In This Issue
President's Message
What's Happening in DCPS
News You Should Know
 
  
EXCESSED TEACHERS:
Meeting for all Excessed DCPS Teachers

 

Thursday, June 18th
4:30 p.m.
McKinley Tech Senior High School
MEETING:
General Assembly Meeting



Tuesday, June 11th
4:30 p.m. 
McKinley Tech High School
WORKSHOP:
WTU Teachers' Center Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills Workshop

"Building Blocks Toward Your Career"



Thursday, June 13th
4:00 p.m.
Anacostia Senior High School

  • Managing Career Changes
  • Building a Resume
  • Developing Letters
  • Telephone Communications
  • Sourcing Job Leads
  • Planning References

Refreshments will be served

PRINCIPAL SURVEY:
School Principal Evaluation and Assessment of Competence 




SURVEY CLOSES THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH!
SUMMER PD:
WTU Teachers' Center Summer Institute

When: 
June 24 - 28
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Locations: 
Aiton ES, Leckie ES, Brown EC, 
Miner ES, Whittier EC

Classes being offered include:
 Reading and Writing to the Core of Comprehension, Math and Technology, Managing Anti-Social Behavior, Sign Language, Spanish for the Classroom Teacher and much more.

Click here for the full course catalog.

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
  

 

Good evening, this is Nathan Saunders, president of the Washington Teachers' Union.

 

The WTU Elections Committee conducted the ballot tally on last Friday evening. The Nathan Saunders slate received more votes than the other three challengers. Because WTU Constitution provision requires a majority vote, a runoff election is necessary between the first and second place candidates. More information regarding the runoff election is forthcoming. 

 

Read more...

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DCPS
D.C. Council passes anti-truancy bill

 

 

By Emma Brown


The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final approval to a measure meant to reduce truancy in the city's schools.


Under the legislation, police must send a letter notifying parents whose children reach 10 unexcused absences that they are at risk of criminal prosecution.

Older children ages 14 to 17 will be referred to court social services and the attorney general's office if they accumulate 15 absences.
 
Gray sends D.C. Council a proposal to give chartering authority to schools chancellor 
 
 
By Emma Brown
 

It's official: Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Friday transmitted legislation to the D.C. Council that would give Chancellor Kaya Henderson the authority to approve new charter schools.

Gray (D) announced his intention to seek chartering authority for Henderson during his weekly radio address Sunday, and the bill has been under legal review since.

Here are the main elements of Gray's bill:

  • With only two exceptions, DCPS-chartered schools would be "identical" to schools chartered by the D.C. Public Charter School Board ("PCSB") and operate with the same independence, according to Gray's transmittal letter to Chairman Phil Mendelson.
  • The two exceptions: Test scores posted by DCPS-chartered schools will be included in DCPS proficiency rates, and DCPS charters will be able to elect to guarantee access to neighborhood kids. The attendance boundary for a DCPS charter school would be determined by the chancellor.
  • Charter schools can currently choose to offer preference in enrollment lotteries to children of founders and siblings of current students. Gray is seeking to add three new preferences, including for children of full-time employees at the charter school, students with disabilities and students who live near the charter school.
NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW
A Look at Last Week's Most Relevant News and Information