tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post5809857408961835943..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: ONE DAY IN-PERSON ONLY THIS WEEK FOR HIGH SCHOOL UFTERS WITHOUT ACCOMMODATION Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42853368551691334232021-03-20T04:48:54.141-04:002021-03-20T04:48:54.141-04:00919,
Very ignorant statement. Either you are an ...919,<br /><br />Very ignorant statement. Either you are an admin or a doe shill. <br /><br />Observations all depend on one thing and that is does the observer like you or not? I have had it in both ways. <br /><br />In years past, when the admin likes me, it’s all 3’s and maybe a 4 sprinkled in. When the observer doesn’t like you, it is mostly 2’s witg maybe a 3 thrown in(maybe). All depends on what the observer wants to see. <br /> <br />I have two decades in the system. For you to think that if you do your job, then you need not worry about observations shows you know nothing about the doe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-84891350738589026482021-03-19T21:19:06.010-04:002021-03-19T21:19:06.010-04:004:34: I was an appointed teacher for 20 and a half...4:34: I was an appointed teacher for 20 and a half years in the same school in a needy school with poor administration so I do know what is going on in the schools. When we had to go through a rehiring process, we were given the option to put ourselves in the ATR pool by not reapplying. More than half reapplied even though they didn't like it there just to avoid becoming an ATR. If you were a good teacher and did your job, you wouldn't have to worry about observations. If you are so miserable leave. You don't know what it's like being an ATR. You can become and ATR, just do something to get a 3020a. After the hearing you can become and ATR and relish in its many benefits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42352912509765527872021-03-19T20:38:19.096-04:002021-03-19T20:38:19.096-04:00If you are an atr(speaking from experience), I rec...If you are an atr(speaking from experience), I recommend you get a kindle or subscribe to a good streaming service bc while others are miserable being harassed by APs, you will have time to read, nap and catch up on the latest Netflix or hbo shows at the same time collecting a full salary. <br /><br />However, you won’t be viewed as a ‘real teacher’. HahahahahaahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-36644471493398723532021-03-19T18:14:16.195-04:002021-03-19T18:14:16.195-04:00As a teacher, my job is not to make friends in the...As a teacher, my job is not to make friends in the building- and it doesnt bother me if i dont. as a former ATR- i wish i could rejoin the pool. i miss those days. I used to complain- but it was only pretend so people didnt know how good i had it. <br />oh well -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38185862728226001622021-03-19T16:34:49.401-04:002021-03-19T16:34:49.401-04:00Ohhhhhh to be an ATR and have no classes like my f...Ohhhhhh to be an ATR and have no classes like my friends. One makes phone calls I think. Another watches TV and cooks while doing outreach to spanish speaking families. Hey at 129K in May I will trade with any one of you. I wish that was a rule. Yes let's trade ATR person. Come on over to my school and be subjected to random observations remotely which now count towards my end of year rating. Come on over and learn Nearpod and all the other Platforms. Come on over and teach 5 periods a day. I'm really sick of these ATR's complaining. Seriously you guys have no idea what's going on and how great you have it. You are getting paid a six figure salary to do what? Check people in when they arrive in an auditorium? Did someone write that above? Are you kidding? If you are an ATR with no classes or do menial tasks please stop please just stop. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-53266117574418757952021-03-19T16:01:02.655-04:002021-03-19T16:01:02.655-04:00Like anything in the doe as a teacher, it all depe...Like anything in the doe as a teacher, it all depends on the principal. <br /><br />My first year as an ATR, the principal was not a nice person who created cliques. So, working for them as an ATR was miserable. <br /><br />My last two years including this year, the principals have been good people, so I have enjoyed the job again even as an ATR. <br /><br />If you are a teacher, everything depends on the principal, not the principle. <br /><br />The tone of a school all comes from the principal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13670809718927140662021-03-19T15:19:13.088-04:002021-03-19T15:19:13.088-04:00Yes, at ATR is a good fit for someone who does not...Yes, at ATR is a good fit for someone who does not like the responsibilities that come with teaching. One solution is for ATRs to trade positions with teachers in teaching positions. Then we make everyone happy. And I agree you do have a label on you and it feels like banishment. I guess to each his own. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-33702994800982180952021-03-19T14:53:59.434-04:002021-03-19T14:53:59.434-04:00Many love being an ATR. Hell, even back in the bou...Many love being an ATR. Hell, even back in the bounce about the borough days, the floating and rotating ATR, once parking or transportation was mapped out, had an easier job than most classroom instructors. Not much of the political bullshit that all schools have. Not much of a lesson plan and grade book drudgery. You had to get used to the regulars treating you like shit, fearing you, avoiding you, snickering and whispering behind your back, but you were soon off to pastures new, where you knew that Principals (did I spell that homophone right? Does it fucking matter?) would never give you a shot at redemption, for what god only knows, certainly those idiots had no idea . . .for you could teach, almost any subject better than what you saw going down in classrooms in dozens of schools, but you had the mark as clear as Cain, you had done something and the UFT guys who didn't know the irony in their characterization, called you a trouble maker, a moniker every trade unionists wears with dignity and honor. And you knew they were all scabs in the same count, though they said you must pay dues. <br /><br /> "After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a waterlogged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles."<br />--Jack London<br /><br />Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42088950044903692212021-03-19T14:32:33.891-04:002021-03-19T14:32:33.891-04:002:25- ready to roll over maybe. 2:25- ready to roll over maybe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58417782656887513192021-03-19T14:25:42.877-04:002021-03-19T14:25:42.877-04:00Mayor announcing at 230 a more aggressive reopenin...Mayor announcing at 230 a more aggressive reopening due to 3 feet guidelines by cdc. Wow. I'm sure mulgrew and Randi are ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-75045293384121388882021-03-19T14:18:06.513-04:002021-03-19T14:18:06.513-04:00Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley out with a statement ...Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley out with a statement calling on the city to restart 5x a week instruction for all kids this school year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-62220724934850300092021-03-19T14:05:41.741-04:002021-03-19T14:05:41.741-04:00Mr. Eterno, I'm respectfully asking you this q...Mr. Eterno, I'm respectfully asking you this question. After the last 12 months, how is it plausible to believe reduing social distane measurement by 50% somehow "ok?" Did the CDC demonstrate this in a lab experiment somehow? I'm not asking you to read their minds, but I do wish to know your opinion on this, and whether or not that Mulgrew email re: this subject is just for show?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-1023311679464242572021-03-19T13:59:18.667-04:002021-03-19T13:59:18.667-04:00Hey, all you "science" fans! Now THREE...Hey, all you "science" fans! Now THREE FEET is safe. I mean, I'm so relieved. You gotta love "science." You know, "science." Gravity accelerates at 9.8 m/s per second in a vaccum, except for when the CDC changes its collective minds, or the grand wizard Fauci declares it. What a JOKE. This just illustrates the ABSURDITY of the 'science.' Maybe Fauci will next tell me to wear a diaper on my head, too. I already do, actually. It's my UFT membership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-1287687634259181562021-03-19T13:57:21.351-04:002021-03-19T13:57:21.351-04:00139,
I’m an ATR and I work paid coverages and hav...139,<br /><br />I’m an ATR and I work paid coverages and have jobs outside the doe that I work whenever I have the time that are more convenient. <br /><br />I don’t want to work per session then drive home at 6 pm for 2 hours. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88658564877948792472021-03-19T13:40:52.353-04:002021-03-19T13:40:52.353-04:00If I had to be a real teacher and. It an ATR, I wo...If I had to be a real teacher and. It an ATR, I would think of leaving the system. <br /><br />As an ATR, as long as you are reliable, nobody beaks your chops. What is so bad about that ? <br /><br />So the other teachers don’t think you are a real teacher? That’s ok. Pay me, give me benefits, pension, 403B and summers off and I’ll be cool. <br /><br />To anyone who feels this job is a career, I feel for you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-21669890713848726752021-03-19T13:39:41.711-04:002021-03-19T13:39:41.711-04:00Yes, ATRs have the same rights regarding absences ...Yes, ATRs have the same rights regarding absences as positioned teachers. You also have the same raises, but you also have little access to per session. Really the only way you get per session in a school is if nobody else applies for it. Forget comp time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88527683557245268452021-03-19T12:49:16.778-04:002021-03-19T12:49:16.778-04:00You know the saying..."the grass is always gr...You know the saying..."the grass is always greener"....and then reality hits...."ouch".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-7050336988053378752021-03-19T12:37:37.020-04:002021-03-19T12:37:37.020-04:00As they change social distancing to 3 feet...
Thi...As they change social distancing to 3 feet...<br /><br />This is at a time when the two age groups with the highest NYC #COVID19 positivity rates (and are getting tested the fewest) are 0-4 (9.91%) and 13-17 year olds (8.52%) and as high schools prepare to reopen Monday: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-86533620752906042332021-03-19T12:16:42.736-04:002021-03-19T12:16:42.736-04:00ATRs have same rights on absences as other teacher...ATRs have same rights on absences as other teachers.<br /><br />I don't understand the thinking that being an ATR is wonderful. I was an ATR for three months. I felt lost. I tried hard to get a regular gig and when I got one, I didn't want to go back to ATRing.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-66527582733832145532021-03-19T12:07:59.998-04:002021-03-19T12:07:59.998-04:00As far as I understand, if you are a tenured ATR y...As far as I understand, if you are a tenured ATR you have the same rights as any other teachers as per Mr. Sill. I have never heard of different absences rights for ATRs.<br />ATRs are regular teachers, who more often than not were excessed from their positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-52770691544530741782021-03-19T10:44:30.683-04:002021-03-19T10:44:30.683-04:009:07: You say that now but when you become an ATR...9:07: You say that now but when you become an ATR you lose all your Seniority Rights. You are lowest on the totem pole. You have no say in any classes you teach, what teacher teams you can be on and you are always treated like an outsider. You will always be looked down by other teachers in the school. Even though they will say you are one of them, they know you aren't. You are also given menial tasks. In one school, I was once giving out programs in the auditorium while in another on open school night I was the greeter and signed parents in. This is what I'm doing after 23 years in the system. In the school I'm in now I actually got a full teaching program because I'm here for the year. Most ATRs would change with you in a second. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-73599233685080168192021-03-19T10:35:28.660-04:002021-03-19T10:35:28.660-04:009:07 are you aware that certain rights tenured tea...9:07 are you aware that certain rights tenured teachers have, ATRs do not. Rights regarding absences among them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18071902741023089122021-03-19T10:03:42.077-04:002021-03-19T10:03:42.077-04:00When we left the buildings in November the school...When we left the buildings in November the schools were ghost towns with hardly any students in attendance. The hallways were clean, shiny and quiet and the students that were actually in attendance were all on their laptops any way.....pandemic times history will show us all how great we educators really are.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410970898736320318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-21091797726222401532021-03-19T09:07:14.754-04:002021-03-19T09:07:14.754-04:00Dear James,
Can we be honest here and finally adm...Dear James,<br /><br />Can we be honest here and finally admit that the best position in the DOE right now is being an ATR. Period! Got my informal paperwork back from last week's driveby. I really wish I was an ATR with no classes. How distrurbing to see comments from the ATR's about how bad they got it. You guys have no idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am asking my principal to excess me so I can be an ATR and I hope he does it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-30460743398977796932021-03-19T00:51:00.528-04:002021-03-19T00:51:00.528-04:00Did solidarity ask why the 1.9 trillion didn't...Did solidarity ask why the 1.9 trillion didn't get us paid for spring break last year? Or an exact date of negotiating this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com