Hello Team GTA
This is Tami Carlson, your GTA President calling with good news. We received the arbitrator's decision on the Evaluation / PPG Grievance
that was filed over a year ago. After a long, protracted, and expensive struggle, I am pleased to inform you that the arbitrator has found on our behalf.
In short, we won!
The arbitrator has made it clear that the district's unilateral change in our evaluation procedures is contrary to our contract.
Changes to our evaluation procedures must be bargained. As a result, you should not fill out any pre-observation form, post-observation form,
reflection on teaching and learning form, or include any measurable outcomes, baseline data, or any other type of student measurement data
in any of your PPG's.
PPG stands for "Plan for Professional Growth." As such, each teacher should focus on what he or she believes will enhance their effectiveness
as an educator not on student outcomes. The PPG is a very personal document that you should reflect upon and write for your own professional
development as an educator. Please do not use student outcomes in your PPG or fill out any forms other than those included in the contract.
Our contract is available on line at www.glendaleteachers.org. Your site representative also has a copy of our contract.

Have a great afternoon and stay united! As a unit, we can and will prevail.

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Tami Carlson
President - GTA
www.glendaleteachers.org