News

MTEA Elections Results

  • Vice President - Jack Wilson
  • Corresponding Secretary - Pat White
  • DPDC -  Steve Ninivaggi
  • Para-Professional Rep. - Sue Laurita
  • Secretary Rep - Eileen Brown
  • Parliamentarian - Tom Scharibone
 

Association Rep:
  • High School - Dan Staples
  • Middle School - Maureen Moore
  • Whiting - Diane Zakerski
  • RDS - Miriam Hill
  • MTES - John Portuese

Legislative News

Check out the latest views from NJEA regarding Obama's "Race to the Top" Grants. Race to the Top, pdf. For more information log onto the NJEA website. You'll need to click on the Legislative link.

Health Care Alert - UPDATE

On Monday, Jan. 11, national labor leaders, including NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, met with President Barack Obama to discuss health care reform.

On Thursday, Jan. 14, Van Roekel and other national labor leaders met with White House staff to specifically discuss the federal health care excise tax on health plans.

The White House and national labor leaders apparently were able to form a compromise that includes a federal excise tax. The New York Times is reporting some details of the compromise.

NJEA remains steadfast in its opposition to any excise tax.

We continue to urge you to contact your representatives and tell them that ANY federal excise tax will amount to a tax increase for middle class workers and their families.

Here’s what you can do:

  • Call your senators and tell them to oppose any measure that contains an excise tax:

Senator Frank Lautenberg, (973) 639-8700

Senator Robert Menendez, (973) 645-3030

  • Call your congressman and tell him to oppose any measure that contains an excise tax. If you need help identifying your congressman, go to njea.org to find that information.

The above is from the NJEA website. 

Have you checked it out lately?

Caution!

If you are using your school’s computer to send personal e-mails during the work day you may be putting yourself at risk. The school computers belong to the Board of Education and can be monitored at anytime. Make sure you are not using them during a duty period; or sending information that is not meant to be shared with just anyone.

 

Are you on Facebook, or My Space?

Do you know that you can be held liable for discussing fellow staff member's inappropriate behavior on Facebook?  Are you conversing with students on a non professional level? The MTEA is in the process of putting together a workshop to discuss these issues.  In the meantime, you need to know that there are teachers that have lost their teaching licenses and pensions as a direct result of their Facebook postings.

Family Leave Act

On July 1, 2009 the FMIA began.  This leave entitles a person to take an additional six week leave at a reduced pay without an interruption of medical benefits. For more information and eligibility requirements, please contact your Association Representatives.