City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0173R

• File #: 06-0173R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Honor of Baltimore City Public School Teachers on National Teacher Day - May 9, 2006
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/1/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/1/2006
• Title: In Honor of Baltimore City Public School Teachers on National Teacher Day - May 9, 2006 FOR the purpose of recognizing the many contributions local educators make to our children and our lives and, in keeping with this year's theme of "GREAT TEACHERS MAKE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS", drawing attention to the invaluable role teachers have in making sure that every child receives a quality public education; and paying tribute to the hard work teachers do to make public schools a positive experience for each and every child on each and every day.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Young, James B. Kraft, Kenneth Harris, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Keiffer Mitchell, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, President Dixon, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Resolution, Teacher

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Honor of Baltimore City Public School Teachers on National Teacher Day - May 9, 2006

FOR the purpose of recognizing the many contributions local educators make to our children and our lives and, in keeping with this year's theme of "GREAT TEACHERS MAKE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS", drawing attention to the invaluable role teachers have in making sure that every child receives a quality public education; and paying tribute to the hard work teachers do to make public schools a positive experience for each and every child on each and every day.
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The NEA (National Education Association) recognizes that, while it takes a lot of people to make a school a success, National Teacher Day focuses on the teachers who work to make public schools great places for students to succeed in life and chooses this day to specifically honor teachers and to recognize the lasting contributions they make in everyone's life.

In Baltimore City, over 8,000 teachers and para-professionals are members of the BTU
(Baltimore Teachers Union), and it is the bargaining agent for the 8,500 educational employees in the Baltimore City Public School System. The BTU, American Federation of Teachers Local 340 was organized, in 1934, to give teachers a greater role in educational policy making. The 7 founding members believed that a teachers' organi...