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YOUR REWARD Five
years or less away from retirement?
There may still be room this Saturday, Nov. 10, for the popular Pre-Retirement Workshop sponsored by our DSEA-Retired chapter. Check it out. Go to the DSEA web page and check out these workshops:
Also, mark your calendars
for the DSEA -
Winter Advocacy Retreat February 29-March 2, 2008 Rehoboth Beach, and ESP Conference
March 15, 2008 Dover Downs Conf. Center Human and Civil Rights Awards Banquet April 24, 2008 Dover Sheraton Representative Assembly April 11, 12, 2008 Dover Downs Conference Center Benefit Golf Tournament
June 20, 2008 Jonathan's Landing Golf Club Magnolia Your current DSEA membership card is good through November of this year. A new one, good through Nov. 2009, is on its way to your home. Please watch for it. Don't forget to use it for hundreds of discounts. Go to www.dsea.org, click on the picture of the DSEA membership card to the left, then log in and start saving! |
November
6, 2007
YOUR PROFESSION
You are
invited to a conference/discussion with the nation's leading experts
on ~
Career Paths, Compensation and Collective Bargaining in the 21st Century Friday evening, November 9 and Saturday, November 10
What's the latest with
"Alternative Forms of Compensation?" What does the research say? Who
has bargained something different? Is anything working? Is it
possible to bargain a different way of compensating teachers? What
is the role of professional development? Are there models of
effective career paths for teachers?
Come hear from the experts, including Researcher Allen Odden
from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, as well as
union leaders from
Denver, Montana and
Wisconsin - colleagues who have bargained compensation
models that are more than the traditional education/years of
service salary schedules.
This is a free
conference, jointly sponsored by DSEA, the Delaware Public
Policy Institute, and Vision 2015. First suggested by DSEA leaders,
it will provide you, as well as Delaware's policymakers, with the
latest information about this subject so that we can jointly
consider how to most effectively attract and retain highly competent
educators.
We need as many DSEA teacher members as possible to be informed as well as to contribute to the conversations that will take place at this conference. What makes you a better teacher? more money? additional skills and knowledge? a supportive team of colleagues? making a difference? What will enhance the profession of teaching?
This conference/conversation is open to educators, school board
members, administrators, business leaders, legislators, and
interested citizens. Although the conference is free (including
breakfast and lunch on Saturday), pre-registration is
required. You can sign up for
just Friday night, just Saturday or both.
Relicensure
deadline extended to November 28
If you're in a panic about getting your 90 clock hours in by the October 31 deadline, you have a few extra weeks. The deadline has been extended from Oct. 31 to November 28. UniServ
Position open
Charles Holmes, DSEA UniServ director, has accepted a position at NEA in their Collective Bargaining Division, so DSEA has a UniServ staff opening. For more information on this position, please contact DSEA Executive Director Howard Weinberg at 1-866-734-5834 or by e-mail . The deadline for letters of interest and resumes is November 26. YOUR VOICE
ESP
members: Save March 15, 2008
for conference Please also fill out the survey form sent to your recently so the planning committee can make sure your important issues are part of the conversations and workshops. Didn't fill out your survey yet? Check out page 10 of the most recent issue of ACTION if you've lost the card that was sent to you. We're inviting gubernatorial candidates, plus we will have important discussions and workshops about our issues. YOUR ACTION
Ennis wins special election for State Senate seat Many, many
thanks to the 40 of you who volunteered time on the phone, in
neighborhoods and at polling places to help elect Bruce Ennis to the
#14 district State Senate seat last Saturday.
He not only won by an overwhelming margin, 68% to 32%, but he also won every precinct! Check out
the new DSEA web page!
Contracts - Compare yours to what other locals have bargained in Delaware. This is a great new resource for bargaining preparation. The Contracts site and a few other pages are now password protected. You have to be a member. It's not difficult, however. Check it out at www.dsea.org. If you have
the DSEA page listed among your Internet "Favorites," you might
need to click on your Refresh button to see the new page.
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