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Jan. 8, 2015 BOE Meeting

At the BOE meeting on Thurs., Jan 8th:

  • It was announced that the Language Immersion program will begin in kindergarten in Sept. 2015. Meetings will be held for parents interested in enrolling children into the program. 
  • Gina Horton, M.S. Guidance Chair, gave a presentation on the new SAT Exam. These exams will be effective in the Spring of 2016. The new scale score will be 1600. The three sections include: Evidence Based Reading & Writing, Math and an optional Essay. The focus will be on deep thinking and problem solving. The Math portion will focus heavily on Algebra.
  • The BOE approved a contract
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Take Action- Advocate For Public Education - Part 2

 

ACTION ALERT - Part 2!

Dear Colleagues, 

In December, we invited you to join Take Action, Long Island (TALI) and other supporters of education in a campaign to support funding for public education. 

 

Thanks to your support, thousands of letters have been sent to our state legislators, congratulating them on their election and asking for their support on issues surrounding public education. We have timed those letters to appear in Albany over the next couple of days, welcoming our legislators to the important work of supporting public education. 

 

Tonight, we are asking you to join TALI once

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Tisch's Future APPR Plan

Happy New Year! Hope you are enjoying the break and holidays with family and friends.
 
I wanted to update you on some information regarding teacher evaluations. Governor Cuomo has rejected legislation that for two years would have discounted Common Core-aligned student test scores in state-mandated teacher evaluations. Cuomo called the measure unnecessary and said he will propose reforms to the evaluation system next year.
 
It appears that Regent Tisch is planning to set up an APPR that will double down on the state assessment, takes local observation out of the hands of local school districts
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NYSUT Board Alert from Executive Vice President Andy Pallotta -- Open Invitation to the Governor

A chance for our voices to be heard has been announced.
 
Governor Andrew Cuomo is inviting New Yorkers to an open house at the Executive Mansion on the afternoon of New Year's Eve -- Wednesday, December 31, 2014.  I encourage you to register on the following link, and if selected to attend, use this opportunity to personally invite the Governor to come to your public school for an unfiltered open forum to hear feedback from parents, educators and students on Common Core, standardized testing and school funding.
 

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TALI Funding Campaign Announcement

On Wednesday, January 7th, the newly elected members of the NYS Assembly and Senate will convene to open their 2015 legislative session. In anticipation of that, the Take Action Long Island (TALI) members would like to send a positive message to our representatives, asking for their support for public education and outlining areas that are important to educators.

You are asked to join unions from across the county, the island and the state in sending this positive, proactive message to Albany. Please consider signing this letter (TALI template) and returning it to your HTA representatives

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Sign the petition: End campus rape

Please read the attached message from AFT President, Randi Weingarten, and sign the petition so as to help enact change on this important issue.
 
One in five young women will be sexually assaulted while in college. I too was sexually assaulted. Like millions of others, I never reported it-in large part because our culture tells victims that we are to blame. 
 
Over recent years, I've watched in awe as courageous young people have begun to change our culture by telling their stories and demanding that we take sexual assault seriously. 
 
And while I have no interest in reliving my own experience, I
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