Dr. David C. Berliner to speak about educational equity

SAVE THE DATE - EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT DECEMBER 3

Dr. David C. Berliner will be speaking about educational equity, as well as a panel of MHUSD parents, teachers and district leaders.  The MHUSD Board Members, MH City Council and Mayor, SCCOE School Board members and other elected officials are invited to this community event that is sponsored by our District and Federation.

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AFL-CIO Community Service 2014 Holiday Baskets

Metropolitan Baltimore Council (AFL-CIO Unions) is assisting union families by giving out Holiday Baskets to Union Members who are suffering financial hardship.  The baskets  include a Giant gift certificate for a ham or a turkey and other food.  Members with children  will also receive a gift for each child from newborn to 16 years of age.

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If you teach a UMA videoconferencing course ...

The University of Maine at Augusta, which has campuses in Augusta and Bangor and controls the nine University College sites around the state, has clarified its reimbursement policies for courses taught via videoconferencing.

UMA uses a brand of videoconferencing called Polycom. In such courses, a teacher in, say, Augusta can see and hear students in various other classrooms around the state. Under UMA’s revised policy, all courses offered through videoconference must include a minimum of four sites.

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Tell your story!

Deadline: January 6, 2014

Part-Time Lecturers have a unique opportunity to be heard by governmental leaders through this new eForum:

http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/eforum

An excerpt from the website:

"The House Committee on Education and the Workforce Democrats are interested in learning more about the working conditions of the over one million contingent faculty and instructors at U.S. institutions of higher education, including part-time adjunct professors and graduate teaching assistants, and how those working conditions may impact students’ education."

 

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