Do You Have Questions or Concerns About The Future of Our Children's Education?
Important! Save the Date & Get Your Questions Answered!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Christ Lutheran Church in East Northport 189 Burr Road, East Northport, NY 11731 7:00pm
Reclaiming Public Education
Less Testing, MORE TEACHING!
March 16, 2015 Levittown Hall 200 Levittown Pkwy Hicksvillw 7:00pm
Our Teachers share deep concerns about over-testing resulting from the state's botched implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS). Concerns include: stress on students and teachers, appropriateness of tests, erosion of learning time and lack of state transparency on test content. Parents who decide it is not in their children's best interests to take these assessments are part of an "Opt-Out" movement that is growing nationally and in New York state.
Here is the Teacher Senority list for your knowledge.
The Herricks Teacher Center is pleased to offer the Empire Safety Council’s Defensive Driving course. Course content includes defensive methods for safe driving and avoiding collisions. The course will also teach what to do in various types of driving emergencies.
Please click this link to see the flyer for more details.
It's one thing to work to get officials elected; it's another to lobby them for action. In an effort to lobby their elected representatives, AFT-Maryland took to Annapolis on February 9th to let State Delegates and Senators know just how they felt about a number of issues.
CFT filed a grievance on September 10, 2014, as soon as we found out the Administration refused to pay our members who worked under Appendix A, Schedule G.
Negotiations Update
Welcome to Jen Myers (Barrett), our newest Negs Team member!
Initial survey results are available online at MHFT.org. Thanks to all who took the time to respond.
Our Negotiations Openers letter will be presented at the Feb. 10 MHUSD board meeting at 6pm at the district office. We are inviting all MHFT members to attend the board meeting in solidarity with your negotiations team. It is a powerful message when many teachers are in the audience during this important public meeting.
Debra Perry, President of AFT Healthcare-Maryland and Executive Director Michael McNally met February 4th with Governor Hogan’s representative Cindy Kollner, Executive Director of Department of Budget and Management to begin negotiations over proposals that would help the Governor balance the budget and still honor the agreements in the existing MOU executed between the Union and the O’Malley administration before they left office.
