Bungwe la Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) latuluka pa sitalaka lero, kutseka masukulu 81. Mgwirizanowu womwe uli ndi mamembala 4,500 ukufuna alangizi ochulukirapo, nthawi yokonzekera aphunzitsi, thandizo lochulukirapo kwa ophunzira amaphunziro apadera, masukulu ang'onoang'ono, komanso kuonjezeredwa kwa malipiro komanso kusintha kwamitengo ya moyo.
Zofuna za mgwirizanowu "ndizosintha ku boma la Oregon," atero mphunzitsi wa kalasi yachisanu ndi chinayi Sarah Mykkanen. โSikuti timangochita zinthu zoipa ayi, koma tikufuna kuti anthu aziona zimene masukulu amachita, mmene sukulu zimapatsira ophunzira zomwe akufunikira.โ
Mgwirizanowu umayimira aphunzitsi amkalasi ku Portland Public Schools. Ngakhale aphunzitsi a mโbomalo adaloleza kuti anthu azinyanyala ntchito mโmbuyomu, sadachokepo ngakhale agwira ntchito kwa zaka ziwiri popanda contract. Mamembala omwe ndidalankhula nawo adanena kuti adakhumudwa komanso ogonja.
Koma izi zidasintha atabwerako kuchokera ku mliri.
Monga zigawo zambiri m'dziko lonselo, popeza Covid Portland yawona kuchuluka kwa ophunzira omwe ali osokoneza, odzipha, kapena omwe ali ndi zosowa zingapo. Ngakhale kuti aphunzitsi ankavutika kusamalira ophunzirawa, chigawocho chinawakakamiza kuti aziika maganizo awo pa maphunziro. "Anali ophunzira, ophunzira, ophunzira," adatero Mykkanen. โMaphunziro anayi atsopano am'zitini. Pitani. Pitani. Pitani. Monga injini ya steam."
โ[Ife] tinafika pamene tinazindikira kuti sindingathe kukwaniritsa zosowa za ophunzira ndekha,โ anatero mphunzitsi wa chemistry wa sitandade XNUMX Chris Schweizer. โNjira yokhayo imene tingathandizire ophunzirawo ndi kuchita zinthu mogwirizana.โ
KUCHITA UNION NTCHITO NJIRA YATSOPANO
Utsogoleri wa mgwirizanowu unathandizira njira yogwirizanayi. Purezidenti Angela Bonilla adabweretsa mzimu womenyana ndi ndondomeko yoti apambane pamene adatenga udindo mu 2022. Ndondomekoyi inawonjezera mipando ya makomiti, zomwe zinatsegula maudindo ambiri kwa mamembala omwe akufuna kutsogolera.
Mgwirizanowu udakonzanso misonkhano ya aphunzitsi a maphunziro apadera ndi ophunzitsa ana achichepere chifukwa nkhawa zawo zitha kusokonekera pokonzekera mgwirizano. Oimira nyumba adaphunzitsidwa momwe angasungire madandaulo, ndipo adalimbikitsidwa kuti apereke madandaulowo m'malo modikirira ogwira ntchito m'bungwe kuti achite.
Kusintha kwa momwe bungweli limagwirira ntchito zake kudawonekera pomwe aphunzitsi amakonzekera kampeni yawo. Sukulu iliyonse idapanga timu yakeyake (CAT). Ngakhale kuti zochita zinaperekedwa ndi kutsogozedwa ndi CAT ya mgwirizano wapagulu, masukulu adapanga mapulani awoawo ndikupanga zochita zawozawo.
Mgwirizanowu udafufuza mamembala ndipo, pambuyo pojambula mapu a nyumba, atsogoleri a mamembala amapita kukalankhula ndi mamembala ndikumvetsera. "Zinali zopatsa chidwi kukhala ndi zokambiranazi ndikupeza zomwe mamembala amasamala nazo," adatero Schweizer. "Mwina osalipira, koma mwina chithandizo chapadera chamankhwala kapena malingaliro. Zokambirana zimenezo zathandiza kwambiri kuti anthu azikhulupirirana.โ Anakhalanso ndi maola osangalala nthawi zonse ndi kuphika kuti abweretse antchito pamodzi.
KUYAMBIRA NDI KUYAMBIRA
M'kati mwa masika ndi kugwa, CATs adakonza zochita. Nyumba iliyonse inamanga bolodi lalikulu lomwe likufuna kuti mamembala asayine kuti awonetse thandizo lawo. Mu April iwo anachita mlungu umodzi wa zochitika zomwe zinaphatikizapo kulongedza msonkhano wa gulu la sukulu, tsiku lowonetsera zikwangwani za mgwirizano, ndi msonkhano.
Pamene chaka cha sukulu chinatha, adagwira ntchito zoyendayenda: aphunzitsi adalowa m'sukulu pamodzi kumayambiriro kwa tsiku ndikuchoka pamodzi kumapeto kwa tsiku. M'nyengo yotentha, mamembala a PAT adawonekera pazochitika zapagulu kuti apitirize kufalitsa zomwe akufuna.
Matt Reed, mphunzitsi wa maphunziro a zachikhalidwe cha anthu pasukulu yasekondale, anati kusintha kwa iye kunali msonkhano wa komiti ya sukulu imene anthu ambiriโ600 mwa ziลตerengero zinaโkuti sungakhoze kuchitidwa chifukwa ukanaswa malamulo a moto.
Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi zokambirana zapoyera zomwe zidadzaza ndi mamembala. Mu gawo limodzi, pamene gulu lokambirana la chigawo cha sukulu linabwera kuchokera ku caucus, mamembala a bungwe anafola, onse ali mu PAT blue. Gulu la Management lidayenda mwakachetechete, "kungokhala chete masekondi 90 pomwe akubwerera," adatero Mykkanen.
Mamembala ochulukirachulukira adakhala okangalika ndipo adatenga maudindo. Pamene ndinalankhula ndi Mykkanen kumapeto kwa tsiku la sukulu kutangotsala masiku awiri kuti sitiraka ichitike iye anati, โPali msonkhano woimirira womwe ukuchitika pompano ndipo sindiyenera kukhala komweko. Tili ndi mamembala 18 munyumba yathu CAT. Zimangodziyendetsa zokha.โ
MANAGEMENT OMdabwitsa
Panthawiyi, chigawochi chikuwoneka ngati chikuganiza kuti akugwira ntchito motsatira malamulo akale a masewerawa ndi umembala wochotsedwa. "Takhala tikukambirana kuyambira Januware," adatero Bonilla. "Zikuwoneka ngati tapereka masiku ndi nthawi zosiyana siyana kuti tigwirizane [koma] sanali otsimikiza zakuti athetse.
"Tidazindikira kuti sitikuchita zomwe tidachita kale, pomwe tidapangana zaka ziwiri popanda kontrakitala."
Kwa Reed, kusiyana kwakukulu ndi momwe mgwirizanowu umayankhulira zandalama. Iye akumbukira kuti adalankhula ndi membala wina yemwe adati zomwe boma likunena kuti alibe ndalama zitha kukakamiza aphunzitsi komanso anthu ammudzi. "Koma," adatero Reed, "tsopano zikachitika, okonza apatsidwa kuwunika ndi chilolezo choti abwerere. Iyi ndi nkhondo yokana ndale zachipongwe. โ
Zokanazi zikuwoneka kuti zikufalikira. Mamembala a Portland Federation of School Professionals, bungwe loimira othandizira ndi othandizira oyang'anira, adavotera mgwirizano wocheperako mu Seputembala. Othandizira ndi aphunzitsi ali m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana, koma aphunzitsi adanena kuti mamembala amalumikizana nthawi zonse.
MAKOLO ALI NAFE
Mamembala omwe ndidalankhula nawo adati boma likuwoneka kuti likudalira kukwiya kwa makolo pakutsekedwa kwa sukulu pa nthawi ya Covid kuti awononge thandizo kwa aphunzitsi. "[Koma] panthawi ya Covid, makolo adatiwona tikugwira ntchito yathu," adatero Mykkanen. "Amadziwa zomwe timachita komanso chifukwa chake zili zofunika."
Kumapeto kwa 2022, kutsogola ku kampeni ya kontrakitala, bungweli lidakhala ndi magawo omvera ndi makolo kuti zosowa zawo ziphatikizidwe pazomwe akufuna. PAT adalandira thandizo kuchokera ku Oregon Education Association ndipo adatha kulemba ntchito mphunzitsi wakale ngati wolumikizana ndi makolo.
Komabe, a Langston Hamilton, wolowa m'malo mwa nthawi yayitali akuphunzitsa ana asukulu za pulayimale, adati akuda nkhawa ndi zotsatira za sitirakayi pamabanja omwe amagwira nawo ntchito. โSukulu yathu imathandiza mabanja opeza ndalama zochepa ndipo makolo amagwira ntchito zingapo komanso mabanja ambiri. Ndikumva nkhawa chifukwa chosokoneza.
"Zowona, chisokonezo ndi mfundo ya sitalaka. Ngakhale tikonzekere bwanji pali anthu omwe akuvutika komanso akuvutika. Koma pali anthu omwe akuvutika kale kuti mgwirizanowu ukukonzekera. โ
Hamilton wakhala akukonzekeretsa ophunzira ake aang'ono powerenga mabuku okhudza mphamvu zamagulu ndi kumenyedwa kuphatikizapo Tsiku Lomwe Makrayoni Amasiya ndi Dinani Clack Moo.
KUKONDWERERA MPHAMVU ZONSE
Mamembala adavomereza sitalaka pa Okutobala 19. Makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu asanu ndi anayi pa 90 aliwonse adavota kuti inde, pomwe XNUMX peresenti adavota.
Chigawochi chinagwiritsa ntchito njira zowopseza. Iwo adatumiza chidziwitso kwa mamembala kuti "alembetse" ngati akufuna kuchita kunyanyala. Iwo asintha ndondomeko zochitira malipoti a giredi kuti ophunzira asapezeke ndi aphunzitsi atanyanyala ntchito.
Mโbomalo mpaka anadzudzula aphunzitsi kuti athandiza nawo paipi ya sukulu kupita kundende ngati amenya. Mlandu umenewo unalinganizidwira kulekanitsa aphunzitsi mโdera lawo. Zinalephereka.
M'malo mwake kugwirizana kunali kukula. Pamsonkhano waluso womwe bungweli linakonza, mabanja ndi aphunzitsi adapenta zikwangwani zazikulu kukonzekera sitiraka.
Pokonzekera sitalakayi, mamembalawo adatenga zikwangwani ndi zikwangwani zomwe adapanga. Loweruka, zikwi zitatu zidadutsa ku Portland limodzi ndi makolo ndi ophunzira.
โAphunzitsi amadziลตa kuti dziko labwinopo nโlotheka,โ anatero Bonilla.
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