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NYSUT Bulletins
Early Education
- Universal Prekindergarten (UPK)
- Preschool Planning Guide - Building A Foundation for Development of Language and Literacy in the Early Years (PDF)
Certification
- Certification Types for Teachers and Teaching Assistants
- Incidental Teaching
- New Certification Requirements for Teaching Assistants
- NYS Teacher Certification Exams: The Assessment of Teaching Skills - Performance
- NYS Teacher Certification Flexibility Limited Extensions in Times of Fiscal Crisis
- Professional Development Requirement for Certification
- Social Work Licensure and School Social Worker Certification
- Supplemental Teaching Certificate
- TEACH Certification Application Process for Teachers, Pupil Personnel Service Professionals and Teaching Assistants
- Teacher Certification in New York State
- Teacher Certification Titles (Effective 9/1/04)
- Training in the Needs of Students with Autism
- Which Certification Requirements Affect You?
Health and Safety
- UPDATE: Child Abuse Mandatory Reporting Requirements for School Employees
- Automated External Defibrillators (AEDS) in Schools
- Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act
High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE)
- High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE)
- HOUSSE option remains available
- Get your HOUSSE in Order: NCLB Deadline for Highly Qualified Teachers is June 30, 2006
Higher Education
- 2008-09 Executive Budget - Higher Education
- 2007-08 Adopted State Budget – Higher Education
- 2007-08 Executive Budget for Higher Education
- 2006-07 Legislative Budget - Higher Education
- Average State Support for Community Colleges Increases Slightly to 29.8% (December 2005)
Middle Level Education
- SED's Essential Elements of Standards-Focused Middle Level Schools and Programs
- AIS: A Guide to Academic Intervention Services
- Submission of A Model B, C-1 or C-2 Application for Middle-Level Regulatory Relief (Dec. 2005; Revised 1/08)
- Protocols for using the Essential Elements
- Experimental Middle or Intermediate Schools
- Regents Policy Statement on Middle Level Education
- Strategy for Implementing the Regents Policy Statement on Middle-Level Education
- NYSUT's Caught in the Middle
- Middle Level Indicators of Achievement Checklists for the Non-Tested Content Areas
- New York State’s Essential Elements Schools to Watch Program
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) -- Reauthorization Of Elementary And Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- Amendments to Commissioner's Regulations Part 154: 'Services for Pupils with Limited English Proficiency'
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 1: Calculating Graduation Rates
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 10: Reading/Literacy Initiatives
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 2: Accountability/Adequate Yearly Progress
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 3: Supplemental Educational Services
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 4: Improving Teacher Quality - State Grants
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 5: Paraprofessionals
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 6: Educational Technology Initiatives
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 7: Parent Involvement
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 8: Parents Have a Right to Know About their Schools
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 9: Unsafe School Choice Option
- Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report
- Teacher Aides and Teaching Assistants
Professional Development
- New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program (MTIP)
- Professional Development Plans
- Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR)
- Teacher Centers
- District-Based Teacher Mentoring Program
- Comparison of mentoring program models
- National Board Certification
- Professional Development Plans (PDP) - Checklist
- New York State Professional Development Standards
- New Tenure Determination Law 2008
- Special Education Requirement Professional Development Plans (PDP)
- Professional Development Plans - Checklist Review 2008
- The Role of the Mentor in District-Based Mentoring Programs
- Teacher Improvement Plans (TIP)
- Professional Portfolios Required For Evaluation of Newly Certified Teachers Update Your APPR: February 2008
- Professional Development Requirement for Certification
- Mentor Teacher Internship Program grant applications 2007-08
- A Code of Ethics for Educators
School Finance
- 2010-11 Executive Budget: Pre-K–12 Education
- Impact of Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Contingency Budgets in 2010-11 School Year
- 97.3% of School Budgets Passed
- Federal Stimulus Funding for New York State
- 4.00% Contingency Budget Cap for 2009-10
- What is a property tax circuit breaker?
- Summary: Report of the Commission on Property Tax Relief
- Regents Seek $1.94 Billion School Aid Increase
- 2007-08 School Budget Voting Summary
- New State Aid Formula Provides Predictability for Local Union Leaders
- 2007 Property Tax Report Cards
- 2007-08 Adopted State Budget – Higher Education
- STAR Program Changes
- 2007-08 K-12 Legislative Budget
- Salary Schedules 2007
- Contract for Excellence update: SED offers new memo, additional resources
- 2007-08 Executive Budget for Pre-K-12 Education
- 2007-08 Executive Budget for Higher Education
- 3.84% Contingency Budget Cap for 2007-08
- Court of Appeals orders state to invest billions more in education
- Board of Regents seek $1.48 billion school aid increase
- Domestic Partner Benefits
- Pay for Performance
- '65% Solution' is No Solution
- New GASB Rule Requires School Districts to Project Future Cost of Post-employment Benefits
- 2006-07 Legislative Budget - Pre-K-12 Education
- 2006-07 Legislative Budget - Higher Education
- 4.00% Contingency Budget Cap for 2006-07
- Average State Support for Community Colleges Increases Slightly to 29.8% (December 2005)
- Governor's Accountability Proposals (January 2005)
- ZARB Commission Final Report Released
- Vouchers and Other Threats to Public Education (October 2003)
- Court of Appeals Rules for CFE (June 2003)
- Regents 2010 -2011 School Aid Proposal (NYSED)
- NYSED State Aid to Schools Primer (PDF)
School-Related Professionals
- Teacher Aides and Teaching Assistants
- NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 5: Paraprofessionals
- New Certification Requirements for Teaching Assistants
Special Education
- 55-64 Passing Score and the Safety Net for Students with Disabilities
- Academic Intervention Services and Students with Disabilities (November 2001)
- Allowable Testing Accommodations on the Grades 3-8 Assessments (March 2006)
- Alternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities (PDF)
- Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Disabilities
- Consultant Teacher Services
- Continuum of Special Education Services for School Age Students
- Copies of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) To Teachers and Other School Personnel (June 2003)
- Educating Students with Disabilities in the Least Restrictive Environment
- General Education Teacher and the Committee on Special Education (April 1999)
- IDEA Fact Sheet 1: Excluding Committee On Special Education (CSE) Members From Attending Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meeting
- IDEA Fact Sheet 2: Initial Evaluation And Reevaluation For Special Education Services
- IDEA Fact Sheet 3: Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities and Response To Intervention (RTI)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (April 2005)
- New Requirements for Behavioral Intervention Plans Including the Use of Aversive Interventions
- Parts 200 and 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations (Updated 10/08)
- Reauthorized IDEA of 2004 and recent changes in state law
- Requirements for School Bus Drivers, Monitors and Attendants
- Response-to-Intervention (RTI)
- Special Education Class Size Limits
- Special Education Requirement Professional Development Plans (PDP)
- Special Education Variances
- Special Education: A Guide to Special Education
- Supreme Court Rules on Nursing Services Under the IDEA (May 1999)
- Supreme Court Rules that Parents Have Burden of Proof in Challenging their Child's IEP (January 2006)
- Test Access and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities - Tools to Guide Decision-Making (5/06)
- Training in the Needs of Students with Autism
Standards and Assessments
- NYS Education Department Approved Alternatives to Regents Examination
- New York State Accountability System
- Student Progress on Grades 3-8 Math Assessments
- State Assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics for Grades 3 through 8
- Laboratory Requirements for Science Regents Coursework
- High School Credits for Acceleration in Mathematics
- How High School Math Credit is to be Awarded
- General Education Teachers' Access To Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
Student Assessment Results
- Student Progress on the 4th Grade ELA Assessment (March 2006)
- Student Progress on the 8th Grade ELA Assessment (March 2006)
- Student Progress on the 4th Grade Math Assessment (February 2005)
- Student Progress on the 8th Grade Math Assessment (February 2005)
- Regents Exams Standards Setting: The Cut Scores (May 1999)
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