http://www.nysut.org Mon, 07 May 2012 03:59:53 EST Mon, 07 May 2012 03:59:53 EST 60 en-us http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/bulletins_4999.htm In February 2004, the NYS Education Department implemented new regulations governing the certification of Teaching Assistants in NYS to reflect the policy initiatives of the Board of Regents. These policy initiatives increased the preparation requirements for teaching assistants and created a career ladder for teaching assistants.

]]> CFEF7835D60841E3B7AA5C2401B59140 Mon, 07 May 2012 15:42:05 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/bulletins_10856.htm In 2008, the State Education Department (SED) issued a guidance document to the field regarding the continuum of special education services for school-age students with disabilities in Section 200.6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. The SED memorandum uses a question and answer format to address recent amendments to the regulations relating to consultant teacher services, resource room, integrated co-teaching services and a variety of other topic areas involving the provision of education programs for students with disabilities.

]]> CE12B2CC4F2C4A388BC771BDACB3846F Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:00:22 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17734.htm 6F9DDAF965024132AB50E0331B34E429 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:25:13 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17698.htm After four years of state aid decreases, trimming materials and supply surpluses, stipends and non-instructional jobs no longer works.

]]> 478E7CFD2D71422595AD9B136C920231 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:30 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17702.htm When voters go to the polls May 15, most of them will vote on school budgets that stay within the state-imposed tax cap and barely maintain quality programs for students.

]]> D99CED496BCF4328B4D613431D71F1FB Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:43:07 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17724.htm As the State Education Department's new Test Security Unit begins its work, NYSUT made it clear that there are protections for members who report possible security breaches.

]]> AC92F71E0B53461B82CD3446FA7B58C8 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:02:12 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17693.htm When I read some of the tabloids around the state — to me, no more credible or tasteful than the "trash talk" some junior high students text each other — I see red.

]]> B406765D5A4D4469A19BDFBA8C13DE74 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:28 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17719.htm The Family Resource Center at Kakiat Elementary School in Rockland County's Spring Valley is addressing suburban poverty stemming from both the Great Recession and growing immigrant populations outside major cities.

]]> E847EF9E77CB4824988FF01932386A21 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:16:00 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17694.htm NYSUT remains unbending in its opposition to the "name/shame/blame game" of publishing teacher ratings in newspapers and on the Internet — and is pressing the Legislature to stop it.

]]> A9EB7DCF5F5C4B06853FC75C1EBED4DE Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:35 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17717.htm Nearly 300 education-related workers across the state — from teaching assistants to cafeteria and clerical staff — have voted to unionize and affiliate with NYSUT.

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