"School Related Professionals." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:45 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:45 EST 60 en-us 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 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 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 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 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 Guilderland SRPs make big contract gains http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13929.htm Dedicated locals can win good contracts even in tough times.

]]> 1BBC75E35B2342A5A2FCDC8544FDF791 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:16 EST How did you celebrate SRP Recognition Day? http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/srp_13880.htm School-Related Professionals are the very backbone of our schools.

]]> A138A104DC5647CB8196CABE4F043B10 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:36 EST Parents, educators protest damaging cuts http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/k12_13861.htm A coalition of parents, union members, citizens and education advocates joined forces in Albany recently, calling on lawmakers to reject Gov. Paterson’s devastating proposed midyear cuts to education and health care.

]]> 59D945CD8C5843E6AD476FCB17F1C9E0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:09:52 EST Students start receiving vaccine as H1N1 flu sweeps schools http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13848.htm Schools throughout New York City began offering H1N1 vaccinations the last week in October in a tiered program that includes more schools in the five boroughs each week.

]]> E0E0EE470D2B4D7DB972E76F00FB3A6B Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:51:58 EST President's Perspective: Reflecting on the state of our professions http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13854.htm I'm one who believes that every so often you need to stop and assess where you are — call it reflecting or taking stock — this seems like the right time to do it for me.

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