If you didn’t make it to the Members’ Rights Workshop, you missed out! Deshaunta Kearns, our new TSTA Staff Member, presented information about what rights teachers have. Issues we talked about:

• Can a principal order me to make a grade change?
• Can the principal make us meet during our planning period?
• I don’t have a duty-free 30 minute lunch.
• Are there limits to the amount of paperwork required?
• What can I do if there is a student is is abusive or seriously disrupts my classroom?
• Am I required to work overtime?
• What about compensation?
• What can I do about a bad appraisal?
• And much, much more!

If you weren’t able to make it, we have actually videotaped the presentation! Check your e-mail to see when this will be available and how you can view it. If you have these (or other) questions, please feel free to talk to your campus AR (Association Representative) or come to one of the monthly AR meetings.