Photo above: Denver businessman and school board candidate Robert Speth DPS parent and Denver business leader seeks to lead district as At Large board member Although he was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Robert Speth nearly qualifies for ?native? Coloradan status. A Denver resident for nearly...
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Photo above: DPS teacher and school board candidate Dr. Carrie Olson Longtime DPS educator wants to take her experience to the Board of Education Dr. Carrie Olson, PhD, is the mother of a DPS graduate, a teacher in DPS for more than 30 years and a longtime...
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Would you like to earn 15 hours of recertification credit? DCTA?s own nationally recognized trainer, Dr. Tim Brown will be providing another opportunity to take the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). ASIST is an Evidence-Based Practice designed to teach professionals and non-professionals alike how to...
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Rise Up October Committee Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 5:30pm DCTA Office/CEA Building 1500 Grant Street Rise Up will be working on the annual plan, as well as looking at questions and answers for new teachers. New teachers don?t know what they don?t know, but now that we?ve been in...
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Photo above: Valerie Lovato in her Eagleton Elementary classroom Eagleton Elementary teacher chosen to help inform statewide education policy matters Valerie Lovato first received the news while she was on vacation. The First Grade teacher at Eagleton Elementary was relaxing and enjoying some down time with her...
Read MoreDear Middle School or Secondary School Teacher, My name is Angela Tucker.? I am a doctoral student at Northcentral University. I am studying how student violence in the classroom affects teachers. I want to learn if teachers receive the violence training they need to reduce stress....
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Final Negotiations Scheduled for Thursday DENVER (Aug. 30) ? After an 11-hour bargaining session Monday, negotiators for the Denver Classroom Teachers Association say the school district has failed to compromise on a large number of issues still to be decided on in a new contract for...
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With two weeks left, DCTA and DPS bargain with mediator present Representatives from the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) and Denver Public Schools (DPS) met Wednesday evening in a continuing push to finalize an agreement on a Master Contract before the current contract expires on Aug....
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Yesterday, your DCTA Bargaining Team met with DPS officials to continue negotiations on a Master Agreement. Read our update below! ?Breaking Down the District?s Most Recent Financial Package In a surprise move, DPS presented the DCTA Bargaining Team with a new proposal on finances. ?Here?s...
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DCTA: District does not value teacher voice or fully commit to the quality education of every Denver student DCTA entered the week with high hopes on Monday as Association and District representatives began a marathon four-day stretch of Bargaining Sessions to finalize an agreement on a...
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