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What’s Your Tally this Year?

Can you teach 3,000 students art on $350 or outfit your classroom for $75? Educators speak out on buying their own school supplies.

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With one in five children ages 13-18 living with a mental health condition, more schools are creating comprehensive, systemic programs to address the problem.

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Encouraging Education Support Professional Leaders

ESP voices are vital to a thriving school environment. In our School Me podcast, school nurse Carmen Hill shares tips for how support staff can take on a leadership role in school.

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Help for Educators Impacted by Hurricane Florence

NEA is collecting disaster relief funds to help support members affected by Hurricane Florence. Here’s how you can help.

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Putting under-trained teachers in classrooms only harms students and exacerbates teacher shortages across the country.

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Depending on where you live, you could be making as much as 35 percent less than comparable workers.

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Thousands of Washington Educators Stand Strong for Professional Pay

When superintendents and school boards refuse to negotiate court-ordered, public-supported educator pay increases, it’s time to go RedforEd.

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IEA Ethnic Minority & Emerging Leadership Training (EMELT) – Springfield, Nov. 9-11

Registration for the IEA Ethnic Minority & Emerging Leadership Training is now open! This series of workshops is geared to helping ethnic minority and emerging leaders in our state understand IEA structure, the resources at your disposal, the skills you need to increase association involvement, and assist you in developing a personal plan of action for long-term development and participation in the association. You will also refine your organizational skills, develop your problem solving abilities, broaden your knowledge of education issues, and develop strategies that benefit your local organizations, schools, and communities. Hurry! Registration ends Oct. 31!  Register today!

 

Reminder: IEA One Conference – Oak Brook, Oct. 12-13

    • This is an excellent conference which offers a wide variety of sessions and, while targeting ESP, IEA-R and Higher Ed. The conference is open to all categories of IEA members.
    • Register for the conference for $20 person! Attendees can register for both the conference and hotel rooms on the IEA website.
    • Early registration is $20 per person and closes on Oct. 1. On-site registration is $30 per person. Register online and choose pay by check for the fee then email Juanita Samms at jsammspass202@gmail.com with your confirmation number so we can pay your fee all at the same time for all attendees.
    • The hotel room block closes September 21.
    • List of Friday and Saturday sessions

PASS Bargaining Team Applications

  Negotiations Committee Application

We are now accepting applications for the PASS Negotiation Team for the upcoming contract negotiations.

Negotiations usually take place during the work day. In the past we have negotiated at the Village Hall or the District Offices. The district gives us release time so you will not have to use any sick, personal, or vacation time.

Completed application forms should be sent electronically in a Word doc to Jennifer Peil at jennifer.peil@sbcglobal.net  by September 25, 2018. See below for the application form.

Applicants will be notified by September 28, 2018 with their interview date.  All interviews will take place the week of October 1, 2018 at Plainfield Academy after work hours.

Candidates will be notified of their selection to the team no later than October 12, 2018.

If selected as a Negotiation Team Member or alternate* your attendance is expected at the following:

  • Team Dinner (date to be determined)
  • Weekly Team Meetings throughout the school year until contract is settled (day to be determined by team)
  • Various meetings in buildings as assigned

*Alternates will participate in weekly meetings as able, but will only go to the table if a team member resigns their position or if needed by the team.  Attendance is expected for all meetings listed above.

 Additional questions can be directed to any PASS officer.

 All applications must be received no later than 4:00 pm on September 25, 2018.

  JoAnne Clemans

President, PASS

Paraprofessional

Plainfield Academy

23930 W. Lockport St.

Plainfield, IL 60544

(815)439-5521 wk

(815)210-6349 cell

 

   Negotiations Committee Application

 Name ___________________________________________

 School__________________Position__________________

Years in District 202  ______

 

Why do you want to be on our Negotiations Team?

 

 

What skills/qualities do you have that will make you a good candidate for our Negotiations Team?

 

 

What relevant knowledge/experience could you bring to our Negotiations Team? (committees, contracts, budgets, scheduling, etc.)

 

 Interviews will be held the week of October 1st after 4:00 pm.  You will be notified by October 12th if you have been selected as a member of the team. Please be prepared to spend approximately 15-20 minutes talking with the PASS Executive Board.

 

Employee Incentives/Discounts

Friends,

For all of our NEW staff (and a reminder for our veteran staff), area businesses frequently offer us program discounts, service discounts etc. for staff. For example, I just added one today for a local chiropractor offering a discount on your first visit.

We post all of these on the District 202 Intranet under “Employee Incentives” which is in the left-side column on the front page.

Please check here regularly for new ways to save some money.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Tom Hernandez

Director of Community Relations

FOIA Officer

(815) 577-4008 (desk)

(815) 514-5409 (cell)

tahernan@psd202.org

Message From Lily

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Hi ,

I saw a study that found educators spend $479 on average out of their own pockets each year to buy supplies for their students and classrooms—and that’s in addition to everything parents spend, too!

That number seems a bit low to me. I know some educators who spend close to $1,000 each year on things like pencils, tissues, and even food for their students.

Share your story about having to fund your classroom or school and show us the receipts or photos of your haul.

Share how much you spend >
We’d never expect a surgeon to buy a scalpel or syringe, so why do we expect underpaid educators to compensate for underfunded schools?

Teachers should be focused on planning lessons for students, not planning how to pay for school supplies.

Share your story and photos of how much you spend on classroom supplies. Use #OutOfMyPocket on social media.

Last spring, educators and parents stepped up for public schools in a big way. But, the #RedForEd movement is not over. We’ll continue doing what it takes to make sure students have the resources—including the pencils, tissues, and food—that they need to learn.

In solidarity,

Lily Eskelsen García
President
National Education Association

P.S. Don’t forget to wear #RedforEd on Wednesdays to stand up for educators and students who deserve more from their schools!