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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on what I'm hearing here, do they even teach contract law as part of the admin endorsement? Seems like there's a whole lot of contract breaching going on and it seems to be getting worse. [/quote]

This is why a strong Union is needed. Not just pushy folks in the union leadership, but school staff who are active union members and willing to stick their necks out. My building has two people who are supposed to do that, but they don't because they both want to be admin one day. No one else --including me--- is brave enough to be the person who stands up in the staff meeting to point out the violation. I've seen what happens to teachers who are the only one to speak up. They get the worse course assignments and schedules, there are suddenly anonymous complaints about their teaching requiring constant observations. Their activities are approved or funded.[/quote]

When I was a relatively new teacher, I decided to point out something my principal was doing that was in violation of the contract. I naively thought that going to my union rep would ensure anonymity. It turns out that my union rep went right to my principal. Like everything else in the contract, decisions are ultimately left up to the principal as long as they are made "in the best interest of the school". I was called out (without using my name) in front of the whole staff. Then I was definitely on the wrong side of the principal for a few years and it was pretty miserable. The contracts aren't worth the paper they're printed on because at any time the Board of Ed and County Council can decide to take away compensation such as cost of living increases or longevity steps that were promised and written into the contract. The language used is also incredibly vague and a lot is left up to interpretation but the principal's interpretation trumps the teacher's interpretation.

Fun fact--in MCPS it's actually called an "agreement" not a "contract".[/quote]

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