Chateaugay Teachers' Association

Unions Uniting November 3rd

Dear Labor Members,

To those unions who have endorsed Tedra Cobb for Congress...

We are organizing a “Unions United for Cobb” walk on Saturday November 3rd at 11 AM at NYSUT, 14 Durkee Street, Plattsburgh.

We will be walking door to door making sure that Tedra voters know that Tuesday is Election Day and to please get out to vote. With the consistent attacks against unions, we need EVERY member to vote.

Please bring a team of union members including supporters of unions to join us Saturday, November 3rd at 11AM.

If we invest our time now by visiting labor households to remind members just

Opening Day Activities

Chateaugay Teachers’ Association members, new and old, partnered up with staff to have a little fun and build teamwork on the opening days of school. Who doesn’t love a nice Oreo off the forehead?

Harvest Dinner

CTA members volunteered their time at a community harvest dinner fundraiser last weekend. Many hands make light work.

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten addressing TEACH 2023

The AFT has always been a solutions-driven union, and our new campaign, launched during TEACH on July 21, proves it once again with a fresh, practical approach to strengthening public education. As AFT President Randi Weingarten pointed out during her keynote speech, the $5 million, yearlong campaign, “Real Solutions for Kids and Communities,” stands up against attacks on public schools and offers real-world solutions to build up, rather than break down, our communities.

Thank you for what you do! - NYSUT Member Briefing June 23, 2022

Thank you for all you do!

As the school year draws to a close, all of us at NYSUT want to thank you for your tremendous dedication. It’s been a challenging year — but through it all, you've stood strong and persevered. Over and over, you've shown how public schools are the place where students, parents and educators come together as a community.

U.S. Supreme Court hands down landmark cases

This week, the Supreme Court handed down multiple decisions that will touch the lives of millions of Americans. Earlier this week, in Carson v. Makin, the court laid the groundwork that states must provide publ

Union wins APPR Reprieve - NYSUT Member Briefing - May 13, 2022

Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR

CTA members stepped up to support a cause that affects many CCS students. Senior Morgan Thomas held an event to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. This was her senior project. The CTA community supported this event by playing in the "Bulldogs Bully Diabetes" basketball game, baking treats for the bake sale, selling t-shirts, and attending the event. There was a real sense of community at the event, and it was a great success.

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Pay It Forward is a program the Chateaugay Teachers Association started two years ago. On the first payday of every month the teachers order lunch from a particular local business. The CTA also purchases a $20 gift certificate from that business and raffles it off. Everyone that participates that month puts their name into the raffle and we then draw the winner of the gift certificate the following Monday.

We started this program as a way to show our appreciation to the community members of Chateaugay. We are very lucky to have a community who supports our school on a daily basis. We felt this

APPR Survey

Please read the following memo released by NYSUT today.

We got an email last week that provided a link to complete this survey.

As you may know, the New York State Commissioner of Education released an APPR survey last Tuesday that took everyone by surprise.

We (NYSUT) have spent time carefully examining the survey and believe it may lead to unreliable and invalid data due to the way it has been constructed. As a result, we released the following statement Tuesday evening to the press:

“The state has had at least six years to listen to the voices of teachers and parents who are angry and