Dear Colleagues,
There are 15 work days until spring break, but who’s counting? I know all of us need a break from the demands this job is putting on all of us. Union leadership is committed to promoting changes that must happen for our staff to work in safe and healthy environments. Some of our priorities right now are improvements in working conditions for Intervention Specialists,,ensuring proper staffing for next year, contesting unwarranted disciplinary consequences issued to our members, and attempting to settle nine outstanding grievances. A big thank you goes out to all of you for being the eyes, ears and voices that we need. You help us everyday in the fight to keep our schools a place where teachers want to work and students want to learn.
SB1
SB1, the overhaul of the Ohio Department of Education, passed the Ohio Senate yesterday. We are calling on members to contact their State Representatives and ask them to vote No on SB1 and, the Ohio House version of the bill, HB12. Please write your representative and ask your friends, family, and colleagues to write theirs as well using the link below.
Here is the action with talking points:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-the-over-politicization-of-educa…
Job Share (deadline has been extended)
If you have an interest in job sharing for the 2023 - 2024 school year, written proposals for partnerships must be submitted by April 3. For more information, please see the email sent by Dr. Lombardo on Tuesday, February 28.
Tenure Eligibility
If you expect to be eligible for a continuing contract (tenure) this year, let your supervisor know by March 20. There is no application to complete - you are either eligible or ineligible based on years of service and credentials. Need to check requirements? Look at the last question on our general FAQ (link).
IPA Day
The second Independent Professional Activity (IPA) day will be included in the second pay in March. It is equivalent to one day’s wages and is paid three times per year (December, March, and May).
In Solidarity,
Karen Rego
CHTU President