Post date: May 3, 2017 6:13:53 PM
Dear NYS Master Teacher in the North Country about to Graduate,
I write with a few updates as you are nearing the end of the four-year fellowship. The good news, as I’ve shared, is that this does not mean the end of your being a NYS Master Teacher, nor does it mean you separating from the NYSMTP.
If your experience with the NYSMTP has had a positive impact on your practice, your professional goals, or has supported you as a teacher, I hope you stay connected.
Attached to this email is the document sent to all NYS Master Teachers via the monthly newsletter, STEMreach. It’s the general outline for after-the-four years. I hope you stay connected to the network in the way, and at the level, you find best.
Updates:
· Thank you for the opportunity to join your April meeting this past weekend and to congratulate you on behalf of Governor Cuomo and Chancellor Zimpher. (I believe that I addressed most the bullet points to follow but wanted to share with links and add’l info.)
· Your last end-of-year-NYSMTP program survey will be sent to you within the next week and is due back by May 31, Wednesday. The questions will be similar to past surveys with a few directed to your graduation-status. (If I am delayed in sending you the survey, I will adjust the due date.)
· The online form (“application”) to express interest in joining the NYS Academy of Master Teachers is at this link. The requested deadline is Sunday, June 18. If you have any questions or concerns, email me. (The dates in the attached document do not reflect the updated info in this email; all other should be correct!)
· Your last stipend check is scheduled for June 2017. Please be sure that your contact info and/or bank info is up to date with the Vendor Management System. Changes are made contacting the VMS at this link.
· The date of your last stipend check does NOT correspond with the end date of your four year fellowship: Each NYSMTP program year is Sept 1-Aug 31. IOW, your end date is August 31, 2017. As of September 1, 2017, you will be listed as “alum” in the Meet the Master Teachers section of thewww.suny.edu/masterteacher (If you join the NYS Academy of Master Teachers, that will also be added to an updated biography.)
· After August 31, 2017, I encourage you to continue to use NYS Master Teacher in your email signature. Add alum or NYS Academy of Master Teachers as appropriate.
· You will remain on our email list to receive the monthly newsletter, STEMreach, and a member of the NYS Master Teacher Program Network online Google community. If you’d like to be removed from either, please email us after August 31, 2017.
I thank you all very much for your participation in the NYS Master Teacher Program, and your commitment to the students of NYS.
It has been a privilege to support your work.
Sincerely,
Josephine