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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.
ew 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
Below is a message form that came through the Long Island President's Council to be passed on to all BMUST Members. Forum: General discussion Title: Scholarship opportunity from CBTU Good evening I have attached a scholarship application from the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. I am currently a member and Selena Durio sits as one of the trustees for this organization which represents NYSUT. Over the past three years all of the scholarships the organization has given out, which every union members child is eligible to apply for, have gone to the children of NYSUT members. I ask that you please forward this application to the members in your local. Despite the name of the organization, the only prerequisite to apply for this scholarship is that at least one parent and be a union member. Thank you for your assistance. In unity, Wayne
Below is a message form that came through the Long Island President's Council to be passed on to all BMUST Members.
Forum: General discussion Title: Scholarship opportunity from CBTU Good evening I have attached a scholarship application from the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. I am currently a member and Selena Durio sits as one of the trustees for this organization which represents NYSUT. Over the past three years all of the scholarships the organization has given out, which every union members child is eligible to apply for, have gone to the children of NYSUT members. I ask that you please forward this application to the members in your local. Despite the name of the organization, the only prerequisite to apply for this scholarship is that at least one parent and be a union member. Thank you for your assistance. In unity, Wayne TOPIC LINK: http://members.longislandteachers.org/content/scholarship-opportunity-cbtu MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS: http://members.longislandteachers.org/user/375/subscriptions Mark Steinberg President Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Lawrence Teachers’ Association needs you to walk with them on Wednesday, May 17th from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm at the Lawrence Middle School (195 Broadway, Lawrence). Help us as we unite and march for a new contract! Lawrence is now working longer than any other local in New York State under an expired contract. After countless negotiation sessions, mediations, and fact-finding it is safe to say that a new contract is nowhere in sight. To illustrate this point, the President of the Board of Education rested the District’s case by stating; “I negotiate contracts, just on my terms”. This uphill battle has left the morale of the L.T.A. at an all-time low. Nonetheless, we will continue to stand together as one united front and serve the Lawrence community. The L.T.A. continues to be the educators our students deserve to have each and every day, in and out of our classrooms. We are a dedicated group of professionals that will continue to maintain the education of our students as our #1 priority. “United We Stand”, in red, at Lawrence Middle School on May 17th at 5:00 pm! In Unity, The Negotiations Team of the LTA Please RSVP to Kim Black bmustsecretary@gmail.com if you will be able to join the rally. Mark Steinberg President May 6 through 12 is School Nurses’ Recognition Week. Please let the nurse in your building know how much you appreciate the work that she does for our children and us as teachers. The nurses are essential to our schools and often go above and beyond their job description. They are the heart of healthcare for our students and faculty.
To all of our nurses, thank you for all that you do. You are greatly appreciated. We are short volunteers today and tomorrow for the budget phone banks. If you can stop over even for a short time it would be greatly appreciated.
It is very important for all of us to make every effort possible to get the district budget passed. Please see below: The Budget Phone Banks will be held at the NYSUT Nassau Regional Office, 1000 Woodbury Road, Suite 214, Woodbury, NY. Dates: Monday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 9 Time: 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm Pizza will be served. The phone banks will be paperless this year. All participants will be using phones and computers that NYSUT will provide. -- |
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