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A word about
TCTA’s annual
Survival Guide

The Texas Classroom
Teachers Association’s
Survival Guide provides
up-to-date information on
education-related topics
for Texas teaching
professionals. Please note that the Survival Guide does not substitute for the advice of an attorney. Members who have questions or need further information may contact the TCTA staff by calling (888) 879-8282 or by sending an e-mail message
to webmaster@tcta.org.
General questions of a
legal nature may be sent
online using our
“ask-a-lawyer” response
center at tcta.org.

- Please note -
Information contained in the TCTA Survival Guide is current as of summer 2008, but is subject to change. To be sure what you are viewing is current, the date the information was posted or updated will be located at the bottom of each page.

Thanks to Mike Davis of Baytown, TX brother of TCTA Director of Legislation Ann Fickel, for granting permission to use his beautiful bird photos from Kenya, Costa Rica and the Baytown Nature Center.
Copyright © 2008, Texas Classroom Teachers Association®. All rights reserved.
 

 

 

Table of Contents

About your job

A look ahead:  programs for 2008 and beyond

Appraisals

Certification

Contracts

FLSA for Paraprofessionals

Incentive pay

New teachers

Resources

Salary schedule

TCTA benefits

Tuition aid and housing loans

About your benefits

Health insurance

Social security

Teacher retirement system (TRS)

Legal issues

Confidentiality & parental rights

Duty-free lunch and prep time

Required notice to educators

State laws that affect you

When called to the Principal's office

When placed on administrative leave

About your school

Charter schools

Curriculum/Programs

Nutrition

Site-based decision making committees

About your students

Child abuse

Discipline & violence

IDEA 2004

Inclusion & ARD for regular education teachers

Graduation requirements

Restraint of students with disabilities

Student assessment

Student discipline rights and responsibilities

Students who harm their peers

 

Legislative issues

Legislative involvement

NCLB analysis

Web posted: 07/30/08