Thompson Education Association 2026

10/15/2026

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🎉Or would you like to nominate someone and fill out the form in their name? 🎉

We love seeing the faces that make up our union and celebrating the many ways we participate, advocate, and support each other. Fill out a form today!

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10/14/2026

Part 2 in our History of TEA series.
✊Know Our History. Protect Our Voice.
✊Bargaining rights are easy to take for granted—until they’re gone.
Wear RED every Wednesday to show unity and support.🍎

10/13/2026

MOU Monday: Your voice belongs at the table!

Article 6 recognizes that educators and other stakeholders should have a meaningful voice in improving our schools. Licensed staff are expected to be actively involved in the collaborative process, and schools should create structures that allow staff to share ideas, raise concerns, and participate in decisions that affect their work.

Collaborative decision-making should:
• Include diverse stakeholder voices
• Provide opportunities for staff input
• Clearly communicate and document decisions
• Include a process for revisiting decisions
• Give staff a voice in developing approaches to significant student behavior incidents
• Respect employee rights and negotiated agreements

Does your building have a clear process for staff input on decisions?

10/10/2026

Who's ready to walk today?! Our Executive Board Treasurer and Secretary invite you to come canvas with TEA at 9am - we've got the signs, we've got the talking points, we just need YOU! ✊✊

10/09/2026

10/08/2026

Member Spotlight - Paul Binkley

I have been an Association Representative for TVHS since May of 2023, aside from being a member as a student teacher in 2016. In 2025, I served as one of the delegates for TEA at the CEA Delegate Assembly. I also served as an AR for FMHS in Fort Morgan for 2 years.

✊Why is TEA membership important to you?
Educators are continually de-professionalized by many politicians, administrators, and the public. This begins disturbingly close to home: often rearing its head in district-level administration. TEA helps fight for us and defend us as experts in our field. TEA has improved my career primarily through offering union representation when meeting with admin or in supporting me as an AR while I fill that role. This past spring was particularly tumultuous for our building as various non-renewals seemed suspiciously targeted and harmful to our students.

✊Do you have any advice for new members or those new to the profession?
Know your rights, including the right to have a representative present with you in meetings. I strongly encourage people to join TEA to help continue to fund and support our efforts, even if many of these rights are available to non-members as well. During a time of tight budgets and high administrative turnover at the district level, it is important to remember that many at the district level are there to protect "the company"; TEA is here to protect YOU as an employee and individual.

10/07/2026

Wooh! Thanks for showing up and wearing RED, Sarah Milner Elementary!

10/07/2026

🍎 It's Red for Ed Wednesday! 🍎
Why do we wear red? It symbolizes strength, unity, and the power of our bargaining rights. Maybe you don't understand the loss of those rights or what TEA does for ALL teachers across the district (not just members!).
Today is the first of a 3-part series highlighting the 2015-2016 years in TEA's history. ✊Know Our History. Protect Our Voice.
✊Bargaining rights are easy to take for granted—until they’re gone.

10/06/2026

Colorado students deserve highly qualified educators, manageable class sizes, and opportunities that prepare them for college, careers, and life. Vote YES on Prop NN to invest more of the revenue Colorado already collects in our public schools without raising taxes.

10/05/2026

MOU Monday: Conferences
Conference days will support the teacher and building in providing
opportunities to learn about students’ growth, work, and successes.
Conference days look a little different this year due to FURLOUGH days.

OCTOBER: week of October 12 with Friday the 16th being an exchange day for teachers' evening times.

MARCH: week of March 1 with a FURLOUGH day on Thursday March 4. Depending on site-based decision making, March 5th could be an exchange day for many evenings of conferences or a day of conferences due to the loss of a working day.