RTA News You Can Use
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk is October 18th
The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is Sunday morning (October 18th) at ESL Ballpark (1 Morrie Silver Way, Rochester, NY 14608) with activities starting at 9:00 am and the walk begins at 10:00 am.Here’s a helpful link with additional information about Sunday...
Adam’s Update (9.25.26) RTA Files an Improper Practice Charge Against the RCSD
Colleagues, The RTA is filing an Improper Practice charge with the NYS Public Employment Board against the District to challenge the legitimacy of the email notification from Christopher Miller, Chief of RCSD’s Human Capital, sent earlier today to all our members. The...
Adam’s Update (9.16.26) RTA Declares Impasse in Negotiations
Colleagues, At their monthly meeting yesterday evening, the RTA Representative Assembly voted unanimously to declare impasse in our stalled negotiations for a successor contract with the Rochester City School District. We are filing for impasse today and asking the...
Fall PD Offerings from Rochester Teachers Academy
If you have any questions or problems with Oracle please email patricia.adams2 @rcsdk12.org
Explaining your Triborough Raise (what your salary is while we negotiate a successor contract)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz9RGHpovHc&t=6s If you have questions or concerns please call or email us at the RTA office.
Adam’s Update (8.31.26) Supts Day, Negotiations Impasse, Triborough Salary Placement, Retention Incentive & Labor Day Parade
Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope that you’ve had a restful and fun summer recess. Here’s an initial update on some developments and issues: - Superintendent’s Conference Days. We reached out to Superintendent Rosser on August 4th and urged him to provide teachers on...
2026-27 Pay Dates
All dates are Fridays unless noted otherwise 1 9/4/262 9/18/26 * Retention incentive of $2500 will be paid to those who are eligible under the 2025 Collective Bargaining Extension on or berfore September 30, 2026 in a separate check. 3 10/2/264 10/16/265 10/30/266...
More PLE summer offerings.
Looking for some amazing PLE this summer? Check out these offerings from the School Library System. Log into Oracle and sign up at the offering level! Send any questions to miranda.stefano@rcsdk12.org. ROC'N Field...
Pride Parade
Hello everyone, We would like to invite you to join RTA on July 18th to walk in solidarity with our NYSUT family in this year's Pride Parade to support of our LGBTQ+ members, students and communities. This family...
Adam’s Update (6.26.26) Agenda For the Summer
Colleagues, On your summer agenda, I hope, is to relax and enjoy a well-deserved break. On RTA's agenda for this summer is to negotiate a multi-year successor contract, to oversee a faithful implementation of the payroll Memorandum of Agreement, to advocate for full...
Adam’s Update (6.13.26) Implementing the Payroll MOA, Beginning Negotiations, RCSD Budget Cuts, RTA End of the Year Social
Colleagues, What a year this has been! As tough as it was, you proved to be even tougher. And only two weeks to go before the start of the summer recess. Here are key items of unfinished business that we are addressing right now and will continue to work on during the...
Adam’s Update (6.3.26) Payroll MOA
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that, after many months of frustrating negotiations, we have finally reached an agreement with the Rochester City School District to try to “make whole” teachers who were adversely affected by the RCSD’s payroll and Oracle...
