As new teachers take their first jobs in public school districts across New Jersey, and as veteran teachers take their new jobs in new school districts, they are all in the same boat: if they are nontenured, they have no rights to their jobs and there is very little, if anything, that the teacher's union can do to help if there is a problem.
I strongly urge you to consider NOT joining the teacher's union at all.
Unfortunately, because of the monopoly and scam the NJEA has got going in New Jersey, you will still have to pay a significant fraction of the full union dues (aka "agency fee"), but you will still PAY LESS of your hard-earned money, and you'll never even know any difference because the union has no power to represent nontenured teachers with any influence.
If you wind up having any issues, you're better off making sure you've covered your butt, and ultimately, if you're in the right, fight it out for yourself. It won't make a bit of difference to a nontenured teacher whether the union backs you or not.
In fact, if any problems arise with new or nontenured teachers, in my experience, the union doesn't want to hear it and just wants you to go away. Again, the NJEA has no power to help you, so why would they spin their wheels trying?
They just don't want you to know this, but it's the truth.
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