Time & Workload: Looking for Answers
 In a little over a month, MCEA’s negotiating team will go to the bargaining table to try and settle on solutions to the 800 pound instructional gorilla which gets in the way of effective teaching and learning: the issue of time and workload.
Teachers want children to succeed.
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Closest to the Work campaign
- Have you signed on?
Don’t miss out because time is running out. If you think those “closest to the work are in the best position to make instructional decisions, need more time and to plan and teach and should be trusted to meet high standards for students,”then you need to join the thousands of your colleagues who’ve already signed the pledge. Learn more
On the Job
Proactive Discipline & Personal Leave
Classroom Control and Discipline: Time to be Proactive
Effective school discipline policy should be preconceived, not ill-conceived. And that’s exactly the perspective behind Article 9 of the contract negotiated, and agreed upon, by MCEA and the Board of Education. Learn more
Personal Leave
Personal leave is provided for every unit member to “conduct personal business of a nature that cannot be scheduled on any non-duty day.” The contract goes on to say in Article 30, Sec. Q that “No specific reason for such personal leave shall be required or solicited” (unless immediately before or after a holiday, vacation, or professional development day, in which case, a reason may be solicited). Learn more
Teacher Tips
Fast & Easy Tracking of Assignments
Keeping track of completed assignments can take a great deal of time so here’s a quick and easy way to do it. When it's time for students to turn in an assignment, make sure that you collect something from everyone. If they don't have their assignment, they must write 'I did not turn in my assignment' and sign their name on a sheet of notebook paper. Learn more
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