Join Teachers Unite members for an informational meeting on the ways educators can get involved in the exciting NYC and national campaigns for restorative justice.

We will be discussing how NYC educators and allies can partner with youth and parent leaders in the Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY and the national Dignity in Schools Campaign to bring restorative justice to all public schools.

January 30, 2012
5-6:30pm
Community Room at the RFK Apartments
113 E. 13th St. NY NY
4/5/6/Q/R/N/L to Union Square

Educators and Allies RSVP HERE TODAY!

Teachers Unite is excited to introduce a new monthly discussion series, "From Education to Occupation," in East Brooklyn. We will be hosting a monthly discussion on different themes and how to take action to address these issues in collaboration with youth and parents.

On January 27th, learn about the impact of current discipline practices on our school communities and the city-wide movement to introduce restorative alternatives to zero tolerance.

The Discipline Code and School Communities
Friday, January 27
5-6:30pm
Little Skip's Coffee & Tea
941 Willoughby Ave. (between Myrtle Ave and Charcles Pl)
Brooklyn, NY
Trains: M (Central Ave.) and J/M/Z (Myrtle Ave)

Educators and Allies welcome!
To RSVP for January 27 email Karen at karen@teachersunite.net

For February, March and April meetings visit the "From Education to Occupation" page

Join Teachers Unite and your fellow colleagues for some drinks, laughs, popcorn eating, scrabble and an opportunity to learn about new workshops and fellow Brooklyn Teachers!

Lock Inn

Friday, December 9, 2011

4-6pm

Get Dressed up and have some fun!!

RSVP to karen@teachersunite.net

On Tuesday November 1st, the Dignity in Schools Campaign NY (DSC-NY) and CUNY School of Law hosted a panel discussion, “Suspended Opportunities: The Effect of Zero Tolerance Discipline Policies in New York City Public Schools” at the CUNY law school campus in Queens. The goals of the panel were to generate a dialogue about the effects of school suspensions and to discuss disciplinary alternatives. Professor Susan Markus, a CUNY faculty member who also serves as an Impartial Hearing Officer, moderated the panel. The panelists included Sarah Arvey, a middle school teacher in Queens and member of Teachers Unite, Chima Agwu, a high school senior at Belmont Preparatory High School in the Bronx and leader at Sistas and Brothas United, Johanna Miller, Assistant Advocacy Director at New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and Matthew Delaforte, who works with special education students and charter schools. The panel was attended by law students, Hearing Officers who oversee school suspension cases in NYC, and other city officials and allies.

Monday, 11/28, 5-7pm
RFK Genesis Apartments, Basement Community Room
113 E. 13th St (Between 3rd and 4th Ave)
Take the 4,5,6,L,N,Q, R to Union Square

RSVP HERE.

Teachers Unite is a membership organization of educators (teachers, counselors, social workers) and allies working in collaboration with youth and parents across New York City for social justice.

On Monday, 11/28 we will be discussing how to organize democratic unions at schools and teacher-student-parent coalitions at the school-site.

Teachers Unite members and educators/allies interested in learning more are encouraged to attend!

Parents, Educators, and Students of

 New York City

cordially request your presence at the  

People’s General Assembly On

 Public Education

 Date:  Monday, the Seventh of November,

Two Thousand and Eleven

Time:  Five p.m.

Location: Steps of Tweed Hall, 52 Chambers St. 

Please join us for the exercise of democracy, the raising of silenced voices, outrage at the lack of public representation in decisions of educational policy, and

 the creation of a People’s Agenda for our schools! 

Hosted by Occupy the Department of Education

Occupy The DOE

The Panel for Education Policy (or PEP), enacts policy for the New York City Dept. of Education.

The PEP replaced the Board of Education when Mayor Bloomberg took control of the schools in 2002.

It is intended to be a democratic forum where people voice concerns, prior to the panel's vote on educational policy.

Last Tuesday the panel convened to discuss new standards being implemented in schools. 200 parents, teachers staff and students were in attendance.

Video by http://www.meerkatmedia.org

For more about General Assemblies, see our other video:
"Consensus (Direct Democracy at OWS):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtD8RnGaRQ

The goals of the panel are: to generate a dialogue about the effect of school suspensions; to discuss disciplinary alternatives; and to educate the community about suspensions, including collateral issues such as racial (in)justice.

Confirmed panelists include:

* Johanna Miller, Assistant Advocacy Director at the New York Civil Liberties Union

* Sarah Arvey, Middle School Teacher in Queens and member of Teachers Unite and DSCNY

The panel will be moderated by Professor Susan Markus, a CUNY faculty member who also serves as an Impartial Hearing Officer on cases brought under the Disability Education Act.

ADDRESS AND DIRECTIONS TO CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW:

CUNY School of Law
65-21 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11367

Via Flushing: Take the #7 subway train, or the Long Island Railroad, to Main Street/Flushing. Then take the Q20/A or Q20/B (Jamaica) bus to the Law School, on your left.

On October 2, Teachers Unite hosted a Grade-In for Public Education at #Occupy Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan. K-12 New York City public school teachers, New Jesery public school teachers, CUNY faculty, Fordham faculty and many more graded exams and papers to make public the work that public educators perform.

Join us for the next Grade-In for Public Education on October 16th.

Visit the Facebook Event Page for more information.

For Press on our Oct. 2 grade-in see: New York Daily News, Boston Globe and the New York Magazine

Get involved in Teachers Unite by becoming a member today! Visit http://crm.teachersunite.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=3

On October 4th, Teachers Unite members joined our youth and parent allies for a rally, street theater and march to push back against school pushout. Check out the video to hear youth, parents, and Liana Maris, Teachers Unite member and Restorative Justice Coordinator at Crotona International H.S., testify about the need for restorative alternatives to punitive discipline.