NYSUT Education and Learning Trust provides discounted.and free online courses for first - fifth year teachers. Please visit NYSUT ELT to take advantage of this opportunity to meet your Professional Development needs!

During this COVID-2019 Crisis ELT is offering Free Onilne Support Seminars for members. https://elt.nysut.org/promotions/2020-COVID-19

DFT and the DPSCD administration have reached an agreement regarding distance learning. See the agreement here: 2019-20_covid-19_school_closure_student_support_program__04.18.20__20.55pm__signed_1.pdf

On Friday, April 19th, the Vermont State Colleges' Administration announced a plan to close at the end of this semester:

New Mexico expects a peak in COVID-19 cases in May.[1] So New Mexicans are sacrificing, to slow the virus down and flatten the curve. You know who’s not sacrificing? Hospital executives. Across our state, they’re reducing hours and laying off hospital workers by the hundreds, just when we need them most. 

https://www.texasaft.org/releases/governor-is-on-board-with-texas-aft-with-order-to-end-the-school-year-for-on-site-instruction/?fbclid=IwAR1-WTyFGcvYWTeop2JbijpzutLbf4v9zNFAg4eqgpxQdvZyKnl8l

From:

Kathy Chavez, President, Albuquerque Federation of Certified Professionals 

Todd Torgerson Chief Human Resources & Legal Support Services 

Valerie Hoose, Executive Director of Labor Relations & Staffing

Re:  Joint Memo Regarding Essential Duties for Educational Assistants, Health Assistants, Behavior Redirectors, Library Assistants, Family Liaisons, Bus Drivers, and Bus Attendants

To whom it may concern,

Normally, the Part-time Faculty Association of Maine (PATFA) arranges its Annual Meeting for a Saturday a week or so after spring commencements. Well, 2020 is certainly not normal.

Your Executive Council – the president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary – have decided to move this year’s Annual Meeting to Saturday, Sept. 26. The pandemic and related restrictions make this seem the wiser course.

And the location? Stay tuned. We might try Zooming the meeting, which would enable part-time faculty from all over to participate. We will decide that later.

Thank you to every member who voted in the 2020 A&R Elections and to those who encouraged others to vote as well!  The voting has closed and the results are in:

Uncontested Seats:

1st Vice President:  Mike Myles
2nd Vice President:  Janet Andrews
Secretary:  Lauren Hangland

Today's reminder from A&R...

Today is Wednesday, 4/15 (normally Tax Day, but not this year as Tax Day has been delayed). 

Today is however "National Take A Wild Guess Day"...

So in honor of a National Take A Wild Guess Day, we will fill a jar with jelly beans and we want A&R members to guess how many Jelly Beans are in the jar

-one guess per person (first guess will be counted if more than one is received)
-"closest to" will be the winner (NOT closest to without going over)
-winner must be an A&R member
-...it is Take A Wild Guess Day, so we won't tell you what kind of jar or what type of Jelly Bean...it is a "Wild Guess".....
-guessing ends 4/15 at 4:30...winner will be sent a modest Gift Card by mail.

TAKE A GUESS

Congrats to Mike Conway from DOE...he is our winner!