“Media Arts” Teachers’ Specialized Status Board Delineated and Defended for Priority Rehire
From Ginger Fox, Elementary Arts UTLA Rep:
- Today the Board of Education met to approve the final budget for 2011-12. They also adopted the following:
- Board of Education Report No. 420 – 10/11
Human Resources Division
(Reemployment of Certificated Employees based on Special Skills and Training) Recommends
approval to first reemploy certificated employees with special skills and training from the
reemployment lists for the 2011-2012 school year; specifically, certificated employees who have
served in Dual Immersion language programs, arts educators as specified, members of design
teams at Public School Choice schools, and certificated employees who have specialized training
and experience in the International Baccalaureate program.
- This specific rehiring criteria was created due to the fact that Dance, Theatre, and Media Arts teachers do not currently have our own Single Subject Credentials, and therefore the District has historically placed us on other seniority lists. This action will give Human Resources the authority to pull Dance and Theatre teachers off of the English, PE, and Elementary/Multiple Subject lists. It will also separate Marching Band teachers from Choral teachers, and Media Arts from Art. This info is delineated in the 6-30-11 Board Materials, Tab 2, at http://laschoolboard.org/06-30-11RegBd
This delineation forever demarcates "media arts" as a distinct arts content discipline within LAUSD, and poises it for district-wide integration. Credit goes to Dr. Stephen McCarthy and Luiz Sampaio for maintaining this status with HR. Best to media arts teachers still displaced.
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