Contract Resources (SDUSD – Know Your Rights, etc.)

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.

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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.

 

 

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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 2024-2025 school year and are familiar with evaluation procedures.  Here is a link to the 2024 – 2025 E3/Evaluation process and timelines. 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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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 – MAR 25 – NEW
• Accommodations – Covid Edition – MAR 21
• Afterschool Program Decisions – SEP 24
• Association Rights – SEP 15
• Catstrophic Leave
• Complaints – FEB 18
• Covid Sick Leave – MAR 21
  • Covid Sick Leave Updated – APR 22
• Class Coverage – UPDATED
• Elementary Class Size
• Elementary Preparation Time – MAY 25 – UPDATED
• Evaluation
• Excessing
• Heat Protection – SEP 24
• IEP Meetings – SEP 24 – UPDATED
• Jury Duty – MAY 22
• Lactation
• Long Term Leave – OCT 15
• Maternity/Parental/Adoptive Parent Leave – FEB 23 – UPDATED
• Meeting Attendance / Limits on Meetings – SEP 25 – UPDATED
• Parental Leave – MAR 18
• Personal Leave – NOV 22
• Politics at Work – SEPT 15
• Post & Bid 101 – APR 25  – NEW
• Pregnancy Leave – AUG 19
• Preparation Days – JULY 24
• Progressive Discipline – JUL 23
• Protections for Immigrant Communities – FEB 25 – NEW
• Reduced Workload – FEB 24
• Remediation Plans – SEP 15
• Rep Council – 2025-26 – NEW
• Restorative Justice – NOV 25 – UPDATED
• Retiree Medical Care – APR 24
• Right to Union Representation
• Salary Advancement – MAR 25 – NEW
• School Site Council – SEP 15
• Secondary Class Size
• Secondary Preparation Time
• Shared Decision-Making (SGTs) – SEP 25 – UPDATED
• Short Term Leave – OCT 15
• Sick Leave
• Special Ed Caseload
• Special Education – SEP 15
• Standing Up for Special Education – MAY 15
• Student Discipline – NOV 23
• Supporting Students with IEPs in the General Education Classroom – JAN 25 – UPDATED
• Temporary Employment
• Transitional Kindergarten
• Visiting Teachers – SEP 24 
• Union Solidarity With Families & Students – NEW
• 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
  • CTA Social Media Privacy and Security Guide (2021)

Useful Documents

• SDUSD Preparation Time Teacher Allocation Formula
• 1998 SDUSD Board Policy – Site Governance Teams

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.