Education & Politics DCTA Lobby Day will be Wednesday, February 7. If you are passionate about educating Colorado legislators regarding students and teachers? needs, join us as we talk with them in person. These one on one conversations will help shape policy discussions around hot topics...
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Thank you to all who showed support for the continuation of negotiations around a new compensation system! We are happy to report that your support worked! We signed a new, short extension of the current ProComp Agreement through March 14, and both parties have agreed...
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DCTA balks as DPS sabotages ProComp Bargaining progress Despite citing the progress made to date in ProComp negotiations, DPS refused to consider a brief two-month extension of the current agreement in order to finalize a new ProComp agreement ? and instead insisted on a prolonged three-year...
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ProComp Bargaining convened again on Thursday as the DCTA and DPS Bargaining Teams gathered to continue discussing the identified issues both sides agreed were key to creating and implementing a new compensation system for DCTA bargaining unit members. Thursday?s session focused on the creation of...
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Mindfulness Workshop Thursday, January 18 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Lincoln Elementary 710 S Pennsylvania St Learn the value of Mindfulness not only as a powerful self-care practice, but as a tool to engage your environment in the present moment and to live authentically. This 90 minute workshop...
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The DCTA and DPS Bargaining Teams re-grouped last Thursday night to begin the arduous process of determining key issues surrounding the creation of a new ProComp agreement ? and identifying commonalities among those issues in an effort to engage Interest-based Bargaining (IBB) where appropriate. ...
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Be a better teacher by learning how to de-stress and stay focused The graph above says it all: How many educators can say they?ve experienced these phases year after year. But it?s not just first-year teachers that struggle with mid-year disillusionment. Thankfully, there is a way...
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Photo above: The DCTA and DPS Bargaining Teams in the first ProComp Bargaining Session Your DCTA Bargaining Team and representatives from DPS met just before the Thanksgiving break for the first bargaining session to negotiate terms for a new Professional Compensation System for Teachers (ProComp). Observers...
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Congratulations to Dr. Carrie A. Olson and Jennifer Bacon for their successful campaigns to bring an educator?s mindset and community support to the Denver School Board. Way to go, Carrie and Jennifer!...
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First ProComp Bargaining Session Thursday, November 16, 5:00 pm Acoma Campus 1617 S Acoma St With so many teachers now in ProComp, and so many different incentives to be earned, the result has been the creation of an unstable system that is spending more than the ProComp trust...
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