Sentences with phrase «contracts with teacher unions»

Districts have negotiated contracts with teacher unions that eliminate schools» discretion in favor of seniority preferences.

Only then would local districts have the incentive to both lobby states for changes in state laws and to negotiate tough contracts with teacher unions.

Rumore follows a brutal interrogation of School Board President Barbara Nevergold on Monday at the hearing in Albany, during which Paladino's team of attorneys covered a litany of issues, including the negotiation of the contract with the teacher union.

The following year, Christie hired Anderson, who negotiated an innovative contract with the teachers union that allowed merit pay.

She also negotiated a new contract with the teachers union.

Since Walker and Republicans passed collective bargaining measure known as Act 10, school districts have been able to abandon salary schedules usually included in contracts with teachers unions.

Both policies are already permitted under the law and the city's contract with the teachers union — a fact that drew ridicule from UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Since Walker and Republicans passed the collective bargaining measure known as Act 10, school districts have been able to abandon salary schedules usually included in contracts with teachers unions.

The audit also noted that district was not using state test scores in teacher evaluations during the 11 - year period reviewed and that the district's contract with the teachers union at the time did not allow for it.

Nerad said he opposes the current proposal for Madison Prep primarily because it would violate the district's contract with its teachers union, but that he agrees with the charter school's supporters in that a new approach to close the achievement gap is necessary.

Not exact matches

«The massive number of teacher layoffs, school closings, cuts to academic programs and extracurricular activities could have been worse had districts not tapped into reserve funds or worked hard to negotiate contract concessions with their employee unions.»

He's accused of breaking the rules of an executive session of the board, and telling a local paper the details of confidential talks with the teachers union over a new contract.

But the school board pursued his removal based on the sharing of information from a closed - door executive session of the board, arguing it helped undermine the district during its negotiations with the teachers union for a new contract.

With teacher contract negotiations seemingly at a standstill, and a battle over the state's new receivership headed to court, tensions between Buffalo union and school district leaders are on the rise.

To cite yet another example, the teachers union piled cash into his political fund, and came away with an excessively generous contract.

Fields, 64, who has been endorsed by the union in past elections, angered the organization earlier this year with her proposal that teachers across the state reopen their contracts and agree to a wage freeze to help close the state budget deficit.

«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and other school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.

«With these concerns in mind, we as the unified substitute teachers union are requesting that the terms in negotiation of our contract be met.

Dr. Cash comes to the Buffalo Public Schools at a pivotal time, when 25 schools have been placed into State Receivership, and the District works to negotiate a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Union.

The Buffalo Public School system is constantly negotiating union contracts with some organization, with the recent contract with the Buffalo Teachers Federation establishing a framework.

A State Supreme Court judge has placed a temporary restraining order on the Buffalo School Board for attempting to eliminate the controversial cosmetic surgery rider from the teacher contract without negotiating it with the union.

A Bronx charter school dedicated to educating students about social justice and the law fired 11 of its 15 teachers with no notice last month — including eight who were trying to bargain a union contract with management.

Paladino was protecting the public's interest when he disclosed in a newspaper story secret details about contract talks with the Buffalo teacher's union — information he received during School Board's confidential executive session, his attorney said.

A survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, of over 1,400 supply teachers has found that nearly two thirds (65 %) have been asked to sign a contract or agreement with an umbrella or offshore organisation.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's ruling that Superintendent Kriner Cash can circumvent the union contract to make changes at receivership schools will likely end in a court battle with one of the most powerful teachers unions in the country.

Bill de Blasio and the teachers union struck a deal on a new contract, ending a nearly five - year labor dispute and potentially setting a template for negotiations with the city's other unions.

Catsimatidis also admitted that he considers himself a union guy, from his days as a member, and said that, if he were mayor, he would have been able to reach deals with the teachers» and bus drivers» union on a teacher evaluation system and new contracts to avert the school bus strike.

Voters opposed to fracking, and certain public employee unions unhappy with their contracts and teacher evaluations were the most motivated in this primary.»

And he said he can do it under a turn - around provision in the exisiting contract with the teachers» union.

The contract showdown between the Buffalo Public Schools and its teachers union has been a long time coming.Perhaps surprising is that teachers are frustrated with those on both sides of the bargaining table, feeling caught time and again in the middle of what has become an epic battle shaped by politics, ideology and personalities.They feel many people in the community bl...

The teachers union scheduled a meeting for all teachers for Oct. 17 with expectations there will be a contract on the table.

In his opening remarks, Paladino's lawyer Dennis Vacco said Paladino was protecting the public's interest by publicly disclosing secret information from the School Board's closed - door meeting about contract talks with the teacher's union.

The Buffalo union, along with its parent group New York State United Teachers, funneled thousands of dollars and other resources into the races, backing candidates who seemed willing to resolve the contract dispute.

The clock is ticking until Buffalo teachers meet with the expectation of voting on a new contract, but district and union leaders have not yet agreed on a deal to present to them.

In Buffalo, the city teachers union broke a 12 - year stalemate with a new contract that awards hefty raises for teachers.

The drama has even led to proxy fights between the police unions and United Federation of Teachers — which took the first major contract with the city, setting a precedent for all other unions that uniformed unions have rejected because it contains some years without raises.

School districts had until Nov. 15th to reopen their teacher contracts and negotiate a plan with their unions to implement the new requirements.

News flash: With City Hall and the teachers union negotiating a new contract, union boss Michael Mulgrew asked for the sun and the moon, then promised, «We're not trying to bankrupt the city.»

Buffalo School Board Member Carl Paladino was protecting the public's interest when he disclosed in a newspaper story secret details about contract talks with the Buffalo teacher's union — information he received during School Board's confidential executive session, his attorney said Thursday.

The leak most mentioned in court is contained in an Artvoice newspaper article Paladino wrote after the board reached a contract with the teacher's union

Paladino is talking about how the board reached a contract deal with the teachers union.

Many had stories about friends, often in the humanities, who were overworked as teaching assistants, or paid months late; the collective bargaining a union offers could potentially lead to a contract with the university that addresses such issues and helps student teachers in such situations.

The Meriden Public Schools — with 8,000 students and 700 teachers — have benefited greatly from our collaboration and utilization of memorandums of understanding (MOUs), agreements between two parties that can be used to make adjustments to union contracts.

In the meantime, budget reductions that the district has agreed upon with its two other employee unions will not take effect until the teachers» contract is settled.

A monthlong teacher strike in Michigan City, Ind., ended late last month after union leaders and administrators reached an agreement on a three - year contract that provides teachers with a 6 - percent salary increase next year and 5 - percent raises in each of the following years.

Teachers in Horace Mann charter schools must belong to the local union, but they may be subject to a thin contract that waives most of the provisions not associated with compensation.

But the superintendents came up with solutions to these barriers to overcome teacher - credentialing limitations at the elementary and secondary levels, line - of - sight rules, class - size limits, and restrictive provisions in union contracts that specify the instructional and non-instructional time for each teacher in a given day.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

The district has been a flash point in Colorado, where the system's difficult relationship with its local teachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiteachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiTeachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relationships.

Most everyone, from those who believe that teachers should earn more, so that the profession attracts the best and the brightest, to those who believe that union contracts are bankrupting American schools, while also leading to poorer educational outcomes, agrees that there is something wrong with the way our educators are paid.