tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post1507537776056348269..comments2024-03-29T03:15:56.828-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: UFT Leadership Channels E4Ereality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-7290579456067216892013-01-13T12:34:28.325-05:002013-01-13T12:34:28.325-05:00Yes, the analysis is great.
What isnt so great i...Yes, the analysis is great. <br /><br />What isnt so great is that there are just 3 commenters thus far, showing support to this 5-day-old post, with me being the 3rd. Out of how many city teachers who will be impacted by this major deform?<br /><br />And it is like this on a lot of kindred spirit local educator blogs, which I am so glad exist!<br /><br />Showing me we still have a LOT of work to do. <br /><br />(Still waiting for a lot of heads to pop out of the sand) <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-40457887296687038482013-01-08T08:33:59.821-05:002013-01-08T08:33:59.821-05:00Latest UFT Mantra: Only 9 years left until Lhota i...Latest UFT Mantra: Only 9 years left until Lhota is gone. Let's wait him out.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-55687114956140542692013-01-07T18:06:37.846-05:002013-01-07T18:06:37.846-05:00The purpose of the Danielson Evaluation system and...The purpose of the Danielson Evaluation system and the VAM methodolgy is to bring on a complicated, difficult to understand rubric with an unreliable VAM methodology in order to fire a large number of teachers. The UFT knows this is what the DOE wants to do. Yet, the UFT knows that Bloomberg has less than one year left. The UFT also knows that the current contract remains in place until there is a new contract because of the Triborough Amendment. The UFT does not have any justification for making a deal <br />on a new evaluation system. The UFT is not interested in finding out what the rank and file members think about this issue because the UFT is preparing to make a deal and throw its members under the bus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-14948766206790338672013-01-07T12:58:45.875-05:002013-01-07T12:58:45.875-05:00Love the analysis - right on. MORE needs to have t...Love the analysis - right on. MORE needs to have time to build out an organizational structure that can challenge the Unity outreach to most schools. My guess is some form of active person promoting MORE and countering Unity in 1/3 of the schools begins to be a game changer. At the last DA MORE could announce a relatively low number of schools endorsing the call for a vote on any eval deal. Show me 300 schools and it become a serious challenge for Unity given that each school might have a local area outreach which could spread to the neighbors -- but organizers are needed to do this kind of work. Maybe it will take Chicago style firings to create the same culture that got so many people out so fast after CORE formed. They seemed to have about 100-150 core organizers and that was enough to take the union.<br />And as my Chicago pals point out we a)have a massive area to cover (Chi is like Brooklyn) and 2) Unity is much more adept at dancing and shaking than the old Chi ldrshp. And with a lot more money (though loses in membership as charters grow and debts may hamper them). Hope I'm still alive to see something happen.<br />ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.com