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Orleans-Niagara BOCES Teachers Association

P.O. Box 147

Amherst, NY 14226

OUR MISSION

 

B.O.C.E.S.T.A. is a local labor union of certifies, professional educators from Orleans-Niagara BOCES, affiliated on the state level with NYSUT, and on the national level with AFT/AFL-CIO: whose purpose is to maintain and improve the working conditions, job security, salaries, benefits and quality of life for all of our members, through the processes of contract negotiations, grievance resolution, decision sharing with administration, community involvement and communication with general membership; to promote professional development and to provide and support excellence in education.
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Scholarship

Applications2012

We need YOU there!!!!!

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NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi calls upon delegates at

 NYSUT's  2013 Representative Assembly to make

 their collective voice heard loud and clear at a massive

 rally on June 8 in Albany to fight for the future of

New York's public education system.

Click on the picture above to hear the speech.

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Calling All Softball Players....

NYSUT Softball Tournamnet

June 2nd at Fairmount Park in North Tonawanda (rain date June 9th)

Teacher unions from our local component districts will be playing.  Union against union!

Email Cindy Neden at jaycin@roadrunner.com if you are interested in playing. 

 

If you don't enjoy playing come on out anyway and cheer your union players on.  It is a lot of fun and 100% of the proceeds go to HOSPICE.

BOCESTA BASH

2013

 
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TAXES.....Dues for  2012      $664.50
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 I'm opting out, are you?! 

Join me in the effort to let the State Ed. Dept. know this testing is not good for kids and we will not subject our children to it

Click on the Kids First logo to view an example of a letter that you can write to make kids come first! 

Let Your Voice Be Heard!

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Click below to read Lynne's blog with the latest information on APPR.

http://www.lhochmuth-presidentsblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/whats-appr-all-about.html

Check It Out!!!!!

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APPR Got Ya' Pulling Out Your Hair?
Click on the picture below to link to Engageny.org for some helpful information regarding APPR.
For information on SLOs Go on the Engageny site, click on Teacher. Under Feature Links click on NYSED Resources and Tools... and then download the "Guidance" PDF.  Check out pages 32-44!
DID you miss the APPR general mtg?  Click here for the information!APPR_Presentation.ppt

Breast Cancer

Awareness

Walk 2012