- WTU Back to School Breakfast Training
- Team Awards Ceremony
- Professional Development Training
- Early Childhood Educators Network
- WTU & AFT Celebrate National Board Certified Teachers
- WTU Action Team Celebration Luncheon
- WTU Community Outreach Walk
- New Teacher Orientation - August 2009
- WTU Teacher Appreciation Event
- WTU Building Representatives Training
- WTU "Rally for Respect"
- New Teacher Orientation - August 2010
- WTU Teacher Development and Evaluation Conference
- WTU General Membership Meeting and Holiday Party
- Back to School 2011 Kick Off event at Sousa MS
- WTU Education Transition Summit
- April 4, 2011 We Are One Rally
- WTU Furlough Day Rally at the Washington Post Headquarters
- WTU Kennedy Center Reception
- Press Conference- Denise Hamilton
- WTU President Nathan Saunders meets with Diane Ravitch
- WTU Salute to Educators
- Save Our Schools Rally
- WTU "Back To School" Picnic
Members
The Washington Teachers' Union (WTU) is here to serve our members, and we encourage you to visit this section of the website often.
In this section, you’ll find information on:
- The Benefits of WTU Membership
- Latest News
- Valuable Resources
Join US!
As a new teacher in DCPS, you are automatically a member of the WTU bargaining unit as an agency fee member; however, we would like to invite you to become a full WTU member. The WTU bargaining unit consists of two categories of members: agency fee members and full union members. As an agency fee member your biweekly deduction is $30.67 and the biweekly deduction for full union membership is $36.08; a difference of only $5.41 per pay period.
As a full dues paying member of the WTU, you are entitled to representation from our highly qualified field representatives, Professional Development and Educational Research & Dissemination courses, and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Plus benefits such as $1,000,000 liability policy and $15,000 accidental death insurance. Full dues paying members also obtain voting rights to participate in local school elections, the approval of the WTU contract, and the upcoming general election of union officers. As teachers who will have the responsibility for supervising children throughout the day, we strongly encourage all teachers to become full union members to take advantage of the $1,000,000 liability insurance coverage to protect your financial assets against possible lawsuits.