Those cuts, in fact, come at a time when there are 15,000
fewer teachers and support staff in New York state public schools than two years ago, and as districts statewide expect to lay off at least 10,000 more employees in 2011 - 12.
Not exact matches
«We had a wonderful
staff that worked hard,» says Becky Dufour, «but prior to the PLC process,
few systems were in place to
support either
teacher collaboration or extra time
and support for systematic intervention
and enrichment for students.»
«Decisions have not been made, but what you may well find is there are
fewer support staff within schools
and therefore
teachers are standing at a photocopier rather than in the classroom,» said Cunning.
«On top of this, their cuts to per - pupil spending will mean
fewer teachers, cuts to school
support staff and larger class sizes, while some schools are not even able to afford basic school repairs.»
Although the AFT has scheduled a «labor action» during the convention (Sunday afternoon), instead of protesting against the Chicago attack on the
teachers in six schools (
and a
few others not as complete or dramatic), the nation's
teacher union will be protesting at a hospital (St. Joseph's) on the lakefront in
support of the nurses
and other hospital
staff trying to organize medical workers at Resurrection hospitals in Chicago.