Hope is on the way! We are hoping most of our staff are vaccinated or have appointments to be vaccinated. If you have not yet been vaccinated or are unable to find an appointment, please reach out for help. We have several members that have gone above and beyond to help staff get appointments. Dr. Lang was able to get 2 members appointment in addition to Sue Rosa having 58 members vaccinated with unaccounted for vaccine! Dr.
The link below will explain pool testing. The Union encourages all members to sign up for this important mitigation effort in the fight against Covid 19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aky6ZyHQs
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Dear AFT MA Leaders,
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State education Commissioner Jeff Riley hopes to bring elementary school students back into classrooms full time as early as April.
On February 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two resources for schools: Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation and The Science Brief: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools that add to CDC’s existing guidance for K-12 schools in opening for in-person instruction and remaining open.
SBRC also known as Standards Based Report Card is currently a hot topic in the CPS.
We want to gather evidence to find why this is a hot topic. Is this what's best for middle schoolers? Will this eventually reach the high school level? What do colleges feel about SBRC?
A quick google released the following info:
https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/rethinking-report-cards/
Patience—counseled by former Vice President Joe Biden all election week as Americans waited for votes to be counted—finally paid off Nov. 7, four days after Election Day, when Biden won in Pennsylvania and gained enough Electoral College votes to acquire a new title: president-elect. AFT President Randi Weingarten says the union’s leaders and members “can’t wait to get started” on the work ahead “with an administration that will embrace and fight for the values we hold dear.”
AFT President Randi Weingarten today delivered a major address on the crisis hollowing out the teaching profession—massive disinvestment in public education and deprofessionalization. In her speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., she called for reinvestment and freedom to teach. It was followed by two panels featuring education leaders who laid out pragmatic solutions.
As the presidential elections inch closer and the field of candidates gets more and more competitive, AFT members are engaging, parsing campaign platforms, asking questions of the candidates, and voicing their priorities as educators, healthcare practitioners and public employees. Thus far, the AFT has hosted eight AFT Votes town halls in eight different locations across the country, giving members the opportunity to meet candidates in person and hear about their stands on education, working families, healthcare and other top-line issues. Also part of the AFT’s robust endorsement process: surveys, debate parties and lots of information on AFTVotes.org.
“Teachers have always had power,” AFT President Randi Weingarten told the crowd at the TEACH opening plenary Thursday afternoon. “We need to own our power. And we need to build our power so we can move our agenda—for our students and our families; for safe, welcoming and well-funded public schools; for affordable higher education; healthcare that is a right, not a privilege; a living wage; a decent retirement; a healthy climate and a strong democracy.”