by Matt Lavonas | Oct 22, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, The District notified us just yesterday that the scheduled retroactive pay to teachers will not be in tomorrow’s paycheck. They are now planning to have it included in the November 6 paycheck but even this won’t be confirmed until October 27th. The money...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 14, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Last Sunday evening you should have received RTA’s Survey on Remote Teaching and Potential Hybrid Model. Thank you to the more than 1100 teachers who have already filled out and submitted that survey. Some colleagues may have missed the survey either...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 5, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As we begin the fourth week of fully remote teaching and learning, here’s a brief update on some current topics: – PD on Half Days. Earlier today you received a communication from the District about this Thursday’s professional development. What the...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 22, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, “Rochester teachers and their union join the rest of the community in mourning the tragic deaths of our two recent graduates, Jaquayla Young and Jarvis Alexander, killed during the recent horrific mass shooting in our city. Fourteen others suffered...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 20, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
September 19, 2020 To: Members of the RCSD Board of Education On behalf of the 3200 members of the Rochester Teachers Association, I urge you to vote against the recommendation to layoff 221 members of the Board of Education Non-Teaching Employees (BENTE) members as...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 4, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Dear Colleagues, As we again experience deep sadness and hurt, this time over the tragic death of Daniel Prude in our own community, our nation looks to educators to help teach our children that it is indeed possible to live in peace and to create a world with racial...