tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post5725640014263434855..comments2023-03-28T07:48:59.459-04:00Comments on NYC ATR: The UFT keeps its promises by publishing themNYC ATRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17780916909427584188noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-80695399811562436522011-11-30T21:49:00.165-05:002011-11-30T21:49:00.165-05:00I've spoken to attorneys. They will tell you ...I've spoken to attorneys. They will tell you that as long as you have a job, the union has done its job. if the union throws us to the wolves, then we have a caseveteran teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-35868305000034610352011-11-29T21:15:18.222-05:002011-11-29T21:15:18.222-05:00I know an ATR who is in the process of interviewin...I know an ATR who is in the process of interviewing lawyers...I will keep you posted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-58008897008075542462011-11-29T18:52:39.944-05:002011-11-29T18:52:39.944-05:00One way to overthrow the union, or severely get th...One way to overthrow the union, or severely get their attention is the creation of a sizable fund to sue the UFT for gross negligence whenever possible. That will get their fannies all in a huff over at 52 Broadway- in a hurry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-85349556229686935302011-11-29T18:50:38.538-05:002011-11-29T18:50:38.538-05:00The only hope is to overthrow the UFT- ala Chicago...The only hope is to overthrow the UFT- ala Chicago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-5810436751252699942011-11-29T18:48:08.945-05:002011-11-29T18:48:08.945-05:00I also saw the postings for ATRs! What is that??? ...I also saw the postings for ATRs! What is that??? LMAO...DOE makes no sense! I'll take the one in SI!Gypsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-27085553133647970752011-11-29T18:03:08.730-05:002011-11-29T18:03:08.730-05:00I agree with an anonymous post. I am clueless how...I agree with an anonymous post. I am clueless how this is going to be resolved. ATRs want to be placed. The union only cares about us being on the payroll. The principals don't want us(they just want a free,warm body that will babysit a class for a day, then be on their way Friday), the city wishes we would all go away and the typical rank and file teacher has no clue as to what an ATR is, how it happens, what it entails etc etc. <br /><br />One thing I know for sure is there will be zero resolution to this before Bloomberg is out. The next two years, I anticipate the ATR population going up exponentiallyveteran teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-40191091861021445632011-11-29T17:40:29.593-05:002011-11-29T17:40:29.593-05:00I noticed that there were two job postings on the ...I noticed that there were two job postings on the open market for teachers and the subject area was absence coverage. One in Brooklyn and the other in Staten Island. Is the DOE trying to recruit more ATRs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-72397304544479087522011-11-29T08:21:33.669-05:002011-11-29T08:21:33.669-05:00I see the Union salivating at the thought of all t...I see the Union salivating at the thought of all the union dues provided by the newbie teachers AND the ATRs, and all the other staff memebers they are stealing from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-72299069420983619712011-11-29T02:47:29.986-05:002011-11-29T02:47:29.986-05:00Good to become browsing your weblog once more, it ...Good to become browsing your weblog once more, it has been months for me. Well this article that i've been waited for so lengthy. I need this post to total my assignment inside the university, and it has exact same subject together with your post. Thanks, excellent share.gps vehicle tracking systemhttp://www.gofleet.ca/gps-tracking/vehicle-tracking-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-77588503762924354502011-11-27T16:38:34.194-05:002011-11-27T16:38:34.194-05:00This is my first year as an ATR and I honestly don...This is my first year as an ATR and I honestly don't see how this problem is ever going to be resolved. How and when will I be hired? I feel like I could be an ATR forever because no one has figured out how to get us placed. And the biggest problem is that the ATR pool is only going to grow. As Bloomberg and Walcott and the other turkeys at the DOE close more high schools and then start raiding the middle schools - the problem seem like it is going to get worse. And the union is totally complicit in all of this garbage - I thought its' job was to protect its members from gross negligence - not just to add members and money to its' coffers. It is not only about saving jobs at all - it is about saving meaningful jobs for people who have made their careers helping the kids. Apparently, the word career is now a curse - the newbies are all in and put in under 5 years so they will get no pension and cost little to the city. The only ones who pay the cost are the kids for having to deal with inexperienced and unknowledgeable 20 somethings who consider teaching for a couple of years equivalent to feeding the homeless on Thanksgiving day. I could go on forever about how I hate what they have to us and how the turkeys at the DOE should all be fired. Are we going to be in this position for months - years - or for some of is decades?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-50213774310861910592011-11-27T10:37:46.926-05:002011-11-27T10:37:46.926-05:00We live in uncertain times. The economy has made i...We live in uncertain times. The economy has made it easier to force out higher paid, more experienced and effective teachers. Why would the DoE and The UFT agree to this illogical plan? In Bloomberg's effort to make schools little business's and profit centers as defined by student scores, it was determined that teachers are a commodity e.g.....all teachers are the same and will produce the same student outcomes with scripted lessons provided by consultants like Teachers College et al. Instead of thinking creatively the UFT dumbly agrees to put in limbo all excessed teachers regardless of effectiveness....throwing out the baby with the bath water.<br />Would it not have been wiser to use seasoned teachers as experts in classroom practice and curriculum instead of highly paid consultants? Why not share the pain with CSE and principals who could have U rated ineffective staff and instead took the easy way out of forced movement within the transfer system and now Open Market. Class warfare has infected the teaching ranks pitting older and experienced teachers against younger and unemployed teachers. Meanwhile we call each other names and blame our union and the establishment in a time when there is little support for labor unions. We cannot wait for new leadership. We are teachers and have the expertise to bring change by supporting new efforts like GEM and this blog to get the word out and make some noise. I would like to see some ideas on that.Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295844185425383711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-34354483596452567232011-11-26T23:24:38.588-05:002011-11-26T23:24:38.588-05:00I think pretty much everyone wants the ATR issue t...I think pretty much everyone wants the ATR issue to fade away. Nonetheless, the methods of making this happen vary wildly, from Bloomberg's preferred method of firing all the ATRs, making all other teachers ATRs, then firing them as well, to my preferred method of halting all new hires until ATR teachers are placed. <br /><br />There's really not a whole lot of wiggle room here. It's unconscionable that someone could face termination simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-844490600786431572011-11-26T22:05:24.394-05:002011-11-26T22:05:24.394-05:00This is the way the union treated those in the ru...This is the way the union treated those in the rubber rooms. No difference at all. They will do nothing and do not care about the members that they have sacrificed.<br />This clarifies the role the union has had in the constructive discharge and the creation of a hostile and toxic work environbment. "As long as you have your job", they will say.<br />Cheers,<br /><br />Angry NogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370300591508959460.post-31231596938169429742011-11-26T20:25:23.724-05:002011-11-26T20:25:23.724-05:00I say they are ashamed that that have put us in th...I say they are ashamed that that have put us in this position and are doing NOTHING in listening to our commuting complaints and how schools are not filling vacancies with ATRS. I met a friend of mine yesterday who is dismayed because her son has a different teacher everyweek in his graphic arts class (the teacher is on a maternity leave) I know the class was covered by an ATR for the first 6 weeks or so because I was also at the school. A nice middle class school. I guess the parents aren't complaining -yet - because it isn't a Regents class but when their little darlings have no grade come next month then we will see what happens! Anway, back to the union...they are trying to sugar coat what we are going through and hide how they are useless to us....! I still can't understand how the UFT promised us that every vacancy would be filled by an ATR and when we call them on this they keep directing us to call this one or that one..sickening..it is sickeningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com