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What is the difference between a IPDP and a CAP?

Under NJ code, teachers must complete 20 hours of Professional Development each year.  Your IPDP (Individual Professional Development Plan) describes how you will reach those 20 hours, and what goals you are working towards meeting through your professional development.

Under TeachNJ, any teacher that has received an ineffective or partially effective on their end of the year evaluation would be required to create a CAP (Corrective Action Plan).  In additional to the requirements of a traditional IPDP, a CAP should lay out what improvements the

By May 15, you should receive either a non-reoffering letter or a contract in the mail for the 2018-2019 school year from the Newark Public Schools.

IF YOU RECEIVE A NON-REOFFERING LETTER:

If you are a non-tenured teacher who received a letter of non-reoffering, you need to reach out to the Newark Teachers Union immediately!  Email miovino@newarkteachersunion.com and he will discuss your case with you.

1. IF YOU HAVE NOT REQUESTED A HEARING ALREADY 

• Click this link:CAUSE/HEARING REQUEST to Request the Causes for non-reoffering and your Donaldson Hearing 
• Print the letter and send it in certified

Attached is information on NTU’s Child Abuse Neglect Prevention and Protection Program.  Please review this document!  It could save your career!  We have been seeing a large number of DYFS cases every week.

Colleagues,

I’ve gotten some questions about Mid-Year Evaluations, so I am resending this info we’ve sent out in the past

1) Mid-Year Evaluations - As per state law and district policy, only teachers on Corrective Action Plans are required to have Mid-Year Evaluations done.   These Mid-Year Evaluations should be done:

·       Before February 15 (if CAP in place before September 15), or

·       Before summative conference (if CAP in place after September 15).”

Even though Mid-Years are ONLY required for CAP teachers, they may be done on all teachers.  The district recommends, “The mid-year review

- What time does it run until?

Parent Conferences runs no later than 7 PM.

- Who has to attend?  

All instructional staff  - administrators, teachers, tutors, guidance counselors, Social Workers, nurses, parent liasions and child study team members

- Who does not have to attend?

Teacher aides, one-on-one aides, and clerks,

- What do we do about dinner?

Principals are to make provision for light refreshments, spending no more than $5.00 per staff member from the school's SLC allocation

-When is the food supposed to arrive?

Between 4:15 and 5:00 PM  Schedules should be organized so that each staff member

Get ready for back to school with this hand-picked collection of free lesson plans and classroom activities perfect for the first days back.

Here is just a sampling of fresh ideas from Share My Lesson that are sure to help you prepare with ease:

Teacher Toolkits...
We are hoping to make your life a bit easier with our updated, ever-popular Teacher Toolkits. In each toolkit, you'll find direct links to the Common Core State Standards for both math and ELA by grade, and you'll find our favorite resources for each subject. 

For educators...
Classroom management: Get ideas for daily rituals, preventing

Important links for Express Scripts.

To find an in-network pharmacy, use this link: https://www.express-scripts.com/

•  2022 NBOE Prescription Benefit Grid Comparison
•  Express Scripts Basic Formulary - NBOE $0-$20 Rx Plan
•  Express Scripts How to get your ID Card
•  Express Scripts National Preferred Formulary - NBOE NJEDU Rx Plan
•  Express Scripts National Preferred Formulary with Exclusions- NBOE NJEDU Rx Plan
•  Express Scripts Rx Sample ID Card
•  How to Register on ESI.com
•  NBOE Plan Names for 2022

Starting in January 2022, the district announced two changes to our benefits.

Self-Insured: As you may have noticed on your benefits cards, while the district will still be using Aetna to administer our health benefits, they have moved from a “Fully Insured” to a “Self-Insured” program. What does this mean exactly? With a fully-insured health plan, the employer pays a premium to a health insurance company. In return, the insurance company covers the costs of the employees’ healthcare. With a fully-insured plan, there is no additional risk to the employer. In a self-insured plan, the employer

NJ Citizens Action send over a wide variety of resources our members may find useful. 

• Financial Coaching Resources (English)
• Financial Coaching Resources (Spanish)
• Loan Counseling
• Fair Housing Virtual Workshops
• Affordable Care Act (English)
• Affordable Care Act (Spanish)
• Tax Prep Flyer - Bloomfield (English and Spanish)
• Tax Prep Flyer - Highland Park (English and Spanish)
• Tax Prep Flyer - Newark (English and Spanish)
• Oil Group Flyer