New Haven Educators' Collective

C4D is hosting a rad conference for educators committed to supporting, advocating for, and organizing with undocumented youth and families! Join CT Students for a Dream for their 7th Educators Conference on Thursday, June 23 from 9:30 am - 1:00 pm on Zoom to connect, learn, and get inspired!

Tickets are sliding scale between $0-$100. All proceeds benefit Connecticut Students for a Dream's programming and general operating expenses.

Register today!

Educators Conference Calling all accomplices! Join us to connect, learn, and get inspired!

act.seiu.org We believe in and will fight for a just society: Where all work is valued and all people are respected. Where all families and communities thrive. Where we leave a better and more equal world for generations to come.

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Next Thursday, February 10th from 5:00-6:30 pm via Zoom, the ARTLC will be hosting an event, Teaching the CT Black/ Latinx Studies Course: Lessons From the Pilot Year.

Featuring teachers and students from Westhill High School (Stamford), Metropolitan Business Academy (New Haven), Windsor High School, and Staples High School (Westport) sharing lessons, experiences, and insights from teaching the CT Black/Latinx Studies Course during the pilot year.

This year, dozens of high schools across CT have piloted the Black/Latinx Studies Course mandated by the State Legislature in 2019. In the fall, more than 100 schools across the state will offer the elective for the first time. What lessons can be learned from those schools that have piloted the course? How have they shaped the curriculum to meet the needs and interests of their students? Recommended for teachers, curriculum coordinators, guidance counselors, students, and others supporting the implementations of the course.

Register for the event here: https://yale.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlc-usqzkpHdaqPLHyuk-tNT0HMkXYtsEJ

Connecticut educators, students, families, and community members, the covid rates across the state are cause for concern and our schools are not prepared to safely open for in-person learning. Students and staff do not have access to sufficient testing, there is no requirement for a negative test to return, and CT schools have been instructed to discontinue contact tracing.

I sent this letter to my elected officials to call for a temporary return to remote learning, and for clear metrics that indicate when schools should go remote and when they can return to in-person learning (no such metrics currently exist). If you are concerned about in-person schooling during this covid surge, I encourage you to send an email right away. Contact information and sample letter are linked here.

Sample Email Regarding Remote Learning INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING EMAIL TO ELECTED OFFICIALS: Copy and paste the sample letter, which begins on page 2-3 of this document, into the body of an email. If you are a school employee, please use your non-work email. Be sure to add a subject line to your email: COVID School Safety Concerns -...

If you haven't received it yet, call to get your ballot right away: 203-403-8401, xt. 1

Check out Leslie Blatteau and the Fighting For Our Future crew in the news!

What the New Haven teachers union leadership challenge could mean for the district “What’s good for teachers is what is good for students,” said Leslie Blatteau, a...

Local 933 NHFT Members, here's the Fighting For Our Future slate in the order they appear on our union election ballots. Look for the Bs on your ballot, and vote for Leslie Blatteau and the Fighting For Our Future team!

Now that ballots have been delivered via USPS, it is time to vote! Local 933 members - Be sure to complete your ballot and return it ASAP, so it is received well before the December 7th deadline.

Use this card to see who is running on our slate. And remember to vote B for Blatteau and Fighting for Our Future.

Fighting For Our Future shares their commitments to fellow NHFT-Local 933 members!

https://www.fightingforourfuture933.org/our-commitments

NHFT Local-933 members, Fighting For Our Future is determined to prioritize educators and protect our profession. We believe in our collective strength and these are the commitments we make to our fellow union members.