tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post2902687044055395474..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: MORE, CPE 1 Parents Call for Mulgrew to Publicly Support Chapter Leader Under 3020a charges at final hearing todayed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-37298882278429084292017-03-12T15:35:12.164-04:002017-03-12T15:35:12.164-04:00What constitutes a reasonable demand nowadays? Job...What constitutes a reasonable demand nowadays? Job security is no longer a viable option. Veteran teachers are dead in the water. AFT is organizing charter school teachers in Chicago. So much for the quaint notion that we oppose charter school proliferation due to the fact that it robs public school districts of much needed resources. Weingarten is holding hands with school choice champion DeVos. An AFT endorsement of the virtues of vouchers is imminent. Use of tax payer dollars to fund religious schools is less than controversial. Demands for smaller class sizes are ignored. The standardized testing dragon is insatiable. Our politicians favor the use of student standardized test scores to rate not only teachers, but collegiate schools of education. Make-believe graduate schools of education like Relay and make-believe TFA teachers are all the rage. Forgive me for my tendency to be unreasonable.<br /><br />Abigail ShureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-19562410375551745862017-03-11T14:30:28.853-05:002017-03-11T14:30:28.853-05:00Show examples of fires started by teacher groups i...Show examples of fires started by teacher groups in recent years - decades even -- I'm not trying to pull rank but I do have some experience with all these groups and understand the dynamics under which most teachers operate -- GEM actually did get something going on a low level basis but there were too many issues. I don't have any answers other than to keep trying to build something even if flawed. Few people are like you - as you have found out. We can't put a head on a basically dormant body without the head ending up doing all or most of the work. It is not sustainable. A Fire needs fuel from below not only from the head. And the fuel can't be likes on FB but capable people working to organize in the schools. If we had hundreds doing that we would be seeing some action. When we can only count on double digits nothing much is moving. I mean we hear so many people are unhappy but where are they? What activated people at JHS 145? Closing their school. Look at Jamaica HS and how James got so many people involved. They are scattered all over the place now but at least that struggle stayed with them and they support James when he touches base with them.<br />MORE is around for 5 years and actually keeps attracting new people and supporters and also has some kind of organized structure that seems to be holding up. It may all fall apart as time goes on like so many other groups but for now this is what we have. <br />Conditions outside our control will determine if a fire gets started from below -- and we may not be able to do much more than get onboard -- but at least we have to be there with some organized presence to help people figure things out -- But we cannot just take the view that the UFT is utterly useless -- when and if we can get them to do something that is a positive. But never by saying "Please sir may I have another". Going at them head to head but also with some reasonable demands.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-87634719442782952892017-03-11T13:45:24.910-05:002017-03-11T13:45:24.910-05:00Didn't mean it to be snark, and actually rewro...Didn't mean it to be snark, and actually rewrote the comment before submitting. Didn't know how else to ask this question.<br /><br />I think teacher groups have the ability to do more than fan a fire that is already started and that starting the fire is also possible. Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-17960861968332561502017-03-11T13:36:50.642-05:002017-03-11T13:36:50.642-05:00A little bit of snark. Of course this has to do wi...A little bit of snark. Of course this has to do with parents fueling the fight. Have you not learned that at this time neither more nor any teacher group is able to fuel the fights. At Townsend Harris it is students and parents while teachers are fairly quiet. At jhs 145 it is teachers in the school and parents. More has supported. That is what a caucus like more has the capability to do. Create some publicity in support. People at Townsend Harris are not interested in more support so we stay out of it. Schools fighting back en masse is the fuel not more. We try to live in the real world. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-67143665801531724862017-03-11T12:05:58.389-05:002017-03-11T12:05:58.389-05:00Will there be similar letters written to the UFT a...Will there be similar letters written to the UFT and publicized for other chapter leaders and delegates attacked? I know the parents here are fueling the fight, but wondering if they weren't, would MORE and New Action write such a letter? <br /><br />What if chapter leaders/delegates are not reassigned, but suddenly excessed? Just curious. Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-81127611384898273612017-03-11T10:59:27.846-05:002017-03-11T10:59:27.846-05:00Of course the principal is involved but she's ...Of course the principal is involved but she's a puppet. This comes from the top - farina. I bet she hates Debbie Meier and her school where most parents opted out. At the other Cpe school the principal went along with the doe. As for letters to uft no one expects results but when all these parents see more as an ally and not the uft that causes a political issue for them. They have behind the scenes warned them to stay away from more but they don't care. They did the same at Townsend Harris and it worked there. Not that they need more as the kids drive that engine ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-79832013357704235052017-03-11T10:26:35.612-05:002017-03-11T10:26:35.612-05:00How do you know for sure the principal wasn't ...How do you know for sure the principal wasn't involved? Reading the 3,000+ pages emails from my principal and superintendent, there was much talk including deputy chancellors, lawyers and directors. <br /><br />As we can agree, there are ethical violations here. Ethics violations involving attorneys should be reported to the NY Disciplinary Committee. The attorney definitely involved is listed here in the right according to district http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/GeneralCounsel/Legal/SFC/default.htm<br /><br />As well as Robin Greenfield, Robin Singer and Katherine Rodi.<br /><br />Too much effort has been placed internally within the DOE and UFT. Letters to the UFT leadership and $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee. Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-78251681001822425312017-03-11T10:19:11.746-05:002017-03-11T10:19:11.746-05:00Want to get noticed by the NYC media? Get the pare...Want to get noticed by the NYC media? Get the parents, students, retiree's and all involved to go to Staten Island and show up at Mulgrew's residence. Believe that will draw attention to the plight of this chapter leader and the union's lack of commitment in defending their own.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-28641232442579030652017-03-10T16:53:17.426-05:002017-03-10T16:53:17.426-05:00In fairness, sometimes the meetings are upstairs. ...In fairness, sometimes the meetings are upstairs. NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-67590943268238495612017-03-10T10:13:45.186-05:002017-03-10T10:13:45.186-05:00So Mulgrew, who can barely be bothered to go downs...So Mulgrew, who can barely be bothered to go downstairs at 52 Broadway to attend the Executive Board meeting of the union he ostensibly leads, will motivate himself to attend the 3020-A hearing of a lowly Chapter Leader? <br /><br />How quaint!Michael Fiorillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120229151713643775noreply@blogger.com