by Irish Olivares | Feb 22, 2019 | AFT, National News
A workplace violence prevention bill just introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would develop protection measures and enforceable safety standards for people who work in frontline healthcare jobs. While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration “has...
by Irish Olivares | Feb 21, 2019 | AFT
Many teachers recognize that digital literacy and computer science skills are fundamental 21st-century skills that need to be taught to our students, but they don’t know where to start. We have a new collection of lessons and class activities from Google’s Applied...
by Irish Olivares | Feb 8, 2019 | AFT, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Local News
This month, members can check out the Share My Lesson expanded collection for Black History Month lesson planning. The site has lessons, worksheets and activities to teach your preK-12 students about key events and individuals that continue to influence and inspire us...
by Irish Olivares | Feb 1, 2019 | AFT, Announcements, Local News, National News
The AFT Robert G. Porter Scholars program offers four 4-year, $8,000 post-secondary scholarships to students who are dependents of AFT members, as well as 10 one-time $1,000 grants to AFT members. Grants can be used for continuing education and also for implementing...
by Irish Olivares | Jan 25, 2019 | AFT, National News
The Los Angeles teachers reached a tentative agreement with the school district to end their weeklong strike. “The agreement is a paradigm shift for the city and nation, as it makes a clear commitment to the resources and conditions necessary for teachers to teach and...
by Irish Olivares | Dec 28, 2018 | AFT, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, National News
In a new article for American Educator’s Winter 2018-19 issue, researchers Nell Duke and Heidi Mesmer discuss seven common instructional missteps in phonics instruction and how to correct them. The need to explicitly teach letter-sound relationships in U.S. classrooms...
