Just in time for parent-teacher conferences, NYSUT has created a Partnership for Success publication, "Tips for Parents of School-Age Children," which supports the home-and-school connection.

This tri-fold brochure offers easy-to-implement ideas for parents to enhance their children's school experience.

The age-appropriate tips, which cover academic, social and technology concerns, are divided for easy reference into: kindergarten to grade 4, middle school, high school and special education/students with disabilities.

The brochure received an enthusiastic reception from parents visiting NYSUT's booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse this summer.

NYSUT's Communications Department offers many other brochures and giveaway items that members can distribute to parents at conferences and other similar events.

Some brochures are offered in English and Spanish.

Items are free except where noted. Watch http://www.nysut.org for new publications in development.

To request an order form, call (800) 342-9810, ext. 6260, or e-mail orders@nysutmail.org.

Members can order up to 100 copies of each brochure. Local union presidents must place any orders for more than 100 copies of any single item.
Allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery.

FOR PARENTS

• Helping Your Child Become a Reader (50 cents each, after the first 10 copies)
• What is a DBQ?
• A Parent's Guide to That First Day at School (10 cents each, after the first 10 copies)
• Teaming up on School Discipline
• Parents as Reading Partners brochure, bookmark or certificate (English and Spanish versions)
• A Parent's Guide to a Parent-Teacher Conference (10 cents each, after the first 10 copies)
• What You Need to Know About the Grades 3-8 Testing (English and Spanish versions)

FOR TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

• Minding Their DBQs
• Back-to-School Night: Tips for Getting Off to a Good Start
• What You Should Know About the New Requirements for Paraprofessionals Who Help Children Learn
• Teachers, Unions and the Fight for Civil Rights
• Hispanic Heritage Month poster (English on one side, Spanish on the other)
• African-American Heritage Month poster
• Tenure: Understanding Due Process for Teachers
• Flu poster
• Civil Rights poster
• Keeping Kids Safe: Child Abuse and Mandatory Reporting
• Alphabet Soup: A Guide to Commonly Used Acronyms
• 24/7 Let's Go! student health kits and educator guides

FOR ALL

• A Guide to Special Education (25 cents each, after the first 10 copies) (English and Spanish versions)
• We Are the Union That Helps New York to Learn
• Ten Things to Remember When Preparing for a Parent-Teacher Conference
• A Guide to Academic Intervention Services (25 cents each, after the first 10 copies)