CHTU Updates

Dear Colleagues,

Next week we return to work after what seems like the shortest summer on record.  Before we begin, we wanted to share some important information about the opening of the school year.

Schedule

August 17:  is a virtual and remote PD day. This means for all 192 and 200 day employees you can login from the location of your choice. There shall be no scheduled in-person PD/meetings.

August 18:  is PD from your school building. Union leadership believes PD prior to the opening of school should always be virtual, but the administration informed us that teaching professional

August 8th

Have you voted yet or do you plan on voting August 8th?  If the answer is: “Yes, and I’m voting No”, you can stop reading now. For all other CHTU members, please make sure you vote No on Issue 1, August 8th. Issue 1, if passed, will have a devastating impact on Ohio and the future of this state. If you are living under a rock and have no idea what I am talking about please click here to read more about Issue 1 and its harmful results. 

Important August Dates

• August 17:  is a virtual and remote PD day. This means for all 192 and 200 day employees you can login from the

Dear Colleagues,

Years ago when I was a union steward at the high school, I put together a chart that listed offenses by students and what consequences teachers should recommend on a referral.  There was a range of choices for each infraction. I thought it made sense to have some teacher consistency in recommendations for how administration would deal with the students.  Administration refused to use the chart at all citing the need for administrative flexibility in dealing with student misbehavior.

Year later we have now been ordered by the Office of Civil Rights to change our entire student

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Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,