If only teachers union brass could spell as well as they scrap.
United Federation of Teachers Director of Staff Ellie Engler blasted union Secretary Howard Schoor for his “deviceiveness” — a badly botched spelling of “divisiveness” — in a pair of scathing e-mails obtained by The Post.
“I had a disturbing meeting with the Bronx folks about what you said to them,” Engler wrote last August in an e-mail to Schoor that was copied to UFT boss Michael Mulgrew and other top personnel. “They reported that you said, everyone hates Ellie and I am getting in your way to do the work you want to do.”
In a separate e-mail to Mulgrew that also was copied to a slew of UFT staffers, Engler again ripped Schoor for his “despicable” behavior.
“I devoted my career to this Union and its members but it appears that my time is up with the actions of the new secretary Howard Schoor,” the e-mail reads. “I no longer want to work in a culture of lying, deviceiveness and undermining.”
Engler even floated the possibility of stepping down from her post if Schoor persisted with his actions.
“If I am such a threat to you, I will retire,” she huffed.
Despite that proposition, Engler is still employed and makes $215,447 a year.
UFT spokeswoman Alison Gendar declined to comment on the exchange, saying the union doesn’t address internal communications.