"CauseYou Need To Know"

ASASP Family,

With Thanksgiving and Pearl Harbor Day behind us, the holiday season is in full swing. It is hard to believe that today is 88 days in on our 210 day calendar and we've already had two inclement weather impacted days the first week of December.

With just ten days of class left in December, the Winter Break will be here before you know it. In the meantime keep your head down, stay focused and try to maintain your well-being as the season of giving and spending ramps up.

Your health and well being are the most important things you have, so try not to get caught up in senseless unnecessary confrontation. Do what you can to create peace in your work place, good will towards all that you encounter each day. By doing this each day, you will find yourself feeling less stressed, and better able to focus on those things that are most important.

Jeffery Parker, Executive Director ASASP

If you are in charge of payroll, as principal or supervisor, please be sure that you are not just signing off blindly. If you are allowing someone on your staff to sign off for you, that may put you in a very precarious situation and it will likely come back to bite you. If you are the designated leave granting authority, it is your fiduciary duty to ensure that funds and pay are accurate and earned according to PGCPS policy and administrative procedure.

Make sure that you are dotting every i and crossing every t according to policy and procedure. I cannot stress enough the need for fiscal responsibility in regards to substitute coverage and overtime pay, particularly in these stressful budgetary times. Be careful using loopholes and paying people extra who are not entitled. Email me if you have questions or concerns with which we can assist you. Get the facts on the budget firsthand from Dr. Joseph.

jeffery.parker@asasp.org

Some members actually had to contact the office twice last week to ask if they should follow the superintendent's directive or if they should follow their principal's directive on the two days that PGCPS has adjusted the opening of school due to inclement weather condition.

Supervisors, principals, please don't overstep your authority by requiring employees to come in for a meeting or whatever, after the superintendent has made his decision. None of us want to be responsible for someone being injured in an accident because we made someone feel they had to report regardless.

Please advocate for yourself and stand ten toes down on what the superintendent's decision, the union will back you up on that, all day every day!!

Thank you for your membership, support and dedication to the education of our young people. Feel free to reach out to the board to share concerns, we are here to serve!!

Jeffery J. Parker, Executive Director

jeffery.parker@asasp.org

Brian Galbraith, President

asaspunion@asasp.org

1300 Caraway Court #204

Largo, Maryland 20774

301-925.7047

Your ASASP Board of Directors - Fifteen (15) Representatives

Mr. Brian Galbraith - President

Ms. Jewel Preston - Vice President

Ms. Michelle Towles-Monroe - Secretary

Ms. Felicia Colbert - Treasurer

Ms. Kristy Miller - Board Member (Unit 3 Seat)

Ms. Dana Brown - Board Member (Unit 3 Seat)

Mr. Brian Makell - Board Member (Unit 3 Seat)

Mr. Brandon Jackson - Board Member (At Large Seat)

Mr. James Storm - Board Member (At Large Seat)

Ms. Michelle Marek - Board Member (Elementary Principal)

Ms. Tisa Morgan - Board Member (Middle School Principal)

Vacant – Board Member (High School Principal)

Ms. Crystal Bright-Mundell - (Elementary Assistant Principal/Wing Coordinator)

Mr. Thomas Childs - Board Member (Secondary Assistant Principal)

Ms. Summer Carter - Instructional Supervisor (Instructional Supervisor)

A Word from our National Affiliate AFSA

Benefits of AFSA

Were fighting to right the wrong that we believe was done to you through a rushed process this past summer when you were hired to be the 12 month Assistant Principal. Today, I need for you to send me a copy of your position notification letter informing you of your new 12 month status. I will be meeting with the superintendent and the chief of human resources this week to follow-up on this matter. I cannot convey enough the importance of your response and participation today.

jeffery.parker@asasp.org