NTU Updates | Newark Teachers Union

NTU Update - March 8, 2019

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In this issue

1) Contract Update

2) The importance of Building Reps

And more!

NTU Update - February 22, 2019

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1) Negotiations Update

2) Online PD Opportunity

3) Evaluation Tips

4) Legal Update

And More!

NTU Update - February 15, 2019

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In this issue:

1) Educators Pushing Back

2) Observation Tip - Competency 4

3) Hall of Fame Dinner

And More!

NTU Update - February 8, 2019

In This Issue:

1) Letter From President: District hiring practices under state control

2) Rebuttals

3) Building Faculty and Student Success

And much more!

Easy IEP Workshop On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, the NTU will be providing a workshop for staff looking for more information about Easy IEP. The workshop will be from 3:30 to 4:30 and held at the Newark Teachers Union office, 1019 Broad Street (parking available behind the building on Beecher Street)

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN EASY IEP TRAINING SESSION; it is designed to help staff already trained in Easy IEP became more fluent in the system. Candace Wells and Ajay Srikanth from Newark Board of Education will be the presenters. If you are interested in a5ending, reach out to yesntu@newarkteachersunion.com. PD Certificates will only be given to NTU members who RSVP to attend.

NTU Update - January 25, 2019

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In this Issue:

- Everything that has to do with Education is our Domain.

- Why are Building Reps and Building Committees so important

- Scholarship Updates

AND MUCH MORE!

NTU Update - January 18, 2019

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In This Issue:

1) Contract Update

2) Legal Update: What happens outside of school could have huge consequences!

3) Professional Development Opportunities

And Much more!

NTU Update - December 21, 2018

Colleagues,

On behalf of the NTU Executive Board and Staff, we want to wish you all a restful Winter Recess. It has already been a difficult year in many ways, and as always, our members wen above and beyond to meet those challenges. Just a few quick updates:

Contract Survey - We have received around 400 responses to our contract survey. Negotiations are supposed to begin formally in January, and we will be having a membership meeting to update you soon after. If there is one thing you do educationally during your break, FILL OUT THIS SURVEY!

Upcoming Workshops! On January 16^th and 17^th w

Increase in Health Benefit Premiums

It was brought to our attention that Aetna has increased our health insurance premiums by 17.85%. We are meeting with NPS and the other union heads tomorrow to discuss this untimely increase further. It is important to note that this it wasn't a negotiated or negotiable change. In fact, we warned the then state-operated school board and Superintendent about Aetna in 2016 (see below emails). Short term savings were promised, but as we said at the time, "we hesitate to trust any claim [being] made by the district [about this change]."

The district's choice of providers and what premiums they

NTU Update - December 14, 2018

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In this issue:

1) Another huge legal victory!

2) NTU Coat and Toy Drive

3) Scholarship opportunities

and much more