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  The latest issue of the Baltimore Educator, BTU’s magazine/newsletter, is now available online! All members will also receive a print edition of this issue.   The theme of this issue is “Paving the Path Forward”. In this issue, we’re excited to present an extensive interview with the first two elected members of the Baltimore City Public School Board! This issue also features highlights from the new PSRP contract, student testimony on class size legislation, and a

  The latest issue of the Baltimore Educator, BTU’s magazine/newsletter, is now available online! All members will also receive a print edition of this issue.   The theme of this issue is “Weathering the Storm”. Some highlights of this issue include a PSRP negotiations update, an article about BTU’s new Living Wage campaign, a student-made political cartoon, and an introduction to the newly elected student leaders of the Associated Student Congress of Baltimore City (along with a

The Back to School issue of the Baltimore Educator, BTU’s magazine/newsletter, is now available online! All members will also receive a print edition of this issue.   The theme of this issue is “Growing Where We’re Planted”. This issue is bursting at the seams with BTU news, analysis, and reflections. Some highlights include a PSRP negotiations update, an article about PSRP Appreciation Week, reports from the national AFT Convention and the BR/ULR retreat, and a harrowing

Terri Lee is a Special Education paraeducator and BTU Building Representative at Dickey Hill Elementary, where she has worked for 14 years. Prior to that, Ms. Lee worked at Forest Park High School, Western High School, City College High School, and Robert Coleman Elementary. Ms. Lee has been in the district for 34 years. Please tell us a little about your job.  I started out as a paraprofessional, then I moved to being a paraeducator,

Know Your Contract -Transfers Articles 10 (Teacher Chapter) and XII.2 (PSRP Chapter) By: Cynthia Sjoquist, BTU Field Representative While the Voluntary Transfer Window is some ways away (late April), involuntary transfers (also called “being surplussed”) may happen throughout the year. Despite the Maryland State statute which grants the CEO the ultimate authority to assign and appoint based on the needs of the system, you do have rights! Here’s a look at your rights in both