CPS tries to close popular technical Overwhelming strike vote at fi ve Tough CTU contract enforcement education program, but Prosser more charters schools as educators produces arbitration wins for teachers, parents, students fi ght ramp up fi ght for equal pay, more members, sets stage for district- back—and win PAGE 2 student resources PAGE 4 wide enforcement PAGE 5 CHICAGOUNIONTEACHER May 2019 ⁄ Volume 82 ⁄ Number 7

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Out-of-control testing prompts educators to push stronger contract protections, more teacher voice in assessments PAGE 7 Our unity and strength are as strong as ever as we bargain with charter operators and the Board of Education for the schools our students deserve. There is power in the rank-and-fi le, evident in strike victories and legislative movement toward an elected school board. When we fi ght, we win! PAGE 6 Prosser community fights to save popular CTE program CPS, network chief attempted to circumvent CTU contract to close Auto Body shop, but teachers, students and staff win in the end. Students in Prosser Career Academy’s Auto Body Shop class are engaged in learning BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS certification and job placement in and develop job skills the field for the first time in years. for beyond high school. n a victory for teachers, parents Prosser teachers and staff re- (Photo: Keshaun Thompson) and students, Chicago Public port that the decision to close the ISchools has backed down on shop was made by CPS Network plans to close its beloved Auto 15 Chief Randel Josserand and ing Secretary Michael Brunson the future of Auto Body Repair. students obtain jobs after high Body Repair program at Prosser principal Mark Schall, who did said. “There was no transpar- Next, the school’s delegates, Kas- school to pay for college. Career Academy this year, a plan so at first unilaterally and with- ency and honesty in this reno- sandra Tsitsopoulos and Erin There is inherent hypocrisy in instigated by the network chief out consulting students, parents, vation process—something the Walach, began organizing teach- the district expressing desire to in direct violation of the Chicago community members, school admin openly admitted to, mind ers, staff, parents and students. best prepare students for life af- Teachers Union contract. staff or the Prosser Local School you—until members organized as An online petition supporting ter high school, while at the same Vigilant CTU delegates and Council. Such action would have a community and demanded to the program garnered more than time trying to eliminate a popular members at the school exposed been in direct violation of Article have their voices heard.” 2,300 signatures in just days, and CTE program that would provide the plan to close the program and 18-18 of the CTU/Chicago Board The Prosser school commu- the Union called out the plan at either long-term employment or immediately launched a cam- of Education Agreement. nity learned the program was on the Chicago Board of Education work while attending college. paign to raise awareness and op- “This is not about one person the chopping block after architec- meeting in March. Prosser will offer Auto Body position. Teachers, students and or one shop—this is about how tural drawings for a $12 million The LSC mobilized and vot- next year, but the network and parents could not fathom why CPS and the administration con- Career and Technical Education ed unanimously against closing administration still plan to CPS would close the program, ducts business, and the process (CTE) renovation at the school any shop programs. CPS and the phase it and other programs out which has been thriving under that should be followed when showed no designated space for school’s administration ultimate- over the next several years. The instructor Keshaun Thompson. decisions are made about school the program. The Union and LSC ly reversed course, pledging at a school community must make Students have been obtaining communities,” CTU Record- members then began questioning recent LSC meeting to keep the these decisions, however, and program for at least the next year. not the district and administra- “It was great to look out into tors behind closed doors. Pross- the auditorium and see so much er teachers and staff believe the support for [Auto Body teacher] network is pushing back on its How we did it: A timeline of events at Prosser Keshaun Thompson and his stu- school because it does not want dents who have been struggling to fund all of the CTE programs, to get answers about the future but they will continue to engage Fall 2018 The LSC is informed about Article 18-18 of the of their shop,” Tsitsopoulos said the school community about this Architectural plans for a $12 million CTE renova- Union/Board of Ed Agreement, which states that about the LSC meeting. “When issue and demand a transparent tion are released to select individuals, but not the the formal steps to closing a shop include “consul- we stand together, we can better conversation about what can— LSC. There is no designated space for a separate tation with the LSC.” Auto Body Repair teacher advocate for transparency. and cannot—be afforded. Auto Body Repair shop in the plan. CTU delegate Keshaun Thompson files a grievance under Arti- “Our students conduct- This is the reason that Kassandra Tsitsopoulos takes note of this and be- cle 18-18 about CTE program closings. ed themselves with grace and Tsitsopoulos says the school com- gins to ask for updates for next LSC meeting. CTU Recording Secretary Michael Brunson aplomb and it was amazing to munity cannot bask in the glory testifies at the Board of Ed meeting, calling out hear them speak about their of its victory for too long. Winter 2019 the planned closing and alerting the Board to school and career pathways.” “We’ve gotten a commitment Principal Schall informs some staff that Auto the contract violation. CPS Chief Education Of- The school community still is to keep this wonderful program Body Repair and Auto Tech will be taught in the ficer LaTanya McDade says she is not aware of not sure why CPS would push to open for at least another year,” same classroom next year, which would alleviate any plans to close the program. close such a successful program she said. “But given the secrecy, the need to close the Auto Body Repair shop. that was increasing student en- the backroom dealings and the April 2019 gagement in high school—a goal lack of community input we ex- March 2019 At an LSC meeting, CPS says it will not be clos- the district claims to champion. perienced, we aren’t taking any- Principal Schall claims he “misspoke” and ing the program this year. The district will phase Research shows that students thing for granted. should have communicated that, “…it is not our out the program next year instead, but offers no in CTE programs have higher “We are ready to fight any intent to offer Auto Body next year in a separate details on what that means for the 100 students graduation and college entrance future decision that puts our classroom.” already enrolled. rates than regular non-college students and their potential for track students, and many CTE success in jeopardy.”

2  May 2019 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher As strong CHICAGO UNION as ever TEACHER

EDITED BY THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Sisters and Brothers, fight with the Board of Ed. Our union CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS ⁄ This past year has been one of the is the only one in the state—charter or Jennifer Johnson, Keshaun Thompson, most exhausting, exciting and inspiring otherwise—prohibited from striking Jim West ever for our union. over critical school needs such as class

ADVERTISING MANAGER ⁄ Lupe Coyle We started the school year with the size, student services and school clean- usual suspects predicting the Janus liness. A bill to change that has passed DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ⁄ Eric Ruder ruling would spell the death knell for the Illinois House, and we are working the CTU and the labor movement na- to ensure it passes the Senate. In the tionwide. meantime, we’re pressing those issues OFFICERS Eight months later, we remain as at the bargaining table and gearing up the Jesse Sharkey ∕ PRESIDENT strong, as fierce and as focused on for a strike, if needed, in the fall. Stacy Davis Gates ∕ VICE PRESIDENT our vision of creating a just city for We also proved the naysayers wrong president’s Michael Brunson ∕ RECORDING SECRETARY the schools our children deserve. And with important wins in the municipal Maria Moreno ∕ FINANCIAL SECRETARY we are more committed than ever to election. Seven new progressive alder- message The Chicago Union Teacher is achieving wins in our new contract men and alderwomen, nurtured by published eight times a year (three that will move our schools and our United Working Families and Chica- times a year in print). The Chicago union forward, and reverse the harm go’s activist community, won election Union Teacher is the official done during Rahm Emanuel’s eight- with CTU support. One of their first publication of the Chicago Teachers year reign over our city. acts was a sit in challenging the massive Union, which is the exclusive It was not the first time we have Lincoln Yards tax giveaway. That’s as bargaining agent for teachers, proved the naysayers wrong, however. good a sign as any that times are chang- counselors, librarians, clinicians and Our merger with our charter ing at City Hall and we’re proud to have paraprofessional and school-related brothers and sisters has increased helped usher in that change. personnel in the Chicago Public our strength and resolve. Our victory More change is on the way with an Schools. in the Acero strike—the first charter elected, representative school board, Chicago Teachers Union • Local 1 • school strike in U.S. history—shocked which passed the Illinois House in American Federation of Teachers, the city’s political establishment, which April after a nearly decade-long fight AFL-CIO. had considered pro-charter, pro-pri- by our union and Chicago’s grassroots vatization forces invincible before education movement, which first put The Chicago Union Teacher is brave union educators at Acero fought this measure on the ballot in 2012 and affiliated with the International Labor back. They won vital resources for their again in 2015. We are more Communications Association and the students: smaller class sizes, equal pay We do not yet know what the future AFT Communications Network. for equal work, sanctuary protections holds for our city and our union with committed than for students and newfound respect for new mayor Lori Lightfoot. Will she in- Chicago Teachers Union affiliations ever to achieving include the Chicago Federation charter educators. vest in more nurses, counselors, social of Labor (CFL), the Illinois State That victory sent a message to workers and librarians? Will she agree wins in our new Federation of Labor-Congress of charter operators across the nation: It to cap class sizes, which top 40 students Industrial Organizations (ISFL-CIO), is time to clean up your act and start at some schools? Will she expand spe- contract that the American Federation of Labor- putting student interests over corporate cial education services and invest in the Congress of Industrial Organizations interests. experienced Black and Latinx teachers will move our (AFL-CIO), the Illinois Federation CTU members at Chicago Interna- our students need? Will she fairly com- of Teachers (IFT) and the American tional Charter School followed suit, pensate educators who have withstood schools and our Federation of Teachers (AFT). braving frigid temperatures on the the worst of austerity budgets these last picket line in the dead of winter and eight years? Will her appointments to union forward. combatting a management that refused the school board represent the very 1901 WEST CARROLL AVENUE to budge—that is, until strikers began people who have been most harmed by CHICAGO, IL 60612 occupying a charter board member’s her predecessor’s handpicked board? TELEPHONE: corporate offices. The CICS victory won These are important issues for us, 312-329-9100 critical benefits for educators and their and we hope Mayor-elect Lightfoot GENERAL E-MAIL: students, but also changed the way the tackles them from day one. If not, [email protected] charter operator does business, which our union is up to the challenge. With ADVERTISING E-MAIL: is a victory that will provide far-reach- your support, unity and willingness to [email protected] ing benefits for years to come. fight, we always have been. That will WWW.CTULOCAL1.ORG These achievements by our charter not change. members, who are not prohibited from It is time for those May flowers, sis- striking over classroom conditions, set ters and brothers, and time for us to an important precedent for our contract grow even stronger.

In solidarity,

Jesse Sharkey

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ May 2019  3 CTU charter educators at an April 10, 2019, press conference announcing strike vote results. Five schools voted 122-8 to strike for equal pay and more resources for their students. (Photo: CTU Communications)

nounced at IHSCA, which serves in benefits. LYHS management is more than 700 high school stu- also refusing to meet the Union’s dents. IHSCA is bargaining a joint demand of equal pay for equal Strike Three: contract with IJLA, another small work in a school where 220 stu- Instituto-controlled school. IJLA dents are almost 90 percent Latinx serves just under 100 students and 10 percent Black. aged 17 to 21 who previously left PWC has brought in propri- school and are seeking a high etary mental health services which More charter school diploma. Both schools are only serve students with Medicaid overwhelmingly low-income and and certain private health insur- Latinx, with high percentages ance plans, leaving at least 60 of limited English-speaking stu- highly traumatized students with- dents. out mental health services during educators on “Our staff voted unanimously the day because the company can- to authorize a strike today,” said not profit from servicing them. IJLA teacher Gema Gaete. “We “I’m in total solidarity with say enough is enough with orga- the teachers, social workers, sup- verge of strike nizations opening charter schools port staff, students and parents and not providing the resources who are leading this education necessary for an adequate educa- movement,” said 25th Ward Al- Educators at five schools ramp up their efforts to tion for our students.” derman-elect Byron Sigcho Lopez. “Our students deserve special “This movement is standing up to education services and a school the abuse of charter operators who win living wages, student supports, pension rights that follows the federal law for cut student services to support those services,” Gaete added. their profits, and we demand the and protection for immigrants and diverse learners. “They deserve all the resources education our students deserve.” necessary for English language At YCLA, CTU members are learners, so it’s time to stop short- bargaining with charter oper- changing our kids…we’re ready to ator Youth Connection Charter BY CTU ORGANIZING DEPARTMENT employ 134 CTU members who the CTU charter division. strike to get those resources to Schools (YCCS), which, like many educate almost 1,800 students. “Our interests are student our students.” operators, has loaded up on exec- fter two historic strikes Union teachers and support interests and our employers’ in- At ChiArts, more than 40 utive positions while reducing against charter opera- staff at the schools are demanding terests are business interests,” teachers are fighting for more spending on academic needs for Ators—including the first in protection for diverse learners, Baehrend added. “That’s why classroom resources—from sci- students. YCCS pays YCLA’s chief the nation’s history last Decem- including protection built into we continue to see the same is- ence equipment to books. They are executive officer almost $180,000 ber—Chicago Teachers Union the contract to provide special sues—lack of access to special also trying to force management per year, and its top deputy almost members who work at five char- education students with the ser- education, larger class sizes, re- to pay into their pension fund, $160,000 per year, with some ter schools voted overwhelmingly vices they need and are entitled to fusal to pay fair wages and lack something that every charter op- educators making barely a fifth to strike in their fight for more under federal law. Educators are of supports for students.” erator receiving CPS funds is le- of that. Management has drawn student resources, equal pay for also demanding more support for Chronic under-resourcing, gally obligated to do. Management complaints that range from body equal work and pension security. English language learners and poor wages and poor working at the publicly funded selective shaming to shortchanging special With 94 percent of CTU mem- immigrant students—including conditions drive high turnover enrollment school of 600 students education students at the over- bers at the five schools voting, a re- sanctuary protection enshrined rates at charter schools, under- also has refused to provide de- whelmingly Black, low-income sounding 97 percent voted in favor in contract language—adequate mining students’ educational tailed financial information. Chi- school on Chicago’s South Side. of a strike if there is no progress staffing and resources for schools progress and the stability and sus- Arts’ co-founder and investment “Our members at these schools at the bargaining table. The five that have historically suffered tainability of school communities. banker Jim Mabie is also treasurer are fighting for our most vulner- schools are Instituto Health Sci- from serious shortages of both, Charter educators want to change of the Chicago Symphony Orches- able students,” CTU Financial ences Career Academy (IHSCA), and pay equal to their Chicago those dynamics as part of an ef- tra Board of Directors, which is Secretary Maria Moreno said. the Instituto Justice Leadership Public Schools colleagues. fort to reform a charter industry fighting to cancel the pensions of “They’re fighting for contracts Academy (IJLA), Chicago Acade- “We’re serving notice to these plagued by low investment in the orchestra’s striking musicians. that provide the resources our my for the Arts (ChiArts), Latino charter operators that we’re going academic programs and student At LYHS, the school’s employ- students need, and we’ll be on the Youth High School (LYHS) and to change the way they operate supports, and inflated executive er, Pilsen Wellness Center (PWC), picket line if that’s what it takes Youth Connections Leadership because our students deserve bet- salaries and management fees. is insisting on a longer school day to fight these operators’ cutbacks Academy (YCLA). The schools ter,” said Chris Baehrend, chair of Strike vote results were an- and year in addition to reductions and bad practices.”

4  May 2019 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher Spring arbitration update Protecting one member’s rights protects all members’ rights.

BY CTU GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT ing, but also to reinstate her to Brennemann and issue her back e protect our schools pay for the three school years and our rank-and-file since her layoff. Naturally, the Wmembers from some Board refused. The arbitrator of the most outrageous schemes agreed with the Union. cooked up by Chicago Public Our Boyland victory set the Schools and City Hall through stage for a second victory for our unity and our aggressive en- Kelvyn Park teacher Robert Syl- forcement of contract rights. An van, with the arbitrator agreeing CICS Wrightwood rally for a arbitration for a member sets that any non-compliance with fair contract, Jan. 17, 2019. precedent across the city, and REACH procedures merits re- (Photo: CTU Communications) mobilizes membership across scinding the rating. This will lead Chicago to force CPS to honor to Sylvan’s reinstatement. our contract. new full-time position involves a Jewish holiday begins. The Board Three strikes for the Board The Chicago Teachers Union denial of recall rights, then SaTsu approved the school day before has recently won arbitration vic- Marek Ciborowski, a 25-year needed a rating better than De- These six Yom Kippur in 2016, but mys- tories in six separate cases relat- veteran teacher, was teaching veloping to be entitled to recall. teriously did not do so in 2017. ed to unsatisfactory REACH physical education, health and The arbitrator followed our arbitration wins At the hearing, the Board said ratings, layoff rights, the timely drivers’ education at Bronzeville wins in several dozen previ- it changed its practice in mid- filing of grievances and religious Academy when he received a De- ous 2016 cases and denied the represent our 2015, and, instead of granting all holidays. Arbitration cases are veloping rating for 2015-16 that untimeliness claim. He also refusal to surrender requests without question, had complex, time-consuming and converted to an Unsatisfactory followed our prior wins and re- now created a list of approved costly to fight. CPS knows this rating under the two-develop- jected the Board’s claim that our contract rights holidays and dates (denying un- and often forces legitimate ing rule. He was laid off out of part-time teachers have no se- approved dates). A teacher could grievances into the lengthy ar- seniority order in 2016 because niority rights because our con- or let CPS get away appeal, but appeals generally bitration process simply to delay of the rating. The Union grieved tract says part-time teachers re- would not be successful. justice, deplete union resources to challenge the rating. tain seniority rights and cannot with the abuse of As it turned out, the board ap- and wear down opposition to its At arbitration, the Union be laid off simply to be replaced proved Gould’s request to take a mistreatment of members. argued that the rating was by a new hire. Finally, the arbi- any member. religious holiday for the school We do not put up with that. procedurally deficient and the trator ruled that SaTsu’s Devel- day before Yom Kippur in 2016 These six arbitration wins rep- arbitrator sustained all of our oping rating was invalid because because that date happened to resent our refusal to surrender allegations, finding that each the observations were spaced too be pre-approved as the Hindu our contract rights or let CPS was independently sufficient to closely. The ruling affects only holiday of Dussehra. Gould was get away with the abuse of any overturn the rating. Adopting what SaTsu’s rating of record will limit. He added that if that lim- granted the day as a Hindu hol- member. the reasoning of other arbitra- be upon reinstatement. it did apply, a School Improve- iday, not as the Jewish holiday tors in previous REACH cases, ment Day should not count as a she intended. Dussehra and Yom Unfair Unsats A time to grieve the arbitrator also ordered the school day, because dates when Kippur fell on separate days in Maxine Boyland, a 23-year Board to rescind Ciborowski’s Culinary arts teacher Gloria students are not in school do not 2017, and the Board denied her veteran teacher, was Brennemann rating and make him whole for Simpson was one of two culi- count as school days. request. Elementary’s most senior teacher losses he incurred because of the nary arts teachers at Chicago Once our grievance was The arbitrator held that the in 2013-2014 when her principal contract violations. Vocational. When one of those deemed timely, the Union and Board could not change its treat- issued her an Unsatisfactory rat- positions was eliminated in Simpson automatically won ment of Gould without telling A whim and a prayer ing and selected her for layoff 2016, Simpson was selected for because her observations were her that it was changing its rules, out of seniority order because of We beat the Board on two is- layoff out of seniority due to her undisputedly spaced too close essentially barring the Board the rating. The principal failed sues for Lane Tech teacher Sundy 2014-15 rating, which the Union together. A CTU field represen- from secretly changing its treat- to provide evidence, observation SaTsu. He challenged his Devel- had challenged. She worked as tative is working with Simpson ment of requests for religious scoring and reflections via RLS oping rating for 2014-15, but the a substitute during the 2016-17 and the Board toward an agreed holidays by creating a secret list for all of her observations and in- Board claimed the grievance was school year and retired in June upon remedy. of pre-approved dates. stead claimed to have given her filed a day late. The Board also 2017. hard copy printouts with feed- laid him off in 2015 when Lane The arbitrator followed our Losing my religion View the full summaries of these back on them. Tech expanded his language previous timeliness win and Elementary teacher Lauren cases at http://www.ctulocal1.org/ The Board of Ed would only program to a full-time teacher, ruled our grievance timely as a Gould observes Yom Kippur, arbitration, and use this infor- have been able to avoid arbitra- claiming that part-time teachers 3-8 grievance, which is subject which runs from sundown to mation and the support of your tion in this case by agreeing to have no seniority rights. These only to filing in a reasonable sundown. Gould historically had field rep and your union to tackle not only rescind Boyland’s rat- issues are related because if the time, negating the 45-school-day taken the school day off when the similar issues in your school.

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ May 2019  5 CTU Big Bargaining Team, February 2019. (Photo: Jennifer Johnson)

Bargaining hard, but strike ready We want schools that all of us deserve, with increased staffi ng, better pay and benefi ts, smaller class sizes and more student supports.

BY CTU OFFICERS an incoming mayor, but we • Penny Pritzker, former dardized tests or a special for communities from the selor and social worker intend to hold tight to our Chicago Board of Educa- education monitor appoint- West and South Sides and staffing levels that meet e continue to agreed-upon bargaining tion member under Rahm ed by the state because we make it easier for monied recommended ratios; spe- bargain for a new calendar, which is consis- Emanuel asked nicely or behaved interests to influence elec- cial education classroom contract with tent with state statute. politely. We will win at the tions. assistants, teaching as- W Aarti Dhupelia, alumnus Chicago Public Schools as CPS has predictably at- • bargaining table by staying People will turn out and sistants and restorative of the rabidly pro-privatiza- Mayor-elect Lori Light- tempted to claw back some true to our vision, organiz- vote for an elected school justice coordinators; clean tion Broad Center, the same foot’s new administration of what we already agreed ing our parents and com- board when they are ex- outfit whose billionaire and safe buildings that prepares to enter City Hall. to at the table. Management munity allies who support cited to have a real voice. funder Eli Broad brought place our students’ inter- Lightfoot ran on a platform also continues to resist our that vision, and taking Millionaires—and unions us the failed leadership of ests above the profits of that broadly supported demands for open bargain- to the streets if and when for that matter—pumping Jean-Claude Brizard outside contractors; and our bargaining positions, ing, making it critical that necessary. money into these races 75 sustainable community including more resources we focus on strong negotia- • Sybil Madison-Boyd, a In Springfield, we are only reminds people that schools. These are the de- in neglected school com- tions and being strike ready charter school cheerlead- pushing Senate President their voice does not mat- mands we are taking to the munities; more staffing of this fall. er who was formerly a key John Cullerton to move ter. The Union intends to bargaining table, as well as critical positions, such as What can members do player at Chicago Inter- bills that will restore full hold the new mayor to her a call for adequate special certified school nurses and bargaining rights and give pledge to support an elect- to prepare? national Charter Schools education services and PSRPs; and a school dis- Chicago an elected, rep- ed school board, which Quest High School, which sanctuary for immigrant trict run on the principles • Organize a strong Con- resentative school board has near unanimous sup- our charter members suc- students. of equity and fairness. We tract Action Team to build (ERSB). Both bills have port in the House and is cessfully struck in February All members are en- intend to hold her to those unity in your school. passed the Illinois House the result of hard work by for better wages and bene- couraged to use the Mem- campaign promises. • Start saving 10 percent fits, smaller class sizes, and and are awaiting action by the very people who have In the meantime, we are the Illinois Senate. After suffered the most under berLink portal and the of your pay each month to more classroom resources. CTU website to obtain pressing at the bargaining be strike ready in the fall. the ERSB bill passed the mayoral control of Chica- table on our key positions: It remains to be seen if House by a vote of 110- go’s public schools. up-to-date information increased staffing, small- • Reach out to parents and the Lightfoot administra- 2, Mayor-elect Lightfoot Our bottom line re- on the contract battle, and er class sizes, better pay community members about tion, particularly with these weighed in against the mains this: Our school school organizing ideas and benefits for teachers, what we are demanding. individuals serving on the measure, claiming the pro- communities need $2 bil- and opportunities. There transition team, will bring is power in the rank-and- paraprofessionals, clini- While Mayor-elect posed size of 21 members lion and the wealthy must a more forward-thinking file, and as with all union cians and support staff, Lightfoot’s campaign plat- for the school board was pay their fair share of the and progressive approach fights, unity and solidarity and wrap-around supports form echoes our vision for “unwieldy.” That measure, bill. School communities to bargaining. As of press will be the key to winning for our students. We are on our schools, a number of however, is the product need justice and equity; time, we are waiting on a strong contract for the target to enter fact finding individuals appointed to of years of debate, study an elected, representa- a meeting with the new schools our students de- by May 15, with our con- her transition team do not and work by a coalition of tive school board; fully mayor, but regardless of serve. tract expiring June 30. inspire confidence. They community, parent and resourced school commu- her stance, CTU members We will bargain hard are: labor groups—including nities; Black, Latinx and throughout the summer, know what it takes to win the CTU—who are de- veteran teachers in class- Chicago Teachers Union positioning us to legally • Pension theft crusader a contract fight. We did termined that an elected rooms; and full restoration officers are President Jesse strike if necessary by the and Republican powerbro- not win class size limits for board provide representa- of our collective bargain- Sharkey, Vice President Sta- beginning of the next school ker Ty Fahner, described as students in kindergarten, tion for Chicagoans from ing rights. cy Davis Gates, Recording year. We expect manage- Lightfoot’s “business con- first and second grade, every corner of the city. A School communities Secretary Michael Brunson ment to propose a new sigliere” by Crain’s Chicago TIF funds for our school smaller board would deny need a nurse and librarian and Financial Secretary bargaining schedule with Business communities, fewer stan- adequate representation in every building; coun- Maria M oreno.

6  M a y 2019 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher Standing up to standardized testing mania CTU contract proposals seek to protect students from unnecessary, unfair and biased standardized tests.

BY CTU EDUCATION to develop a recommended POLICY DEPARTMENT plan for additional assess- ments, if any, per grade band n 2005, Chicago Public or content area/department. Schools cut the number of re- Prior to voting, the CEO or Iquired tests in half—from two designee, may review and re- to one. By 2014, the district had vise the proposed assessment a four-page assessment calendar, plan, which shall be present- and every student took at least ed to and discussed with the 11 tests. The networks also got school faculty. Teachers and (Photo: Jim West/Alamy Stock Photo) into the act, requiring “progress the principal will then vote monitoring” and other forms of on the adoption of the plan, additional testing. which shall be adopted by ma- Our 2015-19 Big Bargaining jority vote. If the plan is not the district for REACH, re- are told to present the test to the Team was determined to address adopted, and the faculty and/ quired to meet the mandates of student every day and require over-testing in the current con- or the CEO or designee can- state or federal laws and reg- Teachers throughout students to either take the test tract. Like any negotiation, we not agree on an alternative ulations, and mandated by a CPS object to the or refuse each day. So, while made some gains, and so did the plan, the Union or the CEO or program that requires a test state policies grudgingly allow district. But we’re still fighting, designee may submit the mat- for student credit or program excessive time students the opportunity to opt and demanding even stronger ter for resolution at strategic accreditation. No later than out, they make it very difficult language against over-testing in bargaining. The assessment June 30th of each year (or as devoted for tests to do so. the next contract. decision will be included in soon as practicable after ISBE Educators have fewer rights the school’s PD plan and re- has published the state assess- that give them no when it comes to telling students Current contract language: viewed by the district. ment calendar), the BOARD or parents to refuse testing. We 44-32.3. Submission of shall publish an assessment usable information are not allowed to advocate 44-32. Assessments Concerns. The District shall calendar for the subsequent during work time or on school provide a way that staff can school year, which shall con- about their students property. We are not allowed to 44-32.1. Required Assess- submit any issues and/or con- sist of assessments mandated refuse to administer the test. Ed- ments. No later than June cerns (e.g. dedicated assess- by the district for REACH, re- or their instruction. ucators do have the right to tell 30th of each year (or as soon ment email box) to Central quired to meet the mandates students and parents what their as practicable after ISBE has Office in a confidential man- of state or federal laws and rights are during non-school published the state assess- ner. CPS and CTU will meet regulations, and mandated hours and off school proper- ment calendar), the Board quarterly to review their con- by a program (i.e., IB or any ty. Some administrators have shall publish an assessment cerns and/or issues that are program that requires a test threatened members who have calendar for the subsequent submitted. for student credit or pro- dents. Teachers throughout CPS done this and the Union has in- gram accreditation). Whether object to the excessive time de- tervened to defend their rights. school year, which shall con- CTU members at many or how progress monitoring voted for tests that give them no Educators who feel strongly sist of assessments mandated schools have been able to use shall be used shall be solely usable information about their that these tests harm their stu- by the district for REACH, re- this contract language to limit determined by the teacher. Ad- students or their instruction. dents need to consider several quired to meet the mandates the number of tests they must ministrators shall not dictate Students have the most rights, options. One option is to talk to of state or federal laws and administer. Others have faced the particular tool or method and the least to lose, when it parents privately about the test. regulations, and mandated push back from their principals of progress monitoring. comes to refusing the IAR or Another would be to arrange for by a program (i.e., IB or any and/or networks, and have not Sections 44-32.2 and 44- other standardized tests. IAR “exchange” flyering with a teacher program that requires a test prevailed. 32.3 [deleted in their entirety] scores are not used for promo- at a nearby school. Also, consider for student credit or program Testing demands for our next tion, graduation or selective en- weaving an objective lesson about accreditation). contract considerably strength- Know your rights rollment admission decisions. the pros and cons of standardized 44-32.2. Additional As- ens existing language. This new An Illinois State Board of Edu- testing into your curriculum. sessments. Schools shall de- proposal allows CPS only to Many parents and educators cation rating may be impacted if A few educators might feel so termine assessments to be mandate tests required by laws have questions about whether a large number of students refuse strongly enough about this issue administered in conjunction or programs. Teachers will de- the Illinois Assessment of Readi- the test, but there is no punish- that they are willing to take a with the development of the termine what other tests, if any, ness (IAR) test is required. Some ment by state or federal govern- chance and flatly ignore what School Improvement Plan they choose to give students. are outraged that English-lan- for Advancing Academic guage learners—many new to ments for a lower state rating. they are “allowed” to do, as was CPS does not use IAR as part of the case with educators who Achievement (SIPAA) which Proposed new contract language: the U.S.—are being forced to is currently known as the take this test. Special education its rating system. boycotted the Illinois Standards Unfortunately, state policies Achievement Test in 2014—and Continuous Improvement 44-32.1. Required teachers are worried about the do not currently allow parents won. If you are that person, know Work Plan (CIWP). Each year Assessments. Required as- loss of precious instructional to opt out their children. Even that the CTU will stand firmly in the spring, Teachers and sessments shall consist only time when they are forced to give after a student refuses, teachers behind you. the Principal will collaborate of assessments mandated by inappropriate tests to their stu-

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Biographical material of candidates for union office Election: andidates for election to union tion, each political caucus of the union offices are provided with the op- is provided with free space for a one- M ay 17, C portunity to submit biographical half page advertisement, which also is information to be published in the last printed exactly as it is submitted. Each 2019 edition of the Union newspaper prior slate’s advertisement runs concurrent- to the date of the election. All informa- ly with the biography of its presidential tion is printed as it is received. In addi- candidate.

FOR VICE PRESIDENT Dame, and Concordia University, and the University of Illinois Chicago and FOR TRUSTEE CANDIDATE lives on Chicago’s south side with her master’s degree from Northern Illinois NAME husband and three children. University. I taught bilingual education NAME BIOGRAPHIES: Stacy Davis Gates at Nightingale Elementary School for Jackson Potter seven years and served as a bilingual SCHOOL SCHOOL CAUCUS OF FOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY speech-language pathologist for nine CTU Back of the Yards College Prep RANK-AND-FILE NAME years, two of which were in Cicero JOB CATEGORY School District 99. JOB CATEGORY EDUCATORS (CORE) High School History Teacher (on Maria Moreno High School Teacher Leave); CTU VP SCHOOL CANDIDATE FOR CTU FOR RECORDING SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FOR Trustee Vice-President of Chicago Teachers JOB CATEGORY NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE Speech Language Pathologist on leave NAME Union Christel Williams-Hayes 2003 Jesse Sharkey CTU MEMBER SINCE CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL OFFICES HELD Financial Secretary SCHOOL 2004 CTU Trustee, High School Executive Board CTU OFFICES HELD CTU MEMBER SINCE JOB CATEGORY VP, member of the High School Steering JOB CATEGORY Chair of PAC, AFT-IFT Delegate, AFT 2002 School Clerk on loan to CTU as Field Committee, PPC Committee chair PPC Member High School Teacher OFFICES HELD Representative COMMITTEES SERVED ON CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEES SERVED ON CTU Financial Secretary CANDIDATE FOR High School Steering, PPC PAC-PPC-EBoard CTU President Executive Board Elementary Functional Recording Secretary OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES CTU MEMBER SINCE OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Vice President CTU MEMBER SINCE Staff Coordinator at the CTU from 1998 Ms. Davis Gates has raised millions Teacher Delegate 1994 2008 to 2018 of dollars to elect classroom teachers OFFICES HELD Citywide Clinician Delegate IFT OFFICES HELD to all levels of local government and OFFICES HELD School Delegate, Committee Chair, PSRP Delegate, District Supervisor, I have been an IFT functional VP on the to challenge school privatizers and CTUF Board Director CTU Vice-President, AFT-IFT Functional Vice President, AFT-IFT Executive Board since 2008 union-busters, most prominently Convention Delegate COMMITTEES SERVED ON Convention Delegate Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his rubber- Rules and Elections Committee, Charter IFT COMMITTEES COMMITTEES SERVED ON stamp City Council in 2015. She has Outreach Committee, Clinicians’ COMMITTEES SERVED ON Union Leadership Institute committee, Rules and Elections, High School also spearheaded successful statewide Steering Committee, Membership PSRP and Social Revenue/ TIF Committee and Locals Steering Committee, Charter legislative campaigns to pass the Organizing Committee Committee, Latino Caucus Policy OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Organizing strongest charter school accountability Committee, Executive Committee. Organized 2012 Strike, Led and OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES measures in the country, to restore IFT OFFICES HELD Organized the 3-March, Organized Helped lead workshops at IFT the bargaining rights of Chicago OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES IFT Executive Board, IFT Executive In 2004 I organized with parents Summer Institute, PSRP and Retiree conventions on revenue and creation Public Schools employees, and to fully Committee and teachers to defend the bilingual Committee Liaison of a summer organizing institute for fund public education by ending tax Peoria, University Professionals and IFT COMMITTEES education program in their Gage Park loopholes for the 1%. IFT OFFICES HELD CCCTU local 1600. Personnel Committee neighborhood school. I served as Vice President, Executive Board, and IFT OFFICES HELD the District Supervisor for Midway AFT ACTIVITIES AFT OFFICES Co-Chair of the PSRP Constituency IFT Executive Board Member Network 1 during the 2012 strike. I I have played a leading role as CTU AFT Executive Council Committee IFT COMMITTEES participated in the fight to oppose the liaison for the Alliance to Reclaim Our IFT COMMITTEES AFT COMMITTEES turnaround of Marquette Elementary Schools, the national community/union PAC and P-20 PSRP Constituency and Scholarship AFT Program and Policy Committee, School and abusive policies of network coalition with the NEA , SEIU and AFT AFT COMMITTEES AFT Committee on Political Education administrators. During our contract OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES designed to defend public education AFT PPC fight I participated in the 2016 Bank Organizing the Bi-Annual PSRP CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR of America action in support of school Constituency Conference Executive Board Chicago Federation I was a delegate for one term Delegate funding. As Financial Secretary I led the of Labor AFT OFFICES, COMMITTEES, ACTIVITIES re-card effort of 23,000 members, the CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES PSRP PPC, AFT Summer Organizing CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES alignment of CTU election procedures I have played a leading role in In 2017, Ms. Davis Gates was elected Institute assigned to Houston, TX Prior to being elected to CTU leadership with Title IV, LMRDA regulations and sustaining our relationship with Chair of United Working Families, an with Karen Lewis in 2010, Jesse taught merger of CTU with Local 4343. PERSONAL INFORMATION community organizations in the independent political organization by and social studies at Senn and CVCA, I’m a 56-year-old mother and Grassroots Education Movement IFT OFFICES HELD where he also coached chess and for working class people. She serves as grandmother who raised three girls IFT Executive Board Vice President PERSONAL INFORMATION worked with community and activist a board member for ACRE, The Action against all odds on the west side. I was The CORE slate is a reflection of the groups such as the Kenwood Oakland Center on Race & the Economy, which IFT COMMITTEES raised by a single mother who retired fighting spirit of our union. We have Community Organization and the works at the intersection of racial justice IFT Executive Committee as a School Clerk. My children and I fought off the most sustained and Campaign to End the Death Penalty. and Wall Street accountability. are products of CPS; I graduated from IFT Special Education Committee vicious attack on our union in history. PERSONAL INFORMATION John Marshall HS and proudly serve its PERSONAL INFORMATION We have frozen charter expansion, Davis Gates is on leave from the AFT ACTIVITIES Alumni Committee. Jesse received his bachelor’s and AFT Convention Delegate school closings, established evaluation classroom, where she taught social master’s degrees from Brown appeals, and first maternity/paternity studies for over a decade at Englewood, CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR University where he studied history leave policies along with stabilizing the Clemente, and Mason Community Delegate and education. He currently lives in district’s finances. Links High School. She attended Saint Rogers Park with his wife and two PERSONAL INFORMATION children who attend CPS schools. Mary’s College, University of Notre I earned my bachelor’s degree from

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FIGHTING FOR THE SCHOOLS WE ALL DESERVE

Some CORE accomplishments: Fought against and stopped VOTE school closings and turnarounds • Stopped charter growth • Led to the greatest density of charter unionization in the country • Established CPS’ fi rst-ever maternity leave and short-term disability program • Won the greatest TIF surplus for schools in Chicago’s history • Restored the Pension levy to stabilize our retirement security • Led the fi rst run-off in a mayoral election ever • Secured a funding formula that has fi nally put the district on the path to fi nancial stability • Restored $28 million in SPED funding and won an ISBE monitor over CPS • Won rights to challenge discipline and vote down excessive tests for fi rst time • Secured hundreds of new PSRP positions to lower class size in K-2 for the fi rst time in 24 years VOTE MAY 17 Join us as we move forward in our contract campaign to put a social worker, nurse and librarian in every school, win the ability to bank sick days, lower our class sizes, and win pay and benefi t improvements.

CANDIDATE FOR committee, communications committee involved in 2011 after my school was set FOR AREA VICE PRESIDENT NAME Trustee up for failure. I increased my involvement OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES James Cavallero throughout the years because I believe it NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE Member of bargaining team for two SCHOOL 1990s contracts is critical for classroom teachers to be at Alexandra Gonzalez the forefront of our fi ghts. Chicago Academy High School SCHOOL OFFICES HELD PERSONAL INFORMATION JOB CATEGORY CTU Trustee, School Delegate, AFT-IFT A 32-year teaching veteran, Michelle Telpochcalli Elementary School High School Special Education Teacher Delegate, EBoard Gunderson is a national advocate for NAME JOB CATEGORY Tammie Vinson CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEES SERVED ON play-based learning. She serves on the Bilingual Special Education Teacher advisory board of Defending The Early Trustee Displaced Teachers SCHOOL CANDIDATE FOR Years. DePriest Elementary CTU MEMBER SINCE OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Area Vice President 1994 Bargaining Team Member JOB CATEGORY CTU MEMBER SINCE OFFICES HELD NAME Sped teacher 2003 CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Nancy Serrano School Delegate, AFT-IFT Convention Chair of Chicago Teachers Pension Fund CANDIDATE FOR OFFICES HELD Delegate and Area Vice President Rules and Elections. This committee SCHOOL Trustee Elementary school functional vice Hernandez Middle School COMMITTEES SERVED ON guided the direction of the Laws and CTU MEMBER SINCE president (2013-2016) and CTU Area Former Chair Special Education Statues according to Illinois Pension JOB CATEGORY 2001-ish Vice President (AVP) 2016 - present. Committee code. Bilingual Teacher OFFICES HELD COMMITTEES SERVED ON OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES PERSONAL INFORMATION CANDIDATE FOR Delegate, LSC teacher rep., PPC Membership Committee I served as Teachers Pension Trustee for District Organizer, Bargaining Team, Trustee committee, Trustee OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES 9 years and served as Vice President for CTU Summer Organizing Institute I was on loan from CPS to CTU, as a Intern, CTU-ChiActs Merger Group 6 years. CTU MEMBER SINCE COMMITTEES SERVED ON 2002 HR, PAC/LEG, SPED, Rules and full time organizer at CTU from 2010- CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Election, Social, Scholarship 2012. As CTU Area Vice President, OFFICES HELD United Working Families member NAME I also serve on the joint CTU/ CPS Elementary School Functional V.P. on OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Sustainable Community Schools Task PERSONAL INFORMATION Michelle Gunderson Executive Board, Chicago Teachers Union School closings, Electoral, Canvassing, Force, in which we provide ongoing I also serve on the Chicago Teachers SCHOOL Foundation Director, AFT/IFT Delegate Summer Organizing, Foundation training of CTU members, delegates Pension Fund Board of Trustees. Born Nettelhorst School committee and education stakeholders (students, and raised in Chicago. Attended the COMMITTEES SERVED ON parents, administration, community) in University of Illinois at Chicago for JOB CATEGORY Bilingual Committee, Bargaining Team IFT COMMITTEES the initial cohort of 20 initial Sustainable undergraduate and graduate studies. Elementary Teacher 2016 & 2019, Citywide PPC PreK-12 committee Community Schools, in hopes for all CANDIDATE FOR OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES AFT ACTIVITIES CPS schools to become fully funded Trustee CTU Latinx Caucus Founding Member Black Caucus Sustainable Community Schools. NAME & Current Steering Committee Member CTU MEMBER SINCE CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR Lois Ashford OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES 1994 AFT OFFICES ACTIVITIES Delegate I have participated in efforts to unionize SCHOOL I recently served as back-up on the OFFICES HELD CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES and improve teaching and learning Substitute Teacher AFT LIFT (Latino Issues Task Force). Elementary Functional Vice President, Westside Democracy for America, conditions in Charter schools for over JOB CATEGORY Trustee, AFT-IFT convention delegate PERSONAL INFORMATION NAACP Education committee, 7th 13 years, when approached by a non- Elementary School Teacher COMMITTEES SERVED ON I have been a CTU member and teacher Congressional education committee, unionized charter teacher who wanted Former chair of Early Childhood for over 15 years. I became more Good Neighbor campaign to join CTU. Numerous collaborations

Chicago Union Teacher ∕ May 2019  9 ELECTION BIOS ELECTION BIOS and subsequent meetings by many, Rossana Rodriguez in the 33rd Ward, CTU MEMBER SINCE OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES led to founding of ACTS Local 4343 in Erika Wozniak in the 46th Ward, Diane 2008 Participated in IFT Professional - Active delegate who facilitates a Development committed and strong PPC. collaboration with AFT/ IFT. Also, I was Daleiden in the 40th Ward, and my own OFFICES HELD IFT convention delegate. Alderman, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa in the Delegate, District Supervisor, 2013 CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES - Led the initiative to re-card 100% of 35th Ward. AFT OFFICES ACTIVITIES Strike Captain, Current Executive Board Participated in community service work members at my school. AFT Convention delegate PERSONAL INFORMATION Member around Cabrini-Green. I’ve worked with - Frequent participation in charter I am known for my integrity, intelligence, the outreach ministry of Consuela York CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEES SERVED ON division rallies and on picket lines. at Cook County Jail, providing toiletries I worked to build solidarity internally and work ethic. I will continue to put Current CTU Communications - Regular volunteer for CTU-endorsed and meals for incarcerated men. I’ve within our union and externally amongst those attributes to work for the members Committee Chairperson candidates in municipal and state also helped foster parents, to assist allies citywide, for CTU’s newest of the CTU. I am asking for your vote races. OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES them in providing support to their foster charter division members in the first for Area Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union. Co-facilitator for Equitable Housing Study children. - Received my National Board through Charter union strike in U.S history, that Group, World Social Forum Delegation CTU’s NTL program. secured needed gains for CTU charter PERSONAL INFORMATION - Published column on teacher-led division members in pay, class size and I have various endorsements, including NAME professional development in the CUT. improvements in working & student’s Sarah Chambers NAME reading specialist and Learning learning conditions. Arathi Jayaram Behavior Specialist. I have a Masters - Co-facilitated Tele Town Hall leading SCHOOL in Administration and Leadership, a up to the constitution referendum. PERSONAL INFORMATION Instituto Health and Science Career SCHOOL Masters in Library Information Science I am a CPS parent, at the neighborhood Audubon Elementary CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Academy and a Doctorate in Education. My school in which I teach. As a Mexican I participated in actions opposing JOB CATEGORY hobby is photography and I am a American, bilingual teacher, I work JOB CATEGORY using TIF funds for the Lincoln Preschool Teacher lifelong Chicagoan. In my downtime, I with CTU’s Latinx caucus to elevate Special education high school teacher Yards development. I have collected love helping seniors. the needs of English Learners and CANDIDATE FOR CANDIDATE FOR signatures for the ballot referendum on expanded opportunities for CTU Area Vice President Elementary School Functional Vice an elected representative school board. members to incorporate culturally President NAME I have also canvassed door to door for CTU MEMBER SINCE relevant curriculum, based on the Carrene Beverly-Bass CTU-endorsed candidates Chuy Garcia, 2009 CTU MEMBER SINCE Delia Ramirez, Brandon Johnson, and student populations we serve. 2015 (when i started at CPS) OFFICES HELD SCHOOL Jeanette Taylor. OFFICES HELD Jensen Scholastic Academy Elementary Functional Vice President, PERSONAL INFORMATION NAME AFT/IFT Delegate, Delegate, Vice Chair Delegate, bargaining team members, JOB CATEGORY I have taught in CPS for 10 years as 6th Andrew Heiserman of IDPL Council, Education Chair and Eboard member Elementary Teacher Middle School grade math teacher, 3rd grade bilingual SCHOOL Social Chair on the executive board COMMITTEES SERVED ON ELA/Social Studies teacher, and ELPT. I have taught in Lindblom Math & Science Academy COMMITTEES SERVED ON Early Childhood, Elementary, Bargaining CANDIDATE FOR the Back of the Yards and Edgewater JOB CATEGORY Bargaining Team, Education Committee, team Elementary School Functional Vice neighborhoods. I live in Avondale with my wife and son. In my free time, I High School Teacher Special Education Taskforce, Testing OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES President Committee, Social Committee, Human enjoy biking, reading, and music. I am a member of CORE. I participated CTU MEMBER SINCE CANDIDATE FOR Rights Committee, Special Education Area Vice President in CTU’s summer internship in 2016. 1985 Committee I helped to disrupt Rauner’s press NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE OFFICES HELD OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES conference (Read-In).I was the delegate School Delegate, District Supervisor, Katherine Osgood 2010 As co-chair of the Special Education at Schubert Elementary. I’ve organized Executive Board, IFT Delegate and AFT SCHOOL OFFICES HELD Taskforce, I helped lead a coalition of Early Childhood CTU meetings, bringing Delegate, Big Bargaining Team 2015 Suder Montessori CTU Trustee, High School Functional teachers, clinicians, paras, SECAs, in some new committee members. I Vice President, Public Relations & parents, disability rights groups to fight was set to be a Strike Coordinator in the COMMITTEES SERVED ON JOB CATEGORY Communications Committee Chair, for special education rights. Through this fall of 2016. I helped write the prek-2nd Elementary Steering, Social Committee Special Education Elementary School TEAM Englewood school delegate, AFT/ fight, an ISBE inquiry was launched and REACH addendum, as a CTU rep. Teacher IFT Convention delegate CPS was found guilty of delay and denial PERSONAL INFORMATION CANDIDATE FOR of special education services. Some of the NAME COMMITTEES SERVED ON I will make sure that I am helping to give Jhoanna Maldonado Elementary School Functional Vice Public Relations & Communications barriers were removed from the electronic a voice to our members and to help set President IEP system, CPS put millions more into HOD agendas that are based on the needs SCHOOL Committee, Professional Problems CTU MEMBER SINCE Committee, Political Action and special education, an outside monitor of members. I want our members to feel Yates was appointed & state laws were passed 2009 Legislative Committees and know they matter. I am proud brown, JOB CATEGORY to support special education. Gains were queer, Asian women. I believe in equity. Special education teacher OFFICES HELD OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES made, but our coalition is fighting for CPS School delegate, AFT-IFT delegate, I’ve served as a High School Functional to fully fund special education and follow CANDIDATE FOR eBoard Elementary Functional Vice Vice President, the Communications special education laws. NAME Elementary School Functional Vice President Committee chair, a school delegate and Dr. Caprice Mitchell President PPC member for multiple schools, and CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEES SERVED ON I was a field captain for Alderman Sue SCHOOL CTU MEMBER SINCE am currently one of your CTU Trustees. Special Education (Co-Chair) Garza’s campaign, where she won the Fort Dearborn Elementary School 2011 I’ve assisted in the investigations and election. I am currently campaigning OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES subsequent dismissals of two of my JOB CATEGORY COMMITTEES SERVED ON for CTU-backed candidates Byron - Member of the Special Education previous principals (both for corruption). Kindergarten teacher PAC Sigcho Lopez and Jeanette Taylor. I’ve Taskforce I’ve worked at a neighborhood school visited over 100 schools and talked CANDIDATE FOR OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES - CTU Summer Organizing Internship whose population was decimated to thousands of CTU members about Elementary School Functional Vice CTU policy fellowship 2019, summer Participant (2015) by gentrification and charter school President intern 2018, summer intern 2017, current issues happening in our schools - Conducting special education expansion. I’ve worked at one of the Latinx Caucus member, Sped task force and our communities. CTU MEMBER SINCE trainings through the CTU Foundation many Englewood schools that were member sabotaged and then closed by CPS. I PERSONAL INFORMATION 2000 - Sit on the Joint CTU/CPS Strategic OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES know how hard our jobs are, and have For 9.5 years, I’ve been an active trade OFFICES HELD Bargaining Committee for Special Ed fought hard to defend members from unionist in CTU as an elementary, Union delegate for six years; LSC member PAC endorsement meeting and Paperwork tyrannical and incompetent leaders. middle and high school teacher. During - Bargaining Team Member my second year teaching, I started on COMMITTEES SERVED ON OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES NAME the CTU Eboard. I’ve been a contract District Organizers; co-chair Early - Media Trained for CTU (Worked on I have served as a delegate to the Childhood Committee; CTPF Joshua Lerner Social Media Campaigns) American Federation of Teachers action team leader 4x, strike leader for 2 representative; PPC, PPLC, Sustainable SCHOOL Convention for the last 5 conventions. At strikes and on the bargaining team 3x. PERSONAL INFORMATION Community Schools Committee Peirce each of those conventions, I have been I have been a fierce advocate for special OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES education students and have spoken at asked to serve in leadership positions FUNCTIONAL VICE PRESIDENT JOB CATEGORY for the CTU delegation. I attended the As delegate, I led the organizing at Bilingual Teacher Board of Ed, City Hall, written articles, founding convention and support the NAME Ft. Dearborn ES in the 2012 strike. I and been on panels. I have also worked educated parents on opting their CANDIDATE FOR nationally to defend public education work of UCORE. This is a group of Andrea Parker Elementary School Functional Vice rank-and-file unionists from around children out of the PARCC test. I including speaking at conferences, SCHOOL organized my PPC to enforce our President blogging, writing articles for national the country, who work to push our Robert Fulton Elementary School national unions (the AFT and the NEA) contract rights and we forced out a CTU MEMBER SINCE outlets, making speeches, and social toward a greater level of transparency, JOB CATEGORY bully principal. I traveled to Springfield 2009 media outreach. accountability, and democracy. Middle School English Language Arts with CTU. I participated in the 2018 Summer Organizing Institute, where we OFFICES HELD Teacher School delegate, Elementary functional CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES door-knocked for the charter organizing vice president I have worked on the Chicago City CANDIDATE FOR campaign. I’ve been a District Organizer Council campaigns for Tim Meegan and Elementary School Functional Vice for several years. President

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asking for your vote as Elementary JOB CATEGORY IFT OFFICES HELD NAME Functional Vice President. Elementary teacher IFT Executive Board NAME Linda Perales Kenzo Shibata CANDIDATE FOR IFT COMMITTEES SCHOOL SCHOOL NAME Elementary School Functional Vice PAC/LEG Corkery President Ogden West HS Nicholas Limbeck OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES JOB CATEGORY CTU MEMBER SINCE Worked with IFT lobbyists as CTU JOB CATEGORY K-3rd Special Education Teacher SCHOOL High School Teacher Barry Elementary School 1992 Political Director CANDIDATE FOR CANDIDATE FOR JOB CATEGORY OFFICES HELD AFT ACTIVITIES Elementary School Functional Vice School delegate, District Supervisor, Worked with IFT lobbyists as CTU High School Functional Vice President President Elementary Teacher Strike Supervisor, Contract Action Team, Political Director CTU MEMBER SINCE CANDIDATE FOR Member of Committees, Executive CTU MEMBER SINCE CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 2003 2013 Elementary School Functional Vice Board Member, Bargaining Team 2019 President Taught hundreds of CPS students to OFFICES HELD OFFICES HELD COMMITTEES SERVED ON lobby. School Facilities Task Force School Delegate, IFT/AFT Delegate, School Delegate, District Organizer CTU MEMBER SINCE PPC, Rules & Elections (Chair) member. P-20 member. Organized Chicago Federation of Labor Delegate, August 2012 opposition to neo-liberal policies in U.S. CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES CFL COPE Committee Member COMMITTEES SERVED ON Department of Education, Started Chicago Latinx Caucus and Bilingual Committee OFFICES HELD Worked for 49th Ward candidates COMMITTEES SERVED ON Teachers’ national organizing program. School delegate, AFT and IFT delegate opposing incumbent; poll watcher, Charter School Outreach, Public Relations OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES precinct captain, canvassed, phone PERSONAL INFORMATION Summer Organizing Internship, CTU COMMITTEES SERVED ON and Communications, New Members banked, petitioner, all for local and Teacher, Parent, Thrice Fired for delegation to Chile, CTU delegation to Communications Committee OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES presidential campaigns in IL, IA, WI, MN Justice, Student Organizer, #Educolor Tri-National Conference in Veracruz, Former Chicago Union Teacher Editor, OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES activist all day, believes in members spoke/presented at May Day March and PERSONAL INFORMATION Digital Communications Coordinator, - Organized a multi-school campaign to over hierarchies, still looking for the 9 at Labor Notes Taught in Pilsen, Back of the Yards, Little Member Communications Coordinator demand community and teacher voice million dollars. in a new school transition Village, Far Southeast Side, Lawndale, Jefferson Park IFT OFFICES HELD NAME - Spoken at the Board of Ed. numerous IFT Convention Delegate times in support of neighborhood schools NAME Moselean Parker IFT COMMITTEES and against Special Ed. violations NAME Alison Eichhorn SCHOOL Staff Union Contract Action Committee - Precinct and area captain for the Susan Tara Stamps SCHOOL McKay Lindblom Math & Science Academy OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES Sadlowski Garza aldermanic campaign SCHOOL JOB CATEGORY Former Media Director, President of the - Organized PPCs and Contract Action Laura Ward Elementary School JOB CATEGORY Elementary teacher Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Teams High school teacher JOB CATEGORY - Illinois CANDIDATE FOR - Organized for sanctuary schools Curriculum and Instruction STEM Coach CANDIDATE FOR Elementary School Functional Vice with immigrant rights and community High school functional vice president President organizations, educating and organizing CANDIDATE FOR NAME parents with workshops and rallies Elementary School Functional Vice CTU MEMBER SINCE Lillian Kass CTU MEMBER SINCE President 2009 1999 - Coordinated teacher outreach for SCHOOL CTU endorsed candidate, Rossana CTU MEMBER SINCE OFFICES HELD Ogden International High School OFFICES HELD 2001 Trustee, school delegate, high school Executive Board, AFT-IFT Convention Rodriguez’s aldermanic campaign JOB CATEGORY functional vice president, AFT-IFT Delegate OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES OFFICES HELD High School Special Education Teacher School delegate at both Leslie Lewis convention delegate COMMITTEES SERVED ON Participated in IFT Convention CANDIDATE FOR and Jenner Academy of the Arts COMMITTEES SERVED ON PPC & Elementary Committees High school functional vice president CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES High school steering, PPC COMMITTEES SERVED ON - Volunteered for CTU endorsed CTU MEMBER SINCE I have served on the social committee. OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES candidates’ aldermanic campaigns 2008 NAME Strike captain (2012), BBT member - Volunteered and canvassed to lift the OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Natasha Carlsen (2016 and current) OFFICES HELD ban on rent control Founding member of the Black Teacher School delegate since 2010, convention SCHOOL Caucus; Big bargaining team member; PERSONAL INFORMATION - Helped organize a community campaign delegate, E-board HS functional VP Marvin Camras Children’s Engineering Volunteer for CTU Foundation events I am in my 11th year of teaching in to stop petcoke pollution on the East Side since 2018 Elementary School Chicago Public Schools. I spent two PERSONAL INFORMATION CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES JOB CATEGORY Ran for Alderman of the 37th years at a neighborhood school, 5 years COMMITTEES SERVED ON I am a bilingual teacher passionate about Pac/Leg, Joint committee on teacher Special Education Teacher Ward twice. Founding member of at an alternative high school, and now improving public education for all. As an evaluation, citywide PPC Greater Austin Independent Political 4 years at Lindblom Math and Science CANDIDATE FOR executive board member, you can count Academy. I currently serve as a CTU Organization, a branch of United Working OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Elementary School Functional Vice on me to fight for a good contract and trustee and Executive Board member. President promote internal democracy. I hope to Families. Founder of Politics Is Personal, District supervisor 2011-2018 a community engagement series. CTU MEMBER SINCE bring creative ways to revive our activist Member of Good Neighbor Program, NAME 08/2010 spirit and convey our message to the NAME public. Westside Health Authority. Former board Cristen Chapman OFFICES HELD member of Marion Stamps Youth Center. Robert Pincham SCHOOL I have proudly served as my school’s SCHOOL PERSONAL INFORMATION Hancock College Prep delegate since 2015. In January 2017, NAME Believer, Mom. Grandmother. Teacher. Harlan Community Academy H.S. I was honored to be elected in the Quentin S. Washington JOB CATEGORY Friend. Unionist. Fighter. JOB CATEGORY House of Delegates to fill a vacancy SCHOOL High School Teacher High School Teacher on the Executive Board for Elementary Southeast Area Elementary School CANDIDATE FOR Functional Vice President. NAME CANDIDATE FOR JOB CATEGORY High School Functional Vice President High school functional vice president COMMITTEES SERVED ON Xian Franzinger Barrett Elementary Teacher CTU MEMBER SINCE Special Education Committee, Testing SCHOOL CTU MEMBER SINCE 1998 Committee, Professional Problems CANDIDATE FOR Telpochcalli @1997 Elementary School Functional Vice OFFICES HELD Committee, and Policies Committee OFFICES HELD President JOB CATEGORY School Delegate (Associate at Clemente, OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Elementary School Teacher School HOD Assistant delegate, HOD Delegate at Prosser and Delegate at Summer Intern (2016); Co-Chair of CTU MEMBER SINCE delegate, H.S. functional v.p., AFT & IFT CANDIDATE FOR Hancock), AFT-IFT Delegate the Special Education Committee 2010 Convention delegate Elementary School Functional Vice (October 2016-Present); Co-Chair COMMITTEES SERVED ON OFFICES HELD President COMMITTEES SERVED ON of the Special Education Task Force CTU School Delegate: 2016-Present High School Steering, PPC High School Education, ad hoc political CTU MEMBER SINCE (October 2016-Present); as well as and Elementary Functional Vice AFT OFFICES, COMMITTEES, ACTIVITIES CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES current Bargaining Team member President 2019 2006 I have attended AFT Conventions as a (#CTUFAIRCONTRACTNOW). LSC Teacher rep, West Chesterfield COMMITTEES SERVED ON OFFICES HELD delegate. community organization CTU Executive Board X 3 , AFT-IFT CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Currently serve on the Elementary PERSONAL INFORMATION PERSONAL INFORMATION Fulbright-Hays Scholar (Summer 2015) Steering Committee convention delegate, school delegate I have worked in CPS for 21 years Bowling Green State, University of PERSONAL INFORMATION COMMITTEES SERVED ON and served as an associate delegate Michigan, J.D. Northwestern, former I believe that we as a union still Testing, PAC/LEG and delegate in three schools. I have NAME criminal prosecutor have many more gains to make and been a member of CORE since 2008 Susan Sebesta OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES battles to win in the fight for our CTU political director because I believe in a fighting union schools our students deserve and to SCHOOL that is engaged in community-based #SaveCPSSpEd, which is why I am Beaubien organizing for social justice.

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strike as a non-CTU member via active AFT ACTIVITIES with them. I have built trust with all of back to members in the schools. NAME participation in the Chicago Teachers - AFT delegate 2012; wrote “Resolution members through transparency. Therese emphasizes that the most Kimberly Watson Solidarity Campaign. Our union is for Moratorium on School Closings, important work she performs as a SCHOOL strengthened when we democratically Turnarounds and Charter Expansion”. CTU delegate is serving as the point- NAME Nancy B. Jefferson come together alongside community - AFT delegate 2014; wrote successful of-contact person for members who allies and vigorously fight for programs Mihir Garud have problems or need advice on JOB CATEGORY resolution for solidarity between that tangibly improve everyone’s lives. work-related issues. Therese attends Instructional Assistant district and charter educators. SCHOOL monthly House of Delegates (HOD) CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES - Led AFT delegation 2016; co-wrote Instituto Health Sciences Career CANDIDATE FOR meetings and shares a monthly report I was an ER nurse at Cook County, a resolution calling for charter authorizer Academy (IHSCA) PSRP Functional Vice President of HOD proceedings with members in union steward with NNU, a bargaining reform. JOB CATEGORY the schools. CTU MEMBER SINCE team member, and led a safe-staffing - AFT delegate 2018; co-wrote High school teacher November 1995 fight. I’m a socialist who thinks resolution to promote public good in OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES healthcare is a right, we should control CANDIDATE FOR Therese completed the 2018 IFT/AFT OFFICES HELD charter schools. CTU-ACTS Trustee School delegate the wealth we create, and that racism Great Lakes Union Leadership Institute, and sexism have no place in our world. - Was sent by AFT to support CTU MEMBER SINCE a four-day training and leadership COMMITTEES SERVED ON organizing/lead trainings in Los Angeles, March 2018 (merger date) development program with a focus PERSONAL INFORMATION Currently serve on the Elementary Cleveland, Washington DC, Detroit on contract negotiations and contract My wife is a teacher and CTU activist, OFFICES HELD Steering Committee - Planned and led trainings at 14 and our child is a student in public CTU Trustee, E-Board campaigns. AFT National Charter Advisory Group OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES schools. OTHER AFT ACTIVITIES PSRP committee, volunteer committee, meetings COMMITTEES SERVED ON PAC-LEG, Budget Committee, Charter Therese is a member of the AFT Black phone banking, help organize, CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Division Caucus. As a white educator who NAME Founding member of Chicago Teacher has long worked in black and brown PERSONAL INFORMATION Emily Penn I feel it’s my responsibility to have a Solidarity Campaign OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES communities, Therese values the stake in the change I want to see. SCHOOL Founding member of 25th Ward Charter Campaign advice and experience of the black Citywide Independent Political Organization IFT COMMITTEES educators in the AFT Black Caucus. IFT PAC-LEG Committee CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES NAME JOB CATEGORY PERSONAL INFORMATION Lucille Thompson School social worker As an educator, I am committed to AFT COMMITTEES Therese has worked on political campaigns for candidates who CANDIDATE FOR helping my students become effective AFT Charter Advisory Committee SCHOOL advocates for themselves and their support education issues. She spoke Clinician functional vice president CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Schurz H.S. communities. I see my union work as at conferences, contacted legislators, Charter organizing JOB CATEGORY CTU MEMBER SINCE of a piece with my education work. and completed witness slips in effort to School clerk 1 2006 I am committed to hard-fighting, PERSONAL INFORMATION support fellow educators and Chicago students. Therese has served as a OFFICES HELD member-driven, social justice Elected in October 2017 as Treasurer of CANDIDATE FOR movement unionism. Chi-ACTS Local 4343. After merger with volunteer tutor at Mercy Home and is a PSRP Functional Vice President Clinician delegate, Executive board elementary functional vice president, CTU, became Trustee and member of member of Queen of Martyrs Church. CTU MEMBER SINCE AFT-IFT convention delegate. Executive Board. Serve on IFT and CTU PERSONAL INFORMATION NAME 1994 PAC-LEG Committees Therese holds advanced degrees in COMMITTEES SERVED ON Caroline Rutherford OFFICES HELD Clinician steering committee (current education and school psychology as well SCHOOL Citywide PSRP delegate. Member of co-chair), special education task force, NOTE: ALL CTU-ACTS CANDIDATES as an undergraduate degree in finance, Acero Marquez Charter School Eboard. District supervisor and CTU/CPS joint special education ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED, AND with a minor in economics. Therese’s WERE CERTIFIED AS ELECTED BY THE family has a long history serving as COMMITTEES SERVED ON committee. JOB CATEGORY Elementary Visual Art Teacher CTU HOUSE OF DELEGATES ON APRIL educators in CPS and she comes from a PSRP committee 3, 2019. THEY WILL NOT APPEAR ON long line of dedicated union members. THE MAY 17, 2019, BALLOT. FOR CTU-ACTS CANDIDATE FOR CTU-ACTS Vice Chair NAME NAME FOR VICE PRESIDENT Yvonne Heard CTU MEMBER SINCE Christopher Baehrend 2017 when the CTU merged with CTU- NAME SCHOOL CANDIDATE SCHOOL ACTS. I joined Chicago Acts in 2013 Hyde Park Victor Ochoa Citywide Latino Youth High School (on when I helped organize our union in the BIOGRAPHIES: JOB CATEGORY release) UNO Charter School Network. SCHOOL SSA MEMBERS FIRST Schurz HS JOB CATEGORY OFFICES HELD CANDIDATE FOR High school English teacher I was the building delegate at my school (MF) JOB CATEGORY PSRP Functional Vice President from 2014-17 after we fought for our Counselor CANDIDATE FOR first contract. I have served as Vice CANDIDATE FOR CTU MEMBER SINCE CTU-ACTS Chair FOR PRESIDENT 2010 Chair of Chicago Acts, now CTU-ACTS, Vice-President CTU MEMBER SINCE since 2017. After we merged in 2017, NAME UNION SERVICE OFFICES HELD March 1, 2018 (ChiACTS in September I joined the CTU Eboard. In addition, I Therese M. Boyle Delegate, Associate Delegate and PPC School delegate, AFT-IFT convention 2009) am the Secretary of my council, United delegate, social committee, and SCHOOL CTU MEMBER SINCE OFFICES HELD Educators for Justice, within the CTU- EBoard City-Wide Chair of Charter Division (voting ACTS Division. I have also served on 1997 COMMITTEES SERVED ON member of Eboard, non-voting the bargaining team for our last two JOB CATEGORY OFFICES HELD PSRP, Human Rights, Social Committee member of Executive Committee), IFT contracts, in 2016 and 2018. I was one School Psychologist Delegate and Associate Delegate at and AFT delegate. of the lead negotiators in our most recent Kelvyn Park HS and Schurz HS OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES contract fight and led the first charter CANDIDATE FOR District Organizer, Bargaining Team, COMMITTEES SERVED ON school strike in our nation’s history. President COMMITTEES SERVED ON CTU Summer Organizing Institute Creating New Organizing Committee UNION SERVICE Legislative, HS Steering, PPC, Bilingual, Intern, CTU-ChiActs Merger Group COMMITTEES SERVED ON OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES I am currently serving on the Organizing Delegate OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES - After eight years of building Committee for the CTU-ACTS Division CTU MEMBER SINCE Strike organizer since 2012, chair of NAME relationships and common struggles, that will work diligently to bring all 1984 three committees, lobby politicians Dennis Kosuth led the merger of Local 4343 with CTU. Chicago educators into our union. The to support CTU issues, phone bank OFFICES HELD rest of my committees were within and knock on doors for CTU friendly SCHOOL - Chair Governing Board and Therese has held the offices of co- the CTU-ACTS Division or my council, politicians, push union leadership to Five schools: Armstrong, Boone, Coordinating Committee of CTU-ACTS, chair and recording secretary of the which include, Coordinating Committee, provide services to members Courtenay, Decatur, New Field winning strikes and raising standards CTU Clinician Steering Committee and for all Chicago educators. the UEJ bargaining committee, IFT COMMITTEES JOB CATEGORY The City-Wide Professional Problems - Have represented Local 4343 and the by-laws committee, our Labor Women, Civil and Human Rights Task Certified School Nurse Committee. CTU at many conferences, panels, Management Committee, and our Force COMMITTEES SERVED ON CANDIDATE FOR and events locally, nationally, and Professional Solutions Committee. She has also served on the CTU Rules OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES Clinician Functional Vice President internationally. OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES & Elections Committee, the Joint CTU- Attended 2018 Great Lakes Leadership Delegate Trainings, CAT Trainings, CTU MEMBER SINCE - Helped organize unions at most CPS Workload Committee, and the Institute- Union Leadership Skills Executive Board Retreat, CTU September 2016 current CTU charter schools. Joint CTU-CPS Technology Committee. Leadership Training OTHER AFT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEES SERVED ON OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Attended AFT Conventions in Clinician Steering IFT delegate 2013; wrote “Resolution PERSONAL INFORMATION Therese has walked every CTU Washington DC, Boston and Chicago I am finishing my 9th year at my school, for Moratorium on New Charters, strike line since 1983. She attends OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES and helped to organize our union in 2012. CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Closings, and Turnarounds” CTU sponsored delegate training Currently organizing around school I see myself as a representative of my Organized DACA events to help Led IFT delegation 2016 workshops and brings the information nurse staffing issues. Supported 2012 members by organizing and connecting support immigrants, worked with

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WHO WANTS THEIR DUES TO GO UP? NOBODY. CORE’s leadership has cost our union tens of millions in losses - that you may have to pay for.

Victor Ochoa, V. President | Deborah Yaker, Rec. Secretary | Sharon Davis, Fin. Secretary | Therese Boyle, President 0ver 100 years experience in CPS, 50+ years CTU union work LET’S TAKE BACK OUR UNION AND PUT MEMBERS FIRST!

rs MEMBER DRIVEN | TRANSPARENT e Members First will fight for competitive salaries and benefits. b Members First is focused on safe and healthy learning conditions.

m Members First demands transparency.

e Members First is committed to our students, families, and communities. m Members First is here to serve YOU - the PSRPs, Clinicians, and Teachers of CTU and CTU-ACTS!

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undocumented students for legislation CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES to gain a path to work and a drivers She worked as a volunteer on the Introduction to Negotiations & Contract I have been active in local school- Participated in marches and license Obama Presidential Election campaign Campaigns offered by the American based activities since I started as a demonstrations leading up to the 2012 and coordinated a political fund-raiser Federation of Teachers/Illinois teacher. This has included attending strike. Organized the community to PERSONAL INFORMATION at her home. Phone banked for CTU, Federation of Teachers Great Lakes meetings, several rallies, and executing stop a SIG grant from coming into We need to refocus CTU to provide attended Labor Notes Convention, Union Leadership Institute. the responsibilities of being a delegate. Washington High School. Served as services to members. My daughter marched in Wisconsin against Act 10 and a strike captain for the 2012 strike. attends a CPS high school. I have many PERSONAL INFORMATION CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES participated in many marches with CTU. Stood firm against the principal of cousins that are teachers in Mexico and For the last 20 years, I have been I am the city representative for the Yale George Washington High School for his we talk about our common struggles. PERSONAL INFORMATION a Monolingual, Bilingual, ESL, National Initiative. In this program, I She has been a Physical Education Mainstream & Special Education have supported several cohorts of CTU continual and constant disregard of our Teacher for 29 years at Lee Elementary teacher. I have taught in tough teachers to develop units that would contract, eventually being targeted for FOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY School and a proud product of the neighborhoods, worked at schools be engaging & rigorous for students. union activity and being layed off due Chicago Public Schools. She is a where the Network was there almost With this program, I can remain in to the manipulation of REACH scores. NAME member of IAHPERD and Shape daily, to a 1+ school. I understand the the classroom but still demonstrate CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Sharon D. Davis America and has coached on both stuggles that many experience and leadership. Founder and coordinator of the Pauline SCHOOL elementary and high school levels. lack of supports in schools. Moraco – Arredondo Lung Cancer PERSONAL INFORMATION Lee Elementary School I live with my wife in the community Walk and Rally in conjunction with Lungevity, a foundation that raises JOB CATEGORY FOR RECORDING SECRETARY FOR TRUSTEE that I teach. I believe that teachers have Physical Education Teacher the capacity to affect change in many money for Lung Cancer Research. Organized SE Side Mayoral candidate NAME NAME ways both in the classroom & in society. CANDIDATE FOR forum in February, 2019. Financial Secretary Deborah “Debbie” Yaker Brandon Barr I support Members First because I want leadership that cares deeply about PERSONAL INFORMATION UNION SERVICE SCHOOL SCHOOL Hanson Park Twain ES members to lead our rank and file. I am resident of the South East Side’s Delegate, Executive Board, PAC and South Deering Neighborhood. I am a District Supervisor JOB CATEGORY JOB CATEGORY product of CPS attending both Bright Bilingual/Monolingual Special Ed Teacher Teacher NAME Elementary and Washington H.S. I am CTU MEMBER SINCE David Arredondo 1990 CANDIDATE FOR UNION SERVICE the son of a retired steelworker who SCHOOL was a proud member of local 65. I am OFFICES HELD Recording Secretary I have been a delegate the last two years at my school. Hubbard H.S the father of two Kira and Nicholas. Elementary Functional-Vice President UNION SERVICE JOB CATEGORY COMMITTEES SERVED ON Delegate CANDIDATE FOR Trustee Teacher NAME Executive Board, Rules and Election, CTU MEMBER SINCE Kimberly Luhan-Saucedo District Supervisor, Polictical Action 1999 CTU MEMBER SINCE CANDIDATE FOR Committee, Students Special 2007 Trustee SCHOOL COMMITTEES SERVED ON Assistance Fund, PPC, and PPLC Francis M. McKay Special Education Committee & Area OFFICES HELD UNION SERVICE OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES PPC Member I have not held office. Delegate and PPC member JOB CATEGORY She was part of the contract bargaining 7th Gr. Math Teacher OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES COMMITTEES SERVED ON CTU MEMBER SINCE team for the 2012-2015 contract. Delegate, Associate Delegate, PPLC I have served on the testing committee 2000 CANDIDATE FOR Attended the AFT and IFT convention as Member, PPC Member, PPC Chair, this year. Trustee Member a convention delegate and belong to the COMMITTEES SERVED ON Walked the picket line in 2012, I have CTU/AFT Black Caucus. High School Steering Committee participated in all CTU marches.

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CTU MEMBER SINCE CTU MEMBER SINCE IFT COMMITTEES OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES 2003 1997 NAME Elementary As a clinician, I am not involved with Dawn Ruff the IFT. I am a member of the Illinois PERSONAL INFORMATION OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES AFT OFFICES Teaching on the South Side for School delegate 2011-2013 SCHOOL Convention delegate Speech Pathology and Audiology 16 years, I am a third-generation Nathan Hale Association. PPLC: 2008-2013 CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR educator who has a love for math OTHER AFT ACTIVITIES PPC: 2011-2013 JOB CATEGORY Delegate & member and hopes to instill a love of learning Teacher As a clinician, I am a member in good into my children. With the support of OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES ILLINOIS AFL-CIO standing of the American Speech- my Husband and family I will be the As an active CTU member, I am always CANDIDATE FOR Member Language-Hearing Association. As a Elementary Functional Vice President change I want to see in the world. taking the IFT’s advice. I e-mail my PERSONAL INFORMATION member, I must abide by their code of legislators on a number of issues. Most UNION SERVICE 30 year CPS teacher veteran teaching ethics, and I fight for our clinicians to recently, I have urged my legislators to 27 years active member prek – 4th grades and special be able to stand by their code of ethics. NAME repeal the 3% salary limitation. Most I engage in ongoing professional Theresa M. Hehn CTU MEMBER SINCE education. IFT offices are held by former teachers. 1992 development to keep my certification SCHOOL I feel it is the job of the rank and file current. John W. Garvy School teachers to be informed of the IFT’s CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES NAME I am a member of a team who PERSONAL INFORMATION actions and then support them through Maria A Soto I have worked on the north side and JOB CATEGORY whatever is needed. volunteers to make and serve dinner to Teacher homeless at a shelter in the Marquette SCHOOL currently work on the west side. OTHER AFT ACTIVITIES Park area monthly. George Washington HS I advocate for clinicians and for CANDIDATE FOR I was elected to be an alternate teachers, and whatever school I’m JOB CATEGORY Trustee PERSONAL INFORMATION delegate to the AFT convention from Clerk assigned to, I let people know I am a UNION SERVICE 2001-2004. As with the IFT, I keep I have taught at Fiske, Dawes, Evers, delegate. I believe in giving people all First picket line, 1973 myself informed about the issues that Sandoval, Hernandez and Hale CANDIDATE FOR the information and letting them make are important nationwide. Currently, Schools. My experiences at each PSRP-Clerk their own decisions. CTU MEMBER SINCE school helped me to evolve into the telling Congress to “Fund out Future” is UNION SERVICE CTU Member 1997- present educator I am today. Educational at the forefront. It is important for all of CTU OFFICES HELD us to encourage Congress to fully fund background: BS Ed., Masters in NAME Contract Action Team 2012, 2016 IDEA, Title I, Student Loan Forgiveness Reading and Educational Leadership. CTU MEMBER SINCE Ann Maeda 1993 Delegate 2018 - present and school infrastructure funds. These SCHOOL are crucial nationwide. OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Schurz HS COMMITTEES SERVED ON NAME I have participated in movement of the Chicago Teachers Union CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR Josefina Otero JOB CATEGORY It is important that I continue to show 2012 strike. Counselor Committees currently serving on: SCHOOL solidarity with our CFL bothers and PERSONAL INFORMATION Insurance and Pension Committee and Saucedo CANDIDATE FOR sisters. I believe in their philosophy to Testing Committee I have worked as a PSRP for over High School Functional Vice President “save jobs, ensure fairness for workers JOB CATEGORY 20 years. I feel that our role is very OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES and promote justice in the workplace.” Bilingual Teacher important in helping our children grow UNION SERVICE Both my parents worked for CPS in I feel that we should all be labor Associate Delegate, PPC CANDIDATE FOR and become our future learners. the 1970’s and 80’s. Those were partners in Chicago. Elementary School Functional Vice CTU MEMBER SINCE some tough years with a lot of bologna ILLINOIS AFL-CIO President 1996 sandwiches and butter pasta. Later, NAME I believe in the solidarity of all unions in as a single mom, strikes were even UNION SERVICE Francis J. MacDonald OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Illinois as promoted by the Illinois AFL- tougher on the budget, but I learned Sergeant at Arms, Lobby Day Volunteer Organized strikes since 2012 CIO. Our union should work toward SCHOOL from Mom what Union meant! As part this goal. CTU MEMBER SINCE George Washington High School CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES of my CAT duties, I helped organize 1984 LSC rallies with Taft HS in 2012 and CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES JOB CATEGORY created great friendships on EL rides Girls Scouts of America, Mock Trial COMMITTEES SERVED ON Teacher CTU Safety and Security, CTU Social to downtown protests. I became our Judge, Coordinator of Mock Elections, CANDIDATE FOR NAME Committee, CTU representative to ISBE school’s delegate in 2018 following the volunteer coaching, numerous school- High School Functional Vice President Mary Esposito-Usterbowski footsteps of two great delegates before based organizations. committee me. I learned from the best. I am a UNION SERVICE SCHOOL PERSONAL INFORMATION OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES High School Delegate – 14 years Citywide proud CTU member! I have been a CPS teacher at the Delegate to Convention JOB CATEGORY CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES middle and high school level for CTU MEMBER SINCE OTHER AFT ACTIVITIES 1993 School Psychologist I am active with Raise Your Hand the last 23 years. All 3 of my own Delegate to Convention Coalition, participating in rallies at children have attended CPS schools OFFICES HELD CANDIDATE FOR former Gov. Rauner’s and Petitioning and 2 of them currently attend their PERSONAL INFORMATION High School Delegate – 14 years Functional Vice President for Physical for the original Elected School board neighborhood elementary school. I am Proud Union member that has served Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker referendum. Interviewed by Senator also a product of CPS. I am passionate our CPS children at four schools. CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES and Convention Delegate Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund – Mulroe regarding budget cuts and about providing Proud to have achieved National Board Certification with the CTU program. Pension Representative UNION SERVICE posted on Social Media, I was City-Wide Clinician Delegate censured. This was considered against I have served on LSC, PPLC, and FOR FUNCTIONAL ILT. Currently a bilingual program CPS policy - speaking to media without NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE VICE PRESIDENT coordinator. 1999 PERSONAL INFORMATION Beth Eysenbach NAME OFFICES HELD Teaching is my passion. In 2012, CTU SCHOOL had the support of the whole city Colleen Khani NAME Citywide City-Wide Clinician Delegate behind us and a fair contract, and that SCHOOL Karen Jackel OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES has dwindled ever since. This contract JOB CATEGORY Stevenson SCHOOL Delegate Training Workshop fight we need to refocus the attention Speech Pathologist JOB CATEGORY Canty PERSONAL INFORMATION on the schools students deserve CANDIDATE FOR and the working conditions our staff Teacher JOB CATEGORY FVP I have a B.S. in Elementary Education and a M.A. in Psychology. I have deserve. CANDIDATE FOR teacher UNION SERVICE Elementary FVP worked as a general education teacher, CANDIDATE FOR Delegate/District Organizer school psychologist and counselor/ CTU MEMBER SINCE Elementary Functional Vice President FOR AREA VICE PRESIDENT CTU MEMBER SINCE case manager. I am currently working 1988 CTU MEMBER SINCE as a school psychologist. NAME 2002 OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES 1988 Kelly McFarlane COMMITTEES SERVED ON Delegate since 2018 OFFICES HELD Clinician Steering Committee SCHOOL PERSONAL INFORMATION Elementary Functional Vice President, Thomas Kelly HS school delegate, citywide delegate, OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES I have taught Special Education I have participated in delegate JOB CATEGORY from 1988 until just this year, when I convention delegate Special Education Teacher workshops, and LEAD dinners. I am switched over to technology. I began COMMITTEES SERVED ON always there when it is time to count CANDIDATE FOR my career at Bowen HS where I also Standardized Testing – member, Rules votes for any election. I love going Area (B) Vice President met my husband, who is currently a & Election & member then chair, Early to rallies! I was also front and center teacher at Morgan Park HS. childhood – member. UNION SERVICE during our last strike (I was on TV!), Delegate, PPC, PPLC, school-based IFT OFFICES HELD and I worked to get my delegates ready pension representative Convention Delegate in case we were going on strike during the last contract.

14  May 2019 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher House of Delegates Meeting ∕ M.; Williams, Lekisch M. ∕ NETWORK 6A Bertoni- E.; Washington, Danielle R. ∕ NETWORK 11C Collins, Sarah J.; Davenport, Adam; Jenkins, Arnelar; Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Mancine, Arlene M.; Gangi, Christina; Lynch, Daniel Davis, Victoria M.; Repta, Jennifer A.; Smith, Vera Lucchesi, Lauren; Nichols-Sweat, Shari A.; Pincham, G.; Waller, Eric; Williams, Carolyn S. ∕ NETWORK I.; Williams, Samantha ∕ NETWORK 12A Cade, Robert E.; Platt, Mallory D.; Riouse, Nicole D.; Shea, Delegates not present: NETWORK 1A Clarke, 6B Bruesch, Michael D. ∕ NETWORK 7A Chino, Shannon L.; Carter, Cozette T.; Carter, Launder F.; Michael C. ∕ AUSL SOUTH Chan-McShane, Joann L.; Deborah L.; Green, Laurie J.; Hernandez, Sarah Ervis; Monahan, Dorothy M.; Perez, Carmencita; Crockett, Nicole M.; McElmurry, Gwendolyn M.; Jarrell, Ashley N.; Laidler, Autumn M.; Mata, Rommy E.; Spagnola, Patricia A. ∕ NETWORK 1B Hasan, Rentz, Kathleen M. ∕ NETWORK 7B Ceballos, Pineda, Leticia A.; Robinson, Chaunte E.; Simpson, C.; O’Connor, Kelley M.; Pardo, Jonathan M.; Wade, Nayla M.; Perez, Stacy L. ∕ NETWORK 1C Marlena; Cuadrado, Luz M.; Millikan, Michael R.; Allyson L. ∕ NETWORK 12B Bell, Wilma Z.; Johnson, Michelle N. ∕ AUSL WEST Egwuekwe Maxey, Kelechi Davidson, Susan K.; Dillon, Barbara K.; Flanagan, Olazaba, Phillip J.; Peralta, Alfredo; Schenkier, Jared Tequila; Kidd, Tracey Y.; Kile, Carmen L. ∕ NETWORK S.; Farder, Dejernet M.; Herod-Purham, Sharon D.; Nora J.; Graves, Kenneth R.; O’Donnell, James M.; M.; Zablocki, Danielle ∕ NETWORK 8A Buchanan, 13A Bobo, Jennifer L.; Davis, Joyce R.; Grant, Lorrie Paez, Gabriel; Sturkey, Cailynn; Waters, Cynthia R. Watson, Gretchen C.; Wehbeh, Jenine ∕ NETWORK Susan M.; Carapia, Yesenia R.; Cleve, Craig A.; Copp, A.; Jaquez, Nicole J.; Melton, Wilene M.; Whitehead, ∕ CITY-WIDE CAREER SERVICE Brackenridge, 2A Askounis, Katherine G.; Gladney, Maxine; Laura A.; McGrath, Sarah C.; Saldana, Lucila; Torres, Sheryl F. ∕ NETWORK 13B Carrethers, Loreal S.; Darrell G.; Butler, Deborah; Campbell, Jacqueline Kitchka, Melissa E.; Rodriguez, Natalie M.; Torres, Alicia E. ∕ NETWORK 8B Banasiak, Sally; Herro, Coleman, Angela K.; Fattore, Maribeth A.; Janacek, E.; Coty, Sharon; Cruz, Griselda; Garcia, Bethsaida; Javier; Wynn, Kathryn E. ∕ NETWORK 2B Bravo- Erik; Magalanes, Lucero; Tossi, Susan ∕ NETWORK Gregory; King, Latia M.; Lee, Tyrone T.; Roberson, Gonzalez, Maria A.; Henry, Kimberly; Hill, Delphine; Gonzalez, Mayra; Hernandez, Wilson; Park, Kimberly 9A Hill, Anita J.; Shaw, Janice D.; Walsh, Jan K. ∕ Danielle B.; Sullivan, Elinor J. ∕ NETWORK 14 Lang, Johnson-Harper, Luwanda; Jordan, Sherry; Lozoya, A.; Pedersen, Christian E.; Touras-Andrikopoulos, NETWORK 9B Dawkins, Katherine P.; Horton, Nicholas; Marshall, David M.; Mihoc, Georgian; Maria C.; Martinez, Nellie M.; Sanders, Sheneice L.; Pamela C. ∕ NETWORK 3A Arroyo, Judith; Barrientos, Kawana T.; Olson, Genni L. ∕ NETWORK 10A Rittmeyer, Robert W.; Szulkowski, Gina ∕ NETWORK Smith, Shakita; Trice, Jeanine; Williams, Robert L. ∕ Tracy M.; DeLaPena, Alejandra; Milano, Dena M. ∕ Dillon, Colum J.; Dooey, Maureen P.; Figueroa, Laura; 15 Banda, Stephen; Dobert, Kenneth G.; Ford-France, CITY-WIDE Beck, Sandra D.; Braddock, Corey D.; NETWORK 3B Anderson, Grace A.; Crowder, Sharon McLaurin, Makeesha D.; O’Malley, Margaret M. ∕ Phyllis Y.; Harris, Stephanie J.; Hill, Molly D.; Nowlin, Christensen, William E.; Cochrane, Christine M.; D.; DelMonico, Kathleen M. ∕ NETWORK 4A Bruehl, NETWORK 10B Creech, Matthew; Kelly, Laura M.; Amme A.; Nykiel, Mary J.; Renteria, Rita; Roberson, Difino, Mary V.; Green, Burma S.; Hennen, Jared P.; Steven C.; Cieslik, Laura C.; Ryan, Phyllis ; Zoldan, Linehan, Joseph A.; Magliano, Jennifer J.; McDevitt, Gerald A.; Robinovitz, Isaac W.; Wagner, Pamela M.; Lumpkin, Beatrice S.; Matthews, Sheresa L.; Schecter, Sara R. ∕ NETWORK 4B Schroeder, Zach; Spinak, Julie A.; Rodriguez, Carlos; Sullivan, Kathleen M. ∕ Zwiazek, Carly A. ∕ NETWORK 16 Alicea, Anita Y.; Jeff M.; Toro, Theresa L.; Wildi, Brad A. ∕ CTUA1 Maressa A. ∕ NETWORK 4C Bingea, Aaron R.; NETWORK 10C Rhodes, Derrick; Spangler, Jessica; Banks, Ramona; Brown, Carolyn R.; Burke, Heide Byrnes, Megan S.; Jones, Sarah C.; Thomas, Meghan Manata, Amy K.; O’Neill, Terrence J.; Pirillis, Freeda Sparks, Jeri L. ∕ NETWORK 11A Chatman-Walls, L.; Caponigri, Rocky S.; Cover, Marc E.; Cybulski, B. ∕ CTUA2 Ferri, Enrico G.; Hale, David M.; Mann, ∕ NEWORK 5A Gaiser, Jacqueline M.; Greco-Serwa, Carolyn D.; Cleary, Anne T.; Hayes, Elizabeth; Nicholas A.; Druckmiller, Hannah; Garcia Hermida, Shentil N.; Martinez, Marines; Michael, Nicholas; Sandra M.; Ortiz, Oscar R. ∕ NETWORK 5B Buckner, Henderson, Theresa M.; Mitchell, Susan C.; Threlkeld, Katina V.; Knowles-West, Kristine E.; Kutz, Erik; Olufs, Kaitlin; Robinson, Natasha; Rodriguez, Tlaloc; Lavita J.; Claiborne, Kisha L.; Georgopoulos, Stella S.; Selena M.; Walls-Kirk, Kimberly A. ∕ NETWORK Ma, Amy; Mathews, De’Meica A.; Moten, Latonya; Tolentino, Juan; Zaia, Linda Haynes, Marci S.; Jasutis, Susan M.; Thrash, Rasheeda 11B Clay, Jamila K.; Holmes, Davina; McNeal, Susie Trojan, Kara R. ∕ NETWORK 17 Collins, Darrin A.; Contribute to Chicago Union Teacher magazine

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Chicago Union Teacher ∕ May 2019  15 Quest Center Professional Learning Restorative. Relevant. Refl ective.

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examples for collective and individual self-care practices. STEM teachers a space to collaborate to design a model This professional learning opportunity is aligned to the lesson that encourages students to answer complex questions, CPS Framework for Teaching Components: 4a, 4d and 4e. investigate global issues, and develop solutions for challenges and “real world” problems. This professional learning opportunity is aligned to the CPS Framework for Teaching Components 1a, 1c, 1d, 3c, and 4d. Transformative Circles National Board Certifi cation – 15 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit 2019-21 Cohort Become a Google- This 3-session Professional Development activity supports K -12 Attend the Monday, June 3rd Recruitment meeting teachers and school support staff in creating a positive learning Certifi ed Educator environment by developing healthy and nurturing relationships Recruitment is nearing completion for the 2019–21 with their students and, as a result, lessen the reliance on 12 ISBE PE Hours Nurturing Teacher Leadership cohort. detentions, suspensions, and expulsions in their schools. Attendees will examine restorative practices and their historical In this series you will learn more about Google Apps, including FEW SPOTS REMAIN!! context. Participants will analyze videos, articles and their own the Chrome browser, Google Search, Classroom, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Calendar, Keep, Sites, Groups, Gmail, Nurturing Teacher Leadership and each other’s teaching to determine why and how to integrate specific restorative practices such as reflective bell ringers, Hangouts, and YouTube. Because CPS adopted Google Apps The CPS/CTU’s 2-year FREE professional development & check ins/check outs, and mediation into their practice. During for Education (also known as G Suite), many teachers have candidate support program, prepares CPS teachers, counselors, the 5-session Hybrid Learning Series, attendees will engage in expressed a desire for additional training in these applications. and librarians for National Board Certification (NBC). If the practices of restoration: classroom community building; Four in-person sessions with online components will build you will have completed at least 3 years of teaching in your talking circles; restorative conversations; peer conferences; and skills & experience in Google Apps & advance student learning. certificate area by June, 2019, you qualify to participate in NBC conflict, healing and re-entry circles. This Learning Series will Come to all four sessions to learn about G Suite and prepare for and earn this advanced certification, the highest credential a support teachers and school support staff in cultivating their the Google Certified Educator (Level 1) exam. This offering is teacher can achieve, as well as: classroom cultures and honing classroom management skills. aligned to the CPS Framework for Teaching Components 1d, • advance on the CPS salary scale 1e, 3a, 3c, and 3d. • fulfil your state re-licensure requirements This professional learning opportunity is aligned to the CPS • earn an annual $1960+ pensionable stipend Framework for Teaching Components: 2a, 2c, 3b, 3c, and 4d. * Participants must bring a laptop or Chromebook to each • receive contractual & other leadership opportunities session in order to participate in this seminar. including 1st consideration for Consulting Teacher & Framework Specialist roles • qualify for a full scholarship Differentiated Instruction • earn an optional Master’s Degree &/or graduate & CPS Lane Professional Responsibilities – Placement salary credits 15 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit • attain the ISBE NBPTS Master Certification Endorsement 4b-4e exempting you from half the required ISBE PD hours This course introduces differentiated instruction as an approach to meet the needs of all students in the classroom. Benefits 3.5 ISBE PE Hours It will cover both theoretical and practical perspectives Nurturing Teacher Leadership boasts a 94% achievement to develop answers to the following questions: What is Bogged down by deadlines? Need to enter evidence for rate, twice the national average. It includes: differentiated instruction? Why implement a differentiated Components 4b-4e and don’t know where to start? Join us for • Weekly Professional Development & small group facilitation instruction approach? How is instruction differentiated? This a working session focused on Components 4b-4e. During this • Collaboration with a cohort of other CPS teachers going professional learning opportunity is aligned to the CPS session, teachers will learn the requirements and protocols through the NBC process Framework for Teaching Components: 1a, 1b, 1d, 3b, 3c, 3d, for Components 4b-4e, analyze what it means to demonstrate • Preparation for rigorous content knowledge Assessment 4d, and 4e. “distinguished” practice, and determine strategies, Center exercises techniques, and practices aligned to the “distinguished” level • Individual coaching & mentoring by CPS National Board of each component. By the end of the session, teachers will Certified Teachers have uploaded their evidence and be prepared to submit in • Assistance with writing required for the National Board portfolio Reflect and Learn by the May 12th deadline. This offering • 7-day Summer Institute (1st two weeks in August, 2010 & 2020) The Art of Questioning aligns to Domain 4 of the CPS Framework for Teaching. • 36 Graduate Credits/Optional Master’s degree and Discussion *Participants must bring a tablet or laptop. • 15 CPS Lane Placement Credits • Membership in the most highly regarded professional 15 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit learning community • Paid coaching roles upon National Board Certification This hybrid (face-to-face and online) offering will familiarize • Joining the ranks of more than 2200 current CPS National teachers of all grade levels and subjects with “Best Practice” Q. & A. Restorative Board Certified Teachers, including former CTU President, questioning and discussion techniques and their benefits. Karen GJ Lewis, and Participants will analyze their current practice in terms of Practices Fellowship • Becoming a better teacher! low-level and high-level questioning strategies. Attendees will learn discussion techniques that advance their students’ 30 ISBE PD Hours and 2 Lane Placement Credits For more information contact Lynn Cherkasky-Davis at 312 explanation of their thinking. Teachers will view and participate 329 6274 or [email protected]. in Fish Bowls, Four Corners, and Socratic Seminars and learn This offering puts the Theory of Restorative Justice into how to use these strategies and activities in their classrooms. practice. With a 2-day lesson in talking circles and a one-day To learn more and to register for the 4/29/19 recruitment They will learn ways to encourage student participation in class lesson in restorative conversations, the Restorative Practices meeting go to CTUF.org/NTL discussions and how to teach their students to evaluate others’ Fellowship is an in-person and online hybrid course that points of view. This professional learning opportunity is will culminate in a Learning Summit with students learning aligned to the CPS Framework for Teaching Components: Restorative Practices through Alternatives, Inc. and the youth 1a, 3b, and 4d. employment program, One Summer Chicago. Participants will garner restorative conversation and circle facilitation skills, Burn-out First Aid which will enhance their ability to facilitate discussion in the 3 ISBE PD Hours classroom, build a positive classroom community, constructively address and prevent conflict, and enhance student social and During this PD discussions will be had on the symptoms The STEM Workbench emotional learning. This course aligns to CPS Framework for and warning signs of burn-out, as well as some preventative Teaching Components 2a, 2c, 3b, and 3e. measures to keep you healthy and inspired. When your main 15 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit tool and instrument for your work is yourself, it’s no wonder The STEM Workbench provides teachers in the STEM (Science, our work can be impacted by cumulative stress, emotional Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) content areas with fatigue, and sense of helplessness. This workshop will feature a deep understanding of lesson design driven by mathematical, assessment tools, lessons from the field, and participatory science, and engineering practices. This course will provide

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