CO Sanctuary Schools Summit | Conferencia de Escuelas Santuario Our Brown students and school families are facing a rising wave of bullying, harassment, and traumatic family separations and emergencies as the new Administration carries out aggressive plans for immigration enforcement. How will we protect and support...
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Living Wage and Other Proposals Monday, April 17, 2017, 5pm North High School Sandoval Lecture Hall (B243), 2nd Floor District to DCTA: We can?t afford a living wage First-year teacher Kevlyn Walsh gave a passionate accounting to DPS officials last night of the challenges she faces as a teacher working...
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PHOTO: Allison Meier leads a discussion on restorative practices with various interested educators Chris Martin is a restorative practices champion today ? but his transformation from skeptic to true believer didn?t come without some convincing. A sixth grade science teacher at Skinner Middle School, Martin said...
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?We can be proud as educators that we were a positive influence.? Silvia Curiel-Torres, Peer Observer Silvia Curiel-Torres has been an educator for 39 years ? but she started rehearsing for the role long before she ever started teaching professionally. The childhood neighbors of a pint-sized Silvia...
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Bargaining Update: DCTA Works to Pull DPS Into the 21st Century Monday, April 3, 2017, 5pm North High School Sandoval Lecture Hall (B243), 2nd Floor The DCTA Bargaining Team laid out a series of contract proposals to DPS representatives last night (April 3) that if enacted would effectively elevate...
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End of Year Conversation Panel Join Rise Up for a panel about your end of the year conversations, LEAP and your overall rating. Veteran teachers and LEAP aficionados will speak and answer your questions. All DCTA members are invited. Click here to RSVP....
Read MoreLEAP Monday, March 20, 2017, 5pm North High School Sandoval Lecture Hall (B243), 2nd Floor In order for us to win a fair contract, DCTA members will have to show a great level of commitment and perseverance, because DPS will not change their stance on important issues, unless they...
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16th Annual C?sar Ch?vez Day March Join DCTA as we march from the Regis University Chapel to the C?sar Ch?vez Park to honor Ch?vez?s legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and a civil rights leader. Click here to RSVP....
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As you may know, the District last week announced a new policy proposal to ban any suspensions or expulsions for children in early grades. We responded with an open letter expressing our disappointment in the District?s decision to not include teachers in the conversation, despite...
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DPS lies by omission. DPS administration evasive and opaque: Bargaining in bad faith On Monday night (March 13), DCTA and DPS met to negotiate Article 18 [Student Discipline] of the Master Agreement between the two entities. During this session, DCTA specifically called attention...
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