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Terry Dade to be Rochester School District superintendent
Terry Dade has been selected to serve as superintendent for the Rochester City School District. He currently is an assistant superintendent for the 180,000-student Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia. Rochester City School District officials have...
read more2019-20 Transfer/Placement Days Info
Teacher Transfer/Placement Days are scheduled to be held between June 3 and June 10, 2019 at Wilson Foundation Academy, 200 Genesee Street, in the school cafeteria. The schedule is as follows: · June 3, 2019 – Subject Tenure Areas (Library Media, Business,...
read moreAdam’s Update (5.7.19)
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues as well as a few timely reminders: - Negotiations. We urge you to respond to a Negotiations Survey emailed to you today. Your input is crucial to the development of our negotiations proposal. We plan to exchange...
read moreSuperintendent Forums (Dade & Horton videos)
Below are the Community & Staff and Parent and Student forums with Terry Dade and Devon Horton, who are two of the four RCSD Superintendent finalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2kkYDO9004&feature=youtu.be Community and staff forum with Terry Dade and...
read moreSuperintendent Forums (Narcisse and Thomas videos)
Below are the Community & Staff and Parent and Student forums with Eric Thomas and Sito Narcisse, who are two of the four RCSD Superintendent finalists. https://youtu.be/TqlTTFymd2o Community and staff forum with Eric Thomas and Sito Narcisse. (May 4, 2019)...
read moreMeet the finalists for RCSD Superintendent
Following are brief summaries of the finalists’ credentials provided by the RCSD: Terry Dade is currently an Assistant Superintendent for the 180,000-student Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia. Prior to that, Dade served one year as Executive...
read moreHeadmaster leaves English High in turmoil
Hired as a savior, the young, new principal upended everything at the school but this: the pattern of failure MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFFSito Narcisse was English High headmaster three years. By Andrea Estes and James Vaznis GLOBE STAFF JUNE 24, 2012 They inspired her...
read moreSpecial education jobs to be saved in RCSD
by WHAM Tuesday, April 9th 2019 WHAM -- After preparing for 200 positions to be cut, it looks like teaching jobs could be saved in the Rochester City School District (RCSD). At a meeting Monday night, RCSD Interim Superintendent Dan Lowengard told parents of special...
read moreAdam’s Update (4.8.19)
Colleagues, As of today, 135 teachers have already submitted their notices that they will be participating in the 2019 Retirement Incentive that we’ve negotiated with the Rochester City School District. This already exceeds the 110 threshold required by our agreement....
read more120+ city teachers to retire early, district says
By James Brown • Mar 29, 2019 Rochester’s Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to buy out some of its most experienced teachers Thursday night. The plan was proposed by the City School District’s teachers union last month. The district announced a plan to...
read moreRCSD approves $50K teacher retirement incentive
by Justin Murphy Harry Kennedy discusses the retention rate of teachers in city schools. Wochit The Rochester City School District will offer $50,000 retirement bonuses to veteran teachers, part of an effort to find savings in a difficult budget year. The bonuses will...
read moreAdam’s Update (3.29.19) Retirement Incentive Ratified
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the RCSD Board of Education, late yesterday evening, voted unanimously to ratify our Tentative Agreement for a Retirement Incentive (see attached). Under the new pact, proposed to the District by the RTA on February 14th,...
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N.Y. Education Commissioner says test moratorium may be extended
Linking student test scores to teacher evaluations is currently on hold By Rick Karlin Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN, Albany Times Union SARATOGA SPRINGS — State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Wednesday said she may ask for an extension of the existing moratorium on...
NYSUT Rochester RO Certification Day
We are very excited to announce that were hosting our first ever Certification Day on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Rochester Regional Office (30 N. Union St., 1st floor conference center, Rochester, NY 14607). This informational day is open to all...
RTA Committees
Below are some of the RTA committees and chairpersons that are working for you. NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE* Adam Urbanski, RTA, Chairperson Martha Keating, RTA, Co-Chairperson John Pavone, RTA, Chief Negotiator GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE* Martha Keating, RTA, Chairperson...
DeVos To Make It Tougher For Defrauded Students To Seek Debt Relief
The U.S. Education Department is proposing changes to Obama-era rules that offer debt relief for students who were defrauded by their colleges. If you attended a school that misled you or engaged in misconduct, there's a government program called Borrower Defense to...
A Stitch in Time
Savvy Sew-ers have Third World children on their mind By John Addyman Dresses made by retired teachers in Rochester have reached girls around the world…Cambonian Girls Gaya Shakes was concentrating on getting the hair just right. Behind her, a boom box was gently...
Five justices cannot break the solidarity of America’s unions
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 is a ruthless and brazen attack on the freedom of working people. It caps off a shocking Supreme Court term, which saw the justices threaten the rights of women, LGBTQ people, Muslims, and now public...
Janus decision: What it means in New York, the nation’s most unionized state
ALBANY - The Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that unions cannot collect fees from non-members could have wide implications across New York, which has the nation’s most heavily unionized public sector. Unions in New York derided the groundbreaking decision by the...
Teacher evaluation reform is coming at a price
ROCHESTER, NY (WROC-TV) - The State Senate says it's willing to change up how teacher evaluations work, something teacher unions want, but for a price. New York State's legislative session is wrapping up in days, a priority for teachers and unions is teacher...
NYSUT targets Jacobs following no state Senate vote on teacher evaluation bill
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In the world of a state legislator, sometimes it's all about, "What have you done for me lately?" New York State United Teachers was very happy with state Senator Chris Jacobs support for a bill decoupling standardized test scores from teacher...
Student verbal abuse of teachers problematic in BPS
In one Buffalo school, every teacher says students verbally abuse teachers often. BUFFALO, NY - 2 On Your Side is looking into a serious, ongoing issue in Buffalo Public Schools: students verbally abusing teachers. Teachers themselves have told the district the issue...
RCSD gets two new deputy superintendents
The Rochester City School District named a pair of new deputy superintendents Thursday, both veteran district leaders who left and now have returned. School Chief Beth Mascitti-Miller will become deputy superintendent of administration. She replaces Bo Wright, who was...
Award Winning RCSD Teachers
Congratulations to Jason Millington and Jeff Wujcik for winning the New York Association for Continuing Community Education 2018 Teacher of the Year Award Mr. Jason Millington Mr. Jeff Wujcik The Office of Adult and Career Education Services (OACES), an adult...
Air Force Association ~ Teacher of the Year
Rochester Teachers Association and Air Force Chapter 308 have joined “forces” to recognize up to 2 classroom teachers for their accomplishments and achievements in exciting K-12 students about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Any RTA Representative...
‘Raise the Age,’ Now Law in New York, Is Still a Subject of Debate
ALBANY — Much of the praise for the Raise the Age initiative, which was passed by the New York Legislature over the weekend, was effusive, with various political factions claiming it as their own victory and its supporters calling it a historic protection for juvenile...