Highlights from the latest issue of New York Teacher:
There’s a $315 million hole in the new school year’s budget, and the City Council is in a position to fill it.
A tentative agreement between the Municipal Labor Committee and the city on employee health plans saves $200 million while maintaining core health coverage and holding the line on premiums for city workers.
A high school astronomy teacher created a planetarium 30 years ago that continues to beam light on science education for his students today.
Almost any way you look at the data, there was good news in the June 1 release of the 2009 statewide math test scores.
Following weeks of public confusion and outcry, the Department of Health spelled out its criteria for closing schools — one day after the UFT called for greater transparency and clarity.
For most newer teachers, the “Annual Professional Performance Review” — better known as the year-end evaluation — is nothing to worry about.
On stage at the UFT Charter Elementary School auditorium on May 22, a bunch of angry chickens were threatening a boycott.
UFT members in schools that are being phased out or closed can get some help brushing up on their interviewing skills in seminars being offered at the union’s borough offices.
The first Family Arts Day at PS 46 in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene section on was so much fun, staffers say, plans are already under way to hold two more festivals, next fall and spring.
If you are not happy with your school, want to try someplace new, or simply wish to work closer to home, the open market plan offers an opportunity to transfer.
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1 Remainders: Help for teachers whose schools are closing | GothamSchools
· Jun 10, 2009 at 10:04 pm
[...] The UFT is offering teachers at closing schools job-interview advice. [...]