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What can YOU do when some issue or problem affects how you do your job?

  • Above all:  Do your job well.

  • Keep your cool !  We've got your back.

  • Check out our FAQs page before you panic. You'll find some common-sense advice.

  • Keep accurate records of events, administrative directives, emails, etc. Document every interaction between you and your employer as soon as possible. Keep dates, times, direct quotes, summaries, etc.

  • Let us know! - - Don't suffer in silence. Talk to your AR (campus rep)

  • Call or email leadership directly. You can call President Ovidia Molina at O'Donnell MS.

  • CONTACT US privately by email from your home computer: alieftsta.contact@gmail.com

  • But, if you are in danger of losing your job, call 877-ASK-TSTA immediately! You can do this from school on the classroom phone or your own cell.

 

Issues that just keep coming up in our district . . .

  • Excessive "paperwork" (paper & electronic): This includes all record keeping - - attendance reports, lesson plans, team agendas, IEPs, discipline referrals, documentation for parent contacts, tracking sheets, progress reporting, grade reporting, and so on.

  • Loss of preparation & planning time:  This includes having to use prep time for meetings, team planning, duty of all types, preparing lengthy required lesson plans, attending ARDs, and so on.

  • Over-large classes:  Class sizes of 30 or more students for both core & elective classes is too large. This affects secondary campuses throughout the district.

  • Punitive or capricious administrators:  Members from all levels report overzealous administrators who use counter- productive management techniques that bully rather than mentor staff.

  • Inconsistent discipline enforcement:  Some campuses provide ineffective discipline & little consequence for misbehavior or even abusive behavior toward staff & fellow students.

  • Safety of staff & students:  This comes from campuses at all levels & is a result of inconsistent or inadequate discipline procedures.

  • Rigid accountability for staff BUT little accountability for students:  High standards for student achievement are expected of teachers - - but teachers are strongly discouraged from assigning failing grades even when little or no work has been turned in. "Failure is not an option" has come to mean "Teachers may not fail students." In addition, TAKS scores are used to reflect teacher performance.