Welcome to UnitedCharterTeachers.org. While the internet is filled with charter school related websites that promote schools, operators, vendors, and alike; this website is dedicated to supporting charter school teachers.
Here you will find resources, links to useful or provocative websites, ideas, news, and discussion forums. You can also sign up for "Charter Schools Update", the irregular e-mail newsletter that updates readers on news that is relevant to California charter school teachers. We also provide the resources and contacts you will need if you are interested in forming a local teacher's association at your school. Our website is still a "work in progress". If you have suggestions to improve our effort just send an e-mail by clicking the "feedback" button on the main menu or e-mail jboyd@cta.org.
We know that charter school teachers care about salary and benefits, but it is even more than that. Charter schools should give teachers the respect and flexibility to do their best work for their students. We want to help charter school teachers find ways to improve working conditions so they can make long-term commitments leading to long-term careers at successful charter schools.
We can support those who may be interested in building participatory local teacher's associations that are run by local teachers and dedicated to helping individual teachers in their classrooms. Just click on the "Contact Your Organizer" button, select your County, and the contact for your area will appear.
Organized or not, a current charter school teacher or just thinking about it, we hope this will be a place where charter school teachers can find resources, links to other areas of interest, and a place for respectful interactive communication.