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 District is attempting to cannibalize contract 2/05
Members want District to show respect
 More than 2,100 members returned surveys on what they thought most important for negotiations for a new contract, 11/04
Standardized tests and math literacy
Tom Gallagher reviews Alfie Kohn's The
Case Against Standardized Tests and Robert Moses and Charles
Cobbs' Radical Equations
Rising above: Will standards save us?
Tom Gallagher reviews two books dealing with
inequality and reform.
Teachers under attack by Dennis Kelly, from S.F. Examiner, 12/9/04
Shelving
librarians doesn't balance the books
Schools can't
do it alone: Entire city must work to curb violence
UESF President Dennis Kelly addressed the
Board of Education which met to discuss school safety issues.12/03
District must
show will to deal with violent behavior
UESF Vice President Linda Plack's presentation
to the School Board... 12/03
Remembering Dr. King and the civil rights momement? 1/05
Weighted Student Formula: Is it working?
4/04
Teacher
evaluations: How do they rate? 3/04
Child Development program is more than childcare
Paraprofessionals
improve learning, social environment
David
Skinner and Yolanda Travis are a team. This husband-wife pair
of paraprofessionals... 11/03
Consolidation has direct effect
on educators' morale, 8/03
Reflections on my year as CDP representative
Jamie Samuel looks at funding issues and
matters affecting Child Development programs and the role of the
union
Professionalism on the rise: Paras in the
schools
The paraprofessional job in SFUSD has evolved
far beyond the traditional concept of a teacher's aide. --James
Lee, 5/00
UBCs provide process to solve problems
Since UBCs are the single, most effective
way for teachers and paraprofessionals to collectively voice their
opinions and ideas, UBCs are finding that they can take on much
more.
--James Lee, 3/10/00
Designate treating physician before you are injured
Should
you be injured at work, the most important person in the workers'
compensation system is your treating physician -- Julius Young,
attorney at law
Lead in water is a health threat
Lead
in the water is a serious problem for elementary schools and child
development programs.
Asthma affects SFUSD
students and staff
Asthma is the number one cause of student
absenteeism nationwide. --Hene Kelly, UESF Health and Safety
Coordinator, 9/01
October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
Early detection is the key to a greater
chance of survival and more treatment options --Hene Kelly,
UESF Health and Safety Coordinator
Reform with Respect: Reject Reconstitution
See photos from UESF's demonstrations...
Activism pays off for CDP teachers
who work extra
CDP
teachers earned a victory when Superintendent Acerman directed
site managers to pay...10/04
Union prevails in 7-hour day arbitration
...union
contract does indeed allow site administrators flexibility and
discretion in approving time worked away from the school site.9/04
Here's what you said:
See results of surveys on student discipline, parent preference
in assignments for their kids, and WSF. 5/04
22 jobs
saved, but School Board still votes to lay off teachers...
More
than 100 supporters protested the proposed cuts of credentialled...5/04
Paras
laid off: Supe bases decision on 'integrity' of SSCs and WSF
No Child Left... requirements for paras
Bob
Landis – UESF mourns passing of friend, leader, warrior
UESF member appointed to Teaching Credential
Commission, 10/03
Mission
High teacher doing time to protest SOA
Derrlyn
Tom ...didn’t show up for the first day of school..., 9/03
They're
fighting crowds at westside schools
–
Tom Edminster, 9/03
Teachers
assail board over pulling of PARS
Outraged over the last minute decision to
pull the PARS offer, nearly 200 teachers marched outside District
Headquarters, then filled the Board of Education meeting room
to capacity, Wednesday evening, February 13, 2002
Lowell teachers reject bonus
...Lowell colleagues to forego a bonus they've
recently qualified for... -- Tom Gallagher, UESF Executive
Board member
Member-driven salary protest hits web
To publicize the inadequacy of teacher salaries
and benefits, a group of teachers, working with their UBC set
up a website, The Car Sign Factory. 3/1/00
Fed up -- SFUSD educators demand raises
Having reached their boiling point, hundreds
of UESF members with parent and student supporters delivered their
message to the Board of Education. 5/10/00
Working for SFUSD is a financial sacrifice
Lowell Action Committee warned applicants
at job faire of financial sacrifices of working for SFUSD.
--Dennis Kelly, UESF Secretary, 4/16/00
UESF says give the public back its power
The
San Francisco Labor Council voted May 14 to support municipal
power for San Francisco... "Public power and public utilities
have become a necessary benefit for working people." -- Dennis
Kelly, UESF Secretary, 5/14/01
A long road to this new day
We
have a new majority on the Board. It is a pro-teacher, pro-labor,
anti-privatization majority.
--Jill Wynns, President of the SFUSD Board of Education, 1/01
Chavez is relevant to students, community
UESF members from all over the district
gathered at Mission High School on February 7 to learn about Cesar
Chavez -- the man, his life and the movement he built. They also
developed and shared lesson plans so that they could impart this
knowledge to their students.
What You Weren't Taught About Teaching:
A Survival Guide
Almost
all of the advice in What You Weren't Taught About Teaching...
is on-point and goes beyond essential nuts-and-bolts. I wish someone
had alerted me to what's suggested as it took a few years of stumbling
to figure out...
S. F. teachers benefit from battles of
30 years ago
Union prevails in arbitration over seven-hour day
...union contract does indeed allow site administrators flexibility and discretion in approving time worked away from the school site. Download the arbitration transcript here.
Grievances – what they are, how they work
UBC training focuses on solutions
Helpful training sessions for Union Building
Committee (UBC) members have been taking place ... --Judith
Christensen
Building Reps believe in democratic
process, participation and problem-solving
With schedules that are already full, why
would anyone choose to be a building rep?
UBCs have voice, help to set policy
at sites
We hope to describe some of the many exemplary
Union Building Committee practices that take place at school sites..
How to make your union stronger
UESF is structured to encourage the greatest
degree possible of membership participation ...7/01
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