Meet your CTA president - Ed Bufford

Ed Bufford is the CTA president. He has worked as a teacher, as Maryvale's unit chair, and now holds the highest office in CTA. Once Ed gets his release time set up, he'll be working out of the CTA offices downtown, but in the meantime you can find him on the Maryvale campus.

CTA meeting is tomorrow; recent issues

Welcome back, Panthers! We will be having our first CTA meeting of the year tomorrow afternoon. Meet in room 101 at 2:45 for the latest information on everything CTA.

One issue that we will need to consider this year - both as teachers and as voters - is the proposal for redistricting. This will have effects on every single one of us, so it is quite important that we understand exactly what redistricting means and the affects it will have on our district.

For information on the redistricting proposal and rationale, please visit the ADE redistricting commission's site.

Other districts are also considering this proposal. Take a look at the Osborn district's recommendations and see how their board has decided to proceed.

This issue is not going to go away, and it is in the best interest of our students that we be informed about any plans to redistrict. Don't delude yourself into thinking you can remain blissfully ignorant - we need EVERY teacher to know exactly what is going on with this plan!

Meet your CTA Rep: Beth Moore

She is a teacher in the social studies department and represents the following CTA members: Tim Benedict, Tom Hamman, Pat Klauer, Mark McCulloch, Bear Nitschke, Gabriel Robles, Chris Turner, Lor Rowe, Lisa Torres, Dale Malloy, Bill McCusker, Tania Helbert, Bryan Kurec and Amanda Chapman.

Meet your CTA Rep: Heather Frackiewicz

Heather Frackiewicz is a teacher in the World Languages department and represents the following CTA members: LaMont Johnson, Bob Goss, Luz Pusec, Pat Lively, Sherry Braden, Tom Camp, Adam Moukad, Shawna Fowler, Steve Johnson, Peter Minder, Claire Hurlburt and Jean Kilker.

Meet your CTA Rep: Jo Hammerl

Jo Hammerl is a teacher in the Social Studies department. She is also the representative for Marta Carter, Cheri Heisser, Sean Kelleher, Judy Laufer, Anne Paske, James Rivera, Ellen Spinner, Lori Zeaman, Francesca Mason-White, Kim Phillips, Dana Cook and Carolyn Williams.

Meet your district CTA PR&R person AND representative

Resha Gentry-Ballance is a teacher in both the English and Performing Arts department. She is also the PR&R person for the district. As a member of the Council of Representatives, she represents the following members: Jim Yancey, Renee Esparza, Stacie Williams, Selina Alonzo, Dixie Maxwell, Jennifer Thompson, Pat Rowe, Edie Fluker, Amy Hamper, Lorie Norton, Veronica Moreno, Susan Elms, Anthony Porchia, David Eddy, Laura Kelly and Josephine.

Meet your CTA Rep: Yolanda Gallegos

Yolanda Gallegos is a teacher in the reading department and a member of the the CTA Council of Representatives. She represents the following members: Talibah Abdullah-Mitchell, Nikki Davis, Annie King, Nydia Palomino, Jeff Rathburn, Sylvia Lopez, Gail Curran, Denis Pinon, Linda Dailey, Tonya Else and Daisy Gates.

Meet your CTA Rep: Fernando Galvez-Rodriguez

Fernando Galvez-Rodriguez is a teacher in the math department. He is the CTA representative for the following members: Melissa Becker, Cheryl Pete, Juli shexnayder, Steve Stewart, Marsha Stoddard, Joseph Trent, Fernando Miranda, Michele Grover, Santiago Ledwith, Susan Erwin, Abel Hoyos and Donnie Sanchez.

Meet your representative: Sally Claypool

Sally Claypool is a teacher in the ESL department and is a member of the Council of Representatives. She represents the following CTA members: Eloisa Horvath, Felicite Mbainamoundou, Lourdes Madrid, Carolyn Talley, Anca Taus-Hummel, Linda Corbett, Linda Pagel, Carrie Diehl, Rich Lindstrom, Nathan Balzar, Linda Bowles, Neritza Diaz-Crus, Glen Dinacola and Rachel Henderson.

Meet your CTA Unit chair

Pam Sparta is the unit chair for Maryvale this year. She is a member of the English department. You can find her in room 101 or drop her a line at psparta1@cox.net.

Who are your CTA personnel?

Your unit chair at Maryvale is Pam Sparta. She can be found in room 101.

The Council of Representatives includes Sally Claypool-Henry, Heather Frackiewicz, Fernando Galvez-Rodriguez, Yolanda Gallegos, Resha Gentry-Balance, Joanne Hammerl, Beth Ruble(Moore) and Karen Rascon. The alternates are Tom Hamman and Jean Kilker.

Each CTA member has a representative that they should contact whenever they have a question or issue relating to CTA business or professional issues. We will be listing who is assigned to each representative here on the blog, but you can also look in the mailroom for that information.

Welcome to the Maryvale CTA blog!

We will be posting CTA updates for all members here at the new blog. You will be able to read the latest news, as well as leave comments here at the blog. Keep watching for more information to be posted, and please check us out regularly! If you have anything that you would like to share via the blog with other CTA members, please e-mail Heather and I will get it posted.