Committee Members:

• Peter Boyd
• Gary Brooks
• Billy Castanha
• Greg Czaja
• Randy Fenwick
• Sonta Garner-Marcelo
• Brigette Gartner
• Christa Lawson
• Rosa Marino
• John McGuinness
• Mike Maceranka
• Donna Meade
• C Scott Miller
• Hank Montelongo
• Barbara Pearson
• David Reuter
• Robin Scott
• Melanie Weber

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As a member of SAEA, your rights are protected by the collective bargaining agreement between SAEA and the Santa Ana Unified School District. You'll find Grievance procedures are set out in Article VI.

Areas of frequent concern to teachers include:

• Article V (Evaluations)
• Article VIII (Hours of Work)
• Article XIV (Discipline), and
• Article XVIII, (Concerns/Complaints Against Unit Members).

When you feel your rights under the Contract have been violated, you should contact an SAEA Rep to accompany you to a meeting with the principal. If you do not have a satisfactory resolution to your concern, you should inform the principal that the meeting is an oral grievance and contact SAEA as soon as possible.

On the other hand, if your administrator asks for a meeting, you have the right to a reasonable amount of time to get a rep to accompany you. Do not be insubordinate by refusing to meet. Listen and take notes. If pressed on an issue regarding potential legal problems, say "I will be happy to respond after talking to SAEA." Only the CTA Staff are authorized to get you a CTA attorney, and ordinarily this is reserved for specific issues regarding serious charges.

SAEA's Legal Responsibilities

• Exclusive representative of: certificated teachers, speech/language pathologists, nurses, librarians, psychologists;
• Duty to enforce the Collective Bargaining Agreement;
• Representative for members in meetings with District administrators when such meetings might lead to discipline;
• Represents members when District violates the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) by filing an unfair labor practice charge with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).

SAEA Evaluations Checklist
Grievance Form
Grievance Timelines
Duty of Fair Representation
Insubordination

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.: Your Role as the Grievant

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