Both the NEA and CEA provide support to DCTA in the bargaining process with DPS. Our highly trained Bargaining Team works to ensure that our voices are heard on the issues that affect all members and students. In this way, we actively seek to create positive teaching and learning environments that support student success.
In addition to bargaining issues related to salary, benefits and due process, the Bargaining Team works to promote educator voice on critical issues including:
- Implementing a fair and effective educator evaluation system
- Promoting school- or site-based, collaborative decision-making
- Ensuring teacher and school leader hiring decisions are made jointly by each school?s teachers and principal (Personnel Committee)
- Supporting the District-wide Educational Initiatives Panel
- Supporting the Teacher Education Fund and initiatives like ProComp
- Ensuring paraprofessional assistance for grades ECE-5
- Members of the DCTA Bargaining Team also meet regularly with bargaining teams from other Denver-area school districts to share and receive information about the issues and trends in our region