Box 20

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Draft Administrators' Handbook on Commissioner's Regulations; correspondence

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State Education Department booklet, "New Part 100 of the Commissioner's Regulations," November 19, 1984; implementation materials

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Testimony of Antonia Cortese, second vice president, NYSUT, to the Board of Regents on Proposed Part 100 Regulations, September 12, 1984; materials for training sessions

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Draft resolution on the Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act, approved by NYSUT Executive Committee December 19, 1996; description of act; press release, "NYSUT Urges Time Off for Parent-Teacher Conferences, Says Parental Involvement Key to Academic Success," November 14, 1994

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Draft document, Peer Mentoring and/or Evaluation Programs; NYSUT Briefing Bulletin, "Mentor, Peer Intervention and Teacher Evaluation Programs," July 1997; memo to Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross from Cortese re peer intervention for tenured teachers, July 16, 1996; National Education Association (NEA) policy statement re peer assistance and review programs; related materials

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Memo to Cortese from NYSUT legal counsel re lack of statutory protection of confidentiality of peer intervention, February 18, 1998; brochure by NYC Peer Intervention Program, "Teachers Not Making the Grade? How to Set Up a Peer Assistance Program," 1995; collective bargaining agreement between UFT and NYC Board of Education, 1995-2000; materials re Minnesota Peer Review law, 1997; materials re Toledo (Ohio)'s Intern Intervention program, 1985-96

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see: Standards & Assessment

Scope and Contents Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Policy Brief: "The Motivational Effects of School-Based Performance Awards, February 2000; CPRE State-Level Knowledge and Skill-Based Pay Survey summary of results, with cover letter to NYSUT (as survey respondent), December 27, 1999; Douglas County Federation of Teachers Performance Pay Plan for Teachers; 1997-2000 Agreement between Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District and the Kenmore Teachers Association covering Full and...

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AFT memo re overview of policies linked to gains in student achievement, 7/22/99; seminar presentation outline, "Money Matters in Education. When Spent on What Works," March 28, 2000; opening remarks by Cortese; letter inviting Commissioner Mills to public policy seminar

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Questions and answers re legal issues re State Education Department policy re "pouring rights" contracts (contracts between school districts and soft drink vending machine companies, often requiring long-term installation of vending machines in return for up-front fees to districts)