GLENDALE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

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We, the Glendale Teachers Association, exist to protect and promote the well-being of our members and students. Through building trust, clear communication, proactive involvement in our schools and community, along with responding to our members’ rights, needs, and concerns, we serve as the local voice for public education.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE GTA

The GTA and GUSD negotiations teams reached a tentative agreement Sept. 20 on safety and health measures. A member vote is planned at the end of October to ratifiy this MOU. The teams continue to discuss the impacts of quarantining on instruction, with GTA's bargaining team sharing its counter with the GUSD bargaining team on Oct. 11.

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GTA publicadtions re: teaching and learning during COVID:

• Supporting Quarantined Students

• Why Quarantining Is Necessary (Ask a Glendale Teacher)

• Why GTA's Plan for Instruction During Quarantine Is Best

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Please sign up to receive emails for GTA's community newsletter Ask A Glendale Teacher.  See all editions of AAGT here.

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Documents re: the ongoing discussion about Covid-19 and schools:​

• COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year

• GUSD Injury and Illness Prevention Program (updated July 2020)

• 7-day average Covid Daily: Glendale vs. LA County

• L.A. County Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools (Aug. 2021)

• Protocol for COVID-19 Exposure Management Plan in K-12 Schools (Sept. 2021)

• Screening and Exposure Decision Pathways for Symptomatic Persons and Contacts of a Potentially Infected Persons at Educational Institutions (Aug. 2021)

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(Oct. 11, 2021)