Wednesday, September 30, 2020

NO STRIKE AT HUNTER COLLEGE CAMPUS SCHOOLS AS UNION DEMANDS ARE MET

 This is from TAPinto:

"The faculty and staff of the Hunter College Campus Schools took a brave stand for the safety of students, teachers and the community. Because of their advocacy and the support of their union, HCCS has been forced to implement a whole series of new safety protocols,” said Barbara Bowen, president of the PSC. 

She added, “That the teachers were ready to strike helped to win a commitment to regular COVID testing, a safety inspection by an independent inspector, containment of dangerous mold, and a temporary restraining order that impelled Hunter to install HEPA air filters in classrooms. None of these protections was in place until the teachers and their union fought for them. Our fight was a fight for everyone in the HCCS community."

Are all of the safety protocols being adhered to in UFT represented schools?

26 comments:

  1. How about remote learning protocols?

    I have 15%-20% attendance
    Students refuse to turn on camera
    Students giggle and fool around
    Constant late work
    Seem to go into Meets and leave while being present
    They then threaten to report me to principal when they no-show and get a 0.

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  2. Yeah. I asked students to talk. They refused by typing in the chat box. One, by chance, claims he went to the dentist and couldnt speak, another said she was shy, another claimed he had no mic, all schools comps have a mic. What a scam. No matter how low we set the bar, they cant get over it.

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  3. The UFT claims demands were met. I don't trust this union either. They backed off a strike just like the UFT. And what they won is what the UFT already won. So they are heros with a few members and the UFT are bums?

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  4. If you are waiting for Michael Mulgrew to look out for your health, you are most likely going to be waiting a while.
    Remember, if you do not pass the daily health screening test, you are mandated to stay home. If it is COVID-19 symptoms, you can stay home for two weeks, even if it isn't COVID-19, without any days taken from your Cumulative Absence Reserve.
    Please note you can take the days with COVID-19 symptoms that can be as simple as a runny nose causing you to lose some sense of smell. In addition, if God forbid you later come down with COVID-19, you are still covered without any loss of CAR days.
    If the NYC positivity rate stays where it is for a week, you won't be able to use those ten free days because the system will go all remote. Go get a telemedicine medical note if you are a worrier.

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  5. James...

    As a remote teacher, am I required to provide live instruction via (zoom?) Or can I post assignments on one of our platforms, like Jupiter?

    I have very strong concerns that my face will wind up on You Tube...

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  6. I have had my camera on everyday, every period. No students have. The doe said we must go live, but dont have to have cam on.

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  7. From the August 26 agreement:

    Synchronous instruction is defined as live interaction between the teacher and a student or
    students each day at a scheduled time, communicated in advance to parents and students. Daily
    synchronous instruction can be offered to the whole class, in small groups, or with individual
    students and when appropriate may include engaging caregivers to help students participate.
    Daily synchronous instruction may include but is not limited to the use of Google Meet, Microsoft
    Teams, Zoom, other DOE approved and school-determined online video conferencing platforms,
    and phone conferences to provide synchronous instruction in the following areas:
    • Whole class, small group and/or individualized live instruction
    • Regular, dedicated time during which students and/or families can connect with teachers
    and get help with instructional activities (“Office Hours”)
    • Daily activities that promote students’ social and emotional wellness
    • Feedback on student learning and work progress check-ins with students
    • Conferences with students or families

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  8. James, what is the attendance policy for students during this oh so important live instruction?

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  9. Ok, so if students miss "live interaction" they can't pass, right?

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  10. The contract gives you discretion over student grades. They are to be respected. If students are not attending, they are missing classwork and should lose points accordingly.

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  11. However just like in person teaching, a student can't fail a class based on attendance alone. If a student shows mastery of a class with never attending, the student must receive a passing grade - nys ed dept

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  12. Wait a second, if 25% of your grade is classwork and the student never shows, they are starting with a big deficit. Add another 15% for homework and that is that. Throw in a project or two and you can easily not pass someone who seldom shows up for class.

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  13. Online or in person. No show should mean no passing grade. Let the credit recovery blood be on someone else's hands.

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  14. North Carolina basketball player, 19, dies of neurological problems from COVID-19
    By Jackie SaloSeptember 30, 2020 | 3:25pm | Updated

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  15. To all the education journalists gleefully celebrating return to in-person schooling this week.

    People will get sick and die because of it.

    Acknowledge that amidst Mulgrew's celebrations.

    A staff member in my school building died from covid in March. 4 parents of our students died from covid. This morning, the day before high school students return to the school building, we got an email of the first confirmed covid case in our building. This is not sustainable.

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  16. Really? What about work submitted weeks late?

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    1. You are the teacher 4:29. You can set the rules within reason and within school policy so that anyone who does not do any work on time does not pass. How is it possible for someone to submit classwork for the day late? Participation is impossible if one isn't present. I only gave an exemption for something like a real illness or once a stay in jail.

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  17. Please tell us the name of the school 4:16.

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  18. Guess what. The testing requirement is gone. Nice job uft. Dues well spent. More schools are reopening in middle of a spike in cases & there is confusion today whether the City Hall agreement with UFT & CSA on testing requirements is still intact after schools received this letter. Schools are now unsure if testing is required at all for in-person school

    @MarkTreyger718
    Multiple school leaders have informed me that their superiors have told them that students without consent forms and proof of testing can still enter the building even after they’re selected for randomized testing. This contradicts earlier information school communities received.

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  19. Students are having "instructional breakfast" and "instructional lunch" in classrooms.

    Masks off.

    How many will sicken and die as a result?

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  20. about grading

    1 girl, who has now shown up, remotely, twice out of 9 days...She comes in google meets today and says...Why do you give so much work? I have given 1 assignment so far. Then asks if i took her attendance and if she can leave. then asks what time the period ends. This girl had about 30% attendance last year and passed every class except mine.

    Girl 2. Remote no show so far. I gave her a zero because she didnt do the classwork. She blames me, says it is my fault and says she is reporting me to the principal. She is 20 years old with 24 credits, by the way. She demands i tell he what time the class is, as if she didnt know, and said it is my job as her teacher to tell her. Guess what, she was absent today, then sent me a message asking about today's classwork. This is the doe. What a fraud.

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  21. Um, dues payers? Are you complaining? The DOE has slightly delayed the rollout of random testing in schools and has softened the mandate that students who don't participate will be switched to remote learning

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  22. Furlough? Based on 951 pm, they will kill you instead. Is anybody gonna stand up?

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  23. The whole reason is they don't want to find out any cases in the schools and then have to close them down. It will also keep the city percentage low. Again we were duped. About the eating in class, my school is having them eat breakfast outside or in the auditorium if the weather is bad and they are getting a grab and go lunch. No eating in the classrooms. Obviously your principal doesn't care about his/her staff.

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