Please see the attached Election Timetable for Delegates to the NYSUT Representative Assembly.
Let's make strides together to end Breast Cancer. Join us for a walk on Sunday, October 15.Donations are greatly appreciated. Please see the attached flyer.
Administrative Bulletin
Issue No. 2017-10 September 2017 To: Chief School Administrators, College and University Presidents, District Contacts, Employer Secure Area Contacts Help Prepare Your Employees for Retirement; Promote NYSTRS Consultations, PREP SeminarsAmong the many retirement planning tools offered by NYSTRS are personal benefit consultations and group seminars focused on retirement planning. Please encourage your employees to visit NYSTRS.org to review the 2017-18 Benefits Consultation and fall 2017 Pension & Retirement Education Program (PREP) schedules, and to book their appointments today. The schedules are accessible through the Retirement Planning page. Chief school administrators, college and university presidents and school principals will soon receive by U.S. mail a limited number of promotional posters for display. Additional posters may be requested by calling (800) 348-7298, Ext. 6100. Thank you for helping ensure your employees are properly prepared for retirement. An archive of Administrative Bulletins issued since 2005 is found on our website. This email is a service of NYSTRS. To ensure delivery, add employer@email.nystrs.org to your address book or safe senders list. To unsubscribe, please email us at employer@email.nystrs.org. NYSTRS | 10 Corporate Woods Drive, Albany, NY 12211 | 800.348.7298 | NYSTRS.org | Contact Us Sal LaRocca, Financial Advisor from VOYA Financial Advisors will be visiting each of the 5 schools (Mepham, Calhoun, Kennedy, Merrick & Grand) in September. Please see the attached flyer for the dates, times, and other details.
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We hope you all had a lovely summer. Catherine and I are very excited to organize/supervise the street fairs again this year! As you know, the district's participation in the fairs is a great way for students and faculty to come together to do something nice for the community. If you could forward the following message to the faculty in your buildings and mention it at your faculty meetings, it would be greatly appreciated! After the fairs we will inform you of the faculty, staff, and students who helped out. Thank you for your assistance with this. We look forward to two more wonderful street fairs! Sincerely, Jessica Chilton (JFK) and Catherine Azzara (GAMS) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello all! We hope everyone is enjoying their summer! The Bellmore and Merrick Street Fairs are right around the corner and we need your help to ensure that we have sufficient coverage to run both events successfully. We would greatly appreciate if faculty and staff members would consider volunteering 1-2 hours of their time overseeing our student volunteers! Merrick Street Fair: • Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th • Volunteers should report to the BMCHSD tent located in front of RS Jones Restaurant. Bellmore Street Fair: • Saturday, September 16th and Sunday, September 17th • Volunteers should report to the BMCHSD tent located in the LIRR parking lot on the corner of Bellmore Ave and Sunrise Hwy We could use 1 or 2 teacher volunteers for each time slot. Available time slots are shown below: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Tv8LRTN7oj6WlS-mI8cQc6BGImc-DOAmxF0f0OgksP0 Teachers interested in volunteering 1-2 hours of their time can email Jessica Chilton at jchilton@bmchsd.org with the time slots they are interested in filling. A reply email will be sent to each teacher volunteer providing specific details regarding their assigned time slot. Student Help - Art Club and Honor Society Advisors: The street fairs are a great opportunity for students to earn community service! In the past you have done a wonderful job setting up our student volunteers. We would greatly appreciate your help again! Please email Catherine Azzara at cazzara@bmchsd.org with any questions and concerns. Your students' talents are always a welcomed addition (especially at the face painting station!) Students should volunteer for a minimum of two hours and will assist young children with simple and fun crafts. Teachers may e-mail Catherine Azzara at cazzara@bmchsd.org with the names, dates, and times students plan to attend. Students will be required to sign in AND out with Ms. Azzara or Mrs. Chilton in order for their club leaders to be informed of their participation. Thank you again for your help and we hope you enjoy the rest of your summer! Sincerely, Jessica Chilton (JFK) & Catherine Azzara (GAMS) All BMUST Members: Please see below and attached. Mark TO: Local Presidents FROM: Matt Jacobs, Regional Staff Dir. DATE: May 23, 2017 RE: NYSUT's ELT Offers Advanced Placement Training______________________ New York State United Teachers is sponsoring an Advanced Placement® Summer Institute July 17-20, 2017 in the Conference Center at NYSUT Headquarters, 800 Troy-Schenectady Road Latham, New York. The Institute is designed for those new to AP® courses or experienced educators desiring new strategies and methods to improve their teaching. Classes are held from 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Course offerings include: AP® Calculus AB AP® English Literature and Composition AP® Environmental Science AP® Statistics AP® US History AP® World History The fee is $725 for 30 hours of inservice credit ($650 if you register prior to May 29). Tuition fee includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack each day. Cancellations must be received in writing by June 30, or the full registration fee will be charged. For more information or to register, visit us at http://elt.nysut.org/professional-development/advanced-placement-summer-institute or call 800-528-6208. Official fliers attached NYSUT Education & Learning Trust (ELT) 800 Troy-Schenectady Road Latham, NY 12110 800-528-6208 518-213-6456 (FAX) www.elt.nysut.org MJ/df Attachments cwa1141
Attached is information for a workshop open to all teachers, teaching assistants, and local leaders who have questions concerning the new laws governing certification, professional development hours, and options to obtain the proper credentials.
This month the Public Broadcasting System is showing a “documentary” that tells a one-sided story of school privatization as told by Libertarian Andrew Coulson. This three-hour broadcast, called “School, Inc., “ airs nationwide in three PBS broadcasts. It can be best described as anti-public education propaganda.
Write your email of protest here: Andrew Coulson, who is now deceased, was the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom from 2005 to 2015. The extremist positions of Cato include the belief that discrimination based on race, religion, gender and sexual orientation should not be outlawed because the right to discriminate is a personal freedom. They have also proposed the elimination of public education. The Cato Institute applauded the appointment of Betsy DeVos who shares their radical views. The film was funded by extreme right-wing conservative foundations--the Rose Mary and Jack Anderson Foundation, the Prometheus Foundation and the Steve and Lana Hardy Foundation. The Public Broadcasting System must hear from you. This cannot go unchallenged.Join us in insisting that PBS also broadcast Diane Ravitch's response to Education, Inc. and show the film, Backpack Full of Cash, which presents the counter-argument to Schools, Inc. We need your help! Here is what you can do. 1. Write your email to PBS by going here. We make it simple. 2. Call PBS and register your complaint and ask that they broadcast Diane Ravitch's response to School, Inc. and the film, Backpack Full of Cash. Here is the number to call: 1-703-739-5000. 3. Contact your local station and ask them to do the same. If your station has not played the series, ask them not to. You can find your local station's number here. All PBS stations are independent. Our democracy depends on public education and responsible, balanced journalism. Your voice must be heard. PBS cannot be allowed to become a propaganda machine for the extreme right. Thanks for all you do. Here is the link to the email to post. https://wp.me/p3bR9v-2sM Carol The Network for Public Education is a 501 (c)(3) organization. You can make a tax deductible donation here. You can follow us on twitter and like us on Facebook. Attached is information for a workshop open to all teachers, teaching assistants, and local leaders who have questions concerning the new laws governing certification, professional development hours, and options to obtain the proper credentials.
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