Please join us on Monday, June 24 to celebrate our honorees! Congratulations to this year's award winners! RSVP HERE or print the attached invitation.
By Melinda Person, NYSUT President • April 15, 2024
This is it, Activists: NYSUT has been fighting on this issue for years, and I'm very happy to say a solution is nearly here. Of course, I'm talking about APPR: the Annual Professional Performance Review — one of the worst relics of the failed "race to the top" federal education policy that has done nothing but burden educators and students and suck the joy out of teaching and learning. We're finally on the brink of changing this, but we need all your voices to show how important this truly is for educators, students and entire school communities. Read on... An unnecessary drain on resources. The current APPR system was flawed from the start, and time has only proven how disruptive it is to proper educational practices. This approach to teacher evaluations is unnecessarily complicated and resource-intensive. It diverts time and effort from where they're needed most: actually teaching our students in ways that get them to love learning. Return to local control. The bill that has been introduced in the state Legislature, S.9054 (Mayer)/A.9849 (Benedetto), returns teacher evaluations to local control, which ensures our children's education is personalized, effective and nurturing. Why this matters so much. Fixing APPR is about returning professional dignity, respect and autonomy to our educators. It's about promoting a supportive environment where teachers can continue improving their skills. It's about removing the fear- and stress-inducing system of evaluations and replacing it with one that fosters growth and reignites the passion for teaching and learning. TAKE ACTION: Tell our lawmakers to fix APPR! Restore local control to teacher evaluations and bring back the joy of teaching and learning to our schools. After years of trying the wrong approach, there is now an undeniable consensus among educators, administrators, parents, school boards and the State Education Department: We should strive to create educational environments where teachers and students can thrive, with fair, constructive evaluations tailored to their communities. This bill is our path to that future. Please join me in supporting it now. TAKE ACTION NOWIn solidarity, Calhoun NCAA Boxes 2024
Please see attached - if you are interested in purchasing a box you can either give Sean Formato cash at tonight's meeting or venmo me (@BMUST) - please be sure to include the box number in the Venmo info. "Will Days" are an included benefit of the NYSUT Legal Plan, which BMUST members are automatically enrolled in.
A representative from Feldman, Kramer & Monaco will meet with members in each building for Will Planning sessions. Please sign up below: DATESCHOOL/SIGN UP LINK Friday, March 15Mepham Monday, March 25Calhoun Thursday, April 11JFK Monday, April 15Grand Friday, April 19MAMS Representatives will return on Thursday, 5/30 to the Union Office to conduct Will Signings for those who attended a planning session and received their packet. If you have not received your packet or have edits, please contact FKM at: 800-832-5182. As a reminder, this benefit is available to you at any time. You are not restricted to scheduling a consultation on one of our designated dates. You can set up an appointment online by visiting the Feldman, Kramer & Monaco website. -- Rob Walsh President March 1 - Transfer requests must be submitted to the HR Office by this date
March 4 - LITBF Scholarship Applications due to the Union Office Rob Walsh President Meg Hirsch10:41 AM (4 hours ago) to bcc: me BMUST belongs to the Long Island Teachers’ Benevolent Fund (LITBF), which offers a yearly scholarship, (the Len Motisi Memorial Scholarship) to high school seniors graduating this year, who will be attending a post-secondary institution on a full time basis and whose parent is an active teacher in a Long Island local. Many of our members’ sons and daughters have been awarded this scholarship over the years. The attached application must be sent back to the BMUST office no later than March 4, 2024 to get my signature on it and for me to send it to LITBF before the deadline of March 11, 2024. You must include a copy of the school transcript, with the current GPA on it. If the transcript does not contain the GPA, your Guidance Counselor must submit a statement with the scores. Please fill the form in as soon as possible and forward it to me through interoffice mail. Please note, you are now required to include your NYSUT Member Number on the application. If unknown, please reach out to Meg in the BMUST office.
BMUST welcomes back Retirement Consultant Hank Sessa on Monday, December 4, from 4:30-6:30 PM via Zoom Video Conference.
Hank will consult with our members on matters dealing with retirement and retirement planning. Topics discussed will be relevant to teachers at all stages in their career. New, mid-career, or retirement age members are all encouraged to attend this informative seminar. RSVP HERE The Zoom link will be shared in advance of the seminar. |
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