Organizing Center
Teachers are the experts on education.
Guidance on Using School E-mail for Organizing
NEA Vice President Calls for Grassroots Organizing
NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen Sings
Beyond Better Wages, Benefits, and Conditions
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2008/winter/
features/unions.html
Working Conditions of a Teacher
http://www.ehow.com/about_4572446_working-conditions
-teacher.html
Statewide shortages accelerate the union's efforts to organize substitute teachers
http://nysut.org/newyorkteacher/backissues/1999-2000/000531
substituteteacher.html
Teacher Working Conditions Toolkit
http://www.teacherworkingconditions.org/howtouse.html
Organizing Principals
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20201385.html
Tons of articles...
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/working-conditions/
Teacher Working Conditions Are Student Learning Conditions
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-ferriter/teacher-working
-condition_b_790763.html
New Ideas to Improve Teacher Working Conditions
http://omalley.3cdn.net/9debebb3ca354efd54_31m6b9q13.pdf
NEA: "Recruit, Reclaim, Retain"
CD Sections and contents:
Step 1: Everyone is Involved Section 2: People and Their Jobs
Step 2: “What If Only a Couple of Us Do Everything?”
Step 3: Setting Goals
Step 4: Setting Targets
Step 5: Data You Will Need
Step 2: The Other Officers
Step 3: The Membership Coordinator
Step 4: The Membership Committee
Step 5: The Association Representative
Step 6: The Membership Recruiter
Step 7: The Members
Section 3: The Plan
Step 1: Plan for the Entire Year
Step 2: Critical Components of a Memb Plan|
Step 3: The Membership Calendar
Step 4: Planning Checklist
Step 5: Information for Recruiters
Step 6: Promotional Materials
Section 4: Training Recruiters
Step 2: A Sample Agenda
Step 3: Steps to Successful Memb Recruitment
Step 4: Listening
Step 5: The Art of Asking Questions
Step 6: Knowing the Association
Step 7: Practice Makes Perfect
Step 8: Overturning Objections
Step 9: Overturning Some Specific Objections
Step 10: Information for Recruiters
Section 5: Promoting the Association
Step 1: The Communications System
Step 2: Tips for the Local
Step 3: Tips for the Association Representative
Step 4: Rewards and Recognition
Step 5: Assoc Resources, Programs, Projects
