Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Haven Teachers Contract

See stories below on the New Haven Contract from Learning First. The second offers a first hand administrators perspective. We plan to compare this contract that is being hailed as a national model to the local contract in order to inform the upcoming negotiations in Cincinnati:


District/Union Collaboration
New Directions in New Haven: Union Leader David Cicarella on the District's Pathbreaking New Teacher Contract
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has praised the New Haven, Connecticut teacher contract as "an important progressive labor agreement." The president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers recently told us more. http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/new-directions-new-haven-union-leader-david-cicarella-district-s-pathbreaking-new-teacher-contract

New Directions in New Haven II: The District Perspective
New Haven Assistant Superintendent Garth Harries and Chief Operating Officer William Clark describe the innovative collaboration that made the New Haven deal possible. http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/new-haven-2

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