I CONTRACTED COVID AT WORK, NOW WHAT?
You have 24 hours from the time you learn that you have tested COVID positive to file an On-the-Job-Injury Claim
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In a survey of MNPS staff currently working in elementary and exceptional education settings, MNPS teachers overwhelmingly indicated that they did not feel safe and would strongly prefer to return to a virtual setting.
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I’m afraid if I submit a complaint, my employer will retaliate against me.
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I need an accommodation. What should I do?
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I need an accommodation. What should I do?
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The results are in about what educators want in order to feel safe returning to in-person classes. Now we want to know what they will do to win those demands.
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A Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) is a committee created by and composed of nonsupervisory, certificated staff who are elected by their peers. Each building or work location shall establish an FAC for the purpose of establishing and maintaining positive relationships and communications among faculty, staff, and administration.
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An employee may request an accommodation AT ANY TIME.
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We continue to get lots of questions about recording and uploading synchronous lessons to Schoology…As the teacher, what can you upload to the Schoology class to make the content accessible and available to all students?
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We have received lots of messages about the requirement to record synchronous lessons and upload them to Schoology. The goal is for teachers to NOT teach a synchronous lesson and then double their work by repeating the lesson to record without students present.
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MNEA responds to questions and concerns about the COVID-19 Accommodations email and we have an update about our first day of successful MOU negotiations with the district.
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The latest answers to the most-frequently asked questions from members this week.
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Q: If I go to my building, what should I expect?
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The Metropolitan Nashville Education Association (MNEA) rejects Governor Lee's plan to push Tennessee Public Schools to return in person. Yesterday the governor admitted that his plan was part of a "nationwide experiment" in public health. We refuse to sit by idly and let our state government force our children and educators to be guinea pigs in a potentially dangerous and deadly experiment. We will not let Governor Lee take the right to live away students, school employees, and our families.
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We now have answers, and the deadline has been extended until August 1st for responding to the survey. In addition, HR Chief Chris Barnes will be hosting a town-hall to take additional questions and concerns this Friday. Look for an MNPS email with the link to the town hall and more details today.
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Recently, MNPS HR emailed a survey to staff asking them to “Please complete this survey only if you are in a high-risk category as defined by the Centers for Disease Control”. Since that time, we have been inundated with questions and concerns about the survey from educators.
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MNEA has spent much of this past week seeking to understand and respond to the plan presented by Dr. Battle at last Tuesday’s school board. We feel the strengths of this plan are:
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As uncertainty to how the details of the district reopening plans will work continues to cause the anxieties of educators and families to rise, it is imperative that MNEA step in and ensure that working conditions are safe and fair for all in a way that can be legally enforced with the MOU.
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If you are concerned about the state of MNPS schools to which Nashville students will eventually return, there is only one clear choice when it comes to the metro budget.
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In light of the slayings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Daniel Hambrick, and Jocques Clemmons, we as MNEA stand in solidarity with all victims of police murder and systemic racism.
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