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The Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO hosted its Annual COPE
Cocktail Reception
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Call Members of the Senate Committee on Economic Growth to Oppose S-1607 "Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act"!

Important Information Concerning the New State Health Plans Obtained from the January 17, 2008 seminar...
Please Read!!!

A Guide to Choosing a SHBP Health Plan
Employer Informational Seminar
Comparison Chart for
NJDIRECT10 & NJDIRECT 15

Important Information about NJDIRECT

Congratulations!
Governor's Teacher Recognition Program
Teacher of the Year Nominees
2007-2008

A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in their pupils.
~Ever Garrison

President, Anna Sciacca

Champions of Education

Current AFT Legislative
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Legislative information, elected officials, media guide and much more. Email legislators directly.
AFT Action Alert Site

Department of Education
Free Workshops

New State Health Benefits Application

Statement from Randi Weingarten On 'Tales of Teacher Absence'

January Events¦

1/1 New Year's Day

1/5 School Reopens

GFT Executive Council
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5/19 Executive Council Meeting

June TBA

Staff Development Days

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college building AFT Launches Higher Education
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The AFT's new online Higher Education Data Center is your source for volumes of information about higher education institutions, such as faculty salaries, instructional staff levels, tenure rates, and institutional revenues and expenditures—all in one place.

Becoming a teacher
Interested in teaching as a career? You'll want to check out this new booklet that provides answers to questions about the teaching profession

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The summer '08 issue looks at teaching English language learners.

"Inside the AFT Newsletter"
October 15, 2007

u Sizing Up State Standards This 2008 report finds that states are making progress writing clear, content-focused academic standards.	uPension Plans Targeted Read AFT special report on the continuing threat to state public pension plans.	u njsft.org u BergenCLC.org u TeachersFirst.com u state.nj.us/education u NJPEP.org u AFL-CIO -America's Union Movement u Check Your Email -	u u Check your email u Teachers' Resources u Sites for Teachers u Garfield Board Minutes
u The AFT has launched : AFT You Decide 2008... INFO ON THE CANDIDATES	u No Child Left Behind What It Will Take To Get It Right As the education community marks the fifth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act this month, the AFT continues to press policymakers on our members' concerns about the law...
			u Education Week Current Issue Vol.27, Issue 9 http://www.edweek.org/
u You Decide -With the 2008 presidential campaign already moving forward, the AFT wants to hear from you about what you think the most important issues in the next election should be.	POSITION OF COALITION (AFT, AFL-CIO, AND NJEA) ON PENSION AND HEALTH CARE CUTS	NCLB: Still Failing the Test of Time The No Child Left Behind Act remains a "fundamentally flawed" piece of legislation and much of the blame rests at the Oval Office door, AFT president Edward J. McElroy charged on Jan. 8, the six-year anniversary of the law.	American Teacher Read the latest issue online. J une is National Safety Month The National Safety Council launches their annual campaign. Visit our own hot topics area for AFT Health & Safety fact sheets