By Maria Moreno, Financial Secretary | May 12, 2021 | News
File under: CTU Election, democracy, Executive Board, FVP: Functional Vice President, House of Delegates
Seven members were nominated for Functional Vice President of Elementary School Teachers at the May 5, 2021 House of Delegates meeting. At the June 2, 2021 House of Delegates meeting, all voting delegates who are members of the Elementary School Teachers functional group may vote for three candidates to fill three Functional Vice President of Elementary School Teachers vacancies on the CTU executive board.
By CTU Communications | May 7, 2021 | News
File under: REACH, REACH evaluations, REACH Summative Rating
If you are a member who received a REACH Summative Rating for 2019-2020 school year, the deadline for filing a grievance is approaching. Remember, grievances are related to procedural errors that you believe may have impacted your ratings. Please submit your grievance...
By Chris Geovanis | May 7, 2021 | News
Scroll down to sign the petition to support veteran school clerk Judy Mahoney! Judy has worked for CPS as a bilingual school clerk for almost 30 years, 23 of which she served as Whittier Elementary’s beloved school clerk — until an uninsured drunk driver hit her head...
By CTU Communications | May 7, 2021 | News
File under: COVID-19, Jesse Sharkey, Teacher Appreciation Week
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Last March, COVID-19 threw the world and our profession into a tailspin. When the pandemic forced schools to shut down abruptly, you adapted your lessons for remote learning and found new ways to engage your students online with little...
By CTU Communications | May 7, 2021 | News
File under: Clinicians, COVID-19, High School, MOA
The extraordinary fight that we waged with CPS during the last few months secured agreements for the safe reopening of school buildings (full details at ctulocal1.org/safety). Now, CPS is trying to wriggle out of key aspects of those agreements. We need to step up our...
By CTU Communications | May 5, 2021 | News
File under: COVID-19, Fenger, vaccine
Tuesday morning, rank-and-file CTU members Mike Smith of Englewood STEM and Mueze Bawany of Clemente joined Clemente student Cam Velasquez at a press conference to talk about how hard it was for students and families to get vaccinated. The message was clear: Mayor...
By CTU Communications | May 4, 2021 | News
File under: counselor 2019 contract, Librarians, restorative justice
Our 2019 contract fight with Mayor Lightfoot produced critical wins for additional staffing, including more social workers and nurses, more teachers and Teacher Assistants to ease overcrowded classrooms, and extra staffing positions for high poverty schools. CPS told...
By CTU Communications | May 3, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, vaccination
Lightfoot’s vaccine hunger games vaccine system continues to undercut access to shots in Black and Brown students’ neighborhoods, which continue to bear disproportionate COVID burden. 7A TODAY, Tuesday, May 4: Press Conference with rank and file CTU...
By CTU Communications | May 3, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson
The mass exodus of staffers from Mayor Lightfoot’s CPS leadership team, which includes Chief Operating Officer Arne Rivera and Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade, cannot be a deterrent to addressing the needs of our school communities, which have been...
By CTU Communications | April 29, 2021 | News
File under: COVID-19, prep time, Safety Committee
Important breaking news for rank and file members on high school Wednesday prep time, our battle to hold CPS to their word to accommodate nursing mothers and parent educators with childcare issues, and a strong win for our safety committees… Ericson Safety...
