NYSUT General Officers Records, 1887-2006
Collection Number: 6174/017

List of NYSUT officers and associates to be interviewed for oral history project, as of 11/13/90; memo from Tony Bifaro re approach to interview process, November 13, 1990; document, Use of Interview in a Variety of Forms as Script, Anecdote, and "Sound Byte," 11/2/88; memos to individuals selected for interview, March 31, 1992; sample interview data sheets (containing biographical information for NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe, NYS AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Paul Cole, NYSUT first vice president Antonia Cortese, second vice president Walter Dunn, Jr., executive vice president Herb Magidson, NYSUT president Tom Hobart) with cover letter to Tony Bifaro from interns conducting the interviews, n.d.; questions for oral history participants; questions for the oral history interview with Tom Hobart; A Chronology of the History of NYSTA & NYSUT

List of NYSUT History Project items in warehouse, summer 1989; notes for the plan by Crystal Toller, summer 1989, with appendices; cover memo from Tony Bifaro to Leon Lieberman, Jim Wood, and Peter Bloespflug, referencing survey of work and recommendations by intern Crystal Toller, September 13, 1989; letter from Tom Hobart to Leon Lieberman re NYSUT History Project, scheduled interview with graduate student intern, July 16, 1990; letter from Hobart to Lieberman re inappropriate interview questions that had escaped his attention, dealing with the 1978 NYSUT Convention, requesting that he disregard them, November 2, 1989; edited draft of "please disregard" letter, apparently for delivery to all interviewees; list of questions for oral history participants, re 1972 merger and 1976 disaffiliation; letter from Hobart to Lieberman, requesting participation in oral interviews for history project, November 1, 1989; cover letter from Hobart to Lieberman, requesting that he review the draft text of NYSUT history, The Evolution of NYSUT and Its Role in Educational Reform, by Gail Westover, December 20, 1989

Newspaper clippings from New York Teacher re disaffiliation/merger with NEA/AFT

Correspondence between Tom Hobart and other NYSUT officers with NEA president John Royer, local leaders, re competing NEA in New York Project, October 28 and November 12, impending NYC default, October 31 and November 26; NYSUT Issues and Facts flyers; pro-Hobart-Shanker poster, Unity with the Unity Team; clipping of cover of NEA Provocator, "NYSUT Leadership Fractures Teacher Unity," December 1975; STATEMENT newsletter of Shenendehowa Teachers Association, with statements submitted by rank-and-file teachers pro and con disaffiliation, April 9, 1976

Materials re disaffiliation with NEA (date of compilation not indicated); includes sections on history, structure, NYEA/NEA service, anti-NYSUT/AFT, pension, legislature, quotas, list of issues from anti-NYSUT perspective: "it shows the types of literature and materials NYEA/NEA are using" (noted in the foreword)

Correspondence between NYSUT president Tom Hobart and National Education Association president John Royer re disaffiliation, March- April 1976; tabbed sections re NYSUT service departments: Field Services, Legislative, Legal Services, Membership Benefits; Research and Educational Services, Membership Account

Unification Questions and Answers; map of NYSTA election districts; notification letter to locals from co-presidents Tom Hobart and Albert Shanker re membership in NYSUT, February 3, 1973

Legal summons and complaint against New York State Teachers Association and American Arbitration Association, June 7, 1972; article in New York magazine, "Is It Still OK to Hate Albert Shanker?" October 25, 1971, with cover memo to NYSTA Cabinet members, February 10, 1972; memo to NYSTA president Tom Hobart, vice presidents Rogers and Cortese, and NYSTA Board of Directors re board actions re merger with UTNY (United Teachers of New York), February 15; confidential proposals to Albert Shanker from Tom Hobart for merger of New York State Teachers Association and United Teachers of New York State, January 4; Remarks by Dr. White during Merger Discussion at the Board of Directors Meeting, February 12, with cover memo to professional staff members of the NYSTA Department of Studies (sic) and Professional Services, noting rumor mill, February 25; confidential memo to Tom Hobart from R. I. Allen and D. C. McKillip, requesting that assistant directors be kept apprised of developments in merger talks, March 3; Notice of a Meeting of Members of the New York State Teachers Association to Adopt a Plan of Consolidation, June 3, with attached Plan of Consolidation of New York State Teachers Association and United Teachers of New York State Forming New York Congress of Teachers and cover flyer re registration for Special House of Delegates, June 17; trifold brochure, National Education Association Actions on the Affiliation of Federation-Association Merged Unions, with attached letter from NEA, December 21; handwritten notes

Campaign brochure for Catherine Barrett for NEA Vice President/President-Elect; Barrett resume; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Barrett, demanding explanation for Barrett's support for the re-election of Republican governor Wilson, with attached newspaper clippings quoting anti-union statements, November 8, 1974; letter to Hobart from Barrett, thanking him and NYSUT for crystal bowl, July 16, 1973

Letters between NEA president Catherine Barrett and NYSUT president Tom Hobart re criticism of NYSUT and UFT president Albert Shanker in NEA publication Union Release #154 (November 13, 1972)

Letter from Cortese, announcing that she would not be a candidate again, outlining concerns about needed NEA reforms, June 17, 1974; nominating speech for Toni Cortese, by Tom Hobart, July 3, 1973, and earlier draft with handwritten edits; NYSUT press release, "Toni Cortese Running for President-Elect of NEA," April 2, 1973; letter to NEA delegates from Tom Hobart and Albert Shanker, endorsing Toni Cortese and Walter Tice for Executive Committee of the NEA, noting endorsement by NYSUT Board of Directors, June 20 1973; biographical and platform statements for Cortese and Tice; related correspondence

November 26, 1975. Letter outlining NYSUT position in disaffiliation, history of NYSTA/NEA and UTNY/AFT rivalry, external attacks on teachers, signed by Tom Hobart, president, Al Shanker, executive vice president, Toni Cortese, second vice president, and rest of board

November 26, 1975. Letter denouncing NYSUT disaffiliation, urging local presidents to retain affiliation with NEA

December 11, 1975. Letter proposing retraction of plans to establish competing organization (NEA in New York Project) and other preconditions to reconciliation; cover letter to local presidents

October-November 1975. Letter from NEA president John Royer to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, describing NEA in NY Project, October 28; letter from Hobart to Royer, discussing initial reaction to project, October 31; letter from Hobart to Royer, notifying him of vote by NYSUT Board of Directors to reject the NEA in NY Project, November 12, 1975; letter from Royer to Hobart calling decision an overreaction, proposing to meet with board, November 18; telegram to Royer from Hobart, informing him that he could speak at board meeting that evening, November 19

December 9, 1975. Letter to six board members who voted against disaffiliation, requesting article for New York Teacher representing their point of view

December 23, 1975. Letter to colleagues deploring the disaffiliation action of NYSUT Board of Directors

Letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Ned Hopkins, resigning position at NYSUT, enumerating problems re Albert Shanker's influence on the organization, May 8, 1978

November 22, 1975. Handwritten outline

Copies of NYEA Advocate and NYEA Leader; letter to colleagues from Reginald M. Washington, past president of Bellport Teachers Association, calling NYSUT publication "What Price Quotas?" racist, criticizing NYSUT's failure to adopt NEA affirmative action ("minority guarantee") programs, denouncing NYSUT leadership as indifferent to black teachers, alleging several related offenses, n.d.; letter to William Smith, director of Teacher Corps, U.S. Office of Education, from Chuck Santelli, director of NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services, describing NYSUT/NYEA dispute, May 26, 1976; list of NYEA officers and regional directors and votes on whether to disaffiliate with NYSUT, and list of NYSUT Board of Directors members and their votes on disaffiliation from NEA, with cover memo from Tom Hobart, May 26, 1976; correspondence from Mort Bahr, vice president, Communication Workers of America, to New York Educators Association and Newsday, noting support for NYSUT and not NEA/NYEA, June-July; memo re Bahr from John DeGregorio, Suffolk coordinator, to Tom Hobart, July 19; "open letter" mailer to teachers from NEA president John Royer denouncing NYSUT decision to disaffiliate; NYEA member presidential preference ballot (Carter vs. Ford), with flyer urging participation in presidential endorsement process; list of NEA officers in New York State; NEA ad in Newsday, "The Bored of Education," claiming students were no longer engaged in learning, NEA was there to help, February 12, 1976; document, "About NEA's New Affiliate in New York" (NYEA, competing with NYSUT), with attached map and list of NYSUT staff remaining with NEA as of March 8, 1976; untitled pro-NEA document directed at teachers, with map of NEA service centers around New York State; Daily News clipping, "Teacher vs. Teacher: The unions declare uncivil war," March 11, 1976; confidential memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT officers reporting on first meeting of NYEA board, March 6, 1976; agenda for organizational meeting of NYEA, April 1, 1976; document, "NYEA Answers to your Questions on Continuing NEA Affiliation," with frequently asked questions re disaffiliation, minority guarantee, New York Project, et al.; NYEA document, "A Bill of Rights for Teachers & an Interim Governance Document: A Proposal for Consideration by the Teachers of New York," March 1976

Bound volume, Project 1975: Educational Neglect: On-Site Research Reports, Working Papers for Participants, Conference on Educational Neglect, February 15-18, 1975; associated brochures; letters from NEA president James A. Harris to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, inviting NYSUT to send a delegation to the national conference, October 18, 1974, and acknowledging NYSUT's reluctance to participate, January 27, 1975; reply from Hobart that the conference would expose problems but did not offer realistic programs to solve them, December 20, 1974

Original weekly newsletters for NYSTA staff; memo to all NYSTA staff re establishment of weekly staff newsletter, September 28, 1970; memo to NYSUT Board of Directors re personnel reductions, July 25, 1977

Issues of Staffline, NYSTA employee newsletters, nos. 63-93 (November 16, 1971 - May 10, 1972), and Vol. 1, No. 1 of NYSUT Staffline, March 20, 1973; nos. 2 and 3; Headquarters Edition, including invitation to toast new name of organization from NTSTA to NYSUT, April 30, 1973

Brochures of the NEA National Commission for the Defense of Democracy through Education, describing purpose and activities: to investigate controversies, critics of public education, and "alleged subversive teaching and to expose any teacher whose attitude is found to be inimical to the best interests of our country"; "Admiral Rickover on American Education: An Analysis of His Viewpoints," by Richard I. Miller, reprinted from the Journal of Teacher Education, vol. X, no. 3, September 1959

Constitution of the New York State Teachers Association, in effect as of December 1, 1948, as amended November 22, 1949; Constitution of the New York State Teachers Association to be the Articles of Incorporation, November 1953; Constitution and Bylaws of the New York State Teachers Association, effective September 1, 1954, amended November 1954, November 1955, November 1966; Report of the Task Force on Human Rights, 1968; The Affirmative Action Plan for the NEA, 1975; Summary of Centennial, n.d., c. 1957

NYSUT Educational Issues series 1, Class Size; 2, Teacher Evaluation; 3, Teacher Aids, n.d., c. 1973; UFT publication, Towards Dignity: A Brief History of the United Federation of Teachers, by Thomas R. Brooks, 1967; NYSUT benefits brochures: Disability Income Protection Plan (Mutual of Omaha); Hilton 1976 Student-Faculty Plan; Horace Mann Homeowner's Insurance for NYSUT Members

Letter to NYSTA executive secretary G. Howard Goold from U.S. Senator Irving M. Ives, pledging support for federal aid for school construction, January 24, 1955, with attached text of Senate bill; invitation to public hearing of the NYS Joint Legislative Committee on Problems of the Aging, from committee chair Thomas Desmond, November 30, 1953; letter from U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy to NYSTA Professional Services director Zoraida Weeks, regretting being unable to speak at annual meeting of the Southern Zone of NYSTA on October 17, noting re-election campaign required him to be in Massachusetts, January 28, 1958; letter to Goold from Eleanor Roosevelt, regretting being unable to attend luncheon, November 14, 1958; letter from Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, noting that Msgr. John J. Voight, Secretary for Education in the Archdiocese of New York, would represent him at luncheon, November 18, 1958; regrets from U.S. Representative to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, January 27, 1960, and March 17, 1961; U.N. Under-Secretary Ralph Bunche, May 21, 1959; U.S. Senator Margaret Chase-Smith, March 4, 1959; Adlai Stevenson, March 10, 1959; Jackie Robinson, March 13, 1968; tentative acceptance from Saturday Review editor Norman Cousins, noting speaker's fee, February 6, 1958; tentative acceptance from Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., September 22, 1966; various officials from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, state commissioners of education, editors and publishers, college presidents and other academics

Program for Annual Banquet of the House of Delegates of NYSTA, 1954; Proceedings of the forty-second annual meeting of the New York State Teachers' Association, July 6, 7, and 8, 1987; forty-fourth annual meeting, July 2 and 3, 1889; forty-fifth annual meeting, July 7, 8, and 9, 1890; forty-sixth annual meeting, July 6, 7, and 8, 1891

Pamphlets including "Implementing the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession and Strengthening Professional Rights," NEA, June 1964, and "Enforcement of the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession," NEA, 1969; Code of Ethics for the Teachers of the State of New York, November 1931; The Dr. Frank Pierpont Graves Oath for Teachers, January 1952; recommendation to the NYSTA Board of Directors by the Ethical Practices Committee to amend the Joint Code of Ethics stipulating that the school board adopts policy which conforms to statutory limitations, judicial interpretations, rules of the Regents and regulations of the Commissioner of Education, and the teacher cooperates in the observance of policy, May 11- 12, 1962; copy of Joint Code of Ethics of the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Teachers Association (c. 1950 and c. 1964 versions); NYSTA Codes of Ethics: Their Interpretation and A Bill of Rights for Teachers, third revised edition, 1961 (eighth printing December 1968); paper, "State Responsibility in the Ethics and Practice of Teaching," by N. E. Kullman, Jr., n.d., c. 1962; National Education Association of the United States Committee on Professional Ethics "Professional Ethics Quiz," December 1959; newsletter, NYSTA Know-How for Local Teachers Association, featuring article, "Ethics Dignify a Profession," n.d., c. early 1960s

Staff Organization and Operations Report and Recommendations to the Board of Directors of the New York State Teachers Association, submitted by Francis J. White, Jr., Executive Secretary, February 5, 1971, with cover note from minutes re action taken on the plan, and cover memo to staff from Nathan Kullman re staff reorganization, February 9, 1971; Management Survey of the New York State Teachers' Association, August 1969, with cover notes and memo to staff from Nathan Kullman re staff interviews for survey, July 9, 1969, and Article XIII of agreement between NYSTA and staff organization re management study and re-evaluation of positions and salaries; memo from executive secretary G. Howard Goold to NYSTA Board of Directors re Highlights of Membership Survey Findings, noting undefined image of NYSTA among members, October 24, 1968; Summary Report of Membership Mail Questionnaire and Interview Study, by Dr. George A. Sanborn & Associates, Inc., n.d.; Additional Analysis of Data from Membership Mail Questionnaire and Interview Study, October 1968; excerpts from Board of Directors meeting minutes (?) re decision to hire consulting firm, 1967-68; memo from Goold to Board of Directors recommending management study of NYSTA, February 1968; report and cover letter of transmittal to Goold re study of NYSTA headquarters operations, August 4, 1952

New York State Teachers Association Salary Policy 1951-1952; A Statement of the Views and Recommendations of the New York State Teachers Association in Regard to Public Education in the State of New York, August 15, 1958; Code of Ethics: Possible Interpretations, n.d.; Council for Administrative Leadership Policy Statement on Desirable Employment Practices, n.d.; An Account of Legal Progress, by John E. Glenn, NYSTA Legal Counsel, August 1959; NYSTA Report the Board of Directors, November 17, 1961; Toward a More Effective Professional Organization, NYSTA, 1959; NYSTA Commission on Professional Practices, Responsibilities, and Rights, 1962-63, August 1963; Report to NYSTA Board of Directors, "Selection of Members of the New York State Teachers Retirement System to Serve on the Retirement Board," by Kenneth De Kay, August 1, 1967

1972 Delegate Handbook; Special House of Delegates Handbook, June 17, 1972; President's Report: 1972, Thomas Y. Hobart; list of Credential Committee; Concord Hotel reservation blank, 1972; "Teacher Unity, Year One: A Report to Delegates 1974"

Record of roll call votes as listed in New York Teacher, June 18, 1973; record of proceeding, April 1; election summary April 8, 1978; campaign and election procedures, 1978; ballot, April 9, 1978'; list of NYSUT officers and directors elected at 1978 RA

"The Teacher and the Press," by Jean Walrath, NYSTA, re basic press relations, 1957; NYSTA EEO Newsletter, the Equal Educational Opportunity Newsletter of the New York State Teachers Association, featuring article, "Commission Calls for Equal Funding," January-February 1972; "Organizing for Local Action: A Handbook for Local Association Human Relations and EEO Committees" August 1971; NYSUT Affiliated Local Units, including map of regional services centers, November 1974

Letter to president of Civil Service Commission, with attached proposed salary schedule approved unanimously by Coxsackie Chapter of the New York State Institution Educators Association, noting that institution teachers handle the most difficult students, with no pay incentive for longevity or advanced degrees, also noting lack of response from commission, July 18, 1969; letter from association president to members, noting that proposed salary schedule had been sent to Civil Service Commission, and noting that salaries were lower at every point for institutional teachers than for public school teachers, October 25, 1968, with attached minutes of Board of Directors meeting of 10/19/68, criticizing CSEA for poor representation; letter to president of CSEA, urging support with Civil Service Commission for parity with public school teacher, August 8, 1969; PERB decision in matter of County of Fulton and New York State Nurses Association and Civil Services Employees Association that nurses were a separate unit from other employees, with cover memo from attorneys to NYSTA officers G. Howard Goold and Nathan Kullman, April 7, 1969; program for 13th annual convention of NYS Institution Educators Association, May 20, 1968; NYSTA press release announcing convention, with attached list of participants; minutes of NYSIEA Board meeting of January 13, 1968, provided by NYSTA Executive Secretary G. Howard Goold, with attached Statement Submitted by Francis J. Johnston, president, New York State Institutional Educators Association, at the Public Hearing at the Red Room, State Capitol, December 28, 1967, re large disparity in salaries of teachers at state Departments of Correction, Health, Mental Hygiene, and Social Services with teachers at public schools

Printed reports

Photos of building under construction at 159 Wolf Rd., Albany, NY, groundbreaking; postcard showing old headquarters at 152 Washington Ave., Albany; memo to local president from Herb Magidson re tentative decision by Board of Directors to move headquarters from leased offices at 80 Wolf Rd., January 20, 1981

September 1997. U.S. Department of Education Guidance on the Supreme Court's Decision in Agostini v. Felton and Title I (Part A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, July 1997, with cover NYSUT Information Bulletin noting that decision overruled 1985 decision, Aguilar v. Felton, which expressly forbade public school teachers from teaching in religiously affiliated private schools; amicus brief by coalition including American Jewish Congress in favor of Aguilar, with cover letter from American Federation of Teachers, March 19, 1997

Press release, "Statement by Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers, on Education Week "Quality Counts" 50-state report on education," January 15, 1997; letter to the editor of U.S. News and World Report from Shanker, commenting on article "Why Teachers Don't Teacher," February 26, 1996; copy of article; Statement by Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers, Submitted to the National Governors' Association in Preparation for the White House Education Summit, September 13, 1989; "Asking the Right Questions," delivered by Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers, at AFT's QuEST '89, July 21, 1989; biography of Shanker; Statement of Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, before a hearing of the New York State Senate Committee on Education, Hon. James H. Donovan, chair, January 15, 1985; National Press Club speech, "A Call for Professionalism: American Federation of Teachers President Albert Shanker Proposes the Creation of a National Exam for New Teachers," January 29, 1985; Statement of Albert Shanker, President, United Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, before a Legislative Hearing of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education, February 10, 1984; MASC Journal (Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc.) conference program, including text of speech by Al Shanker re competency testing, October 17, 1980; "In Defense of the University," by Albert Shanker, April 26, 1978; memorial program, April 9, 1997

Corporate meeting agenda, May 24, 1999; budget proposal FY 2000; financial statements with report of independent auditors, June 30, 1998 and 1997; bylaws; handwritten note from Roslyn G. Brown, manager, NYSUT Education and Learning Trust, to Chuck Santelli, inquiring about the institute, August 20, 1999

Anti-D'Amato ad; newspaper clippings; confidential survey by Peter D. Hart Research Associates re public opinion of New York State construction bond referendum, September 1997; transcript of remarks by Senator D'Amato in Congressional Record

Meeting agenda; list of potential demands; list of members as of October 18, 2000; newspaper clippings and list of media coverage of press conference announcing formation of alliance; printed brochure/fact sheet

August 18, 1995. Text of the Regents Bill of Rights for Children: An Education Charter for the Decade of the Child; earlier drafts; AFT special issue of Action, re Responsibility, Respect, Results: Lessons for Life campaign, August 18, 1995; draft of Student Bill of Rights & Responsibilities, April 12, 1989, with cover letter from the New York Bar Association, February 7, 1990; statement by deputy counsel of the New York State School Boards Association, opposing the Student Bill of Rights, November 29, 1988; related correspondence

Memo from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Board of Directors re new child labor law requiring proof of adequate academic performance for 16- and 17-year-olds who wish to work after 10 p.m. on weekdays, need to help develop guidelines, August 26, 1991, with attached copy of legislation; letter from NYS Department of Labor noting that Gov. Mario Cuomo had declared the Decade of the Child and directed the department to undertake a comprehensive review of child labor laws, with attached notice of hearings to be held around the state, June 1, 1988; memo to Tom Hobart, Chuck Santelli (NYSUT director of Research and Educational Services) and Harry Lampman re representation of Tom Hobart at first meeting Department of Labor Advisory Committee on Child Labor Law Review, June 28, 1988, outline of emerging issues, concern that labor shortage was impetus for "modernizing" child labor laws, lack of other labor representation on advisory committee, with attached 1988 Governor's State of the State initiatives on child labor law review; draft paper, "Children at Work," with cover memo to Chuck Santelli, discussing highlights, noting child labor on the rise, enforcement of child labor laws weak, suggested points to include in paper, December 4, 1990

Critique to Toni Cortese of Essential Elements of Reading by University of Oregon College of Education director Edward J. Kame'enui, March 13, 1999; Phonetic Awareness Literacy Screening and cover letter from Cortese to Kame'enui, asking for critique, March 15, 1999; critique to Cortese of Essential Elements of Reading and Early Literacy Profile IV, by Marilyn Jager Adams, visiting scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Education, March 22, 1999; draft texts of Essential Elements of Reading and Early Literacy Profile: An Assessment Provided by the New York State Education [Department]

April 24, 2004. American Federation of Teachers (AFT) bound book, State of the Healthcare Workforce 2003; program for Professional Issues Forum on Health Care, April 24, 2004; Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Health Care, 2004 edition, by AcademyHealth; related correspondence

Report by Center for American Progress, "Teacher Pay Reforms: The Political Implications of Recent Research," December 2006; AFT resolution, "Part-Time Faculty Compensation and Benefits," n.d.; commentary by AFT vice president Adam Urbanski, "Merit Pay Won't Work in School," Education Week on the Web, January 15, 1997; untitled article on merit pay, by Al Shanker, May 13, 1997; materials by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Teacher Compensation Project, September 30, 1998; report by CPRE, "School-Based Performance Award Designs: A Case Study," October 1996; Teacher Magazine article, "Rethinking Teacher Pay," April 1998; materials re Newark Central School District pay-for-performance plan, including evaluation forms, tentative contract agreement, and descriptive cover letter, 1996; letter to Toni Cortese from national board certified teacher at Moscow School District 281, Idaho, asking for recommendations for compensation committee, December 5, 1996

United Federation of Teacher (UFT) printed brochure, The Teacher Shortage in New York City Schools: A crisis threatens our children's education, c. 2000; press releases, "NYSUT: Projected Exodus of Teachers Worse Than Expected," April 6, 2000, and "Statement by New York State United Teachers on Regents' Proposal to Address the Teachers' Shortage," September 12, 2000; memo to NYSUT vice president Toni Cortese for interview re teacher staffing situation at various districts, August 24, 2000; Wall Street Journal newspaper clipping, articles re large number of teachers with emergency certification; statistical data sheets by New York State Teachers Retirement System re retired members as of 2000-2001

List of participants (districts); memo to Toni Cortese and Chuck Santelli re grant awards, noting displeasure of Utica Teachers Association over the district's disbursement of funds

Teacher Education Conference Board (TECB) report, "A Review of New York State Competency-Based Teacher Education Trial Projects," October 21, 1974; memos from State Education Department Division of Teacher Education and Certification re changes in requirements for teachers of children with handicapping conditions, with cover letter to NYSUT field staff from NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services, May 6, 1975; remarks by Charles Santelli, "NYSUT Views Competency Based Teacher and Teacher Evaluation," presented at the Eighth Conference on Value Inquiry: Value Reassessment in Education, SUNY Geneseo, April 20, 1974; draft paper, "The Governance of Teacher Education by Consortium," by Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., president, NYSUT, presented to the National Consortium of CBTE Developers January 1974; NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services "Summary of the Advisory Opinion of the Attorney General of Texas Concerning Mandatory Performance-Based Teacher Education Programs," n.d., c. January 1974; Selected Resources on Competency Based Teacher Education, courtesy of the NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services (including NYSUT position statement on Regents mandate on competency-based teacher education); NYSUT position and guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, condemning certification, objecting to the term "competency-based teacher education," strongly objecting to the exploitation of teachers "under the guise of professionalism," accusing Board of Regents of union busting, January 1974. See also Regents Advisory Board: Teacher Education, Certification and Practice

Outline of testimony by Antonia Cortese as witness in court case Gulino v. State Education Department, with cover letter from NYS Office of the Attorney General and attached legal brief, April 1, 2003; Recommendations of the Commissioner's Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification, April 1, 1977; letter to NYSUT vice president Maria Neira from president emeritus Tom Hobart, discussing conversation with Regent Arnold Gardner re training, teaching as a profession, tenure, and other issues, May 25, 2005

Memo to the Board of Regents re creation of an Advisory Board on Teacher Education, Certification, and Practice, November 15, 1962; organizational bylaws and related documents; memo to Chuck Santelli re proposal for autonomous state education standards board, with comparisons with other states, November 14, 1988; proposed roster of members, 1991-92; Evaluation Report of the New York State Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers (1993-1994), January 1996; TECAP meeting agendas, 1992-96. See also Regents Advisory Board: Teacher Education, Certification and Practice

Memo to the Board of Regents re creation of an Advisory Board on Teacher Education, Certification, and Practice, November 15, 1962; documents re reading certification, including comparisons of requirements in other states; report, "New Approaches to Teacher Education and Certification," report to the Danforth Foundation of the Five College Project, September 1965 - September 1966; discussion draft, "A Career Path for New Educational Personnel in the New York City Public Schools," by the Women's Talent Corps, June 1967; tentative program for the New York State Work Conference on Auxiliary Personnel in Education. See also Competency-Based Teacher Education 1974- 1975

Minutes (some handwritten) of the Regents Advisory Board on Teacher Education, Certification and Practice; State Education Department report, "A Survey of the Preservice Reading Preparation of First-Year Common Branch Teachers in New York State," August 1970; State Education Department tentative draft report, "Reading Problem Analysis Paper," December 1970; related SED documents and correspondence re competence-based certification; list and addresses of members of the Board of Regents as of September 1970

April 22, 2004. Printed materials for professional development service organization Teachscape, including overview of services; handwritten notes; facilitative correspondence

Pamphlets by the National Education Association of the United States: "Research Bulletin: A Handbook on Teacher Tenure," September 1936; "Tenure Legislation: How to Get It, How to Keep It," May 1944; "Teacher Tenure," October 1944; "Teachers' Contracts: Principles and Practices," March 1945; "Teacher Tenure: Analysis and Appraisal," October 1947; "Report of the Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom," 1948; "Teacher Tenure Manual," May 1950; "Trends in Teacher Tenure thru Legislation and Court Decision," 1957; papers: "A Study of the Opinion of City Superintendents in Indiana on Tenure," by Donald DuShane, for NEA Proceedings, 1932; abstract for "Indefinite Teacher Tenure," by C. W. Scott, 1935; "Disadvantages of Long and Permanent Tenure" and "Advantages of Long and Permanent Tenure," referenced to Problems of the Teaching Personnel, Dennis Cook, 1930

Background descriptions of the Wicks law; legislative memorandum from NYSUT, urging approval of change to law, December 19, 1988; memorandum of approval by Gov. Mario Cuomo, December 19, 1988; newspaper clipping

Statement to the Board of Regents Hearing on a Proposed Professional Board for Teaching, January 31, 1978; testimony of Hobart to the NYS Legislative Institute on the Real Property Tax Crisis: Full Value Assessment and Financing Our Schools, December 3, 1979; Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, to the Board of Regents Tentative Proposal on Teaching as a Profession and Teacher Competence, calling the proposal an "explosive document" designed to weaken collective bargaining and due process, asserting that the original recommendations of the 1977 Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification were barely recognizable, April 11, 1980; testimony by Hobart to the Standing Committee on Ways & Means, New York State Legislature, on the Impact of the Reagan Administration Budget on New York State, calling it "disastrous," predicting large property tax increases, April 23, 1981; testimony to the Senate Committee on Higher Education, on Education and the Job Market, noting the difference between education and training, September 24, 1982; testimony to the Assembly of the State of New York on Setting Priorities for New York State Public Education in the Future, October 31, 1983; testimony to U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, re inadequate funding under Reagan Administration, tax issues, February 19, 1985; testimony at the NYS Senate Education Committee Hearing on Strengthening Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools, January 28, 1986; speech, "Study Challenges Teaching in the Next Decade," re survey by Metropolitan Life, c. 1985; speech, "Education Department Concerned about Sailing Skills; Liberty Loses Out to Australia II," 1984, re loss of America's Cup to foreign competitor for first time in 132 years, concern that event was result of laxity in physical education programs, proposed remediation (probably facetious)

Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, to the Board of Regents at Their Legislative Conference, May 23, 1990; testimony to the Temporary State Commission on the Distribution of State Aid to Local School Districts, September 28, 1988; testimony to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education, June 18, 1987; testimony to the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education, Standing Committee on Labor, Standing Committee on Commerce, Economic Development & Small Business, on Education and Economic Development: Trained for Success in New York State, March 10, 1987; testimony to the Senate Standing Committee on Civil Service and Pension, Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Employees, May 14, 1986; testimony to the New York State Senate Education Committee Hearing on Strengthening Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools, January 28, 1986; Statement of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, at the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, February 19, 1985; Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, to the Board of Regents on the Regents Legislative Proposals, September 10, 1982; testimony to the Standing Committee on Ways and Means, New York State Legislature on the Impact of the Reagan Administration Budget on New York State, calling it "disastrous," predicting large property tax increases, April 23, 1981

Editorials by NYSUT president Hobart, apparently for New York Teacher, most not dated

Outline for speech on educational reform, November 22, 1998; memo to Santelli and others re (lack of) value of a GED diploma, noting GED did not address ability to function well in a group (increased chance of getting a job over a dropout: 5%; increase in wages over those of a dropout: 8%), December 15, 1998; memo from Harry Lampman to Chuck Santelli about attached outline of speech on Compact for Learning, September 17, 1992; analysis of average cost of a classroom of 25 students, with cover memo to Santelli, December 11, 1991; memo to Santelli with statistics re relationship between poverty and achievement, February 10, 1992; speech for Carmen Alvarez, United Federation of Teachers Vice President at Large for Special Education, apparently to hearing committee, n.d.; outline of speech re shared decision-making, n.d.; outline of talking points for Teacher Center meeting, August 13, 1990; outline of taking points re professionalization at Capital District Regional Education Conference, May 29, 1990; Teacher Center fact sheet, c. 1989; outline, Future of Education: Teacher Centers, October 21, 1989; outline for presentation at Washington, Warren, Hamilton, Essex BOCES, December 18, 1989; Remarks by Paul F. Cole, Secretary-Treasurer, New York State AFL-CIP at the Eighteenth Annual Statewide Conference of Local Administrators of Occupational Education, February 8, 1990; speech by Al Shanker, President UFT, "Asking the Right Questions," re restructuring, delivered at AFT's QuEST '89, July 21, 1989; speech for New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, "Teaching As a Profession," with cover note to Santelli from Harry Lampman, c. 1988; outline of talking points for BOCES conference, October 21, 1988; chapter by Albert Shanker, "The Case for Public School Sponsorship of Early Childhood Education Revisited," from Early Schooling: The National Debate (Kagan & Zigler, eds., Yale University Press, 1987); outline re early childhood education for Task Force on Early Childhood Services, November 1988; packet of materials prepared for presentation by Emil Voigt at Hofstra Education Forum, re Task Force on the Teaching Profession, with cover memo from Harry Lampman, February 28, 1989; handwritten outlines

Testimony of Antonia Cortese, First Vice President, New York State United Teachers, to the Board of Regents on the Regents Legislative Proposals, September 11, 1987, and September 5, 1986, with appendix to September 5, 1986, testimony, NYSUT Position on Selected Items in the 1987 Regents Legislative Program; testimony to the Board of Regents on Class Size and Teaching Load, June 19, 1985; list of Cortese biographical facts

January 2001 - December 2001. Letters to officials at the State Education Department, local presidents, individuals, re Regents testing standards, other issues

January 2002 - December 2002. Letters to officials at the State Education Department re access by teaching assistants to information re students with disabilities, report on middle school education, Edison Schools, Inc.; letters to local teacher associations re conferences, other issues

Testimony of Herb Magidson, Executive Vice President, New York State United Teachers, to the Senate Education Committee on State Aid for Education, 1987: Services for Children-at-Risk in New York State's Schools, February 10, 1987