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Rochester Teachers Care

Highlighting the great things our members do every day.

Adam’s Update (12.3.19)

Colleagues, We have learned earlier this evening that the District will lay off 152 teachers, 32 non-teaching employees, 22 paraprofessionals, and 12 administrators. Although we still do not know which teachers will be laid off, affected teachers are supposed to get...

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Adam’s Update Standing Up for Our Students (11.22.19)

Dear Colleagues, At their next regularly scheduled Business Meeting on Thursday, December 5th, the RCSD Board of Education may be voting on the Superintendent’s proposed plan to address the District’s fiscal deficit. This represents an opportunity for...

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News You Can Use Now

Teachers Helping Displaced Teachers Move

Via Jennifer Wagner... Many teachers and parents are trying to reach out to help those teachers laid off or displaced in the RCSD. Because the District did not have a concrete plan to help teachers move after Superintendent Dade's mid-year layoffs became official,...

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Superintendent’s Regulation 9800-R

Vehicle Insurance Deductible Reimbursement Info

2026-27 Oracle/Payroll Issue Info Form

Explaining your Triborough raise (what your salary is while we negotiate a successor contract)

Filing Notice of Claim with the RCSD

If you are going to resign from the District, NYS law requires a notice of 30 calendar days (including weekends and holidays) from the time you file your resignation letter until your last day with the district. The resignation link from the District can be found here.(You must be signed into your District Google account)

Free & Confidential Counseling

Find EAP Information here

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NYS PD Requirement for Professionally Certified Teachers

100 hours must be taken over each 5-year cycle.
IT IS THE TEACHER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP TRACK OF THESE HOURS.
THE STATE MAY AUDIT AN INDIVIDUAL’S COMPLIANCE AT ANY TIME FOR 8 YEARS.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND KEEP A COPY OF YOUR PD.

Our TURN: Revitalizing Public Education and Strengthening Our Democracy Through the Collective Wisdom of Teachers

See Executive Summary here

See Final Report here