Our Rights At Work
SDUSD Know Your Rights!
Visit the Contract Resources page to download valuable information that will help you defend the contract! View the “Know Your Rights!” flyers archive related to the SDUSD – SDEA union contract, SDUSD – SDEA contract FAQs, and other important resources for SDEA members at SDUSD to use.
Our Union Contracts
Do you know your rights if you are excessed? Asked to teach during your prep? Required to attend a weekly staff meeting? Visit the Our Union Contracts page to download the contract in searchable PDF format. Knowing our contract will enable you to respond quickly and accurately when you believe your rights or the rights of a coworker are being violated. There is no reason not to be prepared! Charter school contracts can be found here as well
SDUSD MOUs and Other Agreements
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a document bargained during the term of the contract that carry the same weight as the contract itself. Visit the MOUs page for frequently used MOUs and other agreements reached during the term of the contract, such as the Common Core Side Letter.
SDUSD Visiting Teacher Resources
Visiting teachers are an integral part of SDEA’s membership. They have unique rights negotiated in the union contract (Article 32), and additional resources for Visiting Teachers can be found here.
News
May 30, 2025
Interested in adding a free Special Education credential?
As part of our agreement with the District on a Supplemental Early Retirement Plan (SERP) in 2024-25, the District has agreed to pay for SDEA members to add a…
May 30, 2025
Advocating for TK
Advocating for TK: Time to take it up the ladder! San Diego Unified isn’t doing the right thing when it comes to our youngest learners or the educators who…
May 23, 2025
Retroactive raise ratified! What’s next?
Votes are in: Our 1.5% retroactive raise for 2024-25 has been ratified! SDEA members voted this week to ratify the tentative agreement reached in our last…
May 16, 2025
Two invites for BIPOC educators!
The San Diego Regional Resource Center's REAC (Racial and Ethnic Affairs Committee) is composed of educators from African American, American Indian/Alaska…
May 16, 2025
Bargaining Follow Up: Ratification of our 1.5% Pay Increase
Last week members on the SDEA Bargaining Team provided a full bargaining update after our May 8 bargaining session, when we reached a tentative agreement on…