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ALERT for ATRs and Pre-K Teachers: UFT Members Still Rated Under S/U and...
If you are a speech, pre-K teacher, and/or teacher in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) pool, you are not covered by the Advance teacher evaluation system or Danielson.This means that you are still...
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Minnesota Anti-Tenure Lawsuit is Dismissed
I am biased when it comes to whether or not educators should continue to receive tenure.I believe in tenure. 100%.After dealing with charges prosecuted at 3020-a that are crazy, unfair, ridiculous,...
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Every School Resembles Its Principal
I am re-posting this very true (in my opinion) post from the blog Gatsby In LA:LESSON 1: YOU’RE DEAD IN THE WATER WITHOUT A GREAT PRINCIPALJUNE 26, 2014 ELLIE HERMAN3 COMMENTSLINKYou know how they say...
View ArticleNew York City Department of Education Changes Licenses
The NYC Department of Education sent the following message on friday:Dear Colleague:Effective November 1, 2016, in order to better align with New York State Education Department Certification levels,...
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First Department Appellate Division Dismisses Appeal of Dianna Morton To Get...
Morton v Mulgrew2016 NY Slip Op 07270Decided on November 3, 2016Appellate Division, First DepartmentPublished by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.This opinion is...
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Arbitration Newswire: Education Law 3020-a, UFT Formal Observation...
As I have said many ties on this blog, 3020-a arbitration can be won, if you have a strong defense. my suggestion is that every teacher consider what he/she would do when or if charged with either...
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De Witt Clinton High School Principal Santiago "Santi" Taveras Removed From...
Santiago Taveras...for doing what he does best: changing grades to make a school and his alma mater the NYC Department of Education look good.Pushing for Change, Bronx Principal Is Undone by...
View ArticleMatter of Zarinfar: The Court Will Not Vacate Termination, Because Petitioner...
If you do not have tenure, says Judge Billings in New York State Supreme Court, (affirmed by the First Department Appellate Division Nov. 3, 2016), and you received a U-rating as a probationary...
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The 3020-a Arbitration Newswire: Dennis Walcott's Speech on "Ending Just...
Dennis Walcott was a Chancellor-in-waiting who was always in the background of all the others during the Bloomberg Administration, and he remains a person who covers up waste and corruption - oops, I...
View ArticleMorton v Mulgrew: Dianna Morton Once Again Loses a Right to Wage Increases...
The First Department has decided to deny Dianna Morton and other plaintiffs their lawsuit against the UFT after the UFT ratified a contract that provided for wage increases retroactive to the October...
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FAKE NEWS: Undue Process
Another anti-tenure report has hit the news: Undue Process The Thomas Fordham Institute likes fake news, commonly known for years as yellow journalism. I believe that reports like Undue Process are...
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Implicit Bias. Everyone Has It
Everyone has it. Implicit bias. Something that triggers a feeling inside which has no basis in fact, but defines the way that you see the world around you. I was told about the website below,...
View ArticleErica Bolt Wins Her Appeal in the First Department
Matter of Bolt v New York City Dept. of Educ.2016 NY Slip Op 08158Decided on December 6, 2016Appellate Division, First DepartmentPublished by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary...
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$33 million in back pay for SESIS work going to members
One of the biggest messes of the NYC DOE is SESIS, the online special education information system that had no privacy for the kids in the system. And no one, at the DOE, seemed to care.As a parent...
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New York State Education Officials Change the Reporting of Violence In Schools
Here's what I believe: changing the number of categories and the definitions of violence doesn't touch what is really wrong with the procedures for reporting violence in schools.Principals still will...
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The Latest Scandal For Chancellor Carmen Farina: Renewal High School Plans Fail
The lack of strategic planning and intelligent guidance at the New York City Department of Education never ceases to amaze me, even after dealing with the agency since 1997.We knew that Carmen Farina...
View ArticleNYC Department of Education Announces a New Evaluation Process For Teachers,...
City Announces Teacher and Principal Evaluation Agreement with UFT, CSA12/21/2016New, rigorous evaluation system will continue City’s focus on developing better teachers and principals NEW YORK –...
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Marcella Sills' Attempt to Appeal Her Termination Fails; Everyone is Happy!!!
I wish Marcella Sills good luck (not) ever finding work again especially with children, or anywhere. Her stupidity and arrogance, as exposed by Sue Edelman at the NY POST, is astonishing. Thanks so...
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NYSUT Changes To Tenure and the Tenured Teacher Removal Process in...
I remain perplexed how NYSUT defends teacher rights. They (NYSUT, New York State United Teachers) say that defending tenure is their goal, yet go along with extending the time for a teacher to get...
View ArticleThe Outrageous Actions of David Jimenez, Brian Bradley, Daniel Albetta and...
I think the Complaint filed by Michael P. Thomas shows outrageous actions taken against him by David Jimenez, Daniel Albetta, the school’s assistant principal of security; Brian Bradley, the assistant...
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