by Toneshia Harris | Jul 29, 2019 | AFT, Announcements, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Local News, National News
GFT member leaders attended the AFT Professional Development Summer Educator Academy, an event providing union-sponsored, research-based professional development that addresses the complexities of teaching. The program is designed to help local unions build their...
by Toneshia Harris | May 6, 2019 | Announcements, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Local News, National News
Keep your K-12 students reading all summer long with this best-of reading collection. From book lists to engaging literacy activities for all ages, abilities and background, this curated Share My Lesson collection is one you can use to help students avoid the...
by Toneshia Harris | 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 Toneshia Harris | 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 Toneshia Harris | 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 Toneshia Harris | 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...
