Vice President for Education School Visit Materials

Informed Educator Newsletter

• October 2018

Appendix B — Special Circular

• Text taken from pages 153-154 of the Teachers' Contract

Annual Professional Performance Review

• DOE Advance Educators' Guide 2018-19
• 32 (and Counting) Ways to Attack an Evaluation Error

Budget

• Comprehensive Education Plan Planning: Aligning Instructional Goals with Fiscal Resources (DOE, 2009)

Calendar

• DOE school year calendar, 2017-18
• Elementary and intermediate testing schedule, 2017-18
• Regents examinations, 2017-18

Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE)

State Guidance

• New Law and Regulation Pertaining to Registration, Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) and Approval and Providers of CTLE (June 2016)
• Teaching Assistant Level III Registration Regulations (April 2016)

CTLE Registration

• New Registration and CTLE Requirements for Classroom Teachers and Paraprofessional Holding a Permanent, Professional and Level III Certificate
• Registration and tracking chart

Contract

• Circular 6 Arbitration
• Circular 6 Grievance

Curriculum

• Article 7R2: Curriculum
• Curriculum Survey Email for Chapter Leaders

English Language Learners (ELLs)

ELL Instruction

• Blueprint for English Language Learner Success

ELL Complaints

• ELL Complaint Form

ELL Special Education

• Tools and Resources for Addressing ELLs with Disabilities
• IEP teacher information (September 2016)
• Special Education FAQ (January 2016)

Policy

• DOE Policy and Reference Guide 2017-18

Students with Interrupted/Inconsistent Formal Education (SIFE)

• SIFE Q&A

Part 154 and Regulations

• Ensuring Equal Educational Opportunity for English Language Learners (September 2014)
• Understanding Part 154 Requirements: Questions and Answers (NYSUT, June 2015)
• Transitional Bilingual Education Units of Study (K-8)
• Transitional Bilingual Education Units of Study (9-12)
• English as a New Language Units of Study (K-8)
• English as a New Language Units of Study (9-12)
• Units of Study Glossary
• Part 154 Questions & Answers (June 2015)
• Revision to Commissioner’s Regulations Part 154: suggested Helpful Hints and Next Steps for School Leaders and Staff Members

Certification

• Provision of English as a Second Language (ESL) Component of a K-6 Bilingual Program by Common Branch Teachers and Bilingual Extensions(November 2011)
• Requirements for Supplementary Certificates for Teaching English Language Learners (June 2016)
• Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages Amendments to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education
• Supplementary Certification Pathway Fact Sheet for ESOL

License Change

• New License Flexibility for Bilingual and ESL Teachers

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• ESSA 101: Fundamentals of the Law (Brief One)
• ESSA 101: Developing Your State Plan (Brief Two)

Health and Benefits

• Co-pays
• Raise in salary
• Maternity leave
• Incident report

New Members

• Member Assistance Program: Partners Through Experience
• Member Assistance Program: Fall 2018 courses
• Student debt relief flier

Paperwork

• Paperwork Reduction and Other Professional Work Resolutions from the 2016-17 School Year

Standards

• Standards overview

Social

• #PublicSchoolProud

Teacher's Choice

• Members get big boost in Teacher's Choice funds