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Hall of Fame 2024

NTU Hall of Fame and Scholarship Dinner

Wednesday, May 8th 6 PM Holiday Inn 160 Frontage Rd Newark, NJ 07114
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Union Plus Benefits

Through the AFT Plus/Union Plus program, Union members receive discounts on everything from car rentals to hotels to pet insurance. This is a terrific benefit that more people need to take advantage of.
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NTU COPE

What's at stake for members and their families? Working families deserve effective representation in government. The first step is to elect people who will stand up for what's right. NTU COPE works to support candidates for local, state and national office who will fight for such important issues as:

2015 Union Plus Scholarship - Application due Jan 31, 2015

Dear Union Member, 

For over 20 years, the Union Plus Scholarship program has been making annual college scholarship awards to union family members. In total we've awarded more than $3.7 million in educational funding to more than 2,500 union members, spouses and dependent children!

Union Plus Scholarship awards are granted to students attending a two-year college, four-year college, graduate school or a recognized technical or trade school. Union families looking for help financing their education should check out the Union Plus Scholarship.

You still have time to submit your 2015 Union Plus

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NTU Update - December 4, 2015

Colleagues,


1)      NTUniversity – The NTU is looking to expand the reach of our Educational Research and Dissemination Department.  We are looking for NTU members who would like to come down to the NTU and help present workshops on a variety of important issues, especially in regards to areas like classroom management, math, bilingual, ELL, and Special Education.   If you would be interested, please reach out to NTU Secretary/Treasurer Michael Iovino – miovino@newarkteachersunion.com.


2)      Membership Meetings – We have confirmed dates and location for our upcoming regional membership

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Ed Law Center - How did Newark's "budget crisis" come about

STATE UNDERFUNDING AND RAPID CHARTER GROWTH PUT NEWARK BUDGET IN CRISIS

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Health Care Associates (Employee Assistance) Workshop - Tuesday, December 15

Our colleagues from HCAMS (HealthCare Assistance with Member Support) will be doing an afterschool workshop at the Newark Teachers Union on December 15, 2015.   They will be explaining the services they offer and how union members can access them.

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December NTU Membership meetings

We have confirmed dates and location for our upcoming regional membership meetings:

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Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

This week, the House of Representatives will take up the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Senate is scheduled to follow suit as soon the House is finished. The reauthorized law, called the Every Student Succeeds Act:
*         eliminates the adequate yearly progress requirement;*         maintains certification for paraprofessionals;*         revamps accountability to include other measures of student learning and school indicators, and allows for a pilot program for project based-assessments in lieu of standardized tests;*         authorizes funds to be used
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