Sentences with phrase «teacher and union leadership»

Not exact matches

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

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And he was sometimes at odds with the leadership of Miami's local teachers union, United Teachers teachers union, United Teachers Teachers of Dade.

and many teachers who live in Queens are upset and are telling the union leadership to take a hike.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

THERE ARE many teachers like Jia Lee, a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators caucus inside the UFT, who disagree with the concessionary strategy of their union's leadership.

As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter schools.

«For some strange reason, even though we reached out to them, the leadership of the teachers» unions still seem to be resistant to any type of help to the schools even though we work closely with them on all types of education reform, and even though in our mind this is not an «us versus them» scenario,» Dolan said.

Such attacks are unlikely to be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed single mother, and the NYC Parents Union because they have been past allies of the UFT regarding parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.

... the teachers» union leadership opposed any alternative candidate to the governor in last year's election, from the mild - mannered liberal Democrat Zephyr Teachout who challenged Cuomo in the party primary, to the radical Green Party ticket of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, who is himself a former New York City teacher.

«Teachers union leadership marched alongside Sharpton, with the Bloods and Crypts, during the Bell case,» Palladino said.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

The union leadership insisted that all teachers were essentially the same and that any credentialed teacher, by definition, was qualified for the role of coaching his or her fellow teachers.»

Inconsistent Transportation: When late buses were impacting our ability to get teachers to their PLC Data Team meetings on Thursdays, our central office and union leadership identified the problem during a no - agenda meeting — the need to change district bus schedules to accommodate all schools — and worked with our transportation provider and building administrators to ensure that we didn't jeopardize this initiative moving forward.

It means that teacher leaders like Saldana meet at least monthly with district leadership to discuss concerns that come forth from the teachers representative council of the union (which also meets monthly), so there's a constant flow of information between teacher and the district.

Only recently, teachers unions seemed to be riding high in the saddle, enjoying for the first time in more than a decade a government unified under the union - friendly leadership of a Democratic governor and a legislature controlled by the same party.

«We believe the union leadership orchestrated an uninformed «no» vote by failing to provide information to teachers in our schools and by withholding from them a proposal that would have modified the plan in a manner designed to address teacher concerns raised by a poll in March,» the statement said.

The three major accomplishments of Shanker's career, according to Kahlenberg, were the founding of modern teachers» unions, his leadership of education reform in the»80s and»90s, and his dedication to «tough liberalism,» which the author described as a philosophy «more politically persuasive and substantively potent than either traditional liberalism or traditional conservatism.»

And sure enough, just last week, Washington's union leadership reluctantly embraced a reform - minded contract that will make it much easier to remove ineffective teachers from the classroom.

The media and observers across the ideological spectrum were surprised and, in some cases, disconcerted in July 2014 when at the annual American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention in Los Angeles, the union's leadership team announced that its Innovation Fund grants of $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 were going to be made available to state and local affiliates to critique the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the massive multistate effort to improve student achievement.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

It also revealed that teachers with more than six years of experience are more likely to have information about inspection and how Ofsted works shared with them by their senior leadership, or through membership of a teaching association or union.

School budget crises are continuous, teachers union leadership is combative, and minority community involvement is generally ineffective.

The most interesting story coming out of the landmark Vergara and Harris decisions is the coming irresistible - force - immovable - object collision of reformers» aggressive new litigation strategy and teachers unions» stout - defense approach to leadership.

That's what the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tTeachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the tteachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the trenches.

Teacher unions» current and rising leadership appear to be defiantly (and unnecessarily) marching their members toward this Waterloo.

Now, it strikes me as ludicrous for the unions to sit quietly by and share the blame for timid, tepid leadership, or when unions passively take the blame for weak teachers when teacher preparation programs produce graduates of dubious merit.

Through its two years of planning work with the teachers union, the district leadership demonstrated its commitment to the program and to evaluating teachers in a way that was systematic and fair.

«Last week the education secretary announced a strategy to drive recruitment and boost retention of teachers, working with the unions and professional bodies, and we've been consulting on how to improve development opportunities for teachers, whether they decide to move into a leadership role or want to continue teaching in the classroom.

The teachers unions now face an environment in which their traditional enemies are emboldened, their traditional allies are deserting, and some of their most devoted activists are questioning the leadership of their own officers.

The announcement of the Intensive Partnership grants culminated a yearlong competitive application process that brought together school district, school board, and local teacher union leadership to develop comprehensive and innovative reform plans.

One of the most path - breaking attempts to reward teacher performance, and thus attract and retain the best and brightest for our kids, is the DC Impact system, which was the culmination of a tough but brilliant consensus between union and DC leadership.

Worse yet, I was personally present with local and national union leadership when they acknowledged that reality and celebrated that much of the money donated by Mark Zuckerberg was going to go into the pockets of their teachers rather than towards a radical expansion of the charter sector — as had been the case, for example, in New Orleans.

The search for more competent executive leadership can often roil interest groups within the school system, such as teacher unions and school administrators, whose power is in part tied to having one of their own, a former teacher and administrator, running the system.

The authors note the wealth of teachers unions and the role that their dollars play in keeping the national civil - rights leadership in line with union priorities — against the wishes of most black citizens.

Or given the blistering criticism heaped upon the program in the Washington Post, blogs, and other media outlets by leadership in teachers unions and the Congressional Black Caucus?

This article discusses the Minnesota Guild of Public Charter Schools, the first union - sponsored authorizer of charter schools in the U.S. Topics discussed include the involvement of teachers in the leadership of charter schools, the role of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in the founding of the Guild, and innovation in charter school edteachers in the leadership of charter schools, the role of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in the founding of the Guild, and innovation in charter school edTeachers (MFT) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in the founding of the Guild, and innovation in charter school edTeachers (AFT) in the founding of the Guild, and innovation in charter school education.

Today is the last day for LA teachers union members to submit their votes to support or reject the teacher evaluation agreement that has been hashed out between UTLA leadership and LAUSD.

However, its makeup was lopsided in favor of the status quo: leadership from school boards, administrators and teacher unions.

The goal is to connect early career teacher leaders to union leadership, centered specifically around professional unionism and social justice unionism.

The school leadership operates with broad local control, exemptions from District policies and some waivers from the teachers union contract, including the unique ability to replace staff at the end of each school year.

«I think the teachers» union leadership is going to continue, both locally and statewide, to try to do anything they can to sort of roll back on the culture and climate that we've created there,» he said, «and the mechanism which we have used to be able to stabilize those excellent communities of practice.»

Even when rank - and - file teachers disagree with the politics and policies of union leadership, they can't opt out of paying for political activities — unless they forfeit valuable benefits.

This is the letter sent to Baltimore City Schools leadership from the city's teacher's union, requesting that all city schools be closed for the remainder of the week amid frigid temperatures and a series of facilities issues.

Mr. Rutledge held leadership positions on the Baltimore Teachers» Union Executive Board, New Teacher Steering Committee, and Negotiations Team, and was appointed to the Joint Oversight Committee responsible for implementing the landmark performance pay and peer review systems.

«The strong leadership by the mayor, the chancellor and a progressive teachers» union has allowed a school system the size of New York City to dramatically improve student achievement in a relatively short period of time,» Mr. Broad said in a statement.

The ensuing media glare made it tougher for the United Federation of Teachers to defend problematic practices, gave the union leadership reason to seek a deal that would staunch the bad publicity, and consequently put district leaders in a stronger bargaining position.

Now the DOE will work overtime to spin doctor the failure to reach an agreement on new teacher evaluations, mandated by New York State's version of Race to the Top, as the fault of Michael Mulgrew and union leadership.

Every teacher should have a vote for the leadership of their Unions at the local, state, and national levels.