Common Legal Questions

What happens when you need to be absent? What precautions should you take with technology? Find information on these and many other employment issues in this section.

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Technology in the Classroom

What precautions should you take?

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Teachers and Grading

Guidance and requirements from the Texas Education Code on grading.

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Student Discipline

Essential knowledge for classroom management.

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Special Education and Section 504

The law pertaining to students with disabilities.

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Educator Resignations and Requests for Contract Release

Your rights if you choose to quit your job.

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Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect

Answers to Texas educators’ FAQs.

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Parent and Student Rights

What to keep in mind when working with your students and their parents.

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Meetings and Communications with Supervisors, Co-workers, and Parents

The law on communicating with supervisors, colleagues, and parents.

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Grievances

Your right to deal with employment concerns.

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Evaluations and Responses

What you need to know about teacher appraisals and evaluations for other staff.

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Conference Time and Duty-Free Lunch

What are your rights?

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Charters, DOIs, and Partnerships: Alternative Education Environments

Know what to look for and what questions to ask if you apply for a position in one of these alternative education environments.

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Assignments and Duties

Your rights regarding your employee assignment.

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Absences and Leave

What happens when you need to be absent?

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