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by Do you have the same rights?
Dec 22, 2006
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Every teacher is entitled to a duty-free lunch and
planning and preparation time. Except for a few minor
changes made in the 1995 rewrite of the Texas Education
Code, the statutes have essentially remained the same.
Duty-free lunch – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.405
By law, each classroom teacher ...See More/blockquote>
Every teacher is entitled to a duty-free lunch and
planning and preparation time. Except for a few minor
changes made in the 1995 rewrite of the Texas Education
Code, the statutes have essentially remained the same.
Duty-free lunch – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.405
By law, each classroom teacher and full-time librarian
gets at least a 30-minute lunch period “free from all
duties and responsibilities connected with the instruction
and supervision of students.” According to a Texas
Attorney General opinion, the term “duty” would include a
directive that teachers remain on campus during lunch,
because it would relate to student instruction or
supervision. Districts cannot require teachers to stay on
campus during their 30-minute lunch even if the campus
is “closed” for students.
The law provides exceptions—personnel shortages, extreme
economic conditions or unavoidable/unforeseen
circumstances—which give districts the right to require
teachers to supervise lunches, but not more than one time
per week.
The rules adopted by the commissioner of education set the
bar very high before a district can assign a teacher to
lunch duty. Scheduling problems do not create unforeseen
circumstances. They exist when an epidemic, illness, or
natural or man-made disaster leaves no one available to do
the duty. An extreme economic condition exists when hiring
a person to supervise lunch would cause the district to
raise taxes to the extent that the district might face a
tax roll-back election. A personnel shortage exists only
after all available nonteaching personnel—superintendent
and business manager included—have been assigned to the
duty and the district has diligently recruited community
volunteers to help.
Planning and preparation time – Texas Education Code, Sec.
21.404
The law entitles every teacher to planning and preparation
time, during which the district can require the teacher to
engage in no activity other than parent-teacher
conferences, evaluating student work, and planning.
Teachers must have at least 450 minutes of planning time
every two weeks in increments of not less than 45 minutes
within the instructional day.
Examples:
A teacher could have five 90-minute conference periods
within a two-week period, instead of a 45-minute
conference period each day. A district can provide 50-
minute blocks of planning time daily, and exceed the
minimum requirement, but it could not provide 50 minutes
one day and 40 minutes the next.
A district cannot schedule a 7:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
instructional day, and then give teachers 3:15 p.m.-4:00
p.m. to plan after the students leave.
Conference period cases often involve requirements for
group planning or staff development during planning
periods. According to the commissioner of education, if a
district gives teachers no more than the statutory minimum
planning time, the district cannot ask teachers to engage
in group-planning during one of those planning periods.
Example:
A district that schedules 50-minute planning periods every
day could ask teachers to plan as a group one day every
two weeks, but the district could not take one planning
period for group planning and another for staff
development.
by United States Institute of Peace
Dec 27, 2006
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The United States Institute of Peace announces the National
Peace Essay Contest for students in grades 9-12. For the
2006-07 contest, student's essay must examine the issue of
youth and violent conflicts. First-place winners from each
state receive $1,000 college scholarships and compete for
national awards o...See More/blockquote>
The United States Institute of Peace announces the National
Peace Essay Contest for students in grades 9-12. For the
2006-07 contest, student's essay must examine the issue of
youth and violent conflicts. First-place winners from each
state receive $1,000 college scholarships and compete for
national awards of $2,500 to $10,000. National award
amounts include state awards. First-place state winners
also are invited to attend an expenses-paid awards program
in Washington, D.C., in June. To obtain guidelines for
entering the contest, e-mail [email removed]].
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Our school area adopted the Indiana Standards for social
studies. For the most part, do-able. But 4th grade is
state history....any ideas????
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What Language Arts programs are used in grades 1-3?
What city are you in?
Thanks
P.S. I have a lot of Language Arts links on my website
([link removed])
by Katherine Malone-France
Jan 29, 2007
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K-12 educators from throughout the U.S. and its
territories are invited to apply to participate in "Race
and Place: African Americans in Washington, DC from 1800-
1954," a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture
Workshop for School Teachers offered by Decatur House
Museum and the National Trust for ...See More/blockquote>
K-12 educators from throughout the U.S. and its
territories are invited to apply to participate in "Race
and Place: African Americans in Washington, DC from 1800-
1954," a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture
Workshop for School Teachers offered by Decatur House
Museum and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The workshop is designed to provide teachers with an in-
depth understanding of four crucial periods in American
history—pre-Civil War, Civil War, Reconstruction and
Segregation—by studying the experiences of African
Americans in the nation’s capital. Support from the
National Endowment for the Humanities will provide a $500
stipend and a partial travel reimbursement to assist with
travel, lodging, and living expenses.
The workshop will include visits to “off the beaten path”
historic sites in Washington, DC; lectures and discussions
led by nationally known scholars and museum partners;
pedagogical resource sessions; and analysis and curriculum
development sessions led by our resident Master Teacher.
Educators will explore historic sites, including the Mary
McLeod Bethune Council National Historic Site, LeDroit
Park, Howard University, the Frederick Douglass National
Historic Site, Lincoln Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home,
Decatur House, and Lafayette Park. Race and Place will
also provide teachers with the primary and secondary
source training that they will need to write and teach
content-rich lessons at their schools. Each teacher will
receive an educational package that will include books by
workshop faculty, content-specific articles, and copies of
primary sources. They will be well-equipped with the
skills and tools to incorporate their experiences into
their classrooms and train fellow teachers at home.
The workshop application deadline is March 15, 2007. K-12
educators from throughout the United States and its
territories are encouraged to apply, and fifty applicants
will be selected for each of the six-day workshops.
Session I: July 8-13, 2007
Session II: July 22-26, 2007.
The workshop is designed principally for classroom
teachers in public, private, parochial, and charter
schools, as well as home schooling parents. Other K-12
school personnel, including administrators, substitute
teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, and librarians, are
eligible to participate, subject to available space.
For detailed information on the workshop—including
eligibility guidelines, application instructions, workshop
faculty, a daily schedule, housing options—please visit
the project website at
[link removed].
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Would you recommend it to a first year teacher who lives
in the district?
by Self Reliance Foundation
Feb 16, 2007
/blockquote>
Teacher Open House
Celebrating Science and Health in the Classroom
Bilingual (Spanish and English) resources will be
available!
FREE! RAFFLE AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!
Have you ever wanted more classroom resources to help
engage students in topics like chemistry, seismology, l...See More/blockquote>
Teacher Open House
Celebrating Science and Health in the Classroom
Bilingual (Spanish and English) resources will be
available!
FREE! RAFFLE AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!
Have you ever wanted more classroom resources to help
engage students in topics like chemistry, seismology, life
science and astronomy, especially Spanish-speaking
students?
Then come to the Teacher Open House!
When
Wednesday, February 21st, 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm.
Where
Latin American Youth Center, Columbia Heights, 1419
Columbia Rd, Washington DC, 20009 (1 blocks SW of the
Columbia Heights Metro station)
Why
The purpose of the event is to connect educators in the
D.C. area with a variety of science, math, and health-
related resources including museums, community services,
and organizations that can help enhance the efficacy of
educators efforts.
Exhibitors
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Astrophysics Science
Division , Amazonia Science Gallery at the National Zoo,
Columbia Heights Community Science Workshop, National
Building Museum, National Museum of Health and Medicine,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Smithsonian Latino Center, Discovery Creek Children's
Museum, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
(IRIS), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,
American Chemical Society, Friends of the National Zoo,
Spanish Education Development Center, Koshland Science
Center, National Academy of Sciences, The Enrichment
Centers, Inc, Washington Regional Transplant Consortium,
Department of Energy - Office of Science, Workforce
Development, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention
and Innovation - National Museum of American History,
CentroNia, Celebra la Ciencia
For more information, or to RSVP, please contact
[email removed]
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Celebra la
Ciencia
Self Reliance Foundation
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