We represent over 700 Fresno Area Substitute Teachers. Are you having a problem at work? Contact your worksite steward first.
Stewards are listed on the top right, under the "STEWARDS" tab.
Contracts listed under the "CONTRACTS" tab.
Meetings & Events
- FUSD Board - Candidate Night
Monday - August 30, 5-8 PM
- Events listed under the "EVENTS" tab.
Chapter Leadership
President: Connor Murphy
Vice President: Lidia Sanchez
Secretary: Brigette Cushman
Treasurer: Brenda Howard
Chief Shop Steward: Esther Rojas-Jasso
A special thank you to the Election Committee for all their hard work:
Marlene Hicks, Cathy Jones, and Sergio Garcia
Click here for the leadership flyer.

Meetings & Events
- Chapter meetings
Second Tuesday of each month, 3:30-6:00 p.m. at the Union Office.
(3:30 - 4:00 p.m. social time)
Don't forget to mark your calendars!
Next meetings:
June 8 - AGENDA:
- Old Business
- New Business
- Time Sheets
- Pay Check Issues
- New Bargaining Issues
- Substitute Blacklisting
- Schools & Teacher to Avoid
July: No meeting
FUSD Calendar 2009-2010
- Additional events are listed under the Events tab in the purple column on the right.
Reminder: Western Blue Mini-Blue Program
As a FUSD substitute teacher, you are eligible to participate in the Western Blue Mini-Blue Program.
Mini-Blue is where FUSD students, parents and employees can purchase, and receive service for, FUSD approved HP Mini-Note personal computers.
You can purchase HP Mini-Note Notebooks, monitors, printers, software USB & DVD drives, protective sleeves, cases, backpacks, Bluetooth headphones, etc.
All you need is
your FUSD Employee ID to get FUSD prices.
-- Connor Murphy, FASTA Chapter President
Mini-Blue Student Laptop Store
2225 W. Shaw., Suite 112, Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 226-8600
miniblue@westernblue.com
(The Mini-Blue Student Laptop Store is hidden behind DiCicco's Restaurant on SE corner of West Shaw and VanNess Extension in the Picadilly Square Shopping Center.)
Newsletters
April 2010
In this issue:
- President's message
- Chapter officers
- Future meetings
- Dakota Secondary Community Day School
- Education Bills
. Urge Senators Feinstein and Boxer to cosponsor the Keep Our Educators Working Act:
http://feinstein.senate.gov
http://boxer.senate.gov
. Urge the President to support immediate action to save and create hundreds of thousands of education jobs:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
. Urge your House Representative to cosponsor the Local Jobs for America Act:
http://www.costa.house.gov
The e-mail you send could save your job!
- Do's and Don'ts by Cathy Jones
- County Candidates Endorsements
- National Organizing Corps. trains members to organize
- Members elect new Executive Board for SEIU 521
Congratulations to Connor Murphy & Sergio Garcia!
Newly elected Executive Board Delegate and Alternate Delegate--FASTA Chapter.
November 2009
August 2009
June 2009
April 2009
February 2009
January 2009
November 2008
October 2008
August 2008
May 2008
April 2008
February 2008
February 2008

Substitute Teacher's Forms
Complaint Form
"If you need to complain about any difficulty at any school site, please use the complaint form above."
–- Connor Murphy, FASTA Chapter President
Elementary Substitute Teacher Form
Travel Record Form

FUSD Town Hall Meeting
This meeting was held on Wednesday - August 20, 2008
Highlights of this meeting were:
- Hear Candidates for Fresno Unified School Board
- Ask Candidates questions that concern you
- Decide who your Union will support
- Measure L (Library Tax)
Watch the photo slideshow >>
SMART Board Training
Have you encountered a SMART Board in the classroom while substitute teaching? Have you wondered how to use it? Then this is the training for you. This course is designed to show you may of the basic tools so that you will feel confident, competent and comfortable using this technology.
To register please send an email to Stephanie.Anderson@fresnounified.org or Charles.Rocha@fresnounified.org or call 457-6072.
You are encouraged to sign up for more than one session so you can have more hands on time. The more you play with the SMART Board the more comfortable you will feel in the classroom.
Here is a link to the training calendar so you can see the dates and times:
www.fresnounified.org/dept/it/ITI2/iticourses/Lists/Courses/calendar.aspx?CalendarDate=7%2F31%2F2008&CalendarPeriod=month
Contract Action Team (C.A.T.)
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce the CAT leaders to you: Jay Trachman, Esther Rojas-Jasso, Adam Aguilar, Marlene Hicks and Connor Murphy.
When asked by your Board to assist with the contract they did not hesitate to step up to the plate. For the last month your FASTA Board and the CAT leaders have been working on our proposals for the 2008-2011 contract. We still have a couple more contract proposal meetings before our deadline and the team have cleared their calendars to attend those meetings. This is what is called "going above and beyond the call." That's what substitute teachers do!
Thank you!
View the 2007 FASTA Holiday Party pictures >>