tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post500264319921593935..comments2023-04-07T05:52:04.803-04:00Comments on ATR NYC, blog of displaced DOE staff: UFT to ATRs: NYC has many new teacher schools and principals are saving bundlesATRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980651223972002550noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-19128468963462306922015-12-30T15:21:24.778-05:002015-12-30T15:21:24.778-05:00AMY YOU SHOULD BE AN ATR for a while, and maybe Mi...AMY YOU SHOULD BE AN ATR for a while, and maybe Michael Mulgrew should try it when we vote him out.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-63575633107513042142015-11-18T18:35:05.233-05:002015-11-18T18:35:05.233-05:00How is this even possible? I share my ATR horror ...How is this even possible? I share my ATR horror stories with my friends and they just cannot believe that the UFT is allowing this. They cannot believe that a person with my years of service and seniority has been sent to the bottom of the heap.<br /><br />There are mornings I am so hopeless and wonder if I will ever see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am demeaned at every turn, including having to carry around my personal belongings all day and wait for someone to open the bathroom for me.<br />This was not part of the deal when I signed on to teach over two decades ago. <br /> <br />Why is it necessary to place ATRs in rotation, month to month, week to week? <br />I believe all this is done to vex the veteran teacher so that he or she will retire, resign, or just leave. C'est ne pas, isn't that right, Amy, Michael, Carmen, Mayor? Please note that I'm definitely not leaving until I get all of my retro pay in 2020!!! Brother and sisters in the ATR, I hope you're with me on that!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-35316056275537459442015-10-29T07:26:58.297-04:002015-10-29T07:26:58.297-04:00Your pleas are falling on deaf ears. Amy doesn'...Your pleas are falling on deaf ears. Amy doesn't give a rats ass about ATRs, that's plainly evident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-51317938711181659242015-10-25T22:06:03.666-04:002015-10-25T22:06:03.666-04:00Every school I go to I meet someone I know. Many a...Every school I go to I meet someone I know. Many are teachers who are now admins, ATRs teachers, GCs, social workers, paras, and yes, like you, one student who is now a teacher. I'm not embarrassed by being an ATR and when I'm introduced as a Sub I correct that person, no matter who it is. I always explain what it is to the kids. I'm always surprised by their reactions. I usually get a "that's f--ked up", but sometimes get a response that questions why it's being done and how it affects them as students. I'm proud of my years teaching and am disgusted with the UFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-73718483240488656832015-10-25T17:58:26.518-04:002015-10-25T17:58:26.518-04:00Anyone worth his or her weight in salt knows what&...Anyone worth his or her weight in salt knows what's going on. Teacher jobs matter! How can you turn your back on us. Is it really worth it? How can you not help us. What goes around comes around. Amy you can make a difference! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-83900093834092589942015-10-25T12:47:43.411-04:002015-10-25T12:47:43.411-04:00Dear Amy I am an atr and have witnessed countless ...Dear Amy I am an atr and have witnessed countless examples of principal abuse. Yes I am thankful not lucky to have a job but I became a teacher to teach. I don't want a job but my profession back. My school closed after teaching for 20yrs and now travel from school to school being a sub and trying to avoid the horrible principals that are everywhere. As was said earlier we are your brothers, sisters, mothers, husbands, sons and daughters. We are your family, friends and your teachers. I was in a school where one of my former students is a teacher. He couldn't believe I am now an atr. He said you were my favorite teacher. I didn't know what to say but thanked him and told him how proud I was of him. We are on the front lines of the assault on education and you should be advocating for us. Help us, please help us. Shame on the uft and doe!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-73340667000761534042015-10-25T12:36:35.051-04:002015-10-25T12:36:35.051-04:00Please help us!!!!!!! You have no idea what we are...Please help us!!!!!!! You have no idea what we are subjected to daily Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-13526423322511708092015-10-24T18:44:03.169-04:002015-10-24T18:44:03.169-04:00Amy, you evil woman.....
May you suffer the sam...Amy, you evil woman..... <br /><br />May you suffer the same fate as the the rest of us. Yes, I know, "ATRs are lucky to have jobs". How can you live with yourself?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-50796345003364238672015-10-23T23:34:41.924-04:002015-10-23T23:34:41.924-04:00Amy, people say you are simply a liar. I don't...Amy, people say you are simply a liar. I don't like writing it, but how can an ethical person be in your position as our sole representative and do virtually nothing but say over and over, we're lucky to have jobs and we have to be our own advocates? Our careers have been stolen from us and those we pay to advocate for us, have betrayed us. You shouldn't be part of it. It is the one thing people will remember about you in 20 years. Mulgrew is poison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-59519627887108991672015-10-23T13:50:01.668-04:002015-10-23T13:50:01.668-04:00Hey Amy, I hope you read this. I am a teacher at ...Hey Amy, I hope you read this. I am a teacher at a bronx high school and in september we had 6 ATR guidance counselors sent to our school. The 6 guidance counselors were all vibrant highly educated and sophisticated in their professions as you could tell from having conversations with them. Funny thing, our school however only employs 1 guidance counselor to handle all 500 students here. Question: How is it that the DOE sends 6 ATR guidance counselors to a school who stay in the library who virtually then are not given much assignments as principals know they will only stay for a short time. So what we had was a situation where 6 highly qualified guidance counselors sitting in the library while our school only had one working guidance couinselor???? Amy, if I were you I would be looking for a new jobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-43842552463003663682015-10-23T09:37:16.538-04:002015-10-23T09:37:16.538-04:00Hey Amy, how about all the guidance counselors and...Hey Amy, how about all the guidance counselors and social workers I see roaming around our schools and not being utilized?? With the group of students that we serve, surely having guidance counselors and social workers seems like a mandate that is not being used?? WHy?? WHy have sociaL workers and guidance counselors go to a school and given menial work like making calls or covering a class?? They are social emotional professionals who can be helping the students cope with the stresses of being a student in the NYCDOE system. Come on you have go to be kidding me woman. I know that if I had your job ALL of our guidance counselors and social workers would be sitting and working with our students and NOT ROTATING bozo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-36355429485935904652015-10-22T21:27:09.177-04:002015-10-22T21:27:09.177-04:00Why aren't ATRs being hired permanently if the...Why aren't ATRs being hired permanently if there's no economic disincentive? How can the union welcome 6000 new teachers while 2000 plus ATRs have been turned into subs? Why are inexperienced candidates chosen over those with one or two decades of experience? The implications of age discrimination (something that I've said couldn't be proven because of unprotected pay grade discrimination) is proved if there is no economic disincentive. That coupled with the age and race demographics would be proof. Why did J. Hinds bring up a resolution to go back to unit funding if the ATR salary will not be included in the average teacher salary? Finally if we are a temporarily displaced group (who don't need a chapter), how does the city plan on changing that? While this article has several discrepancies the major point is correct - there is an incredible indecency being done to NYC's students - they are being denied the most experienced and best teachers. WHY and WHY isn't the union doing something about it?Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-89828458017228915842015-10-22T20:00:55.825-04:002015-10-22T20:00:55.825-04:00Hey Amy....
ATRs are lucky to have jobs! Right?Hey Amy....<br /><br />ATRs are lucky to have jobs! Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-61410374360609673692015-10-22T19:59:37.963-04:002015-10-22T19:59:37.963-04:00Hey amy....
Blah blah blah blah......NO ONE BELIE...Hey amy....<br /><br />Blah blah blah blah......NO ONE BELIEVES YOU ANYMORE!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-8392022065899115232015-10-22T19:54:40.478-04:002015-10-22T19:54:40.478-04:00Hey Amy thanks for the info but as an atr we are b...Hey Amy thanks for the info but as an atr we are being abused. That's right we are being subjected to abuse and bullied by principals that lie about our work ethic. Check out Ritter at arts and letters. He bullies his teachers and lies about the behavior of arts. Look into how your members are bullied by Cruz and the principal from Bryant and many other schools. We are your brothers and sisters, your husbands, <br />wives, sons and daughters. We are your mothers and fathers being disrespected by the likes of Ritter and Cruz and all the rest. Help us, please help us. We are hard working professionals who loved to teach. We are flawed but our dedication is pure. Help us please. Yours truly<br />A disrespected atr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494767965842074971.post-24461136991045966802015-10-22T18:40:31.228-04:002015-10-22T18:40:31.228-04:00As I explained in the meeting:
If a school hires a...As I explained in the meeting:<br />If a school hires an ATR permanently, the MOA states that<br />Any school that selects an ATR for a permanent placement<br />will not have that ATR’s salary included for the purpose of<br />average teacher salary calculation.<br /> <br />If a school utilizes a person from the ATR pool to 1) fill a vacancy as a provisional hire; or 2) cover a long term leave or absence for someone who is not on payroll, the school must staff the person, which means the person costs the school the average salary for the school for that fiscal year.<br /> <br />If a school has a long term leave/absence and the person who is being covered is using his/her days, the DOE allows a person from the ATR pool to remain at a school and cover that leave without the person from the ATR pool having to be staffed at the school (without going on the school’s Table of Organization.)<br /> <br />Everything you have listed below are the typical types of misinformation and “urban myths” out there around school budgets. What I have provided here is the policy of the DOE (in alignment with our MOA). Anyone who is told something other than what I have detailed are welcome to report this to my office and we will follow up and clarify with the school.<br /> <br />Amy<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amy Arundell<br />Director of Personnel and Special Projects<br />United Federation of Teachers<br />212 510-6468 (office)<br />212 388 9467 (fax)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12244537003989364823noreply@blogger.com