Dr. Bioteau on WJXT from UFF FSCJ on Vimeo.

The OTA is collecting new and gently used books in each building to be given out to the public at key events.  All books will be imprinted with a book plate message that reads:  A gift for you from Onteora Teachers Association. 

Over the summer the TC2DN (Teacher Center 2 Dissemination Network) realized that more people were needed to help share information offered by the technology committee. The MHTC is now looking for one person per district statewide to join the committee and become familiar with MHTC technology partnerships.  This committee does not meet but will have trainings on-line. (approx 20 hours, with possible hours or stipend through MLP).  Let’s not be one of the unrepresented districts. Anyone interested should send Deb Cook your name and contact information to be passed on to the committee ASAP.   dcook@onteora.k12.ny.us.

The Louisiana Federation of Teachers has endorsed a set of general principles that a number of public education stakeholders have pledged to honor in the upcoming legislative session.

“For the past six years, education reform has been defined by politicians, corporate profiteers and ideological extremists,” Federation President Steve Monaghan said. “The result has been an avalanche of unconstitutional laws, a raid on public education funds and baseless attacks on teachers in our public schools.

Op-ed by Stephanie Ly, AFT New Mexico President

1/25/2014

  This session brings opportunity to pass a fair teacher evaluation system and stop the obsession with standardized testing. 

Four Pillars: A World-Class Education System for New Mexico contains narratives from educators and research regarding what policies should be implemented to support public education in New Mexico.

http://nm.aft.org/files/four_pillars_2014-2.pdf

Dear Colleagues,

We recently began negotiations on the Teachers' and Teaching Assistants' Contracts with the BOE and met only once. At that meeting we exchanged proposals. Our second meeting was cancelled due to the snowstorm on Tuesday.

We entered this process with expectations that negotiations were going to be very difficult during these trying times, but forged ahead as professionals wanting to work toward attempting to reach a fair successor agreement with the BOE.

The theme of this year's LIPC Essay Contest is "My Teacher Made This Fun to Learn".  Essays must be received by Kathleen Olwy at Munsey Park School by Friday, February 7, 2014.  Please see link below for contest guidelines and rules. http://mea.ny.aft.org/files/lipc_contest_intro._letter_2014.pdf

Warren Dechenaux, the Maryland Legislature's top budget analyst, testified before the assembly yesterday that O'Malley's budget cushion of $30 million may not be enough to cover unexpected spending, which has averaged $145 million in the past few years (and is expected to include things like increased cost of defendants at bail hearings, as required by a new court decision).

In addition, the balancing act by O'Malley's last budget includes tapping into reserves of the employee health benefit fund, and lowering state contributions by $100 million.