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CONSTITUTION of the NEWARK TEACHERS UNION LOCAL #481 — AFT/ AFL-CIO
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General Membership & Nomination of Officers Meeting
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Research and Communication

A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS - SPECIAL WATCHDOG NTU BULLETIN

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- NEWARK SCHOOLS FORUM TURNS INTO HEATED CHARTER SCHOOL DEBATE: OVER 400 NEWARK PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ATTENDED SATURDAY FORUM AT LOUIS A. SPENCER

- BOB BRAUN CALCULATES THE DIFFERENCE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS: BOB BRAUN STAR LEDGER REPORTER CALCULATES THE DIFFERENCE IN CHARTER AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT IMPROVES BY EXCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION & LEP STUDENTS

- IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES FOR NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DISTRICT SCHOOLS CRUMBLE AS EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE DELAYED, PRIVATE SCHOOLS GAIN AT PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENSE, NJ SCHOOL REPORT CARD DATA SHOWS AVERAGE PER PUPIL SPENDING INCREASED STATEWIDE BUT DROPPED IN URBAN DISTRICTS

- IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS: NJ APPROVES 23 NEW SCHOOLS, GOVERNONR CHRISTIE MAKES $30 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO HELP CHARTER SCHOOLS, NEWARK SCHOOL PLAN WOULD OPEN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPACE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SHIFT SCORES OF STUDENTS,

- NTU LETTER TO NJ EDUCATION COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER CERF: PRESIDENT JOSEPH DEL GROSSO TOUCHES ON EACH OF THE POINTS ABOVE TO COMMISSIONER CERF AND CLEARLY HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS, SCANDELS, REAL DEAL AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NEWARK’S CHILDREN, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY IF THINGS CONTINUE.

Tiered Intervention Search Engine (TISE) The tiered interventions in this search engine include resources and legal mandates for all public schools students, as well as students who may need Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) and/or special education and related services. Classroom teachers utilizing a three tiered approach to teaching and learning - whole class, small group and individual instruction - will find resources and interventions to assist him/her in this daunting task. Schools/districts will also find suggested resources and interventions to address the needs of all students (Tier 1), targeted groups of students with particularized needs (Tier 2) and individual students with individualized needs (Tier 3). UPDATED 10/10/10

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The Newark Teachers Union and the Newark Public Schools collaborated on developing the Standards Clarification Search Engine. This new resource integrates New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) resources from the Standards Clarification Project, new NJDOE third through eighth grade assessments and the previously developed CCCS CD ROM. It should help stakeholders better align their professional practices with state standards and assessments.

Welcome to the New Jersey Standards Clarification Search Engine Revised: January 19, 2011

Special Edition - Charter Schools. 
A comprehensive and revealing analysis of Charter Schools and Newark Politics. NTU’s Research and Communication Department scrutinizes commonly held perceptions about the benefits of Charter Schools but the data points to discriminatory enrollment procedures, exorbitant administrative expenses, little State oversight, questionable achievement results and costly, segregated placement of special education students. Click here to download your electronic copy of the complete NTU Bulletin...

New Jersey’s Charter School Experiment
What are the results?
A message from NTU President Joseph Del Grosso
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This document, prepared by the Newark Teachers Union, analyzes and reports out New Jersey’s Department of Education (NJDOE) data that points to significant problems in New Jersey’s charter schools, which need to be addressed legislatively and with NJDOE regulatory oversight.

NJCCCS CD-ROM Home Page

Welcome to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS)
CD-ROM (Revised: February 9, 2011) Home Page.  This CD-ROM was designed to ease access to the NJCCCS content posted at the New Jersey State Department of Education Website.

Research

NTU Resource Guide

NEWARK TEACHERS UNION 2010-2011 RESOURCE GUIDE. We are about to embark on a new school year. A school year that will be a journey of change and excitement for all our members. As we fondly remember the tenure of Doctor Bolden, we look forward to beginning our collaboration with Dr. Clifford Janey, our new superintendent.
View the Interactive Online Resource Guide here
 

Newark School Data

Newark School Data: The New Jersey Board of Education collects a vast amount of information. In order to make this information more user-friendly, the Newark Teachers Union has compiled this data from the school report cards, No Child Left Behind Report Cards, and Comparative Spending Guide. Below you will find disaggregated test scores, school-based budgets, school report card data, and No Child Left Behind data for each school. In addition, for schools that have gone through the CAPA process, we have included the school's CAPA recommendations.

Special Ed

Newark’s Special Education Programs

New Jersey’s Special Education Regulations

Step by Step guidance in developing an IEP

Challenging behavior

Challenging Behavior: The NTU, in collaboration with NPS and SPAN, has developed and reproduced a large array of resources, which stakeholders can utilize to prevent and address challenging and disruptive student behavior.

Newark’s discipline Policy

Managing Anti-social behavior

Legal Mandates for Students with Disabilities

NPS Resources

Forms to Observe, Assess, and Monitor Challenging Behavior

Academic Issues

Academic Problems

Newark Academic Resources

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The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by the Newark Teachers Union and while we endeavor to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations of any kind about the completeness, accuracy and reliability, with respect to the website or the information.

Last updated: March 14, 2011