tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post3629165119900998809..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: TV REPORT ON STATE OF TEACHING IN NYC IN 2016Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-40075236341874758452016-09-02T20:44:05.236-04:002016-09-02T20:44:05.236-04:00I'm glad these new teachers were able to quit ...I'm glad these new teachers were able to quit before they were seriously injured. 3 months into my job, six 6th graders ambushed me with a door..From the moment I picked up my broken glasses off of the floor and begged for medical help I had become the scapegoat of the school and UFT. I was excessed without tenure and left with no way to pay the medical bills or the rent. UFT, Michelle Bodden and Howie Solomon told me "Read you contract. Next time you will know better". ILOD has not changed in all these years. If teaching was just a job instead of who you are, more teachers would just quit. If you work the cash register at K Mart and your boss is a jerk, you quit and go to Target to work a cash register. You just move on. It's only a job. It is not the definition of who you are. Of course the cashier did not invest in a Masters and the flaming hoops of certification. Teacher is not the definition of who I am anymore. I can pass things in a store that I used buy for my classroom. My pensioned friend from the USPS never had to buy anything for her job. Someday I will have peace.<br /><br /><br /><br />USPS and bus drivers have better protection against assault on the job than us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-30655197812296829742016-09-01T17:17:55.993-04:002016-09-01T17:17:55.993-04:00Let me get this straight. We are not getting a lu...Let me get this straight. We are not getting a lump sum payment this fall and we have to accept additional savings in health care (higher co-pays and/or less coverage) this fiscal year. This is disgusting and some incompetent negotiating on the part of our union. They should be rated ineffective on this. The lack of respect for teachers is not only the DOE but also our dysfunctional union. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-60027471106290900972016-09-01T15:08:02.771-04:002016-09-01T15:08:02.771-04:00Healthcare savings are recurring every year and th...Healthcare savings are recurring every year and there is another round of savings due this fiscal year.<br /><br />Rotation can be for as often as every week. It is up to the DOE. <br /><br />As for the person writing about the DOE's new legal leader, we will believe there is a real change when we see it. We've been treated like dirt for far too long by the DOE to think that someone with a fine resume is going to change things. I hope there is a change for the better but know better than to expect anything but more of the same abuse from the DOE.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-43772790984087488302016-09-01T13:34:07.305-04:002016-09-01T13:34:07.305-04:00Can someone verify that the union needs to come up...Can someone verify that the union needs to come up with three more years of additional health care savings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26913976665255151802016-09-01T12:44:56.032-04:002016-09-01T12:44:56.032-04:00The schools are out of control because Farina and ...The schools are out of control because Farina and deBlasio decided to bend to the votes and allow cell phones while simultaneously reducing discipline consequences. Failing to address discipline problems early will create a city to prison pipeline. <br />DeBlasio has lost the respect of the teachers and they won't care if Attila the Hun is elected. There professional lives have already been ruined. Shame on politicians that put teachers and students in harms way just to buy a few votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-66756834574214074442016-09-01T10:37:18.162-04:002016-09-01T10:37:18.162-04:00James,
How long is the rotation for ATRs this yea...James, <br />How long is the rotation for ATRs this year, after the initial 6 week torture? Thanks, no one in the UFT informs us of anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-24019737620822162532016-09-01T10:33:27.193-04:002016-09-01T10:33:27.193-04:00To 8/31, 9:43 PM
From 8/31, 1:41 PM
I disagree w...To 8/31, 9:43 PM<br /><br />From 8/31, 1:41 PM<br /><br />I disagree with you in terms of what is likely to happen in the future under DOE’s new legal administration, even though it happened in the past.<br /><br />Howard Friedman took over as General Counsel of DOE in July. Prior to that, he spent many years at the Corporation Counsel’s Office in the Contracts & Real Estate Division, including time as its Division Chief. He is now one of the managerial attorneys who is above Jaclyn Vargo, OSI’s Director. Jaclyn was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan for almost eight years and has other significant legal experience.<br /><br />Both Howard and Jaclyn are Harvard graduates. Howard went to Harvard Law School and Jaclyn went to Harvard University. Jaclyn will not want to be embarrassed if complaints are directed to Howard (or to her and copied to Howard). Complaints making allegations of a failure by school administrators to enforce Education Law, or targeting by school administrators and OSI, are quite likely to be investigated under Howard’s legal administration.<br /><br />Do you know whether targeting by OSI occurred only under OSI’s former Director, Candace McLaren, or whether it’s ongoing? Jaclyn took over OSI in October 2014.<br /><br />If targeting is ongoing, then, by all means, teachers should send a lengthy and detailed email to either Jaclyn or Howard, with copies sent to other appropriate City officials and officers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-89593336971158264682016-09-01T09:20:54.938-04:002016-09-01T09:20:54.938-04:0012:37, Kamikazees were brave and died for Japan. I...12:37, Kamikazees were brave and died for Japan. I'm not giving myself a stroke or heart attack for the DOE/UFT or the bunch of thugs I have to babysit all year round. Chances are neither would you. The UFT is a branch of the DOE, keep that in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-60316485542531905452016-09-01T00:38:05.398-04:002016-09-01T00:38:05.398-04:00Form a union.Form a union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-47213766919021534102016-09-01T00:37:31.783-04:002016-09-01T00:37:31.783-04:00This is the most defeated bunch of people anyone h...This is the most defeated bunch of people anyone has ever seen. Really give wimps a bad name. Oh, I'm going to be targeted. Oh, I have three years to go. Oh if I say something, they are going to bring charges against me. Why do you think unions were formed in the first place? To stop this abuse at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-20336781863745055772016-09-01T00:12:44.224-04:002016-09-01T00:12:44.224-04:00Thinking about taking the first two days off becau...Thinking about taking the first two days off because I can't sit through 2 days of listening to their bullshit. They should hire these principals as an alternative, but not nessesarily more humane approach, to waterboarding. At the end of each session I'm ready to rip my ears off, as well as pull out all my hair. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88985967153945656232016-08-31T22:23:09.961-04:002016-08-31T22:23:09.961-04:00And 2 minutes on Sept 6 to hear about expectations...And 2 minutes on Sept 6 to hear about expectations from our supervisors, because all students are wonderful and really want to learn.Danoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-40431469169171382562016-08-31T21:43:49.721-04:002016-08-31T21:43:49.721-04:00Come on guys, we are talking to ourselves. It wil...Come on guys, we are talking to ourselves. It will take about 2 minutes on September 8 to see students running around, cutting classes, wearing hats, blasting cell phones, telling us they don't do no work, etc...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-46981552928972127932016-08-31T21:43:43.960-04:002016-08-31T21:43:43.960-04:001:41,
That is absolutely the worst thing a teacher...1:41,<br />That is absolutely the worst thing a teacher can do. He or she will then be targeted by the administration and OSI, which will lead to a 3020a.<br />Many, many cases where this has happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-56191902077153214282016-08-31T20:35:27.491-04:002016-08-31T20:35:27.491-04:00Good for these two kids to just plain quit and get...Good for these two kids to just plain quit and get out as soon as they got a taste of reality. If there is one way this system will change it is by a mass exodus of new teachers not willing to take shit from either students or administrators.Or how about no one even excepting the job to begin with? That'll get peoples attention. <br /> You are correct James in stating that the very important check the union provided in the past against the administration no longer exists. So my question is why the hell do we continue to pay over $100 a month for this anemic support from the UFT? <br />I say we march to 52 Broadway with pitchforks and torches and demand out of this good for nothing union!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-28159131269362987722016-08-31T15:46:12.368-04:002016-08-31T15:46:12.368-04:0022 yr veteran, last 4 as an atr and looked at with...22 yr veteran, last 4 as an atr and looked at with contempt everyday. Only about 7 more days until I'm disrespected and cursed at again. Can't fuckin wait!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-59402684887623386372016-08-31T15:12:52.144-04:002016-08-31T15:12:52.144-04:00"Talk to veteran teachers for help". Ha!..."Talk to veteran teachers for help". Ha! Farina has straight up told new teachers to stay away from the teachers lounge and not to talk to veteran teachers. Anybody with more than 10 years in is looked at with contempt by the DOE. So sad but so true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-59053177569054825682016-08-31T13:41:46.671-04:002016-08-31T13:41:46.671-04:00Education Law §3210(1)(a) states:
1. Regularity a...Education Law §3210(1)(a) states:<br /><br /><i>1. Regularity and conduct. a. A minor required by the provisions of part one of this article to attend upon instruction shall attend regularly as prescribed where he resides or is employed, for the entire time the appropriate public schools or classes are in session and shall be subordinate and orderly while so attending.</i><br /><br />So, why is the portion of the law relating to student behavior not being enforced?<br /><br />If school administrators are not enforcing the law, then teachers should email detailed complaints directly to DOE's Office of the General Counsel and copy them to the Mayor, Corporation Counsel, City Council, and Chancellor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-44459473554960279832016-08-31T13:30:26.323-04:002016-08-31T13:30:26.323-04:00I don't feel sorry for the teachers or the stu...I don't feel sorry for the teachers or the students. The teachers who lost their jobs got a gift. Go to another district where you'll be respected and the job is valued, or another job. I'm stuck in this shitty job. I have too many years in to leave. The students, a lot, are crap. They behave bad, don't care at all, are on a one way track to prison and their parents generally don't care either in the city. What a terrible system!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-60016445934243133462016-08-31T12:18:13.512-04:002016-08-31T12:18:13.512-04:00The union is corrupt and unethical by disregarding...The union is corrupt and unethical by disregarding the working conditions of the rank and file. I hope there is another court case where union dues becomes voluntary. That is the only way to send a message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-14720513658434275022016-08-31T11:15:44.918-04:002016-08-31T11:15:44.918-04:00This is a microcosm of the sickness of American so...This is a microcosm of the sickness of American society in 2016. Integrity and ethics no longer exist. As I said before retirement about my own principal, that she had no idea what the word integrity means, that it is a completely alien concept to her. The UFT could be a union that stands up for the rank and file. There is just no payoff for doing that these days. Why bother when Mulgrew and the Unity loyalty oath crowd are doing just fine the way things are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58779422246778232372016-08-31T10:45:09.801-04:002016-08-31T10:45:09.801-04:00All of this points to a need for a realistic disci...All of this points to a need for a realistic discipline policy and a merit system that doesn't penalize principals and schools for reporting violent incidents. What's going to happen if metal detectors are pulled out, as is planned?Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-74199497539982797662016-08-31T07:30:37.503-04:002016-08-31T07:30:37.503-04:00I do believe it is possible to turn the misguided ...I do believe it is possible to turn the misguided NYC public school system around. <br /><br />We could start to improve the situation by scrapping all the data that is created by easily manipulating situations in a school. By now, I think everybody knows that schools cheat, lie, manipulate data, give away credits, move students along, refuse to report violent/dangerous incidents, water down curriculum, care more about what is on paper than reality, etc. As long as schools continue to be evaluated using these forms of data, the lies and corruption will continue. <br /><br />The second item that must be addressed is incompetent, immoral administrators. I used to be concerned about how stupid administrators were, now I think it is humorous and unbelievable. I do not know if there is a moral fiber in any of these people. Who would become an administrator in NYC knowing that your primary role will be to lie, cheat, and intimidate? Why is it that incompetent, immoral teachers are the ones who become administrators? I suppose it is because they are willing to do the bidding of the NYC DOE. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-19162935289654574762016-08-31T01:54:58.209-04:002016-08-31T01:54:58.209-04:00Yeah, it kinda is hopeless, and what isn't eve...Yeah, it kinda is hopeless, and what isn't even mentioned above is the students cant read or write at 19 years old. Its a hangout, a social outing, a place to disrespect people, eat, party, and run the building...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-3373923108805392462016-08-31T01:20:39.731-04:002016-08-31T01:20:39.731-04:00Sorry, I disagree, pretty much all schools are awf...Sorry, I disagree, pretty much all schools are awful. I am an ATR and every school I visited last school, except for maybe 1, was the same...Out of control, no discipline, cell phones everywhere, music everywhere, texting, videos, recordings, hallwalkers, students busting into the gym while cutting classes, no notebook, pen, pencil, cursing teachers, sitting in class doing nothing, students stealing bathroom passes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com