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Leadership Contact Us Ohio Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO AFT.org Quick Links News News Press Publications and Reports Photos CHTU Updates Current Executive Board Update Resources Resources Professional Development ER&D Frequently Asked Questions Health Corner Evaluation Membership Member Benefits Our Issues Actions & Events Take Action Events 1 2 3 4 We Stand With Kindergarten Teachers At the November 5, 2018 Board Meeting 7 teachers and 2 community allies implored the BOE to allow Kindergarten teachers time to meet to redo the Kindergarten assessment calendar. Future member of CHTU Organizing starts earlier and earlier I_Am_My_Union2 I Am My Union PublicSchoolShoutOut Steward Kristi Galsier along with Gearity and Noble 5th Grade Coach Tammy Heldman at a math competition! 1 2 3 4 CHTU Quick Links Heights Coalition for Public Education District Google Mail Aesop Employee Access Center Employee Kiosk Infinite Campus My Schoolbuilding Public SchoolWorks Training Share My Lesson JOB SEARCH OTES handbook 201 9-20 Teacher Contract 2019-20 Monitor Contract 2019-20 FAQ index Health Corner index District Website All Teacher Salary Charts 2016-2019 DRAFT 2019-20 ALL PAY SCALES Weingarten Rights 2019-20 Survival Guide AFT members dive into candidate endorsement process As the presidential elections inch closer and the field of candidates gets more and more competitive, AFT members are engaging, parsing campaign platforms, asking questions of the candidates, and voicing their priorities as educators, healthcare practitioners and public employees. Thus far, the AFT has hosted eight AFT Votes town halls in eight different locations across the country, giving members the opportunity to meet candidates in person and hear about their stands on education, working families, healthcare and other top-line issues. Also part of the AFT’s robust endorsement process: surveys, debate parties and lots of information on AFTVotes.org. more Weingarten: Educators must save democracy Teachers have always had power,” AFT President Randi Weingarten told the crowd at the TEACH opening plenary Thursday afternoon. We need to own our power. And we need to build our power so we can move our agenda—for our students and our families; for safe, welcoming and well-funded public schools; for affordable higher education; healthcare that is a right, not a privilege; a living wage; a decent retirement; a healthy climate and a strong democracy.” more Best economy ever? In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest column in the New York Times , she writes that, despite President Trump’s claims that we have the best economy ever,” his policies are harming working and middle-class Americans, many of whom are struggling just to get by. Our political and economic systems are so weighted toward the wealthy that opportunity will only come through the power of collective action,” she writes, using the surest vehicles to increase opportunity for ordinary Americans”—public education, labor unions and voting. Read the full column . Early childhood support requires adequate staffing Some of education’s biggest problems come with its littlest students. At a working breakfast for paraprofessionals in prekindergarten, early childhood and Head Start, members swapped strategies for solving problems. Their discussion came during the AFT PSRP conference last week in Las Vegas, where paras from all over the country zeroed in on professional development and adequate classroom coverage. more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Search Search Go to our Quick Links here Are you a FB member of our Closed Group? Search for: "Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, AFT Local 795" RSS AFT © American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. All rights reserved. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT. Privacy Policy Administrator...