a caucus of NEABATs, we organize the rank and file to dismantle systems of oppression, democratize the workplace and advance economic, racial and social justice

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• PUBLICSCHOOLS accountable to publically elected school boards.
• Educating the whole child, not standardizing their learning and reducing them to data points.
• Rich, engaging curriculum and instructional practices that ignite our students sense of wonder and transform them into life-long learners.
• Ending the toxic high stakes testing.
• TEACHERS making decisions that impact their classrooms, not entrepreneurs, foundations, politicians, and think tanks.
• Speaking out and showing up.
• Robust participation in unions.
• Ample funding for our PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
• Our students, their families, and our community.
• Classroom assessments chosen by teachers.
• Wrap-around services for our students and communities.
• Rich, well-rounded curriculum that motivates children to engage and explore.
• Educator-designed learning standards that define goals while respecting the unique development of our students
• Inclusion of student, parent, and teacher voice.


What WABATs are for

Restorative Justice in Schools
Led an effort to show how in WE 2.0.

End the WA-AIM
Spurred WEA to lobby the legislature to end time-wasting testing requirements for special education students and teachers.

Trauma Informed Practices
Directed WEA to develop a resource guide to support educators with students who experienced trauma.

Unstructured Playtime
Passed NBIs that raised awareness and helped locals bargain for unstructured play in their contracts.

Racial Justice
Proposed and passed continuing resolutions promoting racial justice, as well as NBIs that fight white supremacy.
Designed pathways to do this work and we partner with the other WEA Caucuses to strengthen these efforts.

End Standardized Testing
Demanding an end to high stakes testing. Our efforts promote trusting educators to assess their students in ways that will drive instruction and improve student learning.

Economic Justice
Put forward resolutions and NBIs to address living wage, state bank, and the fight for $15

What WABATs have done

NEA BAT Caucus Membership

Governing Documents

What is Sturgis Rules of Order

The WEA BAT Caucus follows a "flat-power" model of governance at our caucus meetings. The Chair presides over these meetings, and we follow Sturgis Rules of Order to get business done, yet we lift up voices and empower new delegates to take the floor. If you have an idea for an NBI, and supports our mission, we can help you get it passed.

What a WABATs caucus meeting is like

Bylaws

Post in multiple spots online, email past members, and text (involves adding phone numbers) that membership in order to participate in the endorsement process membership deadline is met 2 days prior to sending out the endorsement vote ballot.
Send email to the potential candidates with the process, share dates and provide the candidate questionnaire for them to return. Set the deadline for questionnaire return in this e-mail.
Send an e-mail to all members from previous years about the deadline at least a week prior to the deadline with endorsement procedures.
Create the survey monkey document that will be shared.  This survey will be open for 1 week.
On the credentialing date, create an e-mailing list and uploaded to survey monkey.
Send email with PDF files of the questionnaires.
Send email through survey monkey with the ballot.
Send email reminder mid-week.
Send individual emails to those who have not voted 2 days out.
Final reminder the day of for those who have not participated.


Endorsement Procedure

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