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NTU Contract 2024-2029

We have a tentative agreement with the board that will now be brought to the membership for a ratification vote. Click for more info!

NTU Hall of Fame and Scholarship Dinner

Wednesday, May 8th 6 PM

Holiday Inn

160 Frontage Rd

Newark, NJ 07114

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.

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:

NTU Update - November 30, 2018

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In this issue:

1) Contract Update

2) Observation-Evaluation Tips—Competency 4

3) NTU Toy and Coat Drive

And much more

Required reading: More info about 2012 Settlement

Newark teachers are due for a $2.5 million windfall this year, and hundreds more can expect hefty raises in the future, thanks to a new agreement between the district and the city teachers union.

2012 Grievances and Contract Reopener Update

Upon recommendation from the Newark Teachers Union Negotiations Committee and with the support of the NTU Executive Board, it is my honor and privilege to present to you the Memorandum of Agreement that settles the 2013 Grievances which arose out of the 2012 contract.

An Explanation of Settlement follows, but it requires a bit of background. In 2013, the NTU submitted various grievances against the then state-controlled Newark Public Schools. The process took two years of hearings and another two years waiting for a decision from the Arbitrator. That Opinion and Award came in 2017. Though

NTU Update - November 19, 2018

In this issue:

- Grievance/Contract Update

- Snow Day Update

- Prudential Center

- Food Drive

Observation-Evaluation Tips—Competency5b

COMPETENCY 5— Commitment to excellence and to the professional growth of his/her school and peers

5b. Collaboration. Teacher contributes ideas and expertise to further colleagues’ and the school’s growth and incorporates productive insights into his or her own instruction

Seems pretty obvious, right? It's what we do all day every day… most of the time. However, sometimes we are so busy catching up, grading, planning, that we forget that we are actually doing it.

My team ALWAYS has a "recorder" when we get together for our common planning and that person records what we are talking about and

NTU Update - November 5, 2018

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In this issue:

1) Election Day

2) New Jersey's New Sick Day Law for Per Diem Staff

3) Observation-Evaluation Tips—Competency 5

And much more