From the NEA
Managing with Class
"Maddie Fennell’s first year of teaching would have challenged even the most experienced educator. Her class contained 28 special needs students, the school psychologist died a month after school started, and Fennell’s principal planned to retire. How could she possibly manage her classroom under such daunting circumstances? "
Articles of Interest
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
from Tuttle & McCloskey, Attorneys at Law
May 5, 2007
Tuttle & McCloskey represent teachers on a daily basis in many counties throughout the State. It is our experience that as society has become more litigious, that legal threats against teachers have increased dramatically. A single incident can cause a teacher to have four separate legal cases at one time. They are: (1) lawsuit by a parent, or student; (2) dismissal case by the school district; (3) a credential investigation by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing; and (4) a criminal case.