BTU News Updates
May 17, 2013
Last week the joint House and Senate Committee on Education held an all-day hearing on a few key measures up for debate at the State House. One bill filed by Russell Holmes (D-Boston) and Barry Finegold (D-Andover) at the request of the Boston Foundation would eliminate the charter cap. The...
May 8, 2013
The BTU Election Committee will be conducting our 2013 Biennial Election this spring with a new absentee ballot option which resulted from the passage of a by-law change voted by the membership. The rationale for this move is to hopefully increase election participation. We have hired the American...
May 8, 2013
In early May we held our 2nd annual MathRocks event. About 350-375 students from around 70 teams, representing more than 50 schools, participated.Every child left with recognition, a t-Shirt, a ribbon, and some pizza. The level of competition was outstanding, and the students made everybody proud....
May 2, 2013
May 1, 2013 Name (Ballot Order) School Received1.Adrianne Jordan Chittick Elementary School 19 Votes2.Carla Johnson Ellison/Parks EES 29 Votes3.Debra Brown Sumner Elementary School 70 Votes4.Colleen Hart Murphy K - 8 50 Votes5.CasSandra Samuel Young Achievers K - 8 44 Votes6.Josefina...
April 24, 2013
A BTU analysis of the impact of the new performance evaluation system has revealed that Black teachers are more than three times as likely as white teachers to be placed on either a Directed Growth Plan or an Improvement Plan, both of which convey negative ratings that could lead ultimately to an...
April 22, 2013
Below you'll find the text of a letter of agreement between the Boston School Committee and Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT-Mass, AFL-CIOThis Letter of Agreement is made this 27 day of March 2013 between the Boston School Committee (“BPS”) and the Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT-Mass, AFL...
April 22, 2013
For the 10th year, three $1,500 Rollins Griffith Memorial Scholarships will be awarded to three Boston Public High School seniors and distributed in June 2013. These $1,500 awards are given through the generosity of the Rollins Griffith Teacher Center of Boston, a nonprofit organization run for...
April 1, 2013
The BTU Executive Board has approved the job description for the position of the new Professional Development Institute director. This will be a BTU position, funded equally by the BTU and the BPS, with full benefits. The director will work from the BTU office. See the job description below...
March 25, 2013
The week of March 14, news stories reported that the School Department is planning to buy Mitt Romney's former headquarters for a new school. The new building, located on Commercial Street in the North End, will be turned into a new waterfront K-8 school.Check out this article in the Boston...
March 5, 2013
A new BTU policy offers an opportunity for BTU members to be funded for attending the AFT TEACH Conference this July in Washington, DC. You can find out more about your national union and attend high-quality professional development. Applications are out. See here for more information.
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