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Joining DCTA Retired is now easier than ever!

Retiring from DPS this year? Don't forget to continue your union membership and advocacy with DCTA Retired! Stay connected and informed about important issues in education. Join us in making a difference for our students and our profession. JOIN NOW > ...

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DCTA’s Position on the Denver Mayoral Race

DCTA's Position on the Denver Mayoral Race Voters across Denver are receiving ballots for the upcoming municipal election. With that, we have received many questions about candidates that DCTA will endorse; traditionally, we have not endorsed within mayoral races because the Denver School Board is elected...

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Addressing the DPS Data Breach

We have been made aware of the DPS employee data breach that occurred between December 13, 2022, and January 13, 2023. We want to assure members that we’ve been in contact with DPS throughout the weekend to understand the potential impact this may have on...

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School Consolidations in Denver Public Schools

October 26, 2022 Denver Public Schools announced the 10 schools that will be consolidated due to declining enrollment last night. The following statement can be attributed to Rob Gould, special education teacher and president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA): “Every student, no matter the zip...

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DCTA Bargaining Update: August 24, 2022

The DCTA bargaining team negotiated with the district for five hours last night.  Conversations were fully centered around compensation including a cost of living adjustment, step increases, extra duty pay, incentive pay/stipends and the overall salary schedule. We utilized the interest based bargaining (IBB) model...

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Bargaining Update 8/3/22

This week, the bargaining team spent two entire days negotiating our master contract with the district. During that time, we covered contract articles 13-29. We additionally had conversations around paid family leave. Some of our proposals from yesterday’s session include: Providing educators 4 additional weeks of...

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