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Informational newsletter published as needed to provide membership with information relating to issues facing the Association and teaching profession.

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September 30, 2008 Personal Necessity Days, Retiree Health Care, Iowa Relief Fund, State Budget Affects Teachers, On-line Doctor Choices, Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), Book Give Away, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, We have openings on our committees! Give us a call to join!

September 7, 2008 Beginning of the Year Reminders, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, Open Enrollment for GGUSD Health Plans

May 30, 2008 GGEA Night with the Anaheim Angels, May 15th Rally for Education, Summer Savings with CTA and NEA Member Benefits, CTA "Cuts Hurt" Assembly/Senate Phone Hotline, Retirement Tribute, Postings for Open Positions, Attorney available at the GGEA Office

May 15, 2008 GGEA Night with the Anaheim Angels, GGEA Election Results, Just return from an Unpaid Leave?, Just the Facts, May Rep Council, Postings for Open Positions

April 29, 2008 May 15th Education Rally in Santa Ana, CTA Assembly/Senate Phone Hotline, California Casualty Insurance Info, Del Mar Clubhouse Season Passes, Retirement Benefit Workshop, Secretaries' Tribute, Important Upcoming Dates

April 18, 2008 GGEA Honors Retiring Educators

April 15, 2008 GGEA End of Summer Carnival Cruise Offer, Education Code You Should Know!!!, Federal Ruling on District Electronic Information, CTA Secretary/Treasurer to attend Rep Council, Reaching for the Cure Race, Attorney available at the GGEA Office

March 31, 2008 25% Off Borders Purchases, GGEA NEA-RA Election Results, GGEA Spring Break Office Hours

March 25, 2008 Do You Like Politics? Want to get more Involved?, New Teacher Committee Meeting, Retirement Income Management Workshop

March 6, 2008 Affordable Housing for Teachers - Interested ?, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, GGEA NEA RA Delegate Election - March 10th - 14th, You can make a difference through your actions! New Teacher Meeting, GGEA Evaluation Goals Grievance, Campaign Against Hunger, B.A.S.I.C.

March 5, 2008 Election Information

February 13, 2008 CTA President to attend Rep Council, Job Share Information Meeting, GGEA Contract Survey Online Now

February 1, 2008 Job Sharing, CTA Pre-Retirement Workshop, GGEA Contract Survey, NEA Representative Assembly Annual Meeting

January 22, 2008 NEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

January 16, 2008 Pre-Retirement Panel, Helpful Tax Time Information, Maternity Workshop, Student Scholarships Available thru GGEA & CTA, Consult Process

December 18, 2007 Medical Insurance Date Correction, 2007-08 Estimated Salary Schedule

December 11, 2007 GGEA Holiday Open House, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, Medical Insurance Information, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess, Open Enrollment for New Teachers, Discounted Tickets, GGEA New Teacher Committee

November 26, 2007 GGEA Holiday Open House, CTA Conference Opportunities, GGEA Contract Ratified, Maternity Workshop, Social Security Offset Repeal Update, 403(B) Compare - Your Retirement Helper

November 14, 2007 ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization Update, Contract Ratification Vote, 2008 CTA Scholarships Available for Member's Children, CTA Disaster Relief Fund, Renewing Your Credential Online, Attorney Available at the GGEA Office

October 23, 2007 NCLB Special Ad Notes - LET'S GIVE CONGRESS JUST THE FAX!!!!

October 10, 2007 Help Our New Teachers in Garden Grove, CalSTRS Board Election, Donations for H.O.P.E., Don't Forget to Call Your Elected Officials Now about NCLB

September 25, 2007 ATTENTION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD, Secondary Literacy Summit, No Child Left Behind - ESEA Alert!!! CTA Wants to Hear From You the Members!!!, Carl's Jr.'s Offensive TV Commercial, Renewing Your Credential On-Line, 403(b) Transfers, Join the NCLB Online Blogs

September 17, 2007 NCLB Special Ad Notes - Student Test Scores = Teacher Evaluation

September 7, 2007 Attorney available at the GGEA Office, OCTFCU Retirement Planning Forum, Wanted: Writers for the Advocate, 403(b) Retirement Tax-Deferred Savings, IRS Code 125 Flexible Benefit Plan, High School Segment Director Opening, Open Enrollment for GGUSD Health Plans

June 15, 2007 DocSpeaks Motivational Speaker, Site Rep Briefing Dates, Discounted Tickets, Transfer Postings, Wanted: Writers for the Advocate, Summer Classes & Salary Advancement, Summer Office Hours, Have a Safe and Relaxing Summer Break!

June 4, 2007 The Standard is CTA's New Disability Insurance Carrier, Are You Feeling Stressed??#%*&(@, DocSpeaks Motivational Speaker

May 24, 2007 DocSpeaks Motivational Speaker, GGEA Election Results, Retirement Tribute, Site Reps for 2007-08 School Year, Discounted Tickets, Transfer Postings, Fall Leadership Conference

May 16, 2007 Just the Facts, 2007 Good Teaching Conference Presenters Wanted, Equity and Human Rights Conference Presenters

May 3, 2007 Special Education RSP Caseload Limits, Do You Use Have GGUSD EPO Insurance?, DocSpeaks Motivational Speaker

April 13, 2007 CTA-Retired Membership, Are You Retiring This Year?, GGEA Retirement Tribute, GGEA General Election will be held April 30 - May 4. Please vote!

April 11, 2007 ESEA/NCLB 'No Child Left Behind' Reauthorization, Federal Ruling on District Electronic Information, GGEA NEA-RA Election Results

March 23, 2007 Retirement Income Management Workshop, GGEA Office Spring Break Office Hours, Contract Calendar Survey

March 6, 2007 Highly Qualified Effective Teacher Mandate, Jury Duty Paperwork, Social Security Offset

February 13, 2007 Read Across America Readers Available, CalSTRS Funding Changes, GGEA Contract Survey

January 24, 2007 Pre-Retirement Panel, Helpful Tax Time Information, Social Security Offsets Legislation Reintroduced! - Your E-Mails Needed To Build Support, Medicare Supplemental Insurance Plans for Retirees, Maternity Workshop, GGEA Contract Survey

January 16, 2007 NEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

January 12, 2007 $250 Federal Teacher Tax Renewed, New Teachers - Open Enrollment for Disability Insurance, Pre-Retirement Workshop, Credential Renewal Changes, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, Employee Information System (E.I.S.), A+ Home and Auto Insurance, Happy New Year

December 20, 2006 GGEA Advocate Wins 2005-06 CTA Communications Award, Discounted Tickets, Open Enrollment for New Teachers, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess

December 6, 2006 Think You Are Going to Get Social Security $$ ???, Maternity Workshop, GGEA Holiday Open House, CTA Conference Opportunities, GGEA Contract Ratified, Education Foundation Grants for Teachers

November 15, 2006 Credential Renewal Changes, CTA State Council Delegate Election, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess, Contract Ratification Vote, 2006 CTA Scholarships Available for Member's Children , Educator Human Rights Awards, EPO/PPO Health Plan Alert!!!, 403(B) and 457 Retirement Plans

October 25, 2006 Credential Renewal Changes, CTA State Council Delegate Run-off Election, Federal $250 Teacher Tax Credit, Release Days on Collaboration Wednesdays

October 12, 2006 School Site Council Trainings, Have You Updated Your Important Papers?, Beware of STRS Fakes, School Board Phone Banking

September 21, 2006 GGUSD Open Enrollment for Health Plans, New Members-Only Area on CTA Website, Retirement Income Management Workshop, GGEA Committee Volunteers Needed

September 13, 2006 Site Council Trainings, Segment Director Openings - Elections, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, OCTFCU 2006 Retirement Forum for School Employees, Wanted: Writers for the Advocate, 403(b) Retirement Tax-Deferred Savings, IRS Code 125 Flexible Benefit Plan, Online Credential Renewal

June 13, 2006 AR Briefing Dates, Discounted Tickets, Next Year's Site Reps, Race for the Cure, Transfer Postings, Wanted: Writers for the Advocate, Summer Classes & Salary Advancement, Summer Office Hours

May 22, 2006 Retirement Tribute, GGEA Election Results, Transfer Postings, Involuntary Transfer due to Enrollment Decline, GGEA Night with the Anaheim Angels

May 18, 2006 GGEA Night with the Anaheim Angels, Retirement Tribute, Discounted Tickets, Revised Budget Repays Schools- Settles CTA Lawsuit

May 4, 2006 GGEA Night with the Anaheim Angels, 2007 Good Teaching Conference Presenters Wanted, Teachers for Healthy Kids, Fall Leadership

April 25, 2006 GGEA Honors Retiring Educators

April 17, 2006 Special Addition Ad Note - Think You Are Getting Social Security?

March 27, 2006 Teachers' Efforts Recognized, King's Hockey Tickets, Prescription Drug Formulary Questions, GGEA Office Spring Break Office Hours

March 6, 2006 Teddy Bear Collection, NEA-Representative Assembly Delegates, Contract Calendar Survey

February 27, 2006 Ruby Payne Workshop Openings, Teddy Bear Collection for the Community, Good News re: High School Exit Exam, Evaluations

February 9, 2006 Annual Pre-Retirement Workshop, Job Sharing, Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund

January 24, 2006 NEA Representative Assembly Elections

January 12, 2006 NEA/RA is in Orlando this Summer, Student Scholarships Available thru GGEA & CTA, CalSTRS Statement Error, Wanted ** Secondary Teachers ** Wanted, Maternity Workshop, Thinking about Job Sharing?, Extended Absences

December 8, 2005 H.O.P.E. Donations Update, Advocate Writers Wanted, Maternity Workshop, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess, GGUSD Substitute Pay Increase

November 21, 2005 2006 CTA Scholarships for Dependent Children, Renewing Your Credentials On-Line, Great News for Holiday Shoppers!, Good Teaching Conference Opportunities, GGEA Discussion Forum, Open Enrollment for New Teachers, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess, OCTFCU Member Education Award

November 7, 2005 Contract Ratification, Leave of Absence, UnumProvident Disability Insurance, Bylaws and Standing Rules Update

October 24, 2005 Remember to Vote on November 8th, CTA State Council Delegate Elected, Medicare Issues You Should Know, Substitute Report Forms

October 4, 2005 Need to Renew Your Credential?, Hurricane Katrina Children in this District!, Direct Mail to Teachers at their Schools

September 19, 2005 Alliance for a Better California, GGUSD Open Enrollment, Group Life and Disability Insurance for New Teachers, CALSTRS Workshop, CTA First Time Homebuyer Program, CTA Well-Baby Program, Governor's Visit

September 8, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, Special Open House for GGUSD Employees, Pre-Retirement Workshops, GGEA Special Election, L.A. Dodger Baseball Tickets, Attorney available at the GGEA Office, New Rep Training

June 1, 2005 2005 NEA-RA Host Committee Volunteers, ELD / SDAIE - SB 395 / AB 2913 Training, Update on NEA's Lawsuit against NCLB, Weekly Contract Maintenance, Retirement Tribute, June 8th Rally

May 9, 2005 May 25th Pershing Square Rally in L.A., GGEA Election Results, Transfer Postings, Involuntary Transfer due to Enrollment Decline, Project H.O.P.E. Needs Donations

April 29, 2005 Staff Development Hours, GGEA General Election will be held May 2-6 at your work site. Please vote!

April 14, 2005 NEA Representative Assembly Election Results, Site Representative Election, GGEA Board Elections, Secretaries Tribute, Alliance for a Better California, Orange County Education Coalition (OCEC)

March 23, 2005 Don't Sign Governor's Petitions, Thank You To Everyone Who Protested in the Rain, Consult Requests, Legislative Action Contact, GGEA Contract and Elementary Survey Results, Elementary Consults, Secondary Benchmark Test Questions, 7-12 Department Chair Trainings, Passport to Healthy 'U'

March 2, 2005 Job Shares / Optional Part-Time Beginning Teacher Support & Assistance (BTSA), Legislative Action Reminder, FACT/FUND Reminder

February 15, 2005 UPDATE ON THE HQT PROCESS

February 9, 2005 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund, Tsunamis Disaster Relief Efforts

February 2, 2005 CLAD/SDAIE?, Good Teaching Conference, UNUM Provident, GGEA Candidates to the NEA RA, Helpful Tax Time Information

January 5, 2005 NEA/RA is in Los Angeles this Summer, Student Scholarships Available , Scholarships for Educators’ Children, OCTFCU Retirement Builder Workshops

December 14, 2004 Summer Saver Plan, Secondary Level Department Chair Trainings Changed, STRS, Teacher Tax Break , Classified Aide Openings, Family Leave / Pregnancy Disability

November 16, 2004 New State Council Delegate Elected, 2004-05 Contract Ratified, GGEA Office Hours for Winter Recess, WEP Bill, IDEA, Attorney Stuff

November 5, 2004 Lynn Hamtil Memorial Service, CTA’S Disability Insurance Plan, NEW GGEA Website, 18 Hour Meeting Logs, School Board Elections, Beware of Trash Mail in Disguise

September 27, 2004 Unpaid Leave of Absence, Disability Insurance Plan, Evaluation Procedures

September 15, 2003 GGEA's Position on Teachers' Classroom Expenditures, Open Enrollment in CTA'S Disability Insurance PlanAvailable to New Teachers, DID YOU KNOW…, Evaluation Procedures

October 8, 2002 Garden Grove Unified Awarded $125,000 as Broad Prize Finalist, Open Enrollment in CTA'S Disability Insurance Plan Available to New Teachers, DID YOU KNOW…, Evaluation Procedures, Apartment Manager Wanted

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