The NYSTRS handles the pensions for all NYS public school teachers and administrators. Each year, in November, the delegates and NYSTRS Board gather to discuss the “state of the system” and to educate the delegates on everything NYSTRS does. As a delegate, I attended seven different workshops over the day-and-a-half convention. See the outline attached for some of the highlights of each workshop.
Workshop Highlight Fall 2014 Member Benefits E-Newsletter
I am proud to present to you the Fall 2014 issue of our quarterly Member Benefits E-Direct electronic newsletter. I hope that you will find the content useful and ask that you pass this publication along to as many of your NYSUT contacts and members as possible. Each issue of this electronic publication is put together with great thought and effort as we strive to ensure that we offer helpful hints and tips to our members -- an added benefit of NYSUT membership provided at no cost to NYSUT members. We want all NYSUT members to know that membership in NYSUT provides access to a variety of Member Benefits-endorsed programs & services available exclusively to them and their families. Please click the link below to view this e-newsletter. The publication includes embedded links that will allow you to learn more about our various endorsed programs & services. http://issuu.com/mbnewsletter/docs/fall_2014?e=4255078/10054527 One of our goals at NYSUT Member Benefits is to reach the maximum number of members, and we have seen that we are most successful with that goal when people like you share our materials with colleagues and friends. We continue to increase the number of members who are aware of the endorsed programs & services that we offer but still have great potential for growth in this area. We are also pleased that the number of members who participate in our endorsed programs & services continues to grow each year; with your help in forwarding this email and e-newsletter link to your membership, we are confident that this growth will continue in the future as well. Thank you for your continued support of NYSUT Member Benefits! Warm regards, Lynette A. Metz Director, NYSUT Member Benefits Trust CEO, NYSUT Member Benefits Corporation The form that was sent to everyone earlier today and is attached here is for those with health insurance that want to opt out and have not done so previously. Please try to fill this form out by December 12, 2014.
Those getting the buy out already, do not have to do anything at this time. You will receive a different form to fill out in the beginning of December . Buyout Form Reminder: The upcoming Retirement Planning Seminar is this Thursday, November 13 at 3:15 pm in the Brookside, South Cafeteria. If you plan on attending and did not register, please contact Kim Black at the BMUST office at extension 1068.
Retirement Flyer Hank Sessa Reminder: Sunday is the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk (please see attached). BMUST will be meeting at 7:30 AM, Field 5 at the footpath and we will begin walking at 8AM.
Donation checks can be written out to the American Cancer Society and sent to Bruce Reed at JFK or log ontohttp://tinyurl.com/BMUST1. Bruce Reed/JFK Public Relations Mark Steinberg President Below is an important memo I received from Matt Jacobs, Regional Staff Director of NYSUT. Please read: Subject: Video Conference Certification Workshops MEMORANDUM TO: Local Presidents FROM: Matt Jacobs, Regional Staff Director DATE: September 24, 2014 RE: Video Conference Certification Workshops =============================================================================================== NYSUT’s Research & Educational Services is once again scheduling video conferences on teacher and teaching assistant certification for the 2014-2015 school year. The video conference dates for the Nassau Regional Office are December 9, 2014 (Workshop “A” for teachers) and December 10, 2014 (Workshp “B” for teaching assistants). The video conferences will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m. and last approximately 50 minutes. Please make your teachers and teaching assistants aware of the opportunity to register for one of these video conferences. A registration form is attached to this email. A brief description of each workshop is contained on the attached video conference registration form. Registration forms should be faxed (516) 921-2964 or mailed to Delores Cook at the Nassau Regional Office no later than December 1, 2014. Participants are encouraged to bring electronic devices to increase participation, view helpful sites, access TEACH accounts and directly e-mail questions to the session presenter. Attachment MJ/dc cwa114 Please see the attached flyer on Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Join us on Sunday, October 19th for a walk to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer.
Bruce Reed/JFK Public Relations We encourage you to please support SEPTA. If you would like to order a T-shirt, please see attached. Complete the form and send your check to BM SEPTA, c/o Calhoun HS, 1786 State St, Merrick NY 11566
or send it to the SEPTA Mailboxes ay any of our 5 schools. Thank you for your support of Septa. SEPTA T-SHIRT Dear BMUST Members:
BMUST Members are invited to participate in Veteran’s Day (Tuesday, November11th) this year by showing their support for U.S. Troops by making a donation to The United Way, entitling you to a short or long sleeve “Live United” T-shirt, depending on the donation made (see attached). United Way of Long Island addresses the emergency needs of local military personnel and their families living through multiple deployments through its Military Family Assistance Project. Please encourage staff members to participate in this valuable public express of our support for our troops on Veteran’s Day. Additionally, those who participate help to showcase teachers in a positive light, in contrast to recent media coverage.
Thank you, Bruce Reed BMUST Public Relations Operation Live United Flyer |
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