PSTA and PSUSD met at the table again today to try to reach an agreement on the insurance cap and the professional development days for 2012-2013.
We were not successful so PSTA leadership is asking for your participation once again.
Please wear a PSTA shirt on Tuesday, May 22 and attend the PSUSD Board of Education meeting at 6:00 p.m. We will let you know of the location as we are expecting a crowd and may change the venue. There are no other presentations that night so public comments will be earlier in the evening.
We would like for PSTA members to be prepared to share your stories of increased class sizes and workload, programs that have been cuts, living the RIF process, financial shortages in your classrooms and in your homes, difficulties of out-of-pocket insurance costs, DAIT/DAW frustrations....We know you have more ideas of exactly how much more difficult your job has become. You will only need to speak 2-3 minutes.
If you have parents who are frustrated at the programs that have been cut, the number of students in their child's classroom, the elimination of summer school, transportation.....Please encourage them to attend and speak as well.
We need to fill the Board Room with Teachers on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Location TBA
6:00-7:00 p.m.
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Good Teaching Series
PSTA has suggested repeatedly to PSUSD that our own teachers offer more than many of the consultants who are hired to improve our practice. However, the District is not interested in eliminating the use of consultants in favor of our own teachers.
PSTA would like to propose a solution. We are instituting a Good Teaching Series in which we would like to provide a forum for teachers in PSUSD to share thier practices with peers.
We have a wonderful meeting room at the PSTA which can be the gathering place for peer-to-peer training. PSTA is committed to providing copies, refreshments and limited compensation to the presenters who volunteer to present on any topic of their choosing.
If you have an idea that you would like to share with peers, or know of a fellow teacher that has an idea or method that would help other teachers improve in their practice or positively affect student achievement, please contact our office at
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