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AFT-WV responded to the decision rendered today by Judge Carrie Webster in Kanawha County Circuit Court regarding the union’s efforts to protect the health and safety of school employees until they could have been fully vaccinated:

“Obviously, we are disappointed by the judge’s decision to deny the temporary restraining order; we were hoping to secure time for our members to become fully vaccinated and protected during in-person instruction. However, we are respectful of the process and the opportunity to have the concerns of our members heard before the court.  AFT-WV still believes these

Today, AFT-WV filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to protect the health and safety of students, teachers and the community in West Virginia.
    

Specifically, AFT-WV seeks a temporary restraining order and/or injunctive relief to enjoin in-person teaching in Kanawha County until all education employees have the opportunity to have the second vaccine which is scheduled to be provided in the first and second week of February.  

AFT-WV also seeks to protect and affirm the important role of local boards of education in protecting the health and safety of the community and their

Congratulations to AFT-Randolph County, one of the winners of an AFT Innovation Fund COVID-19 Response Grant!

AFT-Randolph was one of 13 grantees selected for the national AFT grants. 

Click here to read the full press release. 

AFT-WV is offering two online courses to meet our members needs: Foundations of Effective Teaching & Thinking Math

Course descriptions and info:

• Foundations of Effective Teaching

This research-based class consists of modules of effective teaching and learning strategies in the classroom. Topics include physical space conducive to learning, innovative lesson plans and classroom management.

Class will meet using Microsoft Teams from 9:30 AM– 11:30 AM on the following dates: Oct. 17 & 31, Nov. 14 & Dec. 5

ALL AFT-WV MEMBERS

Fraternal Greetings:

In compliance with Article VI of the AFT-WV Constitution, the Executive Board officially issues this call for the Federation’s Constitutional Convention, scheduled to convene as follows:

Date/ Time: Saturday, Nov. 14

$40.00 Delegate Registration Fee per delegate is waived this year
    
9:00AM - 3:00 PM Convention & Workshops
      
  

Convention & Election of Officers

The 2020 AFT-WV Constitutional Convention will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19.  This is not an election year. It is the main purpose of this convention to review any needed or

Today, Governor Justice unveiled additional changes to the WVDE color-coded school metric. While we agree that more testing is imperative in gaining a more accurate reflection of the infection rates in our communities, AFT-WV questions the effectiveness of a constantly changing metric for school attendance. Employees, parents, and students need a system they can trust and easily understand. While the ultimate goal is for every student to be taught in-person, the Governor should not pursue that goal at the expense of any child or employee’s health and safety.  Since April, AFT-WV’s message has

CHARLESTON- The state’s largest education union responded to reports that school-related COVID cases are no longer being reported by state officials.

On September 4th, Governor Justice said “I want every single thing transparent at all times,” when he was still reporting cases at his tri-weekly briefings. Additionally, State Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad stated that same day that “we have announced the schools because we do think it’s a public health/safety concern, and parents, teachers and the public do need to know….and we will be doing that.”

“It took less than three weeks for the Governor

AFT-West Virginia would like to clarify the misleading and out of context remark made by Governor Justice in his press conference today about school reopening.  We have been working with officials at the WVDE on a consistent basis throughout this pandemic.  We have shared our re-entry guidance documents and safety checklists with the WVDE to help ensure we have input into the re-entry process. The union believes the WVDE has incorporated some of those metrics into their guidance plans, but we also know that not all our suggestions have been implemented into the overall reopening plan.  The