EpicVictory! (in Front of Reassignment Center) Today was a great day. For those familiar with my story, you would remember that my union chapter leader and SLT chairperson turned on me back in January. They wrote false statements and played an important role in the attacks that ultimately lead to… Continue reading
I feel like I have accomplished a lot since I have been removed from school. Again I was removed due to baseless charges (still haven’t been charged). My ADD personality allows me to juggle several different things at the same time. Granted the more you juggle the more you risk… Continue reading
Note: This post was done entirely on my new Samsung Galaxy S2. I apologize if there are any formatting errors. It has come to the point where DOE employees do not even respond to my emails. Besides the FOIL attorneys, I have not received an email from any @schools.nyc.gov account… Continue reading
I never thought blogging was just a dirty thing. I actually never thought I would be a blogger. I was too busy to sit and collect thoughts for a post. Now with my Android WordPress App and 4G, I can pretty much shoot out a post like this while I… Continue reading
For those of you who don’t know, the teacher’s union (UFT) and the NYC Dept of Education (DOE) have a contract. It expired in 2009, but due to the Taylor Law everyone has to still follow it. Now if someone feels that someone is breaking this contract you can request… Continue reading
I was just doing a little Spring cleaning with my wife and I came across this shirt. At first I couldn’t remember where I bought it. My wife gave me a look like “You are not wearing that in public.” Then it hit me…I didn’t buy this shirt, but rather… Continue reading
Have I offended you Russia None of your comrades have visited my blog. I’m just kidding. It’s a play on words from the 1963 James Bond Film titled From Russia with Love During my 50 minute break in the Rubber Room -er I mean Basement, -er I mean Reassignment Center… Continue reading
Can you make a list of all the things you collected and brought into your classroom, or anywhere, over a 5 year period I know I can’t, but I am going to try. As a reassigned teacher, who was stopped in the lobby of his school and prevented from coming… Continue reading
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It’s a great feeling to not only have your ideas published, but knowing they can in turn help other teachers with their class and therefore help students. I’m a big believer of the positive ripple effect. I have learned a lot from reading the UFT NY Teacher newspaper. I have… Continue reading
“Teachers are true heroes in our communities, who through their dedication to children, work millions of small miracles every day. And the vast majority of teachers in the United States are proud to be advocates for children, public education, and their profession. The origins of Teacher Day are murky. Around… Continue reading
The NYC Department of Education is my employer and I do not consider that entity an enemy as many others do. I truly believe that it is a flawed entity, but feel that there is some glimmer of hope to fixing a broken system. Unfortunately to fix something you have… Continue reading
According to Statcounter.com, protectportelos.org will hit 8,000 visits today. Repeat visitors come from all around the world and 600 people are direct following. Twitter follower numbers are increasing as well as the student made facebook.com/protectportelos page Likes. We are the potential wave makers, the movers and the shakers. Regimes have… Continue reading
As I entered the school building, on Thursday April 26, I was met by Principal Linda Hill, Assistant Principal of Security Joanne Aguirre and Safety Agent Gordon. I was asked to step into the auditorium and was handed papers to sign. They stated that I was to report to a… Continue reading
Back in June of 2009, my colleague and I had already known of and used Google Apps (docs, calendar, gmail). We wanted to get a closer look on how a school was using it and visited IS 339 in the Bronx. Our visit only reinforced our notion that this can… Continue reading
Many have told me “Good thing you are tenured.” and also “You would never open your mouth if you weren’t tenured.” That last one is absolutely not true at all. I admit I was against tenure when I received it in 2010. I thought it got in the way of… Continue reading
It was my 11 month old son, Alexander, that I had on my lap the night I decided to create this site. Earlier that same day, two SCI investigators came to my classroom and later to my house to take my DOE equipment for an investigation the principal called on… Continue reading
The Human Cost of Teacher Bashing: The Christine Rubino Case. Continue reading
Since I came under attack, around the end of January 2012, a repetitive thought in my head was “Don’t Tread on Me.”. Thank you to my HS Social Studies teacher, Mr. Bruns (Port Richmond 1996 and, ironically, former IS 49 teacher.) I printed out a picture of the Gadsden flag… Continue reading
I asked the SLT chairperson to add my concern about the new PS 71 to the February agenda and she did not. I had to bring it up as open agenda.The principal was not too concerned. (See Feb 7 minutes) Basically a new State of the Art middle school (PS71)… Continue reading
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