November 8, 2022 After four hours of negotiations, we were unfortunately unable to reach an agreement with the district around the school consolidation process last night. DCTA Bargaining Team members and staff have spent many hours listening to educators at the schools that will likely be...
Read MoreOctober 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...
Read MoreThe DCTA bargaining team began negotiating with the district yesterday at 9 a.m. and continued negotiations for 24 hours, past the contract expiration deadline. After a great deal of collaboration and extremely hard work, the DCTA bargaining team was able to reach a Tentative Agreement...
Read MoreThe DCTA bargaining team negotiated with the district for three days last week. Conversations were centered around evaluations, educator voice, class sizes, caseloads, workloads, compensation and grievance procedure. Some contract articles were discussed through the interest based bargaining process however, our team determined that a...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThis 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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CONTACT Angelina Ursetta Denver Classroom Teachers Association aursetta@coloradoea.org 720-663-7618 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2022 The following statement can be attributed to Rob Gould, special education teacher and president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA): “The Denver Classroom Teachers Association has been constant in our advocacy for high quality and fully supported...
Read MoreEducator Rights and Innovation Are Not Mutually Exclusive By: Rob Gould, special education teacher and President of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, Dr. Joyce Brooks and Marilyn Winokur, DPS Grandparents & Co-Chairs of Coloradans for the Common Good There is nothing more important to Denver educators...
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Denver Classroom Teachers Association Opposes Senate Bill 22-197, Innovation School Zones With Alternative Governance DENVER, CO -Today, the senate passed Senate Bill 22-197, Innovation School Zones With Alternative Governance. Next, it will go to the Colorado House of Representatives for a final...
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Statement from Rob Gould, special education teacher and president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) on The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment’s (DDPHE) decision to lift the Denver Public Schools (DPS) mask mandate: The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE) recently...
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