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Monday, June 5, 2023
WTU Membership Meeting - June 13, 2023
We hope all WTU members will join us at our June 13 Membership Meeting! Click here to register to attend! After your membership is confirmed, you will receive an email with a link to join the meeting from WTU[email protected]. Check your spam folder if it isn’t in your inbox.
NEWS FROM THE WTU ELECTIONS COMMITTEE:
2023 WTU ELECTIONS
THE WTU 2023 Elections will be held at Eastern Senior High School, 1700 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20002, on Friday June 9, 2023 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Parking is available; Eastern is Metro Accessible. Please walk with a form of picture identification as verification that you are a full dues paying member will occur. Please be advised you must be a full dues paying member in order to vote in the upcoming election.
The Ballot Count will begin at 8:15pm, at which time only verified observers will be present. Each candidate has an opportunity to have an observer present on their behalf. Candidates are not allowed at the count. Candidates will receive the form to identify their observer in the upcoming week.
Please exercise your democratic right as a full dues paying WTU member and come out to vote!
Elections results will be shared with the membership on Monday June 12th in the Morning Brew and posted to the WTU Website by Tuesday June 13th.
If you have any questions about the upcoming elections you can email the WTU Elections Committee at [email protected]
Enrollment for the Sick Leave and Maternity Leave Banks is OPEN
Join the WTU Sick Leave and Maternity Leave Banks. If you are already a member, there is no need to rejoin. Contact Charmaine Wilks at 202 517-1475 or at [email protected] to enroll or with any questions. Open enrollment will occur from June 1, 2023 through August 31, 2023. After you complete the form, you will receive a confirmation email from Google Forms; be sure to check your spam folder.
Click here to join the WTU Sick Leave or Maternity Leave Banks
Sick Leave Buy-Back (from last week)
Applications for Sick Leave Buy-Back are now available for use in accordance with the current WTU Agreement. Article 17 Leave Policy and subpart Sections 17.1.11.1 and 17.1.11.2 states: “Teachers who have perfect attendance (no absences and no use of sick leave during a given school year) shall have the right to return to DCPS all of the sick leave they accrued during the year. A Teacher may elect to return to DCPS one half (1/2) of the sick leave days accrued but not taken during the current year at the current daily rate of pay. Unreturned sick leave shall be credited each year to the Teacher’s sick leave balance and shall not be subject to the Sick Leave Buy-Back Plan.” Applications will be available at school sites for any teacher who elects to participate in the plan. The deadline for submission of the application is June 9, 2023. Additionally, sick leave buy-back applications can be obtained
Retirement Seminar
It’s never too early to plan for your retirement. The DC Retirement Board has offered to host another retirement session in June. Day and time of the session will be based on the DCRB’s availability. Please complete this form to indicate your interest in attending a retirement session in June. Click here to express interest in attending a future session.
AM Brew News and Notices are archived at https://www.wtulocal6.net/AMBrew.
Professional Development
WTU Summer Institute
The WTU’s Summer Institute Course Catalogue is available HERE.
Click on the course catalogue to explore courses or Click here to register!
Early Bird Pricing Ends Soon!
AFT Teach 2023, July 20-23
Washington Hilton at 1919 Connecticut Ave NW
AFT TEACH 2023 | American Federation of Teachers
LEA Look Forward for June 1, 2023:
Upcoming events
WTU Membership Meeting - June 13, 2023
We hope all WTU members will join us at our June 13 Membership Meeting! Click here to register to attend! After your membership is confirmed, you will receive an email with a link to join the meeting from WTU[email protected]. Check your spam folder if it isn’t in your inbox.
COPE Committee - Monday, June 5 @ 7 pm
SBOE Working Session - Wednesday, June 7, @ 5 pm
SBOE working session, OSSE will present the final social studies standards draft to the State Board. The meeting will be streamed live on youtube.com/dcsboe Materials can be found here Meeting Information | sboe (dc.gov)
Ward 4 Education Alliance Meeting - Thursday, June 8, 6 pm
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