Mooney was elected President of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, Local 1520 of the AFT, AFL-CIO, at age 24, was re-elected many times, serving from 1979 to 2000.
In 1990, Mooney was elected a vice president of the AFT. He served on the AFT's executive council, the governing body of the national union, and in 1998 became part of the council's executive committee—a body of executive council members close to the president of the AFT, which advises the president and debates and formulates policy before bringing it to the council. On the executive council, Mooney served on the human rights and community relations, organizing, and affiliate accountability committees. He was also chair of the "program and policy council" for the union's teacher division.
Mooney was member of the board of directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and the Albert Shanker Institute. He was also a founding member of the Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN) and of what was renamed in his honor, the Mooney Institute for Teacher and Union Leadership.
Mooney's approach to teacher unionism emphasized the union's role as the professional voice of teachers. As chair of the AFT's Professional Issues Committee, Mooney remained focused on the classroom teacher's perspective and voice. He believed the union must lead reform, collaborate with the administration whenever possible, engage the adversaries of public education, but always put forward a strong teachers' voice, with bold ideas.[1]
Personal lifeedit
Mooney was married to Debbie Schneider, who lives in Washington and works for the Service Employees International Union as the director of Global Organizing Partnerships. They had a daughter, Leilah Mooney. Tom had a son, Ruairi Kevin Rhodes, from his first marriage to Virginia Rhodes. Tom had three grandchildren who were born after his death, two of whom were named after him. Thomas Mooney Joseph and Elijah Mooney Joseph, sons of Leilah Mooney, and Thomas Jose Rhodes Gonzalez, son of Ruairi Kevin Rhodes.
^Some of the ways that Tom Mooney's life and work provided inspiration to reform-minded teacher union leaders is captured on the Mooney Institute's Web Page devoted to Tom
^"OFT Mourns the Sudden Death of President Tom Mooney." Accessed Dec. 4, 2006
External linksedit
Albert Shanker Institute shankerinstitute.org
American Federation of Teachers aft.org
Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, Local 1520, AFT, AFL-CIO cft.mwg.org
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards nbpts.org
Ohio Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO oh.aft.org
Mooney Institute for Teacher and Union Leadership
March 14, 2024
mooney, educator, other, people, named, mooney, mooney, disambiguation, mooney, september, 1954, december, 2006, american, labor, leader, public, school, teacher, mooneyborn, 1954, september, 1954dieddecember, 2006, 2006, aged, columbus, ohio, united, statesna. For other people named Tom Mooney see Tom Mooney disambiguation Tom Mooney September 12 1954 December 3 2006 was an American labor leader and public school teacher Tom MooneyBorn 1954 09 12 September 12 1954DiedDecember 3 2006 2006 12 03 aged 52 Columbus Ohio United StatesNationalityAmericanEducationBachelor s degreeAlma materAntioch CollegeOccupation s Labor leader teacherKnown forPresidency of Ohio Federation of TeachersBoard member ofNational Board for Professional Teaching StandardsSpouse s Virginia Rhodes Debbie SchneiderChildren2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 2 Union work 3 Personal life 3 1 Death 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editMooney grew up in Cincinnati Ohio and graduated with a bachelor s degree from Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio in 1975 Career editEarly career edit Mooney began his career as an educator teaching high school government in Cincinnati Ohio and quickly became active in the American Federation of Teachers local affiliate there Union work edit Mooney was elected President of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Local 1520 of the AFT AFL CIO at age 24 was re elected many times serving from 1979 to 2000 In 1990 Mooney was elected a vice president of the AFT He served on the AFT s executive council the governing body of the national union and in 1998 became part of the council s executive committee a body of executive council members close to the president of the AFT which advises the president and debates and formulates policy before bringing it to the council On the executive council Mooney served on the human rights and community relations organizing and affiliate accountability committees He was also chair of the program and policy council for the union s teacher division In 2000 he became president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers Mooney was member of the board of directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the Albert Shanker Institute He was also a founding member of the Teacher Union Reform Network TURN and of what was renamed in his honor the Mooney Institute for Teacher and Union Leadership Mooney s approach to teacher unionism emphasized the union s role as the professional voice of teachers As chair of the AFT s Professional Issues Committee Mooney remained focused on the classroom teacher s perspective and voice He believed the union must lead reform collaborate with the administration whenever possible engage the adversaries of public education but always put forward a strong teachers voice with bold ideas 1 Personal life editMooney was married to Debbie Schneider who lives in Washington and works for the Service Employees International Union as the director of Global Organizing Partnerships They had a daughter Leilah Mooney Tom had a son Ruairi Kevin Rhodes from his first marriage to Virginia Rhodes Tom had three grandchildren who were born after his death two of whom were named after him Thomas Mooney Joseph and Elijah Mooney Joseph sons of Leilah Mooney and Thomas Jose Rhodes Gonzalez son of Ruairi Kevin Rhodes Death edit Mooney died of a heart attack at his home in Columbus Ohio 2 3 December 3 2006 References edit Some of the ways that Tom Mooney s life and work provided inspiration to reform minded teacher union leaders is captured on the Mooney Institute s Web Page devoted to Tom Kemme Steve Teachers advocate dies Cincinnati Enquirer December 4 2006 OFT Mourns the Sudden Death of President Tom Mooney Accessed Dec 4 2006External links editAlbert Shanker Institute shankerinstitute org American Federation of Teachers aft org Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Local 1520 AFT AFL CIO cft mwg org National Board for Professional Teaching Standards nbpts org Ohio Federation of Teachers AFT AFL CIO oh aft org Mooney Institute for Teacher and Union Leadership Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Mooney educator amp oldid 1144803552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
