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Cuomo amps up pressure on teachers, Legislature Glens Falls Post Star - 2/1 Cuomo's budget comes up way short for Syracuse Syracuse Post Standard - 2/1 States weaken tenure rights for teachers USA Today Schools look to sponsors to help pay for programs Albany Times Union - 1/30/12 N.Y. legislators seek crackdown on SAT cheaters Rochester Democrat & Chronicle - 1/30 New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests NY Times - 1/20 NY SCHOOLS RANK HIGH Quality Counts 2012 - Education Week Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain NY Times - 1/6 Important Changes Planned for State Assessments Public Schools Face the Rising Costs of Serving Lunch NY Times - 9/20 Pension Costs Poised To Explode, Report Finds Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - 12/7 Stop Trashing Teachers! by Diane Ravitch

The Dignity for All Students Act SED Website Overview, Fact Sheet, & Resources Executive Budget on Education Overview - 1/17/12 The Value of Flexibility Executive Viewpoint The Board of Regents Meets . . . And Acts 2012-2013 U.S.-China Administrator Shadowing Project Highlights of the State of the State Address 1/4/12 Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) - an Overview SED Releases 3-8 Testing Schedule for Spring 2012 SAANYS Cautions Regarding NYSUT's APPR Guide Principals Protest Role of Testing in Evaluations posted 12/6/11 The Dangers of Building A Plane in The Air By Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School, as printed in the Washington Post Poughkeepsie Principal Inducted as President Regents and RCT schedule for January 2012 (Acrobat Reader required) SAANYS Awards Program Accepting Nominees IMPORTANT APPR NOTICE FOR BARGAINING UNITS Board of Education District APPR Plans New APPR Resource Packet and other evaluation law references available in the Members Only section 6/30/11 APPR Regulations Pass - Details to know Posted May 18, 2011 New instructional support tenure areas for BOCES Regents News Letter to Commissioner Outlining additional concerns on APPR Fact-Challenged Policy
Rothstein Blasts Gates for Inaccuracy, Misinterpretation Save the Date - SAANYS Annual Awards Banquet Tax Cap vs. Circuit Breaker Growing Super Administrators - One at a time (Acrobat Reader required) Vanguard Magazine Preview - Winter 2011 Mentoring; SAANYS' New Principals Institute SAANYS Vanguard - A Special Issue on Bullying Achieving Additional Retirement Security with Whole Life Insurance MentorCoach Serivce (Acrobat Reader required) Brochure in PDF format SAANYS Now Offers Members A Personal Legal Plan Ground-breaking Case Allows for Dual Tenure as an Administrator and Teacher 10/10 A Critical Moment: Child and Youth Homelessness in Our Nation's Schools Legal victory to preserve the legal right to a name-clearing hearing 8/23/10 The Public School Speaks -
Frosty Troy Reminds Us of Our Successes SAANYS Salutes:
Harold J. Dean, Eastern Suffolk BOCES, S3tair Project Clearinghouse Linking the NYS Office of Mental Health's Child
and Family Clinic-Plus Initiative and Schools SAANYS Victorious,
Administrators Reinstated NYS Police Available to Schools Is Your School Safe? It is estimated that a staggering 7 out of 10 are not. Free Self-Directed Online Mandated Reporter Training From the office of Children and Family Services New Member Discount Program! New Leadership Certification and
Professional Development Requirements New Principals Institute: Investing In Success

Principals Speak Out on New Evaluation Law Released 11/2/11 Clifton-Fine Principal Honored for K-12 Building Leadership Erie 1 BOCES Coordinator Honored for Leadership in Education Wagner Honored for Life-Long Contributions to Education Keeseville Principal Named Elementary Principal of the Year Broadalbin-Perth Principal Named High School Principal of the Year Kresse Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Secondary Education Glen Cove Administrator Selected Middle School Principal of the Year Bellair Honored for Outstanding Leadership in Education
Palmyra-Macedon Principal Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Education |