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Based on an initial review of the U.S. Department of Education's plan for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it appears that despite some promising rhetoric, this blueprint places 100 percent of the responsibility on teachers and gives them zero percent authority, AFT president Randi Weingarten says.

The new standards released on March 10 by the Common Core State Standards Initiative represent the best effort so far to transform today's patchwork quilt of 50 sets of state standards into one set of strong, consistent expectations for what all students should know and learn, AFT president Randi Weingarten says.

Teacher Leader Standards

Over the past two years AFT has been working with ETS to develop Teacher Leader Standards. Anyone trained in ER&D or SSS who have taken on being a trainer or an advocate for the issues discussed in our content, know that you have become a teacher leader. In fact, there is a myriad of definitions for the concept of Teacher Leader and that is why we are asking for your feedback on the domains we have identified. It is extremely important that you your voices are heard, since these domains may ultimately affect what and how teachers do things to improve schooling and learning.

Please use the link below to go to the site to begin your feedback process. Feel free to share this link with anyone you think would be interested in viewing these domains. Thank you for your time.
http://www.teachingquality.org/surveys/tlstandards/tlstandards.htm

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Reform PEIA Now campaign gains more endorsements

The list of entities that support our campaign keeps growing! The Pocahontas Board of Education adopted a resolution last week in support of the goals of AFT-WV and WVSSPA's Reform PEIA Now campaign.  Pocahontas County joins several others boards of education that have endorsed the goals of the campaign.

Additionally, numerous local labor councils across the state have formalized their support of the goals of the campaign.  North, South Central, South Eastern and Kanawha Valley labor councils have all passed resolutions to support the goals of the Reform PEIA Now campaign. Thanks to our union brothers and sisters for their support!

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