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Presentation AgendaPresentation Agenday What is TURN?

y TURN Mission Statement

y Members, Supporters

y Current Activities & Work in Progress

y How will TURN Make a Difference?

y Quotes and Provocations

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What is TURN?What is TURN?

A union-led effort to restructure the

nation¶s teachers unions to promote

reforms that will lead to better learning and higher achievement for

America¶s children.

of AFT and NEA Locals

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What is TURN¶s

Primary Goal?

What is TURN¶s

Primary Goal?

To create new union models that can take

the lead in building and sustaining good

schools for all students.

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Teacher Unions must provide leadership for the

collective voice of their members. Teacher Unions

have a responsibility to students, their families, and

to the broader society. Teacher Unions are

committed to public education as a vital element of

our democracy. What unites these responsibilities is

our commitment to help all children learn.

We affirm the union's responsibility to collaboratewith other stakeholders in public education and to

seek consistently higher levels of student

achievement by:

Mission StatementMission Statement

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y Improving continuously the quality of

teaching

y Promoting in public education and in theunion democratic dynamics, fairness, anddue process for all

y Seeking to expand the scope of collectivebargaining to include instructional andprofessional issues

y Improving on an ongoing basis the termsand conditions under which both adults andchildren work and learn

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y Albuquerque, NM (AFT)

y Bellevue, WA (NEA)

y Boston, MA (AFT)

y Cincinnati, OH (AFT)

y Columbus, OH (NEA)

y Dade County, FL (AFT)

y Denver, CO (NEA)

y Hammond, IN (AFT)y Los Angeles, CA (NEA/AFT)

y Memphis, TN (NEA)

y Minneapolis, MN (AFT)

y Montgomery Co., MD (NEA)

y New York, NY (AFT)

y Pinellas County, FL (NEA)

y Pittsburgh, PA (AFT)

y Poway, CA (AFT)

y Rochester, NY (AFT)

y San Diego, CA (NEA)

y San Francisco, CA (AFT /NEA)

y

San Juan, CA(NEA)y Seattle, WA (NEA)

y Syracuse, NY (AFT)

y Toledo, OH (AFT)

y Westerly, RI (NEA)

Member LocalsMember Locals

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y American Federation of

Teachers (AFT)

y

Consortium for PolicyResearch in Education

y Graduate School of

Education &

Information Studies,UCLA

y Mac Arthur Foundation

y National Commission onTeaching & America¶sFuture

y

National EducationAssociation (NEA)

y NE & I Regional

Educational Lab @

Brown University

y Pew Charitable Trusts

y U.S. Department of

Education, OERI

SupportersSupporters

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Current ActivitiesCurrent Activities

y Three meetings per year (Fall, Winter, Spring)

y Developing Local Action Plans

- actively work on education reform

- include information on how efforts impact student

achievement

- include collaborating partnerships

- include communication plan, i.e. member engagement &

public engagement

- indicate how union is changing to assume new agenda

on education reform

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Initial Work GroupsInitial Work Groups

Strengthening Teacher Preparation, Induction &Strengthening Teacher Preparation, Induction &RetentionRetention -- TURN Liaisons: Merri Mann and John Grossman;NCTAF Liaison: Fred Frelow

Group works on

identifying and

disseminating

information on:

y models and best

practices inteacher recruitment

and mentor

programs,

y career ladders, and

y teacher retention.

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Rethinking Teacher Assessment & CompensationRethinking Teacher Assessment & Compensation--TURN Liaisons: Roger Erskine and Louise Sundin; CPRE Liaison: Allan Odden

Group works on

finding ways to

amend teacher

compensation

systems to include:

y school wide

incentives, and

y pay for knowledge,

skills, and service.


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Professional Development & the Union¶s Role-TURN Liaisons: Maureen Logan and David Sherman; NE&I Lab

Liaison: Charlene Heintz

Group works on

identifying and

disseminating

information on model

practices in

professionaldevelopment that is:

y job embedded,

y teacher driven, and

y union owned.


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Teaching Quality & Instructional IssuesTeaching Quality & Instructional Issues--TURN Liaisons: Susan Goodwin & Don Raczka; NCTAF

Liaison: Fred Frelow; CPRE Liaison: Allen Odden

Current Work GroupsCurrent Work Groups

Union Change & Local Capacity BuildingUnion Change & Local Capacity Building--TURN Liaisons: Bruce Dickinson & Mark Simon; OERI GrantLiaison: Julia Koppich

Engagement of Members and the PublicEngagement of Members and the Public--TURN Liaisons: Francine Lawrence & Tom Alves; Mac Arthur Grant Liaison: Monica Solomon; UCL A Liaison: WellfordWilms

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y Data and information gathering

- basic information on participant locals and districts

- contract analysis

- history of reform activities

- information on status of current reforms

- strengths and weaknesses

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y The ³TURN exChange´ http://www.turnexchange.net


± A distributed electronic network intended to enhancecommunication and collaboration among local teacher

unions and other reform partners.

± A principal way for TURN members to continue the

communication & the work between the meetings.

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y Communication among TURN local leaders.

y Communication between TURN local

leaders and members.

y Communication between TURN localleaders and other reform partners.

The TURN exChange network fosters:

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y State Satellites (established in California and

Florida, Minnesota, Ohio/Indiana, and Rhode

Island; and an international electronic

satellite in cooperation with Education

International)

y Virtual Satellites- networks of teachers

discussing education reform, e.g.

http://teachers.net/

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Quotes & ProvocationsQuotes & Provocations

³The question is, how do you maintain traditional

union values while behaving in a different way in

a different world?´ Helen Bernstein

³There is no reason to expect that reforming

teacher unions would prove any less difficult

than reforming schools. And, if we are to

succeed in reforming teacher unions, it is more

likely to happen from within than from without.´

Adam Urbanski

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Quotes & ProvocationsQuotes & Provocations

³There is no reason why we can¶t use the

collective bargaining process to build a more

genuine profession for teachers.´ Dal Lawrence

³It is as much the responsibility of teacher unions

to preserve public education as it is to negotiate

good contracts.´ Al Shanker

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