Know+Your+Contract+(CBA)

Know Your Collective Bargaining Agreement **﻿ ** **Have you read your entire Collective Bargaining Agreement otherwise known as your "contract"? If let not, you should! ** Collective Bargaining Agreements usually contain working conditions, salary scales, working hours, training, health and safety, and grievance procedures. **It is your repsonsibility to know your contract! ** You are not expected to memorize the entire contract, especially if it is extremely long. But, it is expected that you have read and understand your rights in you school district. Don't let you administrator take advantage of you or your job because you aren't aware of your agreement. You should keep your contract handy incase you need it or have a question at any time. If you don't know your contract it is impossible for you to do your job completely and effectively. Also, when you have a question and need advice from a Rep, you should first check your contract and see if you can find the answer to your question. Your Reps are teachers themselves and don't always have the time to spend on simple questions that you should be able to anwer based on your contract. Be courteous and don't bog down your Rep with tedious questions! //Remember, when you get highered, you are given a copy of the contract for a reason. That reason is not to just take it home and stick it in a cabinet or under your bed...it is for you to familiarize yourself with it and know what you have agreed to! Know that your colleagues have fought hard to have these rights in your contract and everyone, including you, your colleagues and your administrators, should be following it. If you don't, what is the point of having it?//