ASASP UnionTimes

Greetings ASASP Members,

It is my hope that the information presented to you each week is useful and helpful to each and everyone of our members. This union staff is working continuously to insure that you and your rights are not violated. We need and appreciate your support to call out or bring to our attention the injustices that you see daily, in other words "if you see something, say something." It's not always easy for us to correct every situation, but trust and believe we are going to fight for a resolution. Your voice is your primary instrument and without your voice we are out of tune. One band, one sound is our goal.

Have a great and wonderful Thirsty Thursday and we look forward to seeing you at Flowers HS next Tuesday night.

Jeffery Parker, Executive Director ASASP

Thank you for your membership, support and dedication to the education of our young people. Feel free to reach out to the board to share concerns, we are here to serve!!

Jeffery J. Parker, Executive Director

Brian Galbraith, President

Your ASASP Board of Directors - Representatives

Mr. Brian Galbraith - President

Mr. Danny Miller - Vice President

Vacant - Secretary

Mr. Danny Miller - Treasurer

Ms. Jennifer Williams - Board Member (Unit 3 Board Member)

Ms. Dana Brown - Board Member (Unit 3 Board Member)

Ms. Dee-Onn Everette - Board Member (Unit 3 Board Member)

Ms. Simone Malloy - Board Member (At Large)

Ms. Nichelle Williams - Assistant Principal (At Large)

Ms. Jewel Preston - Board Member (Elementary Principal)

Ms. Michelle Towles-Monroe - Board Member (Middle School Principal)

Dr. Ronald Hollis – Board Member (High School Principal)

Crystal Bright-Mundell (Wing Coordinator/Elementary AP)

Currently Vacant - Instructional Supervisor (Instructional Supervisor)

Currently Vacant - Board Member (Secondary Assistant Principal)

A Word from our National Affiliate

Principals please be informed that if you are on Cycle B or Cycle C of the Evaluation Process for this year, you are required to have ZERO Formal Observations and ZERO Informal Observations. Many of you have already received observations, formal and informal which is a violation. Do Not Allow Yourself to be Violated.

See the attached memo from Dr. Charity McGruder's OEP that speaks directly to the process for the year. This document was submitted to the state on September 18, 2023 but for some reason many of you have still been required to be observed multiple times. Why??

Please plan to meet with the union board members next Tuesday evening for 90 minutes in the auditorium of C. H. Flowers High School.

All dues paying members are welcome to participate. The board, the union staff and executive director will be there to inform you of the pending negotiations starting just couple of days later.

Light refreshments will be served for all that would like to partake. There will be no online opportunity to attend virtually. We hope to see your face in the place. Keep your eyes and ears open for updates throughout.

Who told Director McGruder and the Office of Employee Performance that they could extend the deadline for Mid-Year Conferences to through February 23rd? Mid-year conferences were originally scheduled to be completed between December 1, 2023 and February 12, 2024. This disrespect and disregard of our contract is a direct violation of our negotiated agreement.

If principals and other supervisors don't have enough time to complete tasks, perhaps it's because the tasks are too arduous and too numerous. Perhaps it's simply because they have more on their plate than they can handle already.

Supervisors, principals, appraisers should not be asking the big house for more work like a good and faithful servant, but rather you should be standing up against the insurmountable pile of unscrupulous expectations coming through and from the Area Offices and Instructional Directors.

If you are still convening mid-year conferences, I can only hope that you have entered nothing into Edoctrina that can even be perceived as negative regarding your appraisee, otherwise there will be problems. Please protect yourself and make sure that you do not get caught up in any unnecessary grievances.