SUNY is releasing funding for Individual Development Awards (IDA) to campuses as pursuant to Article 42 of the 2011-2016 Agreement between New York State and the United University Professions. The IDA program is intended to assist eligible employees (both full and part-time employees) to develop their full professional potential and to prepare for advancement. Funding may be provided to enhance teaching, research capabilities, professional knowledge and skills. Funding can be obtained for things as diverse as but not limited to: conference/workshop attendance, scholarly pursuit relating to research projects or additional education…etc.
The award may also cover reimbursement for activities or projects already completed. All expenses for activities that occur July 2, 2014 through July 1, 2015 must be incurred before July 1, 2015. The maximum amount that can be awarded to an applicant is $1,000.
The process involves a short application, a copy of the individual’s professional resume and a one page request letter detailing what the award will be use for by the individual. Members can print the application found at http://nysuup.lmc.ny.gov/uup/uup_form.cfm . Applications with all three required documents returned to the Office of Human Resources by Monday April 20th, 2015 will receive full consideration by the IDA Awards Committee.
To receive award funds for reimbursement, awardees must provide documentation of funds spent, receipts, and a one page program summary of how the award was used. If members have any additional questions regarding IDA awards, they can contact the UUP chapter office at 518-255-5250.
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March 6, 2015 Labor Mgmt. Notes
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Draft Budget Analysis
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NEW LEAD WORKSHOP
UUP Members:
The newest LEAD Institute workshop is : “Dealing Effectively with Difficult People“
The registration period for this workshop is from March 30 – April 10th and it will be available for viewing from April 13th – April 18th.
The workshop is ideal for anyone looking for ways to help them professionally or personally with finding ways to cope with difficult defined personality types, be they demanding and hard-charging, or demure and introverted.
Please let your colleagues know about this new workshop and encourage them to sign up.
Registration can be done using this link: https://uuphost.org/leadinstitute/
If you have any questions or comments please do not respond to this email. You can contact John Marino at jmarino@uupmail.org.
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March/April 2015 Voice now online!
Read about UUP’s advocacy efforts and its call for an investigation into SED’s botched, deeply flawed teacher education certification process in the March/April 2015 issue of The Voice—now online (in PDF and Flip book)!
http://uupinfo.org/voice/mar/1415/MarchApril2015Voice4Web.pdf
http://uupinfo.org/ImageFlow/voice.php
in solidarity,
karen mattison
uup associate director of communications
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Urgent Solidarity Action with NYSUT
Dear Colleagues:
Our NYSUT Sisters and Brothers are asking for our support in opposing the Governor’s anti-public education agenda!
Join us tomorrow (Thursday, March 26) at 4:00 p.m. at the Million Dollar Staircase in the State Capitol. Please encourage your colleagues, students, friends and family to attend.
NYSUT will have signs and t-shirts.
The flyer with particulars is attached.
I hope you can join with NYSUT to protest the Governor’s agenda.
In Solidarity,
Fred
Dear Colleagues:
Please go to the blue “Take Action” box at www.uupinfo.org
We need your help. The future of the State University of New York is on the line. College teacher preparation programs; funding for the State University of New York; and the mission and vital services provided by SUNY’s public hospitals and health sciences centers are in jeopardy!
Our colleagues and students NEED YOU NOW. Time is running out.
In Solidarity,
Fred
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Modern Think Survey
Human Resources has asked for our assistance to get the word out about the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For Survey. Only 11% of SUNY Cobleskill faculty and staff completed the survey last week, and we still have 89% to go in order to have full participation. HR would like to see strong participation to yield quality empirical data on what the College does well and where it might improve.
You should have received an email from ModernThink, the survey provider, last Monday. SUNY Cobleskill would like to be recognized as a great college, either this year or at some point in time in the future. In order to become a great college, we need to understand what we do well and where we can improve. The survey is a great way to let administration know your opinion in a confidential, anonymous fashion. The data is tabulated by the survey provider, ModernThink, so results cannot be tracked back to any one individual
Thanks for your consideration!
Bill Tusang
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New leaders learn to lead
UUP has taken its battle to defend SUNY to the airwaves and the hallways of the state Capitol, and the union’s effort hasn’t gone unnoticed by legislators.
“Lawmakers are seeing us fighting for SUNY,” UUP President Fred Kowal said. “We need to make sure lawmakers know they are not alone in rejecting the governor’s ill-conceived proposals that undermine public employees. The political winds are changing.”
Kowal’s statements were part of his March 20 opening address at the union’s annual Chapter Presidents and Vice Presidents Retreat and New Union/Labor Activists Workshops, held March 20-22 in Cooperstown. More than 75 new and veteran leaders attended the weekend conference.
The union’s ad campaign—including a television ad featuring SUNY students—has been very effective, Kowal said. The hard-hitting ad—which claims Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Budget is wrong for students, SUNY and New York—aired in March across the state and in New York City.
A companion print ad ran in The Daily News, the Albany Times Union, Newsday and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, as well as weekly papers statewide.
Kowal and several of the union’s statewide officers and leaders briefed the attendees on UUP’s recent activities and activism at the opening session. That set the tone for the seminar and helped prepare new leaders for their weekend’s worth of work.
New leaders learned the ins and outs of union activism at the conference. They attended workshops that ranged from strategic planning and member mobilization to the Taylor Law and social media. The sessions were conducted by UUP staff and NYSUT labor relations specialists assigned to UUP.
“I have dealt with the issue of civility in the workplace,” said new leader Theresa Dember-Neal of SUNY Farmingdale. “I wanted to see what I could do to improve situations for others where I work.”
“I want to be proactive on my campus, so I came to find out about how things work,” said Chris Sweeney of SUNY Canton.
The workshops focused on problem solving, member mobilization, strategic planning, workplace civility, the Taylor Law, digital photography and social media. An seminar for academics touched on copyright guidelines, leave accrual and tenure; professionals discussed appointment letters, performance programs, evaluations, promotions and permanent appointment at their meeting.
“This union knows the importance of training our members to be future leaders in UUP, and that we must do everything we can to help them help us activate members at the chapters,” Kowal said.