SC/TA Blog

For years, the Sarasota District Schools prided itself on a collaborative working environment .... our district was a model of the shared decision making/collaborative school of governance. This model viewed teachers and classified staff as professionals whose opinions should be respected.

August 2018 New Teacher Workshop with Cyd Quinn Returns! Cyd Quinn returns next Friday with her class for new teachers. She’s been teaching teachers for decades, and will cover topics like: — how to get organized — how to ensure their needs are being met at the school where they […]

April 2018 Learn about our 2018-2019 Sarasota County Teachers of the Year! Cyd Quinn, our teacher mentor, has been teaching teachers for decades. Read her profiles of this year’s 2018-2019 Teachers of the Year, all of whom are members of the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association: Our representative for Elementary Schools is […]

This sign, posted by the School District administration before Tuesday’s historic teacher’s rally, gives the misleading impression that Sarasota’s teachers are the state’s best paid. Our superintendent knew that hundreds of teachers and staff were going to picket the School Board office on Tuesday evening of this week. So Todd […]

SC/TA members Christine Braun, Holly Houghton-Brown, and B.J. Ivey Sarasota County’s 2017-2018 Teachers of the Year Oct. 4, 2017 A nod to our 2017-2018 Teachers of the Year As we continue the 2017-18 school year, here’s a shout out to our current Sarasota County Teachers of the Year 2018: • […]