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Box 2

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

Child Labor Law, 1988-1991

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Memo from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Board of Directors re new child labor law requiring proof of adequate academic performance for 16- and 17-year-olds who wish to work after 10 p.m. on weekdays, need to help develop guidelines, August 26, 1991, with attached copy of legislation; letter from NYS Department of Labor noting that Gov. Mario Cuomo had declared the Decade of the Child and directed the department to undertake a comprehensive review of child labor laws, with attached notice of...
Dates: 1988-1991

Essential Elements of Reading, 1999

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Critique to Toni Cortese of Essential Elements of Reading by University of Oregon College of Education director Edward J. Kame'enui, March 13, 1999; Phonetic Awareness Literacy Screening and cover letter from Cortese to Kame'enui, asking for critique, March 15, 1999; critique to Cortese of Essential Elements of Reading and Early Literacy Profile IV, by Marilyn Jager Adams, visiting scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Education, March 22, 1999; draft texts of Essential Elements of Reading and...
Dates: 1999

Health Care Forum, 2004

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

April 24, 2004. American Federation of Teachers (AFT) bound book, State of the Healthcare Workforce 2003; program for Professional Issues Forum on Health Care, April 24, 2004; Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Health Care, 2004 edition, by AcademyHealth; related correspondence

Dates: 2004

Teacher Compensation, 1996-2006

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Report by Center for American Progress, "Teacher Pay Reforms: The Political Implications of Recent Research," December 2006; AFT resolution, "Part-Time Faculty Compensation and Benefits," n.d.; commentary by AFT vice president Adam Urbanski, "Merit Pay Won't Work in School," Education Week on the Web, January 15, 1997; untitled article on merit pay, by Al Shanker, May 13, 1997; materials by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Teacher Compensation Project, September 30,...
Dates: 1996-2006

Teacher Shortage, 2000

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents United Federation of Teacher (UFT) printed brochure, The Teacher Shortage in New York City Schools: A crisis threatens our children's education, c. 2000; press releases, "NYSUT: Projected Exodus of Teachers Worse Than Expected," April 6, 2000, and "Statement by New York State United Teachers on Regents' Proposal to Address the Teachers' Shortage," September 12, 2000; memo to NYSUT vice president Toni Cortese for interview re teacher staffing situation at various districts, August 24, 2000;...
Dates: 2000

Teachers for Tomorrow, 2000

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

List of participants (districts); memo to Toni Cortese and Chuck Santelli re grant awards, noting displeasure of Utica Teachers Association over the district's disbursement of funds

Dates: 2000

Competency-Based Teacher Education, 1974-1975

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents Teacher Education Conference Board (TECB) report, "A Review of New York State Competency-Based Teacher Education Trial Projects," October 21, 1974; memos from State Education Department Division of Teacher Education and Certification re changes in requirements for teachers of children with handicapping conditions, with cover letter to NYSUT field staff from NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services, May 6, 1975; remarks by Charles Santelli, "NYSUT Views Competency Based Teacher and...
Dates: 1974-1975

Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification, 1977-2005

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Outline of testimony by Antonia Cortese as witness in court case Gulino v. State Education Department, with cover letter from NYS Office of the Attorney General and attached legal brief, April 1, 2003; Recommendations of the Commissioner's Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification, April 1, 1977; letter to NYSUT vice president Maria Neira from president emeritus Tom Hobart, discussing conversation with Regent Arnold Gardner re training, teaching as a profession, tenure, and other...
Dates: 1977-2005

Teacher Education, Certification and Practice Board (TECAP), 1961-1996

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents Memo to the Board of Regents re creation of an Advisory Board on Teacher Education, Certification, and Practice, November 15, 1962; organizational bylaws and related documents; memo to Chuck Santelli re proposal for autonomous state education standards board, with comparisons with other states, November 14, 1988; proposed roster of members, 1991-92; Evaluation Report of the New York State Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers (1993-1994), January 1996; TECAP meeting agendas,...
Dates: 1961-1996

Regents Advisory Board-Teacher Education Certification and Practice, 1962-1966

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Memo to the Board of Regents re creation of an Advisory Board on Teacher Education, Certification, and Practice, November 15, 1962; documents re reading certification, including comparisons of requirements in other states; report, "New Approaches to Teacher Education and Certification," report to the Danforth Foundation of the Five College Project, September 1965 - September 1966; discussion draft, "A Career Path for New Educational Personnel in the New York City Public Schools," by the...
Dates: 1962-1966