Colleagues,

1) Advisory Board Meeting:  The NTU has had several big legal victories in recent weeks, and we need to keep the momentum going.  Make sure you get out to next week’s Advisory Board meeting and get your voice heard!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 6:00 p.m.
Ivy Hill Elementary School
107 Ivy Hill
Newark, NJ 07108

If you would like to speak at the meeting, make sure you fill out the online form.

2) Walk in: On Wednesday, NTU members city-wide joined their community members, the AFT, other community organizations and other unions city and nationwide in a Walk-In to Reclaim Our Public Schools

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Dear Colleagues,

During this bleak period in American public education history where educators are beset on all sides by enemies and reminders of the War on Teachers, it is absolutely fitting that we take time to pat ourselves on the back. We do that this year by awarding our first Member Recognition Award.

We all know who this person is—they’re the one who walk by you when you’re putting up a bulletin board stop and help you cutting into their own lunch period. They’re the one who ask staff centric questions at staff meetings and get away with it because they’re knowledgeable and respected by

Colleagues,

1)    Hall of Fame Dinner: The 18^th Annual Albert Shanker Scholarship Awards are upon us.  If you are a full member of the NTU, your son/daughter is eligible to apply.  If you are a full member of the NTU and you are a Paraprofessional in our public school district who is currently attending college then you are eligible to apply.  

This year, these awards will be presented at the 2016 NTU Hall of Fame Dinner to be held on Wednesday, May 18^th at The Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Place, Newark, NJ at 6:30 p.m.  A buffet dinner and dessert will be provided, along with music and a special

In the February 3 issue of Politifax, NTU was named one of their winners of the week for our victory over the Superintedent's unilateral attempt to change our prescription plan!