Professional Development

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This week's Patreon-exclusive episode is the third and final installment of the Teach Like a ________ reading series. We explore Diamond Emerald's "Teach Like a Diamond." To hear the rest of the episode, join us at patreon.com/professionaldevelopment

In today's episode I'm joined once again by Christina Gavin, a librarian, unionist, and self-proclaimed smart-aleck. This is part two of a two-part episode exploring the UF Twilight Zone, a land governed by a single caucus in which the line between fact and fiction is blurry at best. If you haven't heard part 1, which is episode 45 of the show, be sure to go have a listen so we're all on the same page.

>>Christina's conversation with Bill Woodruff: bit.ly/inappropriatebillwoodruffreadalong
>>Play "spot the contradictions" in this false complaint: bit.ly/inappropriatebillwoodruffcomplaint
>>Read and sign an open letter to UFT leadership on Christina's behalf: bit.ly/openuft

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This week, Christina Gavin (school librarian, MORE UFT caucus member, and UFC candidate) makes an appearance on the show to tell us her story from the UFTwilight Zone, where the bureaucracy of a union meant to support educator-members sometimes turns on these very educators if they dare to identify the majority caucus's breeches of UFT election policy and national labor law. This is part 1, which sets the stage for the story and establishes how Christina first became known to Unity's higher-ups. Be sure to tune in next week for some pretty serious evidence of Unity deceit and the thrilling conclusion of the story.

This week's Patreon-exclusive episode is the second part of the Teach Like a ________ reading series. We explore Dave Burgess Consulting's "Teach Like a Pirate." To hear the rest of the episode, join us at patreon.com/professionaldevelopment

My dear friend Oscar joins to review Stand and Deliver (1988), a classic of the films-about-education genre. Oscar Mancinas is a writer, scholar, and educator from Mesa, Arizona. His debut collection of short fiction, To Live and Die in El Valle (2020) was awarded a Southwest Book Prize. He's also the author of the poetry chapbooks Jaula and Roto: A Mex-Tape. He is a doctoral candidate at Arizona State University, and his debut full-length collection of poetry will be published later this year via Tolsun Books.

Here are links to Oscar's work:
>>https://artepublicopress.com/product/to-live-and-die-in-el-valle/
>>https://www.gasherjournal.com/product-page/jaula
>>https://rinkydinkpress.square.site/product/series-seven/14?cs=true&cst=custom
>>https://tolsunbooks.com/authors

And here's a link to an article we reference in the episode:
>>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-13-mn-53264-story.html

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Norm Scott is back for his third appearance on the show and to discuss the results of the UFT election. We get into the numbers and what they mean in terms of the organizing efforts of both Unity and UFC. If you are enjoying what you're hearing, check out the second part, in which we look more towards future elections and other considerations related to organizing around public education. Part 2 can be found at patreon.com/professionaldevelopment

This week's Patreon-exclusive episode is the beginning of a series on Teach Like a ________ books. The first one we explore is Doug Lemov's "Teach Like a Champion," the go-to book for training teachers in no-excuses, zero tolerance classroom management. To hear the rest of the episode, join us at patreon.com/professionaldevelopment

Here is one last episode about the UFT election, featuring a retired teacher and election volunteer, Sheila Zukowsky. This is a spicy one: a firsthand account of broken Chancellor's Regs and undemocratic electioneering.

If you have not yet mailed in your ballot, remember it must be received by Monday, May 9th at 8am. Consider delivering it in person if you are not confident in the speed of the mail: UFT members may hand-deliver their own ballot in person to the AAA by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 6, as long as they present a photo ID; no one is permitted to deliver anyone else’s ballot.