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We are the United Liverpool Faculty Association comprised of teachers, teaching assistants, teacher aides and office personnel.
MPEC, AFT Healthcare Contract Negotiations Meeting Scheduled
The Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC) and AFT Healthcare-Maryland will continue their negotiations with state officials on a new Memorandum of Understanding in a meeting scheduled for November 1, 2013, at the Maryland Department of Transportation in Hanover, Maryland. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
MPEC, AFT Healthcare Contract Negotiations Meeting Scheduled
The Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC) and AFT Healthcare-Maryland will continue their negotiations with state officials on a new Memorandum of Understanding in a meeting scheduled for November 1, 2013, at the Maryland Department of Transportation in Hanover, Maryland. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
AFT Healthcare-Maryland Calls for Investigation of Hospital Attack
AFT Healthcare-Maryland president Debra Perry has called for an immediate investigation of unsafe working conditions at the Thomas B. Finan Center in Cumberland, Maryland, where a staff member was brutally attacked and injured October 14th. The staff member was stabbed in the back of the head with a seven-inch galvanized spike while trying to restrain a combative patient.
President Linda Day reelected to second term!
Week's Events 10/21 - 10/27
Last week's TALI event, "Public Education at the Crossroads 2.0" was well attended by about 100 Long Island Union leaders and PTA presidents. I had the pleasure of attending the event with four of our Herricks PTA presidents. Presenters focused on the topics of the Tax Cap, high stakes testing and their affects on public education.
BESE Report: October, 2013
At a marathon BESE meeting, board members punted the Common Core controversy to local school boards and teachers, ignored educators’ requests for help with curricula and resources, and promised little relief from a flawed and unaccountable Value Added evaluation model.
Pension Reform Initiative - Here we go again!
(10/19/13) San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and leaders of four other California cities struggling with soaring retirement costs announced Tuesday they will seek to get a pension reform initiative on the November 2014 state ballot.
San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe joined Reed in submitting the ballot initiative to the state Attorney General.
“It will allow public employers to unilaterally cut the retirement benefits promised to current teachers, firefighters, police officers and school bus drivers," said Dave Low, chairman of Californians for Retirement Security, which represents some 1.6 million current and retired public employees.
Once the Attorney General provides the official title and summary, proponents would have 150 days to collect at least 807,615 valid signatures, representing eight percent of the votes cast in last gubernatorial election.
STRS and other organizations are exploring the legality of changing the retirement promises made to current public employees.
Prof. Jim Freeman has article in Theory and Practice in Language Studies
Creative Writing Pedagogy in the Two Year College: Lessons Learned and Literature Reviewed, Findings by a 35-year Teacher Abstract: A literature and best practice review and retrospective from 35 years of applied community college teaching pedagogy looks at the heuristics of the whole creative writing student as an eager learner and suggests the most efficient practices; prerequisites and classroom universal policies necessary to growth in creative writing ability. Positive growth in creative writi
EMUFT Conference on Teaching
EMUFT is hosting a Conference on Teaching on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The conference is free and is open to anyone interested in teaching. Find more information and the link to register at: http://emuft.mi.aft.org/events/teaching-conference
