TURN Chapters of AFT Take Lead in "Share My Lessons" Common Core Marathon

In the December 13 issue of Inside AFT (yes, I am an AFT member), I found this, which got me wondering:

Share My Lesson has been on the move recently. This weekend will mark the third of three Share My Lesson marathon weekends the AFT has hosted over the last month. The sessions are nonstop events where teachers from all over the country come together to brainstorm, share lessons, learn how to assess the extent to which a lesson plan aligns with the Common Core State Standards, and apply that knowledge as they review and rate resources on Share My Lesson. With a marathon in Providence in November, one in Toledo last weekend and one in Minneapolis this weekend, the number of Common Core-aligned resources on Share My Lesson is skyrocketing, and more resources than ever before are peer-reviewed and rated. With all the great feedback the marathon weekends have been getting, look for them to become a more regular event in 2014—maybe coming to a town near you.

Having recently sent a teacher an earlier post on which locals are controlled by TURN's turncoats, Providence, Toledo, Minneapolis, hmm, sounds so familiar.  Sure enough, when I checked, I found Toledo, Providence, and Minneapolis on this list provided by TURN Newsletter:

TURN Principal Members

Albuquerque Teachers Federation

Boston Teachers Union
Castaic Teachers Association

Cincinnati Federation of Teachers

Cleveland Teachers Union

Columbus Education Association

Decatur Education Association

Denver Classroom Teachers Association

Douglas County Federation of Teachers

Elgin Teachers Association

Fairfax Education Association

Hart District Teachers Association

Jefferson County Education Association

Memphis Education Association

Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association

Minneapolis Federation of Teachers

Montgomery County Education Association

Newhall Teachers Association

Organization of DeKalb Educators


Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers


Portland Education Association


Poway Federation of Teachers


Prince George’s County Education Association

Providence Teachers Union


Rochester Teachers Association

San Diego Education Association


San Juan Teachers Association


Saugus Teachers Association


Springfield Education Association


Syracuse Teachers Association


Toledo Federation of Teachers


United Educators of San Francisco


United Teachers of Dade


Westerly Teachers Association

The big marathon was covered in Toledo by the local Fox affiliate, which had this interview with Heidi Glidden,  who has also served as a AFT's point person for the Data Quality Campaign, an effort led by the Gates Foundation to link the entirety of student and teacher test data that exists in time and space.  

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