Pueblo Ed. Assoc.

Official Twitter feed of the Pueblo Education Association. We proudly represent the teachers in Pueblo City Schools District 60. #PuebloStudentsDeserve

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

These are the AMAZING and COURAGEOUS students who used their voice and their power to discuss this situation with the superintendent

We cannot stop beaming with pride for our kids. All of them. We love you all so much. Thank you for fighting for us!

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Perhaps the school board would want to know more, to ask better questions. And even if they adopt the recommendation, they've done so better informed.

We believe this makes for better decision making, and makes sure all voices are heard in the process.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

We are coming back to discussing issues surrounding committees, to summarize: When there is a committee on which PEA has membership, we want there to be an opportunity for those who disagree with the committee recommendation to issue a dissenting report

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

The issue is the school board often only receive a recommendation from a committee, such as a text book or curriculum adoption. Sometimes there is is strong disagreement with the recommendation.

We want to make sure the board is fully informed of those dissenting perspectives

[Pueblo School District 60 @Pueblo_D60]

Congratulations to Ebony Padilla-Andrews, a freshman member of East's Unified Bowling team, who has been selected to sing the national anthem before the start of Friday's first ever CHSAA State Unified Bowling Championships in Englewood.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Understand that a teacher getting displaced - whether it's being without a position or moving them to a different building - is a jarring experience.

Let's make the process as clear and timely as possible

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

With regards to displacement: We want to increase the clarity and timeliness of this process.

We want to give displaced teachers an appropriate amount of time to make accommodations based upon their displacement.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

As Justina is explaining - we want the term teacher and/or educator to explicitly include all of our members, which includes school counselors and nurses.

It matters to our members.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

On this issue of personal devices and communication technology: we're trying to protect our teachers from using their property in a way that erodes the professional barriers between us and students/families

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Holly brings up a great point - we have first year teachers who do ask for help, and sometimes those asks come in different ways.

It can be hard for a new teacher to say they need help in ways that are obvious.

Take care of each other!

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Helping new teachers as they move into this professional is crucial. Building in something to help them handle that work load will go a long way to improving the quality of our schools.

A successful 1st year teacher is more likely to be a successful 20th year teacher

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Lesson plans turn into Christmas trees; each new idea as to what "needs" to be in a lesson plan turns into another ornament that gets hung on a branch.

Suzanne Morey is right - let's not over prescribe what goes in a lesson plan and take away autonomy from our teachers

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Why are teachers stressed, over worked, burnt out; why is their attention and energy being sapped?

Look at all of the different hats they wear, obligations they seek to fulfill, and the items seemingly beyond their control.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

If nothing else, this clears a bit of fog away from the true nature of the teaching profession.

These things all impact a teacher's work load and detract from the most important part of a teacher's job: teaching.

Finding solutions to these other items is important

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

This is why educator buy in, educator voice, educator input matters.

We're the experts and we can find curriculum to serve the students best.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Just a break from live tweeting bargaining to remind everyone that Rep. Esgar is a CHAMPION for Southern Colorado

[Daneya Esgar @Dlesgar]

It's Southern Colorado Day in #coleg!

From our newest state park to our thriving agricultural production, Southern CO is indispensable to our state's economy & culture.

BIG thank you to @PuebloChamber for reminding my colleagues where the world's best chiles grow!🌶
#copolitics

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

Creating an obligation to work with our ESS teachers to implement great curriculum matters.

It matters to work load and matters to our students.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

It is a fair point that all of the suggestions we're developing here together may not fit within a contract

However, we also know that our contract is what binds the District to certain expectations.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

We've narrowed down our list. Here's looking for some good ole fashioned problem solving and collaboration!

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

We vote no on aligning the contact time across the three levels. We are very concerned what is being proposed is the removal of crucial planning and collaboration time amongst teachers, and it would create conditions that aren't conducive to student learning and achievement.

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

It increases workload, it increases stress, it avoid that additional compensation piece and it avoids solving the larger issue

We need more educational staff

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

We are circling back around to this notion of waivers. Each teacher prep is a different course load teachers have to design, plan, implement, teach, grade, etc.

It's a huge chunk of what we do.

Each additional "prep" can add significant workload burdens

[Pueblo Ed. Assoc. @PuebloEA]

At different levels (elementary, middle, and high schools) there are different prep requirements aligned with those different buildings. Anything beyond that is typical done in extenuating circumstances, and comes with additional pay.

Waiving that is a problematic.