SOLUTION: Push the city to do what no other school district has done, hold their feet to the fire. The mayor and gov don't want to make that call yet. Do NOT let principals split your class into IEP/ non. A: We have requested and had conversations with the municipal labor council about this. Live streaming lessons with students and a camera is not super effective–you can’t get much worse than that. We could probably write a book on opening a school during a pandemic. Kids must have access to both. We have to push it with the DOE to tell the parent– they need to follow the rules or they can’t be in school. And the mayor must be able to show why it IS SAFE enough to open. You all heard about instances of family gatherings and it spreads. He said 25% chance, and it gets worse each day that goes by without clarity. Paras picked up so much work and found so many ways to support students and teachers. Staff have to be able to decline if they don’t feel comfortable. The UFT is supposed to be the powerful union. Their hours didn't always work. Q: I'm up for tenure this year. Town Hall Meetings derive their name from town halls. This blog does not accept paid advertisements and will not entertain free ones either. Do not call on a Sunday to open on a Monday. We expect standardized tests to be waived this year. Looking at Jan and Feb. Will the govt help us out of suffering? We are in remote. 52 Broadway, New York, NY 10004. by special guest blogger Mindy Rosier-Rayburn 3:15 UFT President Michael Mulgrew: There's lots to discuss and there are lots of challenges we are facing. But we can't s control the community. Personal attacks, trolling, name-calling and/ or bigotry will not be tolerated. This winter is a big challenge. Many Ps being pressed by Superintendents to do this. Accordingly, the UFT worked with the AFT and its tele-conference provider, IV Broadcast, to provide the necessary technology for the DA, just as it has for other large-scale meetings such as AFT and UFT town hall meetings. We will see if we can help with food. Serving lunch in classrooms is different from restaurants how? This will be one of our priorities in Albany. Mayor says we have a lot of time? Mulgrew has penalties, he can go to jail, but we have to decide if this is what we need to do. Even when we do get back we need to be more aggressive with testing. They broke the cardinal rule, did not talk to the people who would be using it. We will be there to help our communities. Q: Concerned about instructional lunch (HS speech teacher). Only in July did he begin to engage. Town halls exist to serve everyone; from citizens to civil servants. I really wanted to do this Town Hall this week because it's Thanksgiving. I want everyone to get thru this pandemic. What's new UFT vaccine program takes off 'with flying colors' By the sixth day of the UFT program to accelerate distribution of the vaccine to its members, 8,000 members had been matched with a health care provider with available vaccine. The UFT does not submit to the same bureaucracy as the DOE. We thought it was ridiculous for the doe to ask everyone to reapply. We will have lots of work to do because all of the damage. Will they close school buildings in NYC in January? SITEMAP. Being put in jeopardy. Letting CSA lead is beyond stupid. When I'm looking at social media, we are our own little word, we communicate, there is nothing easy about what we are doing. See map See directions. Our daily infection rates are less than 1%. There's no playback on how to do all of this in a pandemic. Will they close school buildings in NYC in January? M: Last yr the govt. When we first put our plan together, we also needed a plan in place to reopen. Will be compensated whenever, that’s fine. Still decisions to be made but WE WILL NOT BE PUT IN HARM’S WAY AGAIN. This all still needs to be worked out. Got the nurses we have needed for years today. From here you can browse and review our course and event offerings, register and pay for your selected courses and events, manage your account, review your registration history, make recommendations for future classes and more! This is all much more expensive and higher volumes of PPE. Taylor Law makes it illegal to strike (unless we can prove “clear and present danger” to open every school. We had mayors who never thanked us for anything. Admins can visit. Lawyers said, “people don’t have medical accommodations forever, so they should reapply”. We shut down about 500 schools and if contact tracing wasn't being done, they couldn't open. UFT leadership has used the excuse of the pandemic to screen questions and create an even more controlled environment compared to in-person meetings. If anyone says that they are going to write things up, let us know. We will continue to go above and beyond, but we do not work for free. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a CNN drive-in Town Hall meeting in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2020. Change ). Our mayor seems to be ready to open schools— WE are not ready. Six or seven districts caused the whole system to shut down. Ihr Erstkontakt in Bayern +49 89 242107500. Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña assured UFT members at a town hall meeting at union headquarters that her first priority — and the accomplishment by which she most wants to be judged — is restoring dignity and respect to the teaching profession. The angry one. CL will schedule meeting with uft rep and doe rep to help solve problems. A: 30% of students have opted out. The UFT Call Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. In-service DOE members, call 212-331-6311; In-service DOE functional chapter members, call 212-331-6312; Private sector members, call 212-331-6313; Retirees, call 212-331-6314; For the UFT Welfare Fund (health benefits), call 212-539-0500 100 trained people to do “Covid” visits. M: We should take this period of time and reprogram where we can. CSA President: This isn’t going to work. A: We should be able to find ways to take care of our own staffs as schools. M: Pre K will not be tested. This is a tough job. We can't forget who we are and respect each other. Our own nurses will do training around PPE, if we go back live. A: If the quarantine is due to Covid, CAR days are not affected. Its a $12,500 stipend. For clusters: how many cohorts are we able to come into contact with in a day or in a week? Attendance is low and the mayor put in the iot in period and there was a low response. 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