Sentences with phrase «aft executive»

Yet, the American Federation of Teachers (Connecticut chapter) endorsed Malloy without allowing his challengers to fill out a questionnaire, interview with the AFT Political Action Committee or address the AFT Executive Committee.

readers may remember that the American Federation of Teachers was the union that refused to allow me to fill out a candidate questionnaire, interview with the AFT Political Action Committee or even speak to the AFT Executive Committee before they endorsed Malloy.

In the 1996 AFT executive council meeting, he suggested it was time to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Highlights include an April 13 panel featuring NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and AFT Executive Vice President Francine Lawrence.

«The National Board staff and board of directors wish to congratulate Mary Cathryn Ricker on her election as AFT executive vice president.

Weingarten also served on the AFT executive committee and the democracy committee, and headed the professional compensation committee.

This is a tricky dance, and it's not uncommon for NEA and AFT executive officers to make conflicting, if not contrary, statements depending on which ears are listening.

Not exact matches

StudentsFirstNY's Acting Executive Director, Glen Weiner, released the following statement in response to remarks by AFT President Randi Weingarten at the Association for a Better New York.

Its executive council imposed the top - down decision at the behest of AFT President Randi Weingarten, a longtime Hillary Clinton pal.

In 1996, only three states had promotion policies based on standardized tests; in 1999, 13 states had such policies, according to Making Standards Matter 1999: Executive Summary, an annual report by the AFT.

Currently the president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, Ms. Feldman, as anticipated, was selected unanimously by the AFT's executive council to serve out the remainder of Mr. Shanker's term.

She has served as a national trainer for AFT (Thinking Mathematics K - 2, 3 - 6, 6 - 8 Common Core, collaborator and national trainer for Thinking Mathematics 6 - 8), member of the PARCC assessment team, serves on the Advisory Board of Digital Promise, SREB Teacher Prep Commission, P21 Executive Board, and the Executive Board of the Trump Foundation of Israel.

As part of the Communities in Schools Leadership Town Hall Conference, Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Vice President of the AFT, will discuss the effects of poverty in public schools.

But Bruce Hunter, associate executive director of the American Association of School Administrators — a group that lobbied against the provision, along with the AFT and NEA — is preparing a letter that sings Harkin's and Enzi's praises.

Finally, in what may will recognize as the most bizarre twist of all, while teachers and public education advocates all across Connecticut fight to save teacher tenure and collective bargaining, the American Federation of Teacher's state chapter, the AFT - CT, endorsed Dannel Malloy last week without ever allowing me to meet with their political action committee or their executive committee.

Then there is AFT president Randi Weingarten, who as a member of George Soros» left - wing Democracy Alliance (whose president is NEA executive director John Stocks), was criticized for her participation in the dark money group.

While districts under control of mayors such as New York City and Chicago can count on the considerable political heft of municipal chief executives (and in the case of the Big Apple, the wallet of Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to beat back traditionalists in Albany and Springfield, districts with traditional school board governance structures often have few tools at their disposal against NEA and AFT locals with waning - but - still - more considerable political influence in statehouse corridors.

One such executive, AFT's Kombiz Lavasany, asserted that the report was «sadly dishonest [because the] vast majority of union dues support things universally supported,» such as «work to represent and work for better pay, work conditions, professionalism.»

But Paul Wessel, executive director of Connecticut Parent Power, thinks the AFT's behavior isn't anything out of the ordinary.

The panelists included Chandra Villanueva with the Center for Public Policy Priorities; Dr. Charles Luke, Associate Director, Pastors for Texas Children; Andrew Kirk, Dallas ISD Teacher and Executive Board Member, Alliance / AFT and Stephanie Elizalde, Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership.

AFT - CT President Peters» comment is an odd one to be sure, considering that the AFT - CT refused to allow me — a pro-teacher, pro-union, pro-public education 3rd party candidate running for governor — to even submit a candidate questionnaire, be interviewed by the AFT - CT endorsing committee or address the AFT - CT Executive Committee before they voted.

Despite being the only pro-public education, pro-teacher candidate in the race for Governor, the AFT - CT refused to allow me to fill out a candidate questionnaire, refused to allow me to speak to the AFT - CT candidate endorsing committee, refused to allow me to address the AFT - CT executive committee and even prohibited me from speaking to the AFL - CIO's annual endorsing convention, a meeting in which Randi Weingarten was the keynote speaker.

Teacher Benham is also the President of the Meriden Federation of Teachers and the Vice President of the AFT - CT Executive Committee.

According to the union's by - laws, the recommendations by the Legislative and Political Action Committee will now go to the AFT Connecticut Executive Committee for final action.

By refusing to embrace systemic reforms, AFT and NEA help perpetuate damage to the futures of Black and Brown children, often behaving no differently in consequence than the regime that occupies the executive branch of the federal government.

While AFT is a new player within Democracy Alliance giving $ 85,000 to the group and its Texas Future Project in 2014 - 2015, NEA has long been one of its key players; the union's executive director, John Stocks, chairs its board.

Our 6 - foot -1-inch executive editor also wanted a seat height adjustment beyond the progressive fore - aft track that lowers as you move the seat back.