Some folks have reported having difficulty completing the online form - and we all need to do it for re-certification!
Here are the directions I was given for PDX log-in:
http://pdexpress.spsd.org/pdexpress/login.aspx
ID: *******
Password: *******
Go to "My Pages", "Plans", "Start a New Plan", "Select a School Year" (You can choose 2011 or 2012 from the drop-down, your choice), select the plan format - for high school this is "High School (Gr. 9-12) Professional Certification Action Plan (PCAP)2" - then begin your entry. It follows the same format as the paper PCAP (formerly known as the PRP). If you have any questions while entering, please save it and then contact your certification contact for help.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
MEA-RA update - courtesy of Tom Major
We heard from Steve Crouse (MEA lobbyist), Josh Tardy (former Republican minority leader of the House, now a consultant working with us), and Sandy Mathieson (Executive Director of MePERS).
They told us that the budget generally, including the Governor's proposals for your health insurance and your pension system, has been sent to the Appropriations Committee. They only have a couple of weeks left to finish a budget and get it passed by a two-thirds vote. Deals are being cut every day.
Contact legislators weekly to remind them of your issues and priorities.
You may have talked to your legislator a dozen times already. You may be confident that your rep knows how you feel, and that your senator is tired of hearing from you. But the day you don't put your message back in front of them is the day that they cave in to someone else...
Let me offer this: if anyone wants specifics, contact me. But you don't need to discuss specifics with your reps and senators. Instead, just tell them that you don't want the Governor's tax cuts to be funded by a surtax on your pension. You don't want cost of living adjustments to be permanently reduced to 2%. You don't want our health insurance (a system that operates efficiently and well) to be broken up.
They told us that the budget generally, including the Governor's proposals for your health insurance and your pension system, has been sent to the Appropriations Committee. They only have a couple of weeks left to finish a budget and get it passed by a two-thirds vote. Deals are being cut every day.
Contact legislators weekly to remind them of your issues and priorities.
You may have talked to your legislator a dozen times already. You may be confident that your rep knows how you feel, and that your senator is tired of hearing from you. But the day you don't put your message back in front of them is the day that they cave in to someone else...
Let me offer this: if anyone wants specifics, contact me. But you don't need to discuss specifics with your reps and senators. Instead, just tell them that you don't want the Governor's tax cuts to be funded by a surtax on your pension. You don't want cost of living adjustments to be permanently reduced to 2%. You don't want our health insurance (a system that operates efficiently and well) to be broken up.
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