AFT and AFT-Maryland invite members to participate in the 2013 March on Washington, Saturday, August 24th. The nation’s unions will be represented en mass at the August 24th March on Washington.  As in 1963, the nation’s workers will emphasize the need for jobs, justice, and freedom.  Marchers will gather at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and proceed to the new monument that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., the slain civil rights leader who galvanized marchers in 1963 with his “I Have A Dream” speech.

The 2013-2017 Part-Time Lecturer contract can be found online through the EMU Academic Human Resources website.  The direct link is here.

The 2013-2016 Full-Time Lecturers' contract is still going through final copyediting; the draft version is available here.

WIth all the recent talk about how the CCSS will move us away from fact-driven teaching, learning and testing, this article might give us pause to reconsider where we are heading.  Essentially, if the testing and assessments do not follow along with the new standards, we will find ourselves in the same spot we are currently in.  It is not encourageing to realize who is making the tests. Additionally, if the tests are too difficult, and the early indication is that they will be difficult, then students scores will plummet.  I think we all know who will be blamed if that happens. 

Click on the link below to access a summary of the tentative agreement between MHFT and MHUSD.

http://mhft.ca.aft.org/files/newsletter_8-14-13.pdf

Click on the link below to access the proposed salary schedule for 2013-2014

http://mhft.ca.aft.org/files/proposed_salary_schedule_2013-2014.pdf

Click on the link below to access the actual language for the tentative agreement between MHFT and MHUSD.

http://mhft.ca.aft.org/files/tentative_agreements.pdf

Sep 17, 2013:  DOJ releases personal information, including Social Security numbers, for Solidarity Singers who were arrested: Isthmus article.

Sep 10, 2013:  Madison Police Officer "Why I Sing":  Capital Times article. 

The Bucks County Courier Times recently featured adjunct instructor William Pezza, Dept. of Social & Behavioral Science. Read it here:  http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/local-politics/pezza-pushing-political-reforms-for-meaningful-change/article_38e5d549-a545-5553-937f-b9873fd034f6.html 

Dear Colleague,

For the past few years, the debate about education has been a one-way conversation, with a lot of negative comments and misguided policies aimed at teachers and our schools. The voices of educators were largely ignored.

There are many events -- orientation, meetings, workshops, and the Fall Social -- for lecturers to attend in September.

Sept 6 - Part-Time Lecturer Orientation

Sept 9, 10, 11 -- Meetings re a new PTL proposal

Sept 17, 18, 20, 24 -- Workshops: Evaluations & Promotions

Sept 26 - EMUFT Fall Social

Check your e-mail in the coming weeks for additional information on all of these events.

See our Calendar for the full schedule of September Events.  See you then!