tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post16534625252196122..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Let The UFT Leadership Know How You Feel About ADVANCE, Danielson And The Common Corereality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-87699842965771810722013-10-26T10:02:43.124-04:002013-10-26T10:02:43.124-04:00An excellent analysis of the situation, I noticed ...An excellent analysis of the situation, I noticed that... I may use this as the focus for a post.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-24521760058094053372013-10-24T17:58:21.115-04:002013-10-24T17:58:21.115-04:00As a retired teacher, my colleagues keep emailing ...As a retired teacher, my colleagues keep emailing me and telling me how horrible the ADVANCE (which I call regress) is and the common core was designed to ensure that children do not succeed. They ask me if the union will ever push Article 8I (Reduction of Paperwork). I advise them to write to the union leadership especially since two years ago they did a survey where the DRs asked CLs to describe the excessive paperwork in their school. Unfortunately, it went no where.<br /> <br />It breaks my heart when I hear how many of my colleagues want to leave the profession or they're telling others not to come into the teaching profession. They go home exhausted and morally drained. Some of my colleagues who NEVER wanted to get involved in union activities are changing their minds and learning about the other non-Unity caucuses. One colleague emailed me that he will push to have his colleagues sign the Beck letter (which I'm not familiar with but I have heard of it). Some members do not want to give to COPE or want to stop the automatic deduction. Teachers are very, very upset and I can't for the life of me why the union is so detached.<br /><br />The union should reflect on the decision they made when they signed for the RttT, boasted the new teacher evaluation, defended the common core, and irresponsibly gave away a certain part of the contract without going to the collective bargaining table. It is time for the union leadership to actually think about the members, the rank-and-file, and make good by having the ed law 3012-c changed immediately. Instead of a moratorium, which means nothing more than a pause, a complete cease and desist with the use of test scores to rate teachers must be demanded.<br /><br />I told many of my colleagues that 2016 is another UFT election year and the members will painfully remember the struggles, the excessive paperwork, the demoralization of their profession of 2013 and in 2014. The union will probably try to change the constitution again to increase the percentage of retirees that count towards the election. This is one retiree that will not vote in favor of a union leadership that neglects and ignores the painful cries of my colleagues and my dear friends. Either the union takes another route or they will see a different path come 2016.I noticed that...noreply@blogger.com