by Matt Lavonas | Jun 15, 2020 | News
The Governor has included in his latest Executive Order ( 202.39 ) language that permits Districts to grant tenure to teachers in their last year of probation without the normally required APPR score and lack of observations/evaluations. Here is the...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 4, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update about current issues; – Last Day of School. We have worked with the District to reach an agreement on what should be the last day of work for teachers in this academic year. Our position is that the District must take into...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 3, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Rochester teachers and their union stand in solidarity with all who are demanding that racial justice finally become a reality. The tragic and senseless killing of George Floyd is just the most recent injustice in the long history of egregious assaults on people of...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 2, 2020 | News
To receive the PD Incentive for the 2019-20 school year all eligible members need to have their PD uploaded to TrunNorth Logic by June 9th. All surveys must be completed by June 11th in TrueNorth Logic. PD for the 2020-21 incentive can begin on June...
by Matt Lavonas | May 28, 2020 | 2020 Layoff Info, Adam's Updates
Colleagues, This is an especially tough week for all of us because approximately 200 of our colleagues are receiving layoff notices for the next school year. Here are the numbers of layoffs by tenure areas: 46 Elementary; 39 Reading; 20 Math; 19 Speech and Language;...