GETTING TO YES!
Thank you to the many of you who called, texted, emailed, and faxed to express your concerns and chagrin with the tentative agreement between the District and the teacher’s union. Know the AALA...
View ArticleHATS OFF!
AALA President Nery X. Paiz’ heartfelt message to principals: “For National Principals Month, I wholeheartedly salute, admire, and thank Principals, Assistant Principals who have courageously,...
View ArticleAALA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MEETING TODAY – VIA ZOOM
You are cordially invited to join your departmental caucus at 4:30 p.m., today, Thursday, October 7, 2021. The caucus gives level-alike members the opportunity to share and discuss issues and areas of...
View ArticleSCHOOL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATORS TO THE RESCUE!
Let us salute and recognize our association’s amazing School Support Administrators (SSAs). In case you are wondering, they are the frontline managers assigned to local districts and central offices...
View ArticleCANCER, A WORD NOT A SENTENCE
What Cancer Taught Me About Being an Administrator: a Reflection by Maria Chua. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is also the first time that I will recognize this month as a breast cancer...
View ArticleENCOURAGING OTHERS TO RISE UP AND TELL THEIR STORIES
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, AALA salutes one of our very own, Dr. Veronica Bedell Brown. Dr. Brown, a Principal at Manchester Ave. Elementary School, has written a memoir revisiting the...
View ArticleSchool Violence is on the Rise LAUSD is Part of This Trend… Are Students and...
Schools reflect society. And, what they are currently reflecting is alarming. As of October 31, 2021 there have been 37,552 gun violence deaths across the United States. Of these, 809 children ages...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS AND “ME TOO”
AALA Headquarters makes a genuine and sincere effort to listen and act when members raise issues and concerns. Typically, AALA demands to bargain as quickly as possible when an issue affects a wide...
View ArticleJOIN US VIA ZOOM – AALA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021
You are cordially invited to join your department caucus at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 6, 2021. The caucus gives level-alike members the opportunity to share and discuss issues and areas of concern...
View ArticleTHE GIFT OF GIFTS
In the spirit of giving, AALA asks the Local District Superintendents and the Adult Education Executive Director to give AALA Members the gift of Support, Transparency, Input (members have a wealth of...
View ArticleWELCOME GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT CARVALHO
Principal Blanca Cruz from Edward Roybal Learning Center (HS) hosted an introductory press conference with Boardmembers for incoming Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Click HERE to watch video of the...
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BREAKING NEWS! (CERTIFICATED)
The AALA Negotiations Team concluded bargaining a successor agreement on December 23, 2021. (CERTIFICATED) Click Read More for the TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. Stay tuned for important next steps in next...
View ArticleAALA RINGS IN NEW YEAR WITH CERTIFICATED TA!
While so many of you were off doing some final holiday shopping, baking, travelling to see family or to just plain decompress, AALA’s amazing Negotiations Team was hard at work reaching a Tentative...
View ArticleBOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THE RATIFICATION
Thank you to the many of you sharing the grim reality of what is happening in the field. It is important to acknowledge the support you deserve and need matches the public praise. It is obvious the...
View ArticleJOIN US VIA ZOOM – REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
You are cordially invited to join your department caucus at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 3, 2022. The caucus gives level-alike members the opportunity to share and discuss issues and areas of...
View ArticleAND STILL, THEY SHINE ON
Yes, we are headed into year three of the pandemic. Yes, frontline managers continue to struggle under the onerous weight of contact tracing and staff absences. And yet, magic continues to happen daily...
View Article“In Recognition of 40 Years of Excellence and Exemplary Leadership”
AALA was recognized at the February 8, 2022 Board meeting. “We celebrate the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles’ commitment to quality public education in the Los Angeles Unified School...
View ArticleHAS THE TIME COME TO BRING IN YOUR SHINGLE?
If you are contemplating hanging it up, calling it a day, signing out for good, and retiring at the end of this school year, there are some important steps that you need to take in order to make the...
View ArticleROCK THE VOTE: AALA’S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC)
Our newest members may not know AALA is politically active through its own Political Action Committee (PAC). A PAC is a legal vehicle for conducting candidate and ballot measure activity.
View ArticleMANDATED REPORTING OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS JUST THAT, MANDATED
The arrest of two assistant principals in San Bernardino County is an important reminder of never failing to file a Suspected Child Abuse Report (SCAR). As reported by the press, the two administrators...
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