sessions this year included how to take on your executive role, effective blitzing and organizing, and so much more! It’s a great way to network with other educators and learn about how other locals do things. We are so excited to take all of our learning and use that to help us serve you all in the 2024-2025 school year. 🤓

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 🔦

Our member, Mr. Stewart was given a certificate of excellence from our district for the idea of our district-wide kickball league. Borman K-8 teachers were the winners! 🏆

What are you doing this summer that you want us to highlight? 🤔

If you are a CEA member, please submit a picture regarding what you are doing to further your learning within the professsion. This could be reading an educational inspiring book over the summer, attending a conference, or a training! Send us a DM 😄

Palm Lane 4th Grade Teacher David Solano needs your vote! It's a great honor to have David as a nominee for Jr. NBA Coach of the Year. Your voting is essential – Please click the following link and to cast your vote and help David and the Cartwright community shine! https://nba.jebbit.com/6okvmefg?L=Full+Page&JC=David+Solano

Our very own is presenting at the AEA 2024 Leadership and Growth Summit! Do you want her to present at a site within our district??