PJSTA Union Office
Phone- (631) 928-2205
Fax- (631) 928-5465
President, Katie Kleinpeter- pjstapresident@gmail.com
1st Vice-President, Brian St. Pierre- pjsta1vp@gmail.com
2nd Vice-President, Dave Anzini- pjsta2vp@gmail.com
3rd Vice-President, Matt Carrera- pjsta3vp@gmail.com
Treasurer, Maurizio Milana- pjstatreasurer@gmail.com
Secretary, Erica Marsh- pjstasecretary@gmail.com
The Official Website of the PJSTA 
My mother, Joan Fielstra aka Joan Bornstein, passed away on Friday, 27 Sep 2013.
She was an elementary school teacher in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Services are at 2:30 pm on Saturday, 05 Oct 2013 at the Bryant Funeral Home, 411 Old Town Rd., East Setauket, NY, 11733.
http://www.bryantfh.com/obituaries/Joan-Fielstra/#!/Obituary
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So sorry for your loss Edward. I am fairly certain the info has been passed along. I’ll remind everyone as well.
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Can someone email me the form mentioned by Diane Ravitch regarding parents not allowing their child to take state tests. I am recently retired after teaching Special Education for 35 years. As absurd as the requirements , testing and appr are for teachers of “regular” students are,it is tenfold for Special Education. Few people seem to realize that So. Ed teachers are required to implement the common core curriculum in our class as NYS has no curriculum specific to the needs of our students. Additionally, So Ed. teachers are evaluated in the same manner as Elementary teachers, that in part means test scores and SLOs. All teachers need to be held to high standards,however, my former students had profound handicapped to the extent where every task had to be completed hand over hand. An administrator told me to teach a student who is blind, profoundly physically and intellectually handicapped to sweep the floor. Because I was unable to improve the students’ performance, I was “dinged” that section of the APPR. The only way to foster change will be to continue to present a United front.
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Hello. I am president of the Scotia Glenville Teachers Association. I haven’t yet made up my mind who to support in the upcoming election at the RA. But I do think referring to the opposition slate as Mulgrew lead is obnoxious and untrue. The argument that the UFT is trying to take over NYSUT is untrue. You are simply playing into the hands of the incumbent slate, and playing into some peoples unfounded fears. Read Alan Lubins letter about this.
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Thanks for the comment Eric. With all due respect one could claim you are “playing into the hands” of the Revive slate by referring us to Alan Lubin who has known close ties to Pallotta. I would not dare tell you how to vote as you know your membership best, however to dismiss the influence of the UFT leadership would be foolish. We are talking about a reform friendly local leadership who immediately jumped behind the “grassroots” slate after squashing grassroots, opposition groups within there own local for years. There is simply no reason for them to have endorsed anyone so early if they weren’t directly tied to them. Its why most of the other big locals are waiting. Plenty of time to go with plenty of twists and turns to come. I am sure your decision will be the right one for your members as I am sure our delegate votes will be right for ours.
In solidarity,
Brian
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Beth can someone change the dental claim form on this site over to the new Guardian form? I’ve been giving this one to my dentist not paying attention, thinking it was the newest version. Thanks!
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I will do it this week Kelly. -Brian
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-c-fager/end-voodoo-education-vote_b_8689662.html
A Huffington Post article highly critical of the new ESSA.
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