Brookline Educators are still working without a contract! What has the BEU proposed?

Prioritize individual attention for every child:

– Limit to 4 the number of class sections per teacher in grades 6-12 to open up time for meeting the tar­geted needs of specific children.

– Support co-teaching with necessary prep time.

– Limit non-instructional tasks such as data collec­tion & paperwork.

– Eliminate non-instructional duties for teachers.

– Guarantee every educator sufficient and equitable time to prepare to teach every day.

Enhance the safety of our students and staff:

– Assess specialists’ caseloads according to the inten­sity of student needs.

– Require building aides who can step in.

– Assign more than one educator to rooms with 65 or more children.

-Increase classroom safety with appropriate staffing and equipment.

Respect the professionalism of our edu­cators:

-Reserve time in staff meetings to discuss educators’ individual or collective concerns.

-Strengthen the voice of teachers in the evaluation system.

-Agree to prep periods and paid lunch for parapro­fessionals.

-Guarantee fair compensation for all, including a liv­ing wage & fair scheduling for paraprofessionals.