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Jane Murphy

NYSUT Communications
Monday, 29 August 2011
Having been a teacher for many years and a regional associate with the New York State Education Department, I am now volunteering as a mediator. I have been trained in transformative mediation...

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Bette Maggie Sloane

NYSUT Communications
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Teacher uses cellphone camera to explore math concepts Instead of banning cell phones from class, high school math teacher Bette Maggie Sloane had a brave idea: to have her students use mobile phone cameras as...

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Doug Harple & Joe Mix

NYSUT Communications
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
If I had a hammer … and a saw Q: So, what do you get when you match a building trades teacher with a construction trades teacher and a batch of eager students? A: A new...

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Teresa Carrozzo

NYSUT Communications
Sunday, 21 August 2011
With students across the nation being tempted by junk food lurking in vending machines and in school cafeterias, one school is doing all it can to teach its students how they can resist these...

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Gertrude Shaffer

NYSUT Communications
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Ovid — A woman of vision and action, South Seneca English teacher Gertrude Shaffer recently received the Global Educator Award at the United Nations.  Shaffer nurtures her students to become world citizens through her...

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Wendy Cappiello: “We give back to our communities;we are educators”

NYSUT Communications
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Wendy Cappiello, a member of the Salmon River Teachers Association, served as a teacher in the Salmon River Central School District. I have been retired for three years after 35 years...

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Anthony Gronowicz

NYSUT Communications
Monday, 08 August 2011
Anthony Gronowicz, a member of Professional Staff Congress in New York City. Tony Gronowicz was one of more than 20 Professional Staff Congress faculty members who volunteered to lead open-air soapbox-style teach-ins during a late...

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Joseph Guadagno

NYSUT Communications
Monday, 08 August 2011
A former factory worker finds joy in preparing students to pursue their dreams. Joseph Guadagno is an associate member of NYSUT who works in Western New York. He says: “I retired from 30 years of...

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George Avila

NYSUT Communications
Friday, 05 August 2011
My name is George Avila and I teach at the Rockland County BOCES. I have established a token economy to encourage student progress in learning Spanish and Spanish culture. I named my token economy...

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"Giving back" in gratitude for caring teachers who helped her son

NYSUT Communications
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
Beth Greenspan embraced teaching, as she likes to say, "later in life," embarking on an education career in gratitude for the ways public education had benefited her son. A member of the...

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