The below link is stuffed with excellent information for teachers who want to stand up as a group against unsafe and objectionable working conditions.
“Ten actions you can take to help prevent an unsafe return to school in September” is only part of this MORE-UFT info packet.
Here’s a link to share: http://tinyurl.com/StopUnsafeReopening
Eduhonesty: I keep putting up the gray and green map that shows how powerless teachers have become. We have to take back our power. My social media feeds are filled with teachers who are quitting or thinking about quitting if they can figure out the insurance and finances. We ought never have reached this state of despair.
https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2018/03/08/67017/#sthash.VS6OyZ4L.Skez6APe.dpbs The article’s title: Teacher strikes are illegal in West Virginia…so how did they strike?
Let’s #RebuildOurUnions and #ReclaimOurVoices — for the sake of our kids.
Retiring was the smartest move I’d made in a very long while — but in some alternative universes, I imagine there’s an alternative high school or bilingual middle school version of me who is still working. That woman is a dedicated, loving teacher who knows her content and her students. I miss that woman sometimes, because I know I retired early to avoid spending more time in a slow-motion train wreck that never needed to happen.