United Mind Workers Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society

by Kerchner, Charles Taylor; Koppich, Julia E.; Weeres, Joseph G.

• ISBN13: 9780787908294
• ISBN10: 0787908290
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-05
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This new model of teacher unions is organized around issues of quality teaching and professional development, as well as economic fairness. The authors propose strategies for expanding the influence of unions by involving them in the setting of educational standards, evaluating teacher performance, and promoting career security. The authors have established United Mind Workers web pages that contain portions of the book, research reports, and work in progress as well as links to other labor and teacher reform web pages and links to the authors' electronic mail boxes. For the web pages, go to: www.cgu.edu. Click on FACULTY, then Kerchner.

Author Biography

CHARLES TAYLOR KERCHNER is a professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California and a noted authority on teacher unionism and post-industrial education.JULIA E. KOPPICH served until recently on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and as director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). She is now managing partner of a new educational consulting firm in Berkeley, California and also serves as associate professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School.JOSEPH G. WEERES is professor of education at the Claremont Graduate School and specializes in the impact of technology on educational policy. Kerchner and Weeres live in Claremont, California and Koppich in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(2)
The Authors	xiii
Part One: A Postindustrial Unionism	3	(46)
1 Organizing the Other Half of Teaching	3	(10)
2 From Siege Mentality to Transformational Vision	13	(36)
Part Two: The Quest for Quality	49	(54)
3 Improving the Craft of Teaching	49	(27)
4 Upgrading Educational Standards	76	(11)
5 Evaluating the Work of Peers	87	(16)
Part Three: New Union-Management Agreements	103	(38)
6 Reforming the Districtwide Contract	103	(25)
7 Establishing School-Based Compacts	128	(13)
Part Four: Institutionalizing the New Union	141	(72)
8 Strengthening the Market for Teachers	141	(22)
9 Creating New Representation Roles for Unions	163	(15)
10 Reforming the Labor Law	178	(15)
11 Organizing for the Knowledge Era	193	(20)
References	213	(12)
Index	225