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Labor Management Collaboration

ABC Unified School District

Ray Gaer, President-ABCFT

Melinda Ortiz, Director

Dr. Crechena Wise, Director

November 5, 2021

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Agenda

Simon Sinek on Leadership
PAL Relations

Meet our President - Ray Gaer

History
Beliefs
Behaviors
Reflection

The Contract

Planning for the Bell Schedule

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Simon Sinek

https://youtu.be/RyTQ5-SQYTo

“Most leaders don’t even know the game they are in…”

Simon Sinek

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THE Testimony

Crechena, Melinda & Ray

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Labor Management Partnering Process…

Finding at least one thing in common to work on together

Seeking ways to jointly accomplish that goal

Vehicle for bringing together the two key workplace stakeholders

Built on shared ownership

...is

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Labor Management Partnering Process…

Denial of identity or personal power of either party
Absence of differences, disagreements or conflict
A substitute for collective bargaining
Just the act of working together
The act of doing everything together
Forced cooperation
Collaboration is not an answer for all ills

...isNOT

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Ingredients for Success

Shared goals - “We won’t let each other fail”

Structures and systems for organizations to have critical discussions

Voice for all stakeholders

Shared and separate communication systems to facilitate voice, transparency and trust.

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Choosing Your Guiding Principles

Pick one guiding principle that resonates with you. Be prepared to tell us why.

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Principles

The following guiding principles of the Partnership are critical to our long term success:

All students can succeed and we will not accept any excuse that prevents that from happening in ABC. We will work together to promote student success.
All needed support will be made available to schools to ensure every student succeeds. We will work together to ensure that happens.
The top five percent of teachers in our profession should teach our students. We will work together to hire, train and retain these professionals.

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Principles Continued

The following guiding principles of the Partnership are critical to our long term success:

All employees contribute to student success.
All negotiations support conditions that sustain successful teaching and student learning. This is the Main Thing!
We won’t let each other fail.

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Choosing Your Guiding Behaviors

Pick one guiding behavior that resonates with you. Be prepared to tell us why.

Is there a guiding behavior you would like to see reflected in your PAL teams Guiding Behaviors?

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Guiding Behaviors

The guiding behaviors of the Partnership are as follows:

We will work hard to understand the core of each other’s job.
We will respect each other.
We will be honest with each other.
We will not “sugar coat” difficult issues.
We will disagree without being disagreeable.

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Guiding Behaviors Continued

The guiding behaviors of the Partnership are as follows:

We will reflect on each other’s comments, suggestions and concerns.
We will seek clarification until we understand.
We will maintain confidentiality.
We will both “own the contract.”
We will solve problems rather than win arguments.
We will laugh at ourselves and with each other.

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ABC-ABCFT District Level Collaborations

Academic Services

Professional Learning
PAL Advance
SMARTER Balance Assessment
PROPS (Proactive Problem Solving)

Superintendent’s Office

Weekly meetings
Shared principles; beliefs
PAL Council

Business Services

Insurance Benefits Committee
Budget Workshops
Finance and Audit Committee

School Services

Liaison with Principals – Training (COMPASS)
PBIS – Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support
PAL Survey Committee

Human Resources

Negotiations
Recruitment and Retirement Fairs
New Teacher Orientation
Personnel Issues

District

and

ABCFT

Collaborations

Board of Education

Focus Groups

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Parallel Structures Engaged in Collaboration

Superintendent

And

Union President

ABCUSD

Administrative Cabinet

ABCFT

Executive Board

(Together)

PAL Council

Structures and systems for organizations to have critical discussions

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Partnership Standing Meetings

Superintendent	Union President
Chief Financial Officer	Chief Negotiator
Assistant Supt. Human Resources	Union President/Chief Negotiator
Assistant Supt. Academic Services	PASS Coordinator/Union President
Curriculum and Professional Development	Liaisons for Elementary/Secondary
Director of Secondary Schools	Vice President Secondary
Director of Elementary	Vice President Elementary
Director of Special Education	VP Special Ed/PROPS Committee
Coordinator of Child Development	Vice President Child Development
Information Technology	I.T. Liaison/Union President
District Administrative Cabinet	ABCFT Executive Board
ABCUSD Principals	ABCFT Site Representatives

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Self Assessment

How many of these partners between organizations already exist in your school district?

Do people know about these partnership meetings?

If yes, how do you communicate this with your organizations?

If no, do you see this being public knowledge at some point?

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Shared and Separate�Communication Systems

District Communication

Union Communication

Shared Communication

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Mindset in the partnership...

ray

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Reflection time

What struck you most from today’s presentation?

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Contract Activity

We all own the contract.

Upcoming: Bell Schedule

What do you think you need to from the contract about the bell schedule?
Where do we find it?
How do we use the contract to reinforce the PAL teamwork?

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