Supply Tree – An idea from a teacher in Indiana.
At “Back to School Night”, I post a large tree cut out of bulletin board paper. I punch out leaves on our Ellison machine. On each leaf, I write a needed item (highlighters, box of tissues, antibacterial soap, folders, journals, pens, pencils, yarn). I may write on one leaf: 5 journals, or 10 folders, or a box of highlighters. I title the tree “Room? Supply Tree. Parents pull off the leaves and make a donate items to the classroom. It is always successful.
An idea from “Works for Me” and NEA website” Owner-works4me@list.nea.org”
Passage of the School Employees' Contract Resolution and Equity Act!
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of NJEA's top legislative priorities, the school Employees' Contract
Resolution and Equity Act, means boards of education can no longer
unilaterally impose a contract on locals. The law also includes significant changes in the bargaining law. WHY WAS ENDING CONTRACT IMPOSITION SO IMPORTANT? Although only used sporadically, an imposed contract, forced upon the local education association by the employer if fact-finding failed, was insulting and more often than not resulted in a strike. The voluntary, mutually agreed upon contract, freely reached by two parties is the foundation of all contract law. When one party could stop the process and impose its will, there was really no contract. Contract imposition was patently unfair. It allowed employers to extend the bargaining process through mediation and fact-finding, even when the board's goal was to impose a contract. It gave employers an unfair advantage at the bargaining table and had a negative effect on employee morale. Public school employees have had the right to negotiate their terms and conditions of employment for more than thirty years. An imposition took away that right, removed those dignity of negotiating as equals, and diminished the negotiations process. Those days are now over. Some balance has been restored to the bargaining process. |
Reimbursement for Travel
Article 8:F - "Teachers who may be requested to use their automobiles in the performance of their duties shall be reimbursed for all such travel at the rate established by the Sate of New Jersey." Keep track of your mileage and apply for reimbursement.