NTU Updates

IMPORTANT SURVEY!  For staff who are doing remote learning, we are looking to find out if you will be working from home, school, or a combination of both.  Click here for a quick one question survey  Thank you!

https://forms.gle/FL2c1YxTM3jERoXT6

Member rights during COVID - Click here for some important resources regarding your rights to child care leaves, FMLA, and 504 Accomodations!

Inside this week's update (click here to read)
 

1) Welcome Back

2) Important Payroll information

3) Loan Forgiveness

4) NTU Parent Guide to Google CLassroom

AND MORE!

Dear Members: 

As previously shared with you, the American Federation of Teachers sits on the statewide reopening committee. NTU sits on the local version. We have long pushed for and can now confirm that the decision of when to close a classroom, a school building or an entire district will not be solely a local decision.  If one or two students or teachers is diagnosed with the coronavirus in a New Jersey classroom, everyone he or she came close to at school could be asked to stay home for 14 days, according to new state guidelines. But if two people in different classrooms have confirmed

Colleagues,

Colleagues,

The NTU has been active on Youtube and Facebook Live answering members COVID-19 and reopening questions.  More to come!

School Reopening Updates

It is important to note that all information below and in the attached documents were accurate at the time they were created.  Everything can and will continue to change rapidly.  For example, included with this email is the PowerPoint the district gave to the Summer Pilot Program, which details the ingress procedures and sanitizing procedures schools will be using. But that document was created on July 1, 2020 before the pilot guided the process.

It has

PERSONAL DAY BUY BACK

If you were supposed to receive your personal day buyback today and did not, please send an email with your name, school, and ID # to mmaillaro@newarkteachersunion.com, and he will forward your info to NBOE.

IN THIS WEEK'S UPDATE:

1) COVID UPDATE PART 1 (More to come Monday)

2) DIstance Learning Library

3) Loan Forgiveness and Tuition assistance

And More!

Reopening Update

We are aware that many districts are slowly releasing their return to school plans.  Given the size and blend of public, private and charter schools in Newark, we would expect it to take longer than the suburbs.  We are patiently waiting for the release and our subsequent review of Newark's finalized plan.  We have been in constant contact with the all stakeholders throughout the process and learning from the Summer School pilot program. 

Enjoy your summer, safely. 

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/07/teachers-want-to-go-back-to-school-if-its-safe-but-they-worry-it-wont-be

School Reopening and COVID FAQ’s Video

Over on Youtube, President John Abeigon and Director of Research Mike Maillaro put together a twenty question FAQ from the surveys we received from our members discussing School Reopening and Covid-19.  As more information comes out from the state and district, we will likely be adding more videos.  This is our first attempt at video content.  Let us know how we did!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPpKi8UsXs

One of the biggest questions we hear is "Why are we reopening schools at all?"

Schools are the definition of a necessary service.  Our students face