Terms & Conditions

Please Read All These Provisions ("Terms") Carefully Before Using This Website

Using this Web site indicates your agreement and acceptance of these terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this Web site or download materials from this site.

This Site and its Use

Michigan Teachers (Michigan Teachers of Tomorrow) Web site is owned and provided by Michigan Teachers of Tomorrow, LLC.

Please feel free to browse the Site; however, your access to and use of the Site is subject to the following Terms and all applicable laws:

You shall use the Site for lawful purposes only;

You shall not post or transmit through the Site any information or material which violates or infringes, in any way, the rights of others, or which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, harassing, or otherwise objectionable;

Nor shall you post or transmit through the Site any information or material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to liability or otherwise violate any law or administrative ruling or guidelines, is in violation of these Terms, or which, without Michigan Teachers’ prior written approval, contain advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services.

Any conduct by you that, in Michigan Teachers’ opinion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted.

The Site contains information and material, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics and audio, (collectively “Materials”) which are derived in whole or in part from information and materials supplied by Michigan Teachers and other sources, and are protected by international copyright, trademark and other laws and the entire content of the Site is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States Copyright Laws.

Michigan Teachers owns the copyright in the overall selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, and owns the rights in, or certificate to use, the individual components of such content.

Materials may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way or decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled, including but not limited to the text, images, audio and/or video, as well as any software (including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software), except that you may download one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices and make no change in or deletion of author attribution.

This limited authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and by your use of the Site, You acknowledge that you do not acquire any certificate, ownership or other rights to the Materials.

Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Michigan Teachers or such other sources’ copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and may violate other laws.

The use of any such Materials on any other Web site or networked computer or environment is prohibited without Michigan Teachers’ express written consent. If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use the Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.

Disclaimer

The site and materials and related communications are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied, of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, or fitness for particular purpose.

Some jurisdictions do not allow for the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions of implied warranties may not be applicable under certain circumstances. Under these circumstances, all other exclusions remain in force.

Michigan Teachers does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information contained on this site. Nor does it warrant or represent that any information may be suitable for use in any circumstance or application. By using this site you acknowledge that any reliance on any such materials, advice, statement or information shall be at your sole risk.

Michigan Teachers assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages of any nature caused by the use of this site. This express disclaimer includes damages caused by viruses, worms, trojans or any other computer software or anomaly that may infect, affect, or damage your computer hardware, software, memory or any other property of yours or others, as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing in this site.

Third-Party Sites

Michigan Teachers may provide as a convenience to you, links to Web sites operated by other entities and persons, but makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site which you may access through this one. Any link to a non-Michigan Teachers Web site does not mean that Michigan Teachers endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of such Web site.

If you use these sites, you do so at your own risk. Michigan Teachers makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not sponsor or endorse, any linked Web sites or the information or materials appearing thereon or any of products and services described thereon.

Furthermore, links do not imply that Michigan Teachers is affiliated or associated with, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright of Michigan Teachers.

Third Party Content

Any opinions, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available in the Site by any third party are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Michigan Teachers.

Limitation of Liability

Your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in the Site, or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.

Under no circumstances will Michigan Teachers, its suppliers or other third parties mentioned at, or involved in creating, producing, or delivering the site be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever (including without limitation, costs and expenses of any type incurred, lost profits, lost data or programs, and business interruption) arising out of your access to, use, inability to use or the results of use of the site any Web sites linked to the site, or any materials contained at any or all such sites (including but not limited to those caused by or resulting from a failure of performance; error; omission; linking to other Web sites; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; communication line failure; or destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any computer or system), whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory and whether or not Michigan Teachers was advised of the possibility of such damages.

Michigan Teachers shall have no liability or responsibility for any acts, omissions, or conduct of any user or third party.

Michigan Teachers’ obligations and responsibilities regarding its products and services are governed solely by Michigan Teachers’ terms and conditions of sale or certificate under which such products and services are sold or certified.

Copies of such terms and conditions are available from the applicable Michigan Teachers entity.

Information Provided By You

It has been and remains Michigan Teachers’ policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions or materials other than those that Michigan Teachers has specifically requested from you. Accordingly, Michigan Teachers does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Michigan Teachers through the Site unless specifically requested by Michigan Teachers. Please note that any unsolicited information or material sent to Michigan Teachers will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary.

By submitting information and material to the Site, you automatically grant to Michigan Teachers (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to Michigan Teachers) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, right and certificate to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute, or otherwise make available to other such information and material (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that Michigan Teachers is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send Michigan Teachers for any purpose.

As further provided above, Michigan Teachers does not want to receive, and you are deemed to covenant and agree through the use of the Site not to provide, any information or materials to Michigan Teachers that are defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, in violation of any law, governmental requirements or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporate the proprietary information or materials of another person or entity.

You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Site any information and material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s).

You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.

Changes

Michigan Teachers reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise these Terms at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site and Materials. Materials may also be changed, modified, added, or removed and updated without notice at any time; however, Michigan Teachers is under no obligation to update Materials.

Michigan Teachers may also make changes in the products, services, programs, or prices (if any) described in the Site at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Site after any change Michigan Teachers makes to the Site will be considered acceptance of those changes.

You should revisit these Terms from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you.

Linking to Site

Anyone linking to Michigan Teachers’ Site must comply with Michigan Teachers’ guidelines for linking to Michigan Teachers’ Site and all applicable laws.

International Users

The Site is administered by Michigan Teachers from its office in the United States. Materials published at the Site may refer to products, programs, or services that are not available in your country. Consult your local Michigan Teachers business contact in this regard.

Furthermore, Michigan Teachers makes no representation that the Materials at the Site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.

You may not use the Site or export information and materials in violation of the export laws of the United States or any other country. If you access the Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this Agreement and Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Michigan Teachers and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Michigan Teachers and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against Michigan Teachers arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website.

Severability

In the event that any provision of this Agreement is declared by any judicial or other competent authority to be void, voidable, illegal or otherwise unenforceable or indications of the same are received by either you or us from any relevant competent authority, we shall amend that provision in such reasonable manner as achieves the intention of the parties without illegality or, at our discretion, such provision may be severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

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Texas Teachers currently recognizes these SBEC-approved countries:
  • American Samoa
  • Angulia
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Austrailia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Canada (except Quebec)
  • Dominica
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grand Cayman
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Trinidata/ Tobago
  • Turks and Calcos
  • United Kingdom
  • US Pacific Trust