"PreK-12 Education." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:58 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:58 EST 60 en-us Regents launch plan to 'transform' teacher prep http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13944.htm As the Regents move forward with a new plan to strengthen teacher preparation and recruit highly effective teachers to high-needs schools, NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira said the union will also advocate for a comprehensive system that is adequately funded and provides supports for teachers.

]]> E3928ECE6F8D4B48877E05AC6CDC5E90 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:22 EST Paralysis barely slows determined librarian http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13920.htm Just over two months after recovering from a paralyzing bicycle injury, Annie Hayes was back at work as a school librarian in Rensselaer County.

]]> 1D64E05E19E24879A08D6AFA93539687 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:21:35 EST Locals in Action: Parents celebrate union-won leave http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13924.htm 059395D4009849878B8EF27BDD4AF6D6 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:38 EST Leadership Institute graduates say program strengthened life skills http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13921.htm Hundreds of Leadership Institute graduates have been elected to higher offices in their local unions, in labor councils and other union endeavors.

]]> 1679D41595084CF381E137AD98604E79 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:38 EST Centers at core of teacher excellence http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13945.htm After years of focus on student assessments that some complained left educators "teaching to the test," a greater emphasis will now be placed upon teacher preparation under the new leadership at the State Education Department.

]]> 7DAEDE856BE2440F884E1E4DE01A9779 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:17 EST Girls learn to take charge of their lives http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13932.htm The first Girls Day Out event took place in Schenectady, to show middle school girls how to get pumped up with voice and self-esteem, not with fists or flying insults.

]]> 8EA2F03622094FF39B218EDFC75DA02E Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:33 EST When hostage crisis hit, safety plan worked http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13923.htm A parent, whose children had attended the Pine Plains schools in Dutchess County, took the high school principal hostage early on a Tuesday morning in November moments after assembling a shotgun in the school bathroom.

]]> F86DFACC5B5645CFA4C38AD36A367CEE Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:27 EST President's Perspective: Budget politics, promising programs affect quality http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13947.htm President Obama gets it. Earlier this month, he said: "There is nothing that will determine the quality of our future as a nation or the lives of our children more than the kind of education we provide them."

]]> 8AD0C0D3BC46485E89EE3893A003E720 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:53 EST School psychologists construct coping skills http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13905.htm School psychologists learned about coping and hoping skills during professional development workshops at a recent conference of the New York Association of School Psychologists.

]]> B7895DB061A24A7F93F96F7D0997C817 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:28 EST Regents take first steps to transform teacher preparation http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/k12_13884.htm As the Regents move forward with a new plan to strengthen teacher preparation and recruit highly effective teachers to high-needs schools, NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira said the union will advocate for a comprehensive system that is adequately funded and provides supports for teachers.

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