I know, it's kind of a deceptive headline. Obviously, it isn't teachers represented by the UFT who are going on strike today. Teachers at The Brooklyn Friends School wisely chose the United Auto Workers to represent them.
From Gothamist yesterday:
Teachers and staff at the Brooklyn Friends School are getting ready to strike starting on Monday in response to administrators' ongoing opposition to their decision to unionize the Quaker private school.
The UAW Local 2110 -- representing school faculty and staff -- has urged parents to show their support by not sending their children to school during the strike, either in person or remotely. It’s unclear how many will take part, but some parents launched a GoFundMe page to support the union strike fund this week that raised more than $45,000 as of Sunday afternoon.
Katie Bednard, who has a 5th grader and an 8th grader at the school, said her children won’t be attending their remote classes on Monday. “Our teachers are what makes BFS,” Bednard said. “They are the ones who deliver the curriculum. They give meaning to the mission and I think that’s why there’s so much support.”
Further down:
BFS staff said they intend to picket in front of the school during the strike. Administrators released a Safety and Security Plan on Friday that included hiring additional security and enlisting NYPD officers to come to the school, a move that alarmed some teachers and parents.
“You’re turning the police on teachers?” said Rachel Mazor, an English teacher and parent at BFS, incredulously. “Have you missed the entire BLM movement?”
The vote to authorize a strike was 120-5 according to the article.
There is much more background to this story. Please read all of the details. In addition, Gothamist has more this morning:
Update Monday, October 5th: Brooklyn Friends School leadership are closing the school on Monday and Tuesday "as negotiations are ongoing," according to a spokesperson for the school. However, the union is still striking and rallying each morning outside the school.
After assuring parents Friday that the school would remain open with substitute teachers during the strike, Head of School Crissy Cáceres sent out another email Sunday reversing course.
“We have made the extremely difficult decision to close school this Monday and Tuesday," Cáceres wrote. "This decision will allow for these conversations to take place and simultaneously avoid the stressful impact of a strike on our students, families, and colleagues.”
BFS leadership also sent out a statement Sunday saying that, over the weekend, "Brooklyn Friends School and the UAW, through counsel, began discussions about a potential resolution to the current situation with the hopes of preventing a strike beginning Monday, October 5."
A member of the union negotiating committee told Gothamist that there have not been negotiations between school leadership and the union.
The administration has been actively fighting the teachers' legal right to unionize. They are doing this through the Trump controlled National Labor Relations Board. The teachers are striking for their collective bargaining rights.
You see UFT opt-outers, having a union is crucial for workers. NYC public school teachers just need the right union or better union leadership that will support the rank and file.
This is classic that they chose the UAW to represent them, not the UFT. Can we get any other union to represent the NYC public school teachers?
ReplyDeleteAgreed. The FCT (Federation of Catholic Teachers) under the OPEIU was far more responsive to its members than the UFT is when I was an FCT member. Also working conditions after the vote to unionize, versus before, were better as well.
ReplyDelete"The obvious reality is we continue to not see evidence of a problem in the public schools," de Blasio says AS HE ANNOUNCES CLOSURES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ReplyDeleteUm, they didnt even start testing yet.
ReplyDeleteThe uft can't or won't keep us safe.
ReplyDelete"Schools are going to become hotbeds for the infections to take hold again and spread through the community Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia, told @WNYC @BrianLehrer"
"Where does the virus mainly transmit? - Schools. It's a place where many different communities come together. Schools can be locations of transmission. Religious gatherings especially in some of these communities," - @NYGovCuomo
ReplyDeleteNice job uft. You mean like in schools? BREAKING-CDC acknowledges #SARS-CoV-2 spread thru air beyond 6 feet is possible, under certain conditions, especially indoors, poor ventilation, crowding, & longer exposure time.
ReplyDeleteCDC says close contact remains main transmission mode, & current recommendations should protect you
"public health experts have found little evidence that the virus is spreading inside buildings, and the rates of infection are far below what is found in the surrounding communities. This early evidence, experts say, suggests that opening schools may not be as risky as many have feared..."
ReplyDeleteAnd that is from the far left Washington Post!
Hehe. Tuition is 50k. They can afford representation. Good for y'all going full bore and striking for real.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the piece of shit uft. Where are the dues payers?
ReplyDeleteNew CDC guidance confirms that kids should not be eating in classrooms indoors without masks on: (what we’ve been saying for months)
How Coronavirus Spreads | CDC
4:34 Fake news. I just read the entire page you referenced. It says no such thing.
DeleteSee for yourselves:
cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html
Sorry for side comment but if there's someone here who can answer this it would be greatly appreciated. Does anyone know how long a high school teacher needs to be online live synchronous with his/her remote class where all kids are home but teacher is at school? Help. Thanks. Is it t
ReplyDeleteliterally the whole period synchronous? Is there a rule or was there something contractually? My chapter leader cannot answer.
5:14 Under the MoA, 6B, it says "Livestreaming is an individual teacher’s choice..."
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I read approx 15-20 minutes. I guess it depends if your principal is on your back or not. Of course, you can do all period if you choose.
ReplyDeleteOh, so it is ok to eat in small rooms with poor ventilation and many people? I didnt think so.
ReplyDelete@ TJL ........
ReplyDeleteLivestreaming and teaching synchronous are two separate things.
Seriously no one can answer this question. Does a teacher have to teach synchronously at all? For a certain amount of minutes? It is not clear at all in the MOA. Livestreaming is when you have a group in person and at home during the same period which you cannot Livestream. If I'm wrong, please correct me. I'm teaching from my school to kids at home synchronously all period. Is this the rule?
You can volunteer to livestream.
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Tell "Tom"
ReplyDeleteA third-grade teacher has died in North Carolina days after testing positive for Covid-19 and while her students were quarantined as a result of the exposure
@9:00 - waah, waah, waah". Tell Tom what? That people are dying of COVID? Is that supposed to be some sort of a newsflash that we are still dealing with a pandemic? And you cite a case in North Carolina? You seem to be obsessed with having people tell Tom as if it helps your point that you're justified in calling people names because they've gone to work. Little anonymous coward.
ReplyDeletehttps://patch.com/virginia/manassas/amp/29000868/battlefield-high-school-teaching-assistant-dies-in-car-accident
ReplyDeleteTeacher dies in car accident. Not published on CNN.
@6:38
ReplyDeletefor high school students under the doe policy, synchronous time will increase monthly
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER-DECEMBER JANUARY-FEBRUARY
100 – 120 minutes 120 - 130 minutes 130 - 150 minutes 180 – 210 minutes
Instruction/
Mini-Lesson:
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15 – 30 minutes per
subject area for each student
Small Group/ Individualized
Instruction
Approximately 15-30 minutes
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subject area for each student
Asynchronous Learning
Approximately 15 – 45 minutes
per subject area for each
student, not to exceed 250
minutes total per student.
OK 912, now, what happens when students are never there? Are we allowed to fail any? No point in following this rule if there is no standard for students.
ReplyDeleteTell Tom he is one of the sheep. Im good making 125k plus retro from my bedroom. Be careful out there. I'm sorry you were denied and couldn't find a way to stay home.
ReplyDeleteHow about D75 (HS). Administration has us doing 3 blocks approx 50 mins and 20 mins office hours. Sound legit?
ReplyDelete@9:39
ReplyDeleteA block and a period are considered same language in contract. You need a strong chapter leader and school to fight for fair time schedules
@9:38
ReplyDeletegrading policy is left up to each school. Id recommend you join your academic policy team and help create the standard.
Be mindful that nys no longer requires attendance for a student to pass the class, as long as they can show some type of mastery in your class, thus its up to you to have a solid grading policy that spells out how to show mastery in your class, otherwise your toast with that one.
we have created a policy that specifically grades students majority for during their assigned period, holding them accountable
Precisely my point. If I post work in Google classroom and a student does the work but never ever attends the required daily meetings...What happens? Why would I be forced to do live and synchronous instruction if students don't ever have to be there?
ReplyDeleteHave something the students have to do during the Meet.
DeleteTom is a name caller. That is fine. If there are lazy teachers, maybe you should ask why there is no attendance or grading policy enforced in NYC. I would love to see Tom's grading policy along with his report card grades and attendance policy to see if he is a fraud. And what school? I didn't think so.
ReplyDelete@9:39 - deflect much or do you just have a problem with the written word? The only ones whining, angry and name calling bare those working remotely. You don't even have the balls to use a name. Just randomly post using the same "anonymous" as a dozen others. So even at 125k/yr and in your bedroom you're still miserable. Which btw - you just show what a poor work ethic you have AND are exhibit A on why people are not trusted to work from home. I worked remotely in the spring and I got showered, dressed and had a work space. Never did I conduct work my bedroom. But SURE - keep lying to yourself that all of those going in couldn't get accommodations. With every post you demonstrate why you're not respected by your Admin or the students. No wonder you choose to hide and hurl insults. It's that same energy you bring with you to the building.
ReplyDeleteJames, I have been doing that but if it is posted in Google Classroom they can just do it after and it is considered late. You can't stop accepting work on Google. Unless I just refuse to grade it...
ReplyDeleteYou can have something where they have to actively participate. It isn't that difficult.
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for those grades and attendance records from Tom. I would love to compare. Keep chattin. Not miserable, just proving that some are too dumb to take a stand against the fraud and corrupt union. And then pass everybody. That would be Tom.
ReplyDeleteI do that, everyday.
ReplyDeleteIf it posted on google everyone has access to it, even no shows
ReplyDeleteTom, painting a rosy pic again...Can you help me? I would like to vent. This whole thing is such a nightmare. I am teaching both fully remote and blended remote and can't keep track of which kids I see when or who has completed what assignments. My brain is spinning at the end of my full day of Zoom calls. New kids are added to my fully remote roster daily, meaning that there is NO WAY to get into an actual routine with any of these students. There is no time for grading, feedback, or personal connections. I no longer feel like a teacher; I have become and online tour guide/IT support.
ReplyDeleteSomething has got to give, because this is not sustainable.
10:55: Try to get yourself into the ATR pool. You'll be begging to be back where you are now.
ReplyDeleteya, according to doe policy and grading toolkit, attendance and preparedness are considered non mastery measures and can't dictate a students grade overwhelmingly, they suggest using attendance and participating as bonus reward points or clearly stated in policy up to 10 percent can be used for non mastery measures towards a students overall grade. just like if you are in building you have to teach live, if a student doesn't show monday-thursday but comes friday and passes your test..then they are good. its up to your grading policy to clearly lay out what students need to do and encourage them to participate live to hit the high grades.
ReplyDeletei dont think you are going to be able to avoid not doing some type of live teaching
Will ask again. If required live teaching...But no requirement for students to be there...?
ReplyDeleteThat's attendance.
ReplyDeleteBut attendance doesn't count so classwork can't count which means I have no reason to be live. I have about 10% student attendance.
ReplyDeleteClasswork can count and UFT agreed to live teaching.
ReplyDeleteI have been doing live everyday, I have no problem with it. My problem is having no show students pass.
ReplyDeleteDon't pass them. Class participation should be part of the grade. Not that hard.
ReplyDeleteBoo hoo @10:29 - calls names and then whines when s/he gets a taste of his/her own medicine. What are you even arguing about? My gradebook? ROFLOMAO. I couldn't give a rat's behind who you pass or fail. You're the one crying that you're being forced to pass students. And I didn't say you "Anonymous" trolls were lazy - I took your word for you. You've been rubbing everyone's nose in it - bragging that you're getting paid good money to sit home and "chill". Yet there's another post claiming s/he's in a nightmare. Which is it? How about you post YOUR school and grades and report cards. Hahahahah. My God you sound so utterly ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteJames - why do you allow 50 people to use the posting name of "Anonymous". But yet - they want to cry about me using the posting name of "Tom"; real name or not it identifies my posts. I can't tell which cowardly troll I'm replying too.
That's how Google works,Tom. Anyone can post anonymously.
ReplyDeleteOk "Tom"
ReplyDelete@8:43 - Sure - "Anonymous" really identifies you. ROFLMAO. How about you just sign as Troll #1. Much more accurate.
ReplyDeleteHow about identifying yourself as Unity Hack #1 Tom?
ReplyDeleteMay I ask what unity has done well? Why do they deserve dues?
ReplyDelete@Marc. Where have you been? If you're an educator you should know the answer. Who said unity has done well? Come on now. You know better.
ReplyDeleteTom did. He defends them everyday while name-calling everyone else.
ReplyDelete@Marc...
ReplyDeleteHas Tom said unity has done well? My bad. I missed his post. Nada. Hard no. Unity ain't did sh@!.
@Marc is a lying sack. He can not find one single, solitary post where I have defended Unity. I don't even know who the f*** they are. ROFLMAO.
ReplyDeleteLies are all they have. Marc is a crybaby who posts under various screennames hurling names like "sheep" and then whines when he gets his/her a%% handed to him.
It's a lame strawman - if you call out their juvenile namecalling they pivot to saying you support Unity, or claim you're mad because you didn't get accommodations, without even knowing if you tried.
Then they'll embarrassingly claim they're sitting at home chilling in their bedroom while collecting $125K and then cry and say you're calling them lazy. ROFLMAO. Imagine such poor work ethic, low-level thinkers teaching anyone. There's a reason they're on here claiming they don't get any respect.
@7:56 - you first. Identify YOURSELF as no work ethic name calling whiner. You're probably just as much a whiner in the building. Keep repeating Unity, while clicking your heels three times, and maybe you'll be back in your bedroom in your PJs collecting your $125K. You couldn't even form a coherent paragraph on why you have so much hatred for "Unity".
ReplyDelete@4:09 - they have a bug up their whatever because I called them out on their whiney and juvenile name calling and smearing of those teachers who are working in-person as if it's any of their business or concern.
ReplyDeleteHey coward @11:52 - waiting for you to put up the quotes where I "defended them everyday". Go ahead - put up or shut up.
ReplyDeleteTom LOL.
ReplyDeleteYes. Im waiting too.
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