Raritan Valley Community College runs best when the contributions of all members of the college community are valued and all are treated with respect. But our faculty are returning to the classroom this semester without a contract. This is unacceptable.
The college celebrates its “top-notch, innovative, and devoted faculty” as one of the top five reasons students choose RVCC.…
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Rebecca Panico, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Kean University President Dawood Farahi announced he will step down next year, leading to calls for an open and transparent selection for his successor from faculty union leaders.
[…]Although Farahi started out as a professor, he’s often clashed with the faculty union on campus, the Kean Federation of Teachers.…
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Mike Deak, Bridgewater Courier News
BRANCHBURG – With only a week to go before the start of classes, Raritan Valley Community College has not reached a settlement on a new contract with its faculty union.
The contract expired on June 30 but, according to a statement from Pattiann Kletz, the union president, negotiations have been continuing for nine months and a mediation session has been held to bring the two sides together.…
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Wall, Chalkbeat
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Last week, negotiators for the Newark Teachers Union and the district struck a deal for a new contract that scraps the bonuses for top-rated teachers, allows low-rated teachers to earn raises, and gives teachers with advanced degrees more pay. It also eliminates other provisions of the 2012 contract, which were continued in a follow-up agreement in 2017, including longer hours for low-performing schools.…
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As an AFT member, you belong to a community of colleagues—with benefits that go beyond the workplace.
AFT + Member Benefits brings you the purchasing power of AFT’s 1.7 million members. With a union, you don’t have to go it alone on or off the job—or in making financial decisions big and small. Need a great deal on your next new car?…
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Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
A New Jersey college’s threat to sue an accrediting group that criticized one of its master’s degree programs amounts to an ill-conceived waste of time and money, its faculty union says.
A week after Kean University said it’s “standing up for what is right,” union leaders lashed out at the university for its reaction to losing an accreditation for its master’s of public affairs program.…
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Beleaguered president of New Jersey public college would rather waste taxpayers’ money fighting accreditors than working with them to clean up his mess
UNION, N.J.—Kean Federation of Teachers President James Castiglione, AFT New Jersey President Donna M. Chiera and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statements after embattled Kean University President Dawood Farahi threatened to sue evaluators that de-accredited his master’s program in public affairs:
The KFT’s Castiglione said: “Instead of wasting money on legal challenges, Kean University management should address glaring deficiencies by hiring full-time faculty and staff to teach, counsel and eventually help public administration students find employment.…
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TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation that will require all New Jersey public schools to include mental health instruction in K through 12 health curriculums. The bill (S2861) aims to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors related to mental health to promote well-being. Governor Murphy also took action on legislation (S3160) that will require the Department of Education to establish a four-year pilot program testing later school start times for high school students.…
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Educators from Garfield, Jersey City, Newark, North Bergen and Perth Amboy met with leaders in New Jersey’s education community in a “Strengthening Teaching, Leading, and Learning” symposium in Jamesburg on August 6. Attendees heard from Dr. Lamont Repollet, NJ Commissioner of Education and experts on leading change within districts to cultivate a systems approach and process for elevating school improvement.…
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