Unity Celebration of Adult Educators
Come celebrate Bay Area adult education! There will be door prizes, a silent auction, raffle, community speakers, and great entertainment, including music by the La Pena Chorus and Hali Hammer, Berkeley teacher and folksinger. Lunch, drinks and snacks will be available to purchase. Entry is a $5 donation.
Lift the cap on hourly teachers!
There are about 200 part-time adult education teachers in Oakland. We help serve approximately 30,000 adult students. The District recently forced a health care caps on us.
Colleges and universities rely on adjunct faculty (Dec. 10, 2008)
More than half of the undergraduate courses at U.S. public colleges and universities are taught by “contingent” faculty and graduate instructors rather than full-time tenured faculty, resulting in an unstable and financially exploited workforce, according to a report released today by the American Federation of Teachers.
School Safety and Discipline Survey
In poll after poll, parents, teachers and school staff say that school safety and order are their highest school priorities. Educators know that other efforts to improve schools will not be effective without an orderly and safe learning environment.
CONTINGENT FACULTY
Colleges and Universities Increasingly Rely on
Underpaid Contingent Faculty to Teach Courses
November 2008 newsletter
Read the November, 2008 edition of the Federation Voice online!
Latest Salary Survey Shows Gains; Charter Pay Lags
The average salary for traditional public school teachers increased 4.5 percent in 2006-07 to $51,009, according to the AFT's latest teacher salary survey, marking the first time average teacher pay exceeded $50,000 and the first time since 2003 that teacher salaries surpassed the annual rate of inflation.

Welcome to Retiree Council 21’s Web Page. You will find information about our Council, its chapters, and activities.
In addition, we have included links to useful web sites and a listing of important phone numbers.
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Welcome to the New BTA Website
Welcome to the new Beekmantown Teachers' Association website. This new site is to communicate with the Members of the Beekmantown Teachers' Association and the school community of Beekmantown Central School District.