The Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN) aims to strengthen teachers unions' ability to promote educational reforms that lead to better learning and higher achievement for students. TURN promotes new union models through improving instructional quality, professional development, preservice education, and compensation systems like performance pay. It is led by progressive teacher leaders from urban unions and seeks to involve state union presidents to make accountability, student achievement, and quality teaching the priority over traditional union concerns. TURN is funded by organizations like the AFT, NEA, MacArthur Foundation, and Department of Education and provides resources to member locals on issues like contract templates and teacher evaluation programs.

1. TURN Teacher Union Reform Network

2. To strengthen the nations teachers unions’ capacity to promote reforms that will ultimately lead to better learning and higher achievement for all America’s children. The primary goal is to promote new union practices to build and sustain effective schools. Goals

3. AFT – American Federation of Teachers NEA – National Education Association Members need to have : Personal commitment Commitment to meaningful schools Instructional commitment Associated with

4. July 1995 Adam Urbanski and Helen Bernstein began a group of progressive teacher leaders from 21 urban unions Discuss educational reform and financing and its effects on public education Teacher’s union rarely include in school reform History

5. TURN promotes new union models to build and sustain high-achieving schools through improving instructional quality. Three subcommittees tackle professional development, preservice education issues, and compensation redesign, including performance pay systems. Accountability, student achievement and quality teaching - rather than work rules, salary, and grievance Vision

6. Adam Urbanski – Vice President of AFT and co-director of TURN Helen Bernstein – President of Los Angeles Teachers Union Tom Alves – President of San Juan Teachers Union Many state union presidents are involved Who’s in charge

7. Standards of Responsible and Responsive Teachers Unions

8. AFT Center for Policy Research and Education MacArthur Foundation National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future UCLA Education Program Pew Charitable Trust US Department of Education NEA TURN Member Locals Funding

9. Contract templates that can be used or replicated in various districts proposed and designed an internship program for new teachers a peer review intervention plan a career ladder a homework hotline service for teachers and a survey for teachers to evaluate their administrators Current Issues