The ACEPod: Recent Episodes
The Association of Clovis Educators
In a series of episodes, we, the educators of the Association of Clovis Educators, will make the case for unionization in the Clovis Unified School District.
We discuss the future of the Grade Span Adjustment funding and its effect on K-3 class sizes.
In this podcast we interview ACE Officers Amy Kilburn and Elizabeth Houtsinger about the differences between ACE and ICUE. Stay tuned to the end, and listen for our challenge.
In this podcast, ACE explores the annual Climate Assessment, the QIT process, and the ways in which employee needs are assessed and acted upon.
We discuss the recent PERB decision to dissolve Faculty Senate. We take questions from Amy Kilburn, Kristin Heimerdinger, Jason Roche, and Laura Riley.
We interview Dan Dritz and Jenny Chavera on topics ranging from planning time at the elementary sites to class sizes.
In this episode, Kristin Heimerdinger, Jaime Arredondo, Jenny Chavera, and Amy Kilburn draw a clear distinction between ACE, an active and issues-oriented organization with infrastructure and expertise, and ICUE, an organization that asks for signatures. If you'd like more information, join us online at www.cloviseducators.org and on all social media platforms, @cloviseducators. Thanks for listening to the ACEPod.
Ben Avila, former classroom teacher and current CTA staff member and Clovis Unified parent, discusses the power of educators having an equal voice at the table.
On this episode, we talked to CTA staff organizer, Brandon Scovill. He shares his journey to the Central Valley and takes a deep dive into collective bargaining.
On this episode, we talk to CTA organizer, Caroline Gonzales. We discuss her time as a classroom teacher, her journey to the Central Valley, her work with CTA, and her commitment to and her belief in ACE.
Barbie Savage from Clovis West High School discusses her love of teaching, her journey to Clovis Unified, and a harrowing story about her facilities that is part of why she believes that ACE is the answer.
In this episode, Amy Kilburn and Kristin Heimerdinger will discuss various topics relating to ACE and the Clovis Unified School District. We will talk about the status of the new certificated union in CUSD, the ACE Psychs and MHSP, the vast CUSD budget, the status of litigation, and the goals of ACE for the upcoming school year.
Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tik Tok using the handle @cloviseducators.
And, visit our website at www.cloviseducators.org.
Thanks for joining us, and have a great school year.
ACE is the Answer.
Jaime discusses his journey in Clovis Unified including his time as a respected faculty senator and his ultimate resignation in response to the Executive Board's ill-fated decision to dismantle the faculty senate and create the CTO.
Nancy Welch from the Adult Transitions Program joins the ACE Pod to discuss the value of our labor, collective action, and the courage to take action.
ACE is a group of educators working to build a true partnership in the Clovis Unified School District by forming an educator organization. Join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org, our Clovis Educators Facebook page, our Instagram, and our Twitter at @cloviseducators.
ACE is a group of educators working to build a true partnership in the Clovis Unified School District by forming an educator organization. Join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org, our Clovis Educators Facebook page, our Instagram, and our Twitter at @cloviseducators.
ACE is a group of educators working to build a true partnership in the Clovis Unified School District by forming an educator organization. Join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org, our Clovis Educators Facebook page, our Instagram, and our Twitter at @cloviseducators.
ACE is a group of educators working to build a true partnership in the Clovis Unified School District by forming an educator organization. Join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org, our Clovis Educators Facebook page, our Instagram, and our Twitter at @cloviseducators.
ACE is a group of educators working to build a true partnership in the Clovis Unified School District by forming an educator organization. Join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org, our Clovis Educators Facebook page, our Instagram, and our Twitter at @cloviseducators.
Tamara Soemali and I discuss psych services across the Clovis Unified School District and how a union could better support psychologists, so they can better support kids. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
In this episode, Haylie Weakley and I will discuss the step by step process of becoming a union, your legal rights, and the limits on what administration can do. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
With Amy Kilburn, we discuss the limits of Faculty Senate and how unionization is the solution to those limitations. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
Buchanan High School English and AP Government teacher and I discuss labor law, teaching high school students, and how a union is good for kids. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
Coach Ferd and I take on some of the most common union misconceptions and discuss the foundations for an effective and principled organization. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
In Part 2 of our first episode of the ACEPod, we talk to Michael Khus and Dan Dritz as they share their respective journey to Clovis Unified and the genuine concerns that brought them to the idea of unionization. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.
We begin the ACEPod with a 2 part episode talking to a few of the original ACE members. In this first part, we talk to Kristin Heimerdinger and Aimee Blackstock as they share their rich histories in Clovis Unified and the genuine concerns that brought them to the idea of unionization. After the episode, be sure to join the conversation by visiting our website at www.cloviseducators.org and on Instagram at @cloviseducators.