School Board Notes • August 28, 2012 • Vol. XXXVI No. 5
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Teacher-Evaluation Regulations: Boards Have Long "To-Do" List
- School boards and administrators will need to perform numerous duties in the coming school year before the new teacher-evaluation system is implemented in 2013-2014. The new educator evaluations are central to the tenure reform law that was enacted earlier this month.
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NJSBA Offers Regional Training on Tenure Reform Law
- During the second week of September, NJSBA will offer programs in Bergen, Burlington and Salem counties to provide school officials with important information on the state's new tenure-reform law.
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Interdistrict Choice Offerings Expand
- State officials are touting the expansion of the Interdistrict School Choice program from the current level of 3,357 students to more than 6,000 students in 2013-2014.
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Meetings with Legislators Continue into September
- NJSBA's summertime meetings between legislators and school board members, which have been taking place throughout August, continues with several more meetings in September.
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Mandated Training Available at Workshop 2012
- Workshop 2012, the premiere training conference for local education officials to be held in October, will allow many school board members to fulfill their mandated training requirement.
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Board Member of Year Deadline Quickly Approaching
- Want to nominate a colleague for Board Member of the Year? September 7 is the deadline.
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NJSBA Welcomes New Field Service Representative
- Bernard Baggs recently joined the NJSBA staff as a field service representative. He will be serving school boards in Morris, Essex and Hudson counties.
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Survey Results: Random Drug Testing in Schools
- The most recent 30-Second Survey asked readers about random drug testing policies and attitudes about such policies.
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Online Radio Features Assembly Leader
- Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick will be featured Sept. 5 on NJSBA's online radio program for a discussion of education reform.
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Poll Finds Strong Support for Schools
- The latest Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll on public education finds citizens strongly support their public schools, but are divided about the concept of school choice.
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Program on Green School Financing Slated for Sept. 14
- A Sept. 14 seminar will address green schools, energy-savings programs, and incentives for solar, wind and geothermal technologies.
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NJSBA Executive Committee to Meet
- The Association's Executive Committee will meet Sept. 4 at NJSBA headquarters in Trenton.
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Notice of NJSBA Audit Committee
- NJSBA's Audit Committee will meet Sept. 14 in West Windsor.
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