Chateaugay Teachers’ Association members, new and  old, partnered up with staff to have a little fun and build teamwork on the opening days of school. Who doesn’t love a nice Oreo off the forehead?

It is essential that we make sure our family & friends are registered to vote & that they vote in this year's mid term elections.

Published by the Clearwater TRIF UNIT

Click to Read the October, 2018  A "C.U.T." Above

Please print out our DFT Member Issue/Concern Report, complete and return to President Ivy Bailey at ibailey@dft231.com.  Here's Web link to print the form: http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-10/october_5_form.pdf

Fall 2018 

Published by the Space Coast TRIF Unit

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CTA members volunteered their time at a community harvest dinner fundraiser last weekend.  Many hands make light work.

Tuition Reimbursement:  The Comptroller's Office is catching up on Tuition Reimbursements from 2015 through 2018.  There was a long period of time where funding and payments ceased as we entered a prolonged contract negotiations.  Since then, the race to validate and pay the reimbursement requests has been moving forward and we are at the point where the backlog is expected to be cleared within the next few weeks.  For A&R, the 2015 and 2016 claims should be completely paid up and the 2017 claims are almost complete.  We should have plenty of funding available to

Below are two resources that you can download regarding Student Growth Measures

Assigned Student Growth Measures Appendix D (PDF Download)

Overview of SGM 2018-19 (PowerPoint download)

SLO Flowchart (PDF Download)

Did you know you can more than pay for your annual union dues by taking advantage of the many discounts offered to OCCTA members?

State employee pensions have become a topic of interest to the Hartford Courant in recent weeks.  Three weeks ago the Hartford Courant printed a negative Editorial about our pension funding and followed that with a negative and misinformed Op-Ed piece by David Stemmerman (i think that is his name, not really sure, don't really care).  Since then, the Courant has printed 2 pieces which counter the HC's position and defend the pensions and showcase a true understanding of state employee pensions.