To Our
Members
We did it. After 14 years and countless hours of rallying, lobbying, negotiating, and returning to the drawing board again and again, our APPR bill is now law.
This means that, instead of a punitive, one-size-fits-all system, evaluations can be crafted to do what they are meant to: give educators support to grow and develop as professionals.
This also means our members are freed up to focus on creative and dynamic lessons rather than pressured to teach to a test.
It has been a long road, and this victory belongs to every one of you who works each day to support our students, colleagues, classrooms and communities. I want to acknowledge all of those who continued in the fight with unwavering perseverance.
Reforming APPR is the icing on the cake to a tremendously successful legislative session that also included passing bills for social media safety, school temperature guidelines and toileting standards. You told us these policies will have immediate and significant impact in your workplaces, and we were proud to fight for them this year.
There is always more to be done, and we have already begun planning how to build upon these wins.
But for now, we celebrate. With the conclusion of this school year, I hope you take this summer to recharge your batteries, reflect on your successes, and enjoy the people you love the most.
@MelindaJPerson
MelindaJPerson