Schaumburg Education Association

Good morning, SEA!

Safe travels to your buildings this morning.  I am sure I was not the only one with fingers crossed and checking the phone throughout the night for a snow day today…guess not.

Here is the link to the March 16^th Monday Message.

You will find a brief summary of the Illinois Education Association’s Representative Assembly that the SEA and SEEO sent 22 delegates to.  At this event, one of SEA’s very own, Adriana Caballero, was elected to serve as a NEA Director for the IEA for the next three years.  We are very excited for this opportunity for Adriana to serve in this capacity at the state level and national level!

Next Monday, March 30^th, is the next Region 35 election.  You will be voting for who you would like to represent the SEA at the National Education Association Representative Assembly, as well as candidates for Region 35 Chair, Vice Chair, Early Career Alternate, and Ethnic Minority Delegate and Successor.  The bios are attached for your review. Please note, there are 11 nominations for 9 delegate positions.

Our District 54 administration was told to share with anyone who is being moved what their new assignment is today, Monday, March 16^th.  The district felt it was necessary to select just one day for these announcements to be made in order to cut down rumors and speculations by designating today for those changes to be shared.  We know how fast rumors are spread, so I ask that you to please allow those impacted members share out the changes with colleagues as they see fit.

Lastly, information about the District 54 Transfer Fair is being shared out to those who signed-up after school today.  Though there will not be many open positions listed, you are encouraged to sign up with various building administrators across the district even if they do not have any open positions at this time so that you are getting your name, face, and resumes out to them.  Today  is the last day to sign-up for the transfer fair, so it is not too late.  Be sure to reach out to Diana Peters.  The transfer fair takes place next Tuesday, March 31^st, after-school at Keller. After school activities should be cancelled for members to be able to attend that event.  

If you haven’t already done so in early elections, be sure to go out and exercise your right to vote tomorrow.  Hope you enjoy the day off tomorrow and your spring breaks next week!

Hello SEA!

Here is the link to the March 9^th Monday Message.

This week a group of members from the SEA and SEEO are representing Region 35 at the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly (IEA-RA) in Rosemont on March 12-14.  You’ll find out who is representing Region 35 here. 

Other information in this week’s newsletter:

• D54 Education Foundation Golf Outing  |  Register here
• SEA/SEEO General Meeting | All attendees including retirees need to register here
• Nomination form to be a SEA Building Rep or SEA Exec Board Member

Last week Terri McHugh sent information out to the district in regards to participation in Focus Groups happening to gather information in the search for a new superintendent.  If time permits, I would encourage you to join one of the groups.  Both the SEA and SEEO have also been invited to participate too.  The SEA Exec Board will participate in a Focus Group discussion at today’s meeting. Immediately following our Exec Board meeting, SEA’s Budget Committee will be meeting at 5 PM and General Meeting Planning Committee at 8 PM (via Zoom).  

That’s all for now, SEA.  Have a great week!

Good morning, SEA!

We all made it to the month of March…and now the countdown to Spring Break can begin! 

Here is the link to the March 2^nd Monday Message.   There you will find the link to the slides from last week’s Building Rep Meeting.

You will find attached to this email a copy of the Election Notice for our April Elections. This is the election in which we vote for next year’s SEA Building Reps, Exec Board, Secretary, Treasurer, and Region 35 Council Members.  The QR code to apply is on the notice and links are included in the Monday Message.

Thanks in advance for wearing red and participating with members across Illinois in this morning’s IEA Walk-Ins!  Do be sure to text me some of those photos. 

Lori Mobley (She/Her)

Schaumburg Education Association President | Region 35 Chair

(847) 344-5249 (Cell)  |  (847) 357-5450 (Office at MacArthur)

lorimobleysea@gmail.com

Good morning, SEA!

Today after school is our monthly building rep meeting in the PLC from 3:30-5:00 PM.  All SEA members are invited to attend.  We will have a special presentation by one of our current student teachers in the district, Stephanie Chavez (Frost), who also serves as a NEA Director at Large for Aspiring Educators.  She will be talking about the Paid Student Teaching bill.  Superintendent DuRoss will also visit out meeting and answer any questions you might have about next year’s staffing plan.   Immediately following our meeting is our Region 35 Council Meeting from 5-6:30 PM.  You are welcome to join us to find out more about the work we do as a Region 35 Council.

Here is the link to the February 23rd Edition of the Monday Message.

The next IEA Walk-in is scheduled for next Monday, March 2^nd.  Please remember to wear your red SEA/SEEO Solidarity shirts and join together outside before school.  We had a great turnout last month and are hoping for even more solidarity on March 2^nd!

Other highlights from this week’s Monday Message:

• RSVP here to the SEA/SEEO General Meeting on April 13^th
• Nominations for the March Region 35 Election – Submit your form here by 4 PM TODAY
• IEA Legal Update on February 26^th – RSVP here by midnight tonight

Enjoy participating in this week’s RESPECT WEEK to celebrate Unified sports, inclusion, and respect in D54!  Wear blue today.

Good Afternoon SEA!

Hope you are enjoying this long weekend.  Maybe even squeezing in some live Olympics and not the recaps at night.

Here is the link to the February 16^th Edition of the Monday Message.

Thank you to our Grassroots Political Activist, Kara Zielinski, for putting together a short video for our members to better understand the District 54 Board of Education Website.  You will find a video tutorial and written directions here as well. Board meetings are still available to watch via Zoom or you can join members of the SEA and SEEO exec board at every monthly board meeting.   This week’s meeting will include the 2026-2027 Staffing Plan.  We encourage you to attend.

Some of the other information you will find in this week’s Monday Message:

• SEA/SEEO General Meeting on April 13^th |  RSVP here
• SEA/SEEO Bingo Night on May 18^th  |  Save the date
• SEA Award Nominations – submit your nominations here by this Friday

The next SEA Building Rep meeting will be next Monday, February 23^rd. As always, all SEA members are welcome to attend.

Hello SEA!

Hope you enjoyed the big game (or the commercials & half-time).  Our favorite teams may not have been playing, but at MacArthur, we had some proud teachers excited to cheer on a former student of ours, #81 on the Seahawks, Eric Saubert, who now has a Super Bowl ring!

In the February 9^th Edition of the Monday Message, you will find an invitation to attend the 2026 SEA/SEEO General Meeting on Monday, April 13^th.  RSVP here if you would like to attend.  This free event is open to all members of the SEA and SEEO. Heavy appetizers will be served and a cash bar will be available.

Your building reps may have pushed out communication last week in regards to the Transfer Fair.  This will be open to all tenured and non-tenured educators to attend.  Some of our non-tenured members received an email last week saying they weren’t able to attend, but I have worked to get this reversed per contract language.  If you lost the link to put your name on the transfer fair list, you can apply here by March 15.

Sending you positive vibes for the week and the long weekend ahead!

Good morning, SEA! 

We made it through another long January and may finally reach some above freezing temps this week. 

Here is the February 2^nd edition of the Monday Message.

In this week’s message, you will find the link to last week’s Building Rep Meeting slides.   Also, Wednesday is the last week to place your Candy Gram orders supporting the District 54 Education Foundation.  To pay for your Candy Gram be sure to make a donation directly to the District 54 Education Foundation.

If you participated in this morning’s walk-in, be sure to send some photos my way.

Good morning, SEA!

Hope you were able to enjoy the day off on Friday thanks to Mother Nature!

Here is the link to the January 26^th Monday Message.

After school today is the SEA January Building Rep Meeting from 3:30-5:00 PM in the PLC.  As always, all members are welcome to attend.  Superintendent DuRoss will stop by to briefly talk about the staffing plan for 2026-2027. Additionally, we will have a special presentation from Adriana Caballero (RAC) on IEA’s monthly ‘walk-ins’ as part of their May Day Strong Movement which advocates for public education, union solidarity, and addresses issues like teacher pension reform.  The next Walk-In is scheduled for next Monday, February 2.  I ask for all of our SEA and SEEO members to wear their “Solidarity” t-shirts.

Attached to this email you will find the Region 35 Election Notice for our March 30^th electronic election. We are now accepting nomination forms for the following:  

• NEA-RA Delegate
• Region 35 Chair
• Region 35 Vice-Chair
• Region 35 Ethnic Minority Representative
• Region 35 Ethnic Minority Rep Alternate
• Region 35 Early Career Representative
• Region 35 Early Career Rep Alternate 

You can still submit your Candy Gram request as part of our fundraiser for the D54 Education Foundation.  In just one week, we have over 150 candy gram orders already!

Looking forward to our building rep meeting after school today.  See you there!

Good morning, SEA!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! 

Here is the link to the January 19^th Monday Message.

Tomorrow is the last day to register for our Region 35 SPARKS conference on January 30-31.  We still have a few openings left and we would love to have you join us for our annual event.  It is open to all SEA and SEEO members.  Register here to attend SPARKS 2026.

Other information you will find in this week’s Monday Message:

• Resources for MLK Jr. Day and the National Day of Racial Healing
• CANDY GRAMS are back – Fundraiser for the D54 Education Foundation
• 2026 SEA Awards Nominations are now open
• Significance of February 1 and our SEA Contract
• IEA Legal Update |  February 26^th
• 2026 Jason Eliasek Scholarship

Our January Building Rep meeting is next Monday, January 26^th at 3:30 PM in the PLC. Looking forward to seeing our building reps then! 

And to those of us who are Bears fans, it was a great season…and sad it had to end the way it did last night.  Definitely will need more than just today for the heart to settle down.

Take care everyone!

Good morning, SEA!

Here is the January 12^th Edition of the Monday Message.

We are opening up registration for Region 35’s SPARKS Conference on January 30-31 to all SEA and SEEO members.  You do not have to be an early career teacher to attend.  If you have never attended SPARKS before, I highly encourage you to sign up to join us.  We will be having a special presenter Saturday afternoon, Hanifah Ross, who will be presenting on Peace Circles, a restorative justice strategy for our classrooms. More information about our event will be sent out later today to all SEA and SEEO Members.  Register here bit.ly/SPARKS2026 by January 20^th.

Looking forward to meeting with SEA’s Exec Board today after school.  Have a great week, SEA, and enjoy your MLK Jr. Weekend right around the corner.