Herricks Teachers' Association

A Forum Outside of the Forum - Please join us and Take Action Long Island!

If you are tired of high stakes testing, APPR nonsense and more, this chance to give voice to those concerns at a peaceful and respectful protest would be a way to get involved and take action. Hope to see you there.

A Forum Outside of the Forum

An Invitation

On October 11th, Commissioner John B. King Jr. canceled the remaining State PTA sponsored education forums, including the one that was scheduled to take place in Garden City a few days later, prompting calls for King's resignation.

The State Board of Regents responded by announcing a new schedule of forums to be held throughout the state

HTA Update & Nov. 7, 2013 BOE Meeting Synopsis

Dear Colleagues,

In the last week and a half the BOE president reached out to me indicating that the BOE wanted to commence negotiations, for the teachers' contract which expires on June 30, 2014, as soon as possible and hopes to reach some accord prior to 2014-2015 budget presentation in February. The BOE president and I had a frank discussion about our joint concerns over the continuing effects and implications of the Tax Cap in Herricks.

After receiving the Board's letter and a subsequent telephone conversation with the BOE president, I met with our HTA Executive Council, Professional

Meeting with Commissioner King

Dear Colleagues,

As per Dr. Bierwirth's email, Senator Jack Martins will be moderating a meeting with Commissioner King on Wed., Nov 13th at Mineola H.S. from 4 -6 p.m. There are a limited number of teacher tickets (approx. 2 -3 per building) available for distribution to this event.

Please notify your building reps via email by Fri., Nov. 8th at noon if you are interested in attending this event. Also note that if the number of teachers interested in attending this event from your building exceeds the number of available tickets a lottery will determine who goes to the event.

Thanks for your

Week's Events 11/4 - 11/8

Below is the list of this week's events which will have HTA representation by some or all of us.

Best,

Nidya Degliomini

President

Herricks Teachers' Association

Meetings and Events for Nov. 4 - Nov. 8, 2013

Mon., Nov. 4:

*Athletic Boosters Meeting - 7:00 p.m. H.S.

*Center Street "Night Out"

Tues., Nov. 5:

*HTA Executive Council Meeting 1:30 p.m. C.C. Room 214A

Wed., Nov. 6:

*PNC Meeting with Elementary Teachers - 4 p.m. C.C. Auditorium

*PNC Meeting - following meeting with Elementary teachers C.C. Room 214A

Thurs., Nov. 7

*BOE Meeting -7:15 p.m. C.C

Week's Events 10/28 - 11/1

The weekend NYSUT Leadership Conference was informative and inspiring. Randi Weingarten made a surprise appearance on Sunday morning and spoke about transformational leadership and getting members involved. It was a wonderful experience to get together with colleagues from districts throughout Long Island and learn about ways to become more effective leaders.

Below is the list of this week's events which will have HTA representation by some or all of us.

Best,

Nidya Degliomini

President

Herricks Teachers' Association

Meetings and Events for Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2013

Mon., Oct. 28:

*Art Boosters

Take Action L.I. Continues to Battle

TALI is a way to become involved and affect change in what is going on in education. Here is some information for us to get familiar with it and get involved to make a change!

The TALI Message

The war against high-stakes testing and the Tax Cap continues to be the focus of Take Action Long Island (TALI). On October 17, TALI held its Public Education at a Crossroads 2.0 forum. PTA and Union leaders from Nassau and Suffolk Counties were brought together to discuss high-stakes testing, Common Core, and the Tax Cap. Guest speaker Jeannette Deutermann, creator of the Facebook page Long Island Opt