In May of 2018, approximately 30 ATRs, many of which belong to the UFT Solidarity Caucus, filed an age discrimination suit against the NYCDOE. In summary, they claim that there are discriminatory hiring practices based on their age, and therefore salary, the prevent them from finding permanent jobs. All the… Read More
Some members are praising it as a victory, some are saying “close, but not enough” and other members really dislike it. Read More
There are roughly 140 UFT members working for the Office of Adult and Continuing Education (OACE). Of the 28, who were rated poorly, all were over the age of 40. They had years of experience and higher than average student gains, but suddenly they can’t teach? The UFT District Representative… Read More
For years we have been hearing about the issues occurring at the Manhattan high schools. When the issues we hear are similar, but come from different schools, we have no choice but to connect the dots and see that the problems are coming from the district office. UFT members and… Read More
Oftentimes members complain that they do not have a say before the UFT agrees on something on their behalf. From evaluation, ATR and other outside of contract agreements. We now see surveys trickling out from the UFT. We are not sure how they are being sent out, but UFT Solidarity caucus… Read More
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, in the 2015-16 school year, the Board of Regents and I placed a hold on the use of student performance measures based on the grades 3-8 ELA and math State assessments as part of teacher and principal evaluations which continues through the 2018-19 school… Read More
ATRs, Here we share a simple guide to finding out who did obtain the positions experienced ATRs have applied for. Just follow the steps here and you should be able to see the license and years experience of the employees who did obtain the position you applied for. If you… Read More
School excessing is supposed to be performed in reverse seniority. Those teachers would then be placed in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) pool. This would imply that the average age of teachers in the ATR pool would be relatively low. This is not the case. The average age of ATRs,… Read More
There is not much to say here except that this is truly unfortunate. Contractual violations hurt members and often times hurt students and school communities. The UFT leadership went head to head with Mayor Bloomberg, or at least made like they did, and now have a cozy relationship with Mayor de… Read More
Are you a staff member or parent who is wondering why schools are consistently hiring fresh out of college teachers and not retaining experienced staff members? Look no further than Robert Gordon. He developed the Fair Student Funding for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein. In sum and… Read More
