My Rights
Our contract and our unity protect our members and the students we serve in every school. Learn how to stand up for your rights, get help from CTU staff when you need it, and stand with fellow CTU members.
My Movement
Along with parents, students and community, we advocate for the schools – and the city – that our students deserve. Learning, working and living conditions are not separate. Together, our Union wages a comprehensive fight for the soul of public education.
My Union
Caring, democratic, united: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one.
CTU Early Childhood Committee advocates, organizes to support educators and their students
The early childhood committee is a space for educators and allies of students in preschool through second grade who are passionate about all topics related to early childhood.
read moreMember Bulletin for September 19, 2023
Topics include: LEAD, Skyline survey, SPED chief search, Hispanic Heritage Month and more!
read moreCTU Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
The Chicago Teachers Union is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and to lift up the culture, contributions and voices of the vibrant and growing Latine community in the city of Chicago!
read moreMember Bulletin for September 12, 2023
Topics include LEAD, CTU sick days, ChiArts vote, policy fellowship, class size drop-in, and more!
read moreYour Union is Here to Help
Administrative Transfer Window
Teachers will be able to transfer schools for Fall 2023 without principal permission from Friday, March 24, 2023 to Monday, May 8, 2023.
Report:
Schools Chicago Students Deserve 3.0: From Pandemic to a Real Path Forward
This third iteration of The Schools Chicago Students Deserve comes as many Chicago public school communities remain mired in deficiencies caused by decades of prioritizing wealth and deeply segregating neighborhoods and schools. It lays out a plan to address trauma, chronic inequities, and school funding and function in the time of COVID-19.
