Contract Resources (SDUSD)
Welcome to the SDEA Contract Resources page! SDEA members, this area is your one-stop shop for resources to help you organize your site and enforce the contract more effectively. Below you will find Know Your Rights! contract enforcement flyers, issue-specific FAQs, and other resources about your rights at work.
Know Your Rights!
Association Rights
Association Reps, are you familiar with your rights? Did you know that you are entitled to release time for processing grievances? Did you know that you can hold union meetings both outside and inside the work day? The key to a strong site is an informed AR! Make sure that you are holding your administrators accountable in order to best represent your members.
Evaluations
The evaluation process can be one of the most stressful experiences a teacher has during the course of the year — particularly if your principal isn’t doing his or her job properly. Teachers being evaluated this year, make sure you review the evaluation timeline on the flyer for the 2023-2024 school year and are familiar with evaluation procedures. Here is a link to the 2023 – 2024 E3/Evaluation process and timelines.
Meeting Attendance
According to our contract, teachers can be required to attend a “reasonable” number of meetings. But how many meetings are reasonable? One staff meeting outside of your regularly scheduled work day per month is reasonable, but four are not. Make sure that your administrators are respecting your time.
And more…
Explore the complete Know Your Rights! archive below. If you have suggestions for future Know Your Rights! guides, please email your suggestions to a Contract Specialist.
- Accommodations – Covid Edition – MAR 21
- Afterschool Opportunities (New Contract Language in 2023)
- Association Rights – SEP 15
- Catstrophic Leave
- Complaints – FEB 18
- Covid Sick Leave – MAR 21
- Elementary Class Size
- Elementary Specialist Teachers – OCT 17
- Elementary Preparation Time
- Emergency Class Coverage
- Evaluation
- Excessing
- IEP Meetings – FEB 16
- Jury Duty – MAY 22
- Lactation
- Long Term Leave – OCT 15
- Maternity Leave – FEB 23
- Meeting Attendance
- Parental Leave – MAR 18
- Personal Leave – NOV 22
- Politics at Work – SEPT 15
- Pregnancy Leave – AUG 19
- Progressive Discipline
- Reduced Workload – FEB 24
- Remediation Plans – SEP 15
- Rep Council
- Retiree Medical Care – OCT 22
- Right to Union Representation
- School Site Council – SEP 15
- Secondary Class Size
- Secondary Preparation Time
- Short Term Leave – OCT 15
- Sick Leave
- Site Governance Team – SEP 15
- Special Ed Caseload
- Special Education – SEP 15
- Standing Up for Special Education – MAY 15
- Student Discipline – NOV 23
- Teacher Prep Days
- Temporary Employment
- Transitional Kindergarten
- Visiting Teachers – MAY 18
- Work Hours – AUG 19
- Workload – SEP 15
Contract FAQs
- FAQ: Five-Year Evaluation
- FAQ: Political Action Committee
- FAQ: Elementary Preparation and Enrichment Program
- FAQ: Independent Study
- FAQ: Prep Time Emphasis Changes
- FAQ: Secondary Schedule Change Votes
- FAQ: Social Media
Useful Documents
Other Resources
- SDUSD Salary Schedules
- Surviving Roberts Rules of Order
- Enforcing Our Rights at Work through the Grievance Procedure
- Right to Union Representation
- Frequently Used MOUs and Other Agreements
Members with questions about a possible contract violation should contact the site AR. If you believe your rights have been violated, work with your AR to initiate the grievance process at your site.
News
March 12, 2024
IMPORTANT – Layoff Informational Meetings for Impacted SDEA Members
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CTA Scholarships and Grants
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Update on 2023-24 SPED Caseload Overage Grievance
Earlier this school year, SDEA staff filed a unionwide SPED caseload overage grievance. The goal of this grievance is to remedy the overages from the 11th day…
March 6, 2024
The Millions of Reasons Why SDUSD Layoffs Are Unnecessary
Educators strongly oppose the San Diego Unified School District's (SDUSD) plan to lay off teachers. While there is a need for some staffing adjustments,…
March 6, 2024
Letters in Solidarity: Let’s Finish What We Started
Last year, SDEA members won big improvements to our contract. This happened because of our solidarity. When we stand together, we win. We are not done…
March 6, 2024
SDEA Endorsements Primary Election Round Up
Election results are unofficial and will be certified on or before April 4th. However, these are the results for the SDEA endorsed candidates as of…
February 6, 2024
Letters in Solidarity: Bargaining to Address the Needs of the Whole Child
Big shout out to our SDEA school counselor colleagues who we honor during National School Counseling Week! Let’s uplift our school counselors who provide…
February 6, 2024
Know Your Rights! Excessing
What is excessing? "Excessing" is a type of involuntary transfer to achieve a reduction of staff due to declining enrollment or loss of funding at the…