The elimination of federal requirements around "highly qualified" designations does not impact the state's rule that teachers in core subjects continue to meet the "highly qualified" requirement.
BCFPHN held elections on 6/29/16. The following are the current officers:
President- Karen Pilecki
Delegate to President- Debra Peterson
Vice President- Dianne Guy
Treasurer- Mary Ann Craighead
Secretary- Lynn Jones
BCFPHN members gathered at AFT-Maryland for a training on membership database procedures and website management. Stay tuned for new articles and photos on bcfphn.md.aft.org.
The 2016 NYSUT Community Volunteer Award was presented to Don Seubert of Sachem for his continuing volunteer efforts in the Medford community on June 6th at the RC23 Spring Luncheon.
DETROIT—Statement by Ivy Bailey, interim president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, on Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to appeal Court of Appeals ruling on teacher pay:
“When an attorney general refuses to assist a governor in an appeal, you know something’s wrong. Gov. Snyder refuses to return money taken illegally from school employees without any guarantee they would receive retirement health benefits. Some school employees are owed thousands of dollars—no small amount of money. Add this to the list of Snyder’s disrespectful actions, insults and attacks against educators. It’s unconscionable that he would waste taxpayers’ money defending an unconstitutional law.”
July 5, 2016
MCEA Area IV Meeting Schedule, please mark your calendars.
3rd Quarter Meeting
September 30th at 6:30 p.m.
Penn Alps Restaurant, Grantsville, MD
4th Quarter Meeting
December 16th at 6:30
Place to be announced, Hagerstown, MD
Members may call or email to RSVP: dhvanskiver@gmail.com or 301-707-8246
AFT Seattle Local 1789, AFL-CIO, wishes to state publicly:
Good Afternoon all,
Just announced, Christie will be appearing in Paterson tomorrow morning at 10am.!!!! Paterson Education Association, a sister local of the NJEA, is forming a protest. This is last minute as Christie just announced it. We need bodies to make it painfully clear that there is a special place for his FAIR FUNDING FORMULA.
BRING YOUR SIGNS, YOUR NTU PENNANTS, YOUR LOCAL'S COLORS, BRING THE KIDS.
...CHRISTIE SAYS CUTBACK, WE SAY FIGHT BACK!
DETAILS
gathering time and location
9am
196 West Railway Avenue
Paterson NJ
BCFPHN will hold its Election and Annual Dinner on:
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Right after work
BCFPE Office: 305 W. Chesapeake Ave, Ste L30
Towson, MD 21204
Nominations by the nominating committee at the meeting.
Elections by secret ballot at the meeting
RSVP by the end of the day, 6/28/16 so we can have a good count for food.
Thank you, and see you there!
