UFT Ex Bd ATR Reso - Will Vote at Del Ass on Weds.

Given our previous post on the new ATR supervision plan - my limited int access keeps me from checking but I hear Chaz has a great analysis - someone send a report from the DA on what is said.

In the meantime this turned up.

Let's give New Action a kudo for some behind the scenes work on this and also for sending a rep to the Nov GEMATR committee meeting.

Now we think you can't talk about ATRs without connecting to closing school - the gift that Tweed keeps giving to the bountiful creation of an endless source of ATRs - but I'm not getting greedy in my old age. GEM will continue to reach out to schools on the closing list with ATR info and a leaflet has been produced. (If you want a copy to share email me at normsco@gmail.com.

This will be voted on at the DA on Weds and it will pass even as it contains elements of the reso sponsored by the GEMATR committee and TJC last month that was trashed and defeated by Unity. But let's view this as a good thing though resos are just words. Let's see the uft actually get some of these recos done.

I won't be at the DA but

Resolution on Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) placements
 
WHEREAS the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) crisis is a clear and direct result of New York City Department of Education (DOE) policies and mismanagement; and
 
WHEREAS even though efforts to resolve the crisis have been partially successful, the DOE still has not kept its promises nor met its moral and professional obligations to ATRs and has thereby wasted valuable human and economic resources; and
 
WHEREAS maintaining fairness and increasing productivity in the city's teaching force require that the talents of all educators be utilized in service to students, parents and school communities; and
 
WHEREAS solutions to the ATR crisis need to be proposed and implemented without delay in order to maximize productivity, teaching and learning in New York City public schools; therefore be it
 
RESOLVED that the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) call upon the DOE to create a recertification program for ATRs for designated shortage areas and allow participating ATRs to take the requisite course work at the City University of New York (CUNY) free of charge or be reimbursed for the related costs of attending a private college or university at the CUNY rate per credit; and be it further
 
RESOLVED that the UFT urge the DOE to require that all ATRs be given an opportunity for permanent placement in vacancies in their license areas in their district or high school superintendency before the DOE approves any new hire in a license area where an ATR has not been given an opportunity for permanent placement; and be it further
 
RESOLVED that the UFT urge the DOE to place all ATRs into vacancies in their district or high school superintendency after September 15 of any given year on a provisional basis; and be it further
 
RESOLVED that the UFT urge the DOE to allow principals and ATRs at the end of the school year to either mutually agree to have ATRs as permanent staff members or allow them to return to the ATR pool.

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