The Consortium Worker

Organizing Update The Syndicate was first formed after a couple of years of discussions of folks who sought to bring together workers rights and the goals of the consortium--seeing them as a singular goal.   Since these original meetings we’ve launched the first issue of the Consortium Worker--our publication.   We had our first general meeting after the moderation study in November 2019. Workers from 6 schools were represented and in attendance. Some topics that arose and were discussed were: IEP Compliance in our schools Clarity around professional period duties Democratic leadership structures in our schools/ power hoarding amongst leadership PD for inquiry pedagogy Support for student activism Resource allocation (time and money) Questions about the standards for graduation in the consortium (particularly Math) and the burden that workers face within the unclarity. Being required to teach advisory during professional periods. We are exploring hav