2010 DSEA Representative Assembly (RA) Information Page
April 16-17, 2010
Last updated May 6, 2010
Friday evening, 2010, 4:15-6:15 pm reception; dinner 6:15pm
Celebration Dinner Dover Downs Conference Center
Saturday, April 17, 2010 9:00am Call to Order - Adjournament 3:30pm Representative Assembly, also at the Dover Downs Conference Center
At the annual Representative Assembly, delegates conduct the business of the Association. The Representative Assembly is akin to an annual business meeting.
Delegates are elected in their local associations and then registered with DSEA by their presidents. Only duly registered local association delegates may vote on the business before the RA, but any DSEA member may attend.
Delegates have received in the mail a packet of information, including the agenda and supporting documents, following the DSEA Exec. Board meeting Wednesday, March 11.
Celebration Dinner set for Friday evening April 16
2010 Teacher of the Year, Mary Pinkston, a mathematics teacher at Brandywine High School was honored and spoke to delegates and guests.
Wealso recognized two outstanding members, Shirley Redmond, winner of the Helen D. Wise Award for lifetime contributions to public education; and Patti Reid, winner of the ESP of the Year Award. You can read more about the DSEA awards here.
President Diane Donohue also honored two people with Presidential Citations for Leadership:
The Honorable Lillian Lowery, Ph.D., Delaware Secretary of Education, and
The Honorable Bill Oberle, long-time DSEA friend and state representative from Newark.
As is customary, each local association is asked to donate a themed basket of goodies for a Silent Auction. Always lively, this auction benefits the NEA Advocacy Fund for Children and Public Education.
RA features information sessions, elections and vote on DSEA budget, legislation and state budget updates/discussions8:00-8:45 Ballroom
7:45am Registration opens; continental breakfast available
8:00-8:45am Before the RA is called to order, DSEA leaders and staff will hold hearings/updates on the following. These sessions give delegates more information, often on areas where they will be voting later in the day:
- DSEA Legislative Hearing - Ballroom B
- Issues Hearing (ESEA Reauthorization) - Ballroom B
- Changes being proposed to DSEA's Resolutions - Ballroom B
9:00am President Diane Donohuecals the meeting to order
The agenda for the day will include:
Electing a member from New Castle County to fill a DSEA Executive Board seat (two-year term).
Consideration and vote on proposed changes to DSEA Resolutions, By-Laws (change the RA to once every two years instead of once a year) and any New Business Items that might come from the floor.
A Keynote address by Dr. Doug Christensen (left), Emeritus Commissioner of Education in Nebraska, and professor of Leadership in the Graduate School Division of Doane College where his program trains graduates who want to be school principals.
Click here to see his presentation.
Named Friend of Education by our sisters and brothers in the Nebraska State Education Association, DSEA President Diane Donohue heard him recently at an NEA event, which is why she invited him to kick off WAR, which was cancelled because of the weather.
"We all need to hear this respected educator tell it like it is, to hear someone like Dr. Christensen, encourage us to stick up for what we value and to never let our voices be silent."
The RA will end with a brief presentation/update on Race to the Top, following by delegate questions. Delegates will then break up into six groups to seek individual answers/discussion on two questions specific to RTTT and its implications for members, both short and long-term.
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