Delegates also voted this morning to support a resolution urging all locals to consider peer-review and -assistance programs. The union鈥檚 Toledo affiliate pioneered this program 27 years ago, and Fran Lawrence, the local鈥檚 president, said there exists strong consensus among teachers in favor of it.
鈥淣ine out of 10 of our members for 27 years have supported peer review and assistance: That鈥檚 solidarity,鈥� she said, responding to one delegate鈥檚 concern that asking senior teachers to evaluate other teachers would create divisions among 糖心动漫vlog.
The resolution brought out an impressive turnout of speakers. Besides Lawrence, Randi Weingarten, the president of the UFT, who is expected to take over as president tomorrow, made a passionate plea for it.
鈥淔or those who haven鈥檛 tried this yet, it鈥檚 scary,鈥� she acknowledged. 鈥淚t feels like we are abdicating the due process role,鈥� she said, adding, however, that this couldn鈥檛 be further from the truth.
Saying she is tired of principals throwing out members, she added: 鈥淲hat this resolution says is let鈥檚 ... give our teachers assistance and let鈥檚 make sure we take back our profession.鈥�