Citywide Teacher, Clinician and PSRP Election Procedures, 2024–2026 Delegate Term
These are the key dates and procedures for election of citywide delegates for the 2024-26 Delegate Term.
Flex Day Schools List
CTU has been collecting the names of schools whose teachers voted to flex June 10 in order to negotiate the impact on those schools of the CPS agreement to make November 20, 2023 a virtual teacher-directed professional development day. The list below reflects the...Early Childhood “Rigor Walks”: Members push back and win concessions
In mid-October, we received an updated PreK Rigor Walk Taxonomy from the Office of Early Childhood that addressed objections to expectations like posted objectives and learning targets.
Delegates and School Leaders Training 2023: Power at Every Level
This spring’s delegates training and school leaders training is built on the theme “Power at Every Level.”
Black History Month 2023
At a time when the teaching of historical truth is under attack in cities and states across the country, it is more essential than ever that we affirm the importance of Black history here in Chicago. Black History month events and materials provide an opportunity to bring into focus this history that’s essential for students year round.
Send a letter to Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Bears asking them to make girls flag football coaches whole
Join us to honor Karen Lewis at ILHS Hall of Honor Dinner!
Please join CTU members, friends and allies for the Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS) Union Hall of Honor Dinner. This year’s dinner is honoring our beloved Karen Lewis, and is featuring AFT President Randi Weingarten as the keynote speaker.
We surveyed educators on REACH PTs this year. The responses were troubling.
We’ve surveyed rank and file members about issues related to REACH PTs. We heard back from educators across the district, and the responses were troubling.
Pushing back against REACH Performance Tasks
The exchange between rank and file CTU bilingual kindergarten teacher Neysa Rivera and CPS on CPS’ appallingly inappropriate 2022-23 Kindergarten Literacy REACH Performance Task, which some teachers have reported is so difficult and inappropriate it’s made...Comments of Conor Cameron, NBCT, at the May 25, 2022 CPS Board meeting
Comments of Conor Cameron, NBCT, at the May 25, 2022 CPS Board meeting.
