Profiles

NYSUT - Andrea Figueroa

Andrea Figueroa has taught for 10 years in the Jamestown schools and is vice president of the Jamestown Teachers...


NYSUT - Andrew Beiter

    WHAT YOU DO MATTERS By Andrew Beiter   It heartened me to hear President Obama refer...


NYSUT - Andy Sako

When a new community college certificate program in Green Building Technology opened last fall at Erie Community...


NYSUT - Anthony Gronowicz

Anthony Gronowicz, a member of Professional Staff Congress in New York City. Tony Gronowicz was one of more than...


NYSUT - Baldwinsville teachers raise over $2,000 for flood victims

Members of the Baldwinsville Teachers' Association held a holiday raffle in December that raised over...


NYSUT - Beth Taylor-Devlin

Sometimes an ordinary person displays extraordinary courage. Beth Taylor Devlin always had a place in her heart...


NYSUT - Bette Maggie Sloane

Teacher uses cellphone camera to explore math concepts Instead of banning cell phones from class, high school...


NYSUT - Bob Mullen & Bob Hollwedel

The pioneering work of technology teachers Bob Mullen and Bob Hollwedel is the subject of a thoughtful and well-...


NYSUT - Bonita Shelby

Educators wear many hats I am a teacher, a clinical coordinator, a clinical instructor, a registered nurse and a...


NYSUT - Capital Region educators teach beyond borders

  A group of teachers from the Capital Region have chosen to love not only their own children and students...


NYSUT - Caroline Duggan

When music teacher Caroline Duggan started an afterschool Irish Dance program with her Bronx elementary students,...


NYSUT - Christina Bangel

  The Yorkers Local History Club at Owego-Apalachin Middle School is leading what we consider to be a very...


NYSUT - Connetquot Teachers Association

Connetquot Teachers Association (CTA), in conjunction with the Bohemia Historical Society were asked to help...


NYSUT - Cori Kinns

Sp­­ecial education teacher Cori Kinns has been a woman on the move for so long, that it’s an...


NYSUT - Danny Fairchild

  Here’s someone who would be proud to be called The Biggest Loser: Danny Fairchild. The Dryden...


NYSUT - Diane Gonzalez

Diane Gonzalez, secretary of the East Ramapo TA, is a veteran science teacher at Chestnut Ridge Middle School who...


NYSUT - Dorothy Lehman

When I was hired at Lewiston-Porter in 1985, I was thrilled. Not only had I graduated from Lew-Port, my sons also...


NYSUT - Doug Harple & Joe Mix

If I had a hammer … and a saw Q: So, what do you get when you match a building trades teacher with a...


NYSUT - Duct tape joins teacher, charity

    Danielle Delfanian is a Fulton Teachers Association member who is doing great things. In...


NYSUT - Elementary school students have new “pet” project

This Spring, while most students were busy dreaming of their upcoming summer break, K-6 graders at Birch Lane...


NYSUT - Elizabeth Peters

  Every year our local union has had a Christmas community sharing program that I have helped coordinate....


NYSUT - Esmeralda Tello

Esmeralda Tello, a seventh grade American history teacher at J. Taylor Finley Middle School in Huntington, NY, was...


NYSUT - Frank Musto

  Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, a co-worker asked Commack High School art teacher Frank Musto if he would...


NYSUT - George Avila

My name is George Avila and I teach at the Rockland County BOCES. I have established a token economy to encourage...


NYSUT - Gertrude Shaffer

Ovid — A woman of vision and action, South Seneca English teacher Gertrude Shaffer recently received the...


NYSUT - Glenn Petersen

Glenn Petersen took a stand to help lead faculty resistance to the imposition of jumbo classes in several...


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