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Good morning, SEA!

Oh, we have come to one of the weeks educators love most…HALLOWEEN!  Hope you have a great day dressing up on Thursday!

But before then, you will have Wednesday afternoon to get started on your students’ report cards.  Enjoy that contractual time!

Here is the link to the October 28^th Edition of the Monday Message.

You will find information about our December SEA/Region 35 Elections in which we will be voting for the delegates we will be sending the March 2025 IEA-RA in Rosemont, the new Region 35 Early Career representative, and for addition Region 35 Council open positions.  If you are interested in any of those positions, click here to nominate yourself, by November 18^th.

Attached to this email are the results from last week’s special elections at Collins, Fox, and Stevenson.  Congratulations to our new SEA building reps, Michael (Collins), Cassandra (Collins), Danielle (Fox), and Allison (Stevenson)!

This week’s Monday Message also highlight the person behind the scenes that helps out with all of these elections, Kelly O’Reilly.  As I always say to her, she has one of the BEST jobs in the district heading up our D54 Special Olympics!

I am also looking for members to nominate SEEO members for IEA’s Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year award.  If you have someone who is active in the SEEO and enhances the image of an ESP in your buildings, please complete the following nomination form by Monday, November 4.

I also included the Parent/Teacher conference hours for 11/25 and 11/26 for you to review.  

It’s not too late to register for our SEA/SEEO Member Appreciation Event coming up in just three weeks!  Hope you can join us!

Good morning, SEA! 

Here is a link to the 10/21 Edition of the Monday Message.

Looking forward to seeing our building reps and exec board members at our October building rep meeting today after school from 3:30-5:00 PM in the PLC. We will have a special guest in attendance at our building rep meeting: State Representative Michelle Mussman.  Thank you to our GPA Kara Zielinski for organizing this visit.  Representative Mussman will be speaking about the current Tier Two Legislation. 

Speaking of Tier Two, we did receive more information in regards to IEA’s Undo Tier Two Lobby Day.  There will be buses departing from Elgin, Lombard, and Rockford to take people from the suburbs to the event on Wednesday, November 13.  We still have some availability to send a few more people. I am working with Superintendent DuRoss who supports members attending.  We shared our goal would be for at least 2-3 teachers from each building to attend.  For those of you who need subs, a substitute teacher will be provided. 

If you are interested in joining our team on Wednesday, November 13, please fill out this form.  You will also have to register with the IEA in order to save your space on one of the buses or to let them know you will be driving down that day.  Those specifics are included in the attachment. 

We have about 30 SEA members registering, but we can still have at least one more member attend from the following buildings:

Addams (2), Aldrin (2), Armstrong (2), Blackwell (2), Churchill (2), Dirksen (2), Dooley (2), Einstein (1), Enders (2), Fairview (1), Fox (1), Hale (2), Hoover (2), Keller (1), Lincoln Prairie (2), Mead (2), Muir (2), Nerge (2), Stevenson (1), RAC (1)

I will let you know within the next couple of days if I still have available subs for you to attend. 

To all our SEA members at Stevenson, Collins, and Fox, you will be receiving an email today to participate in a building rep special election for your buildings.  Be sure to participate by 6 PM today!

Also, all members are invited to stay after today’s building rep meeting for a viewing of the “Resilience” documentary.  We have moved the viewing of this event to the PLC.  Superintendent DuRoss will be stopping by at the beginning of the viewing.  Thank you to our Trauma Responsive Schools Chair Victoria Mikos for organizing this event for us. 

We still have openings for our SEA/SEEO Member Appreciation Trivia Night on November 18^th.  Get those teams formed and register soon!

Have a great week!

Hello SEA!  Hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall three-day weekend!

Here is the October 14^th Edition of the Monday Message.

We hope you are still busy forming your trivia teams for our SEA/SEEO member appreciation night next month on Monday, November 18^th.  Register here!

Other highlights from this week’s Monday Message:

• IEA’s Early Career Fall Blitz | November 2^nd | REGISTER HERE
• Leaders for Just Schools |  Register for a Cohort here
• IEA’s Ethnic Minority and Emerging Leaders Training (EMELT) | REGISTER HERE | Apply for funding through SEA or Region 35
• Resilience Documentary Viewing | October 21, 5:15 PM, ELC Multi-purpose Room | REGISTER HERE
• Undo Tier 2 Lobby Day | Interest Form

Registration for the Documentary “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” Curious about how extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development? Interested in learning how this doesn’t have to be permanent? Resilience is a documentary that “delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress.” WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2024 at 5:15 immediately following the SEA Rep meeting. WHERE: ELC Multipurpose room OTHER: Dinner will be provided. docs.google.com

This week’s SEA Exec Board member you should get to know is SEA’s webmaster and MacArthur’s art teacher, Carolina Arroyave.  If you haven’t visited our SEA Website is has a lot of resources for SEA, SEEO, and Region 35. 

Lastly, you will see our dues deductions begin with our next D54 paycheck.  If you think there are any errors, please check with our SEA membership chairs, Michelle Mason or Sue Hindenburg. 

That’s all for now!

Hello SEA!

Hope you have had a nice weekend!  And this week we got to look forward to next weekend being three-day for all of us!

Here is the link to the October 7^th Monday Message.

Curious about how extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development?  Interested in learning how this doesn’t have to be permanent? The SEA Trauma Responsive Schools Committee invites you to a viewing of “Resilience”, a documentary that “delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress.”  On Monday, October 21, 2024, at 5:15 immediately following the SEA Rep meeting, join members of the SEA & SEEO for dinner, viewing of Resilience, and a discussion.  REGISTER HERE so we know how many to expect.  

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

• SEA/SEEO’s Member Appreciation Event | Ringer Trivia Night | November 18^th 5-8 PM | Dinner included | REGISTER HERE
• SEA/SEEO’s Annual $1 Per Member Donation | Submit your suggestion here
• Building Rep Special Elections Nominations due today
• IEA’s Early Career Fall Blitz | November 2^nd | REGISTER HERE
• Leaders for Just Schools |  Register for a Cohort here

This week the SEA Exec Board member you should get to know is Dan Levin, our contract and grievance chair.  He helps me to add a weekly contract reminder to the Monday Messages and is available to answer any contractual questions you have. 

One last thing… registration is now open for IEA’s Ethnic Minority and Emerging Leaders Training (EMELT). EMELT is designed to provide training for ethnic minorities and emerging leaders with a series of sessions including developing leadership skills, helping to navigate the business events and the association, and providing tools to help attendees begin their leadership journey.  This year’s event is November 8-10 in Springfield.  Click here to register to attend.  You can also apply to receive funding from the SEA or funding from Region 35 to attend! We would love to send a group of our members!

More information is coming in the near future on how to attend IEA’s Tier II Lobby Day on November 13^th!

Good morning, SEA!

Hard to believe OCTOBER is right around the corner…as in tomorrow.  Fall is definitely in the air! 

Here is the September 30^th Edition of the Monday Message.

Some important information you will find more about in this week’s edition:

• SEA/SEEO’s Member Appreciation Trivia Night | November 18^th | Start forming your teams & register here
• Leaders for Just Schools | Cohort registrations now open:  Level I | Level II | Level III & IV
• Weekly contract reminder about Religious Observance Leave
• IEA’s Early Career Fall Blitz | November 2^nd in Lombard | Register here
• Apply for funding to attend IEA’s Ethnic Minority Emerging Leadership Training (must be signed into IEA’s Member Only site)
• Initial Teacher Evaluator 2-Day Training | November 16-17  | Register here

This week’s Someone You Should Know feature highlights Jenny McDermott, psychologist at Blackwell, and one of SEA Exec Board’s Special Education Co-Liaisons. She is one of your go-to’s with your SpEd program & instruction questions.

Special shoutout to the SEA & SEEO members who attended IEA’s Fall Fest this past weekend.  We had members in attendance as participants and presenters as well!  Region 35 was well-represented at our event!

Happy 2^nd day of Autumn, SEA!

Hope you had a nice weekend in spite of a rainy Sunday!  After school today is our first SEA building representative meeting of the year.  We are meeting in the PLC from 3:30-5:00 PM.  All members are welcome to attend.  We will be having a short presentation from a Workplace Solutions representative.  Our building reps will be bringing back that information to your schools to share out in your upcoming 10 minute SEA meetings.

Please be sure you have taken the time to update your membership information with your building rep as our SEA team is meeting later this week to reconcile all of the information.

Immediately following the SEA Building Rep meeting will be our Region 35 council meeting.  Want to find out more about the work our council does? Join members of the SEA/SEEO from 5-6:30 PM in the PLC today!

In the September 23^rd Edition of the Monday Message, you are going to find information about our SEA October Special Elections.  As previously mentioned, many of our buildings have open building rep positions.  If you are one of those buildings (particularly Dirksen, Fox, and Hanover Highlands), we would love to have you join our building rep team! Use the QR code in the Monday Message or click here to fill out your nomination form.  

Other information highlighted this week:

• Find out more about GPO-WEP and how it impacts you
• Last chance to register for IEA’s Fall Fest happening this Saturday morning at the PLC
• IEA’s Early Career Blitz on November 2^nd in Lombard | Register here!
• IEA’s Ethnic Minority Emerging Leadership Training (EMELT) | November 8-10 | Click here to complete a funding application to attend!

Lastly, a new feature in the Monday Message will be featuring a member of SEA’s Executive Board.  This week we are featuring, Leanna Kieya, a Title 1 Teacher supporting 5^th/6^th grades at Lakeview School.  She is SEA’s Elementary Instructional Services liaison meeting with Dr. Knoll monthly as the voice of SEA’s elementary members.  She’s definitely someone you should know.

Have a fantastic week everyone and looking forward to seeing you at the Building Rep Meeting today!

Good morning, SEA!

We’ve already made it halfway through September!  Thanks to all of our elementary buildings for handling the logistics of the Doug Bolton PD last Wednesday. Your flexibility was greatly appreciated!

Here is the September 16^th Edition of the Monday Message for you.

Highlights from this week’s edition:

• SEA Early Career Meet-up – September 19^th – Fat Rosie’s 3:30 PM | Calendar of this year’s events attached
• IRS Reminder – $300 deduction
• SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair applications – November 9^th, 9 AM – 3 PM
• IEA Palatine Office Fall Fest – September 28^th, 8 AM – 1 PM | RSVP here
• Undo Tier Two Town Hall | 9/17 Palatine | 9/24 Chicago

Enjoy the half day in-service on Wednesday!  If you are looking for a night-free of cooking, the District 54 Education Foundation is doing a “Dine-2-Donate” event with the Village Tavern & Grill in Schaumburg this Wednesday as well.  I have a attached a copy of the fundraising flier you should bring if you are planning on attending.  20% of your pre-tax bill will be donated back to the D54 Education Foundation! You could go there for lunch before the in-service or head there right after we are all dismissed.

Happy Monday, SEA!

Hope you had a great weekend!   I am looking forward to seeing all of our SEA/SEEO building reps today after school for our annual training from 3:45-6:00 PM today at the PLC.   We welcome anyone who is interested in becoming a building rep to attend.   Here is a list of the buildings who have building representative positions available for the 2024-2025 School Year:

Addams (1), Aldrin (1), Armstrong (2), Churchill (1), Collins (2), Dirksen (3), Dooley (1), Einstein (1), Eisenhower (2), ELC (1), Enders (1), Fairview (1), Fox (2), Frost (1), Hale (1), Hanover (3), Hoover (2), Keller (2), Lincoln Prairie (1), MacArthur (1), Mead (1), Muir (1), Nerge (2), RAC (2), Stevenson (1)  

Special election notices will be coming out soon!

Here is the September 9^th edition of the Monday Message. 

Some of the events you can find out more information about are as follows:

• SEA/SEEO Craft & Vendor Fair – November 9 | Register to be a crafter or vendor 
• Palatine IEA Office’s Fall Fest – September 28 | Register Here
• No Place for Hate Webinar – September 24 | Register Here
• IEA’s Ethnic Minority Emerging Leadership Training – Nov. 8-10 – Funding available through the IEA
• Undo Tier 2 Town Halls | Sept. 17 in Palatine | Sept. 24 in Chicago

Enjoy another week that will feel just like summer!

Happy Labor Day, SEA!

Hope you are taking the time to really enjoy this long three-day weekend!  We’ve now turned the calendar another page and have reached the month of September…the school year is definitely off and running!   Shout out to those SEA members who volunteered at the Septemberfest this weekend or have signed up to volunteer at Run to Read. The District 54 Education Foundation greatly appreciates your time!

Here is the September 2nd Edition of the Monday Message.   

Some of the highlights you can find more information about include:

• SEA/SEEO School Board Relations Team – apply by tomorrow
• SEA/SEEO Craft & Vendor Fair – sign you or someone you know up to participate 
• Palatine IEA Office’s Fall Fest – September 23 – registration still open
• Public Schools Strong Orientation – September 10 – event registration link
• IEA’s Fall Online Book Study – In the Coddling of the American Mind – sign up here to participate
• Undo Tier 2 Town Halls | September 17 in Palatine | September 24 in Chicago  | Share your story here

3 Mobley’s Monday Message 9/2/24 Mobley’s Monday Message September 2, 2024 | Volume 3 | SEA54.org Happy Labor Day, SEA! The application window to join the 2024-2025 School Board Relations (SBR) Team closes tomorrow. We are fortunate to have a School Board Relations (SBR) Team in District 54 in which members of the SEA & SEEO mee… docs.google.com

Have a fantastic rest of your Labor Day, SEA! 

Good morning, SEA!

We have made it to the last week in August and we have a 3-day weekend already just ahead of us.  If you are headed to Schaumburg’s Septemberfest, want free parking?  If you volunteer to park cars at Collins School on Saturday or Sunday, you can park your car there for free.  The District 54 Education Foundation is still looking for volunteers to park cars as well as to work at the Pilot Pete’s Food Booth next Monday.  Superintendent DuRoss recently sent an all staff email sharing a little bit about what the D54 Education Foundation does and our visibility at the Septemberfest is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year.  

Sign up here to help out with parking at Collins School on August 31 or September 2.

Sign up here to help out with the Pilot Pete’s Food Booth on September 3. 

Here is the link to the August 26th Edition of the Monday Message.  Here are the highlights from this week’s newsletter: 

• Join the 2024-2025 School Board Relations Team – apply here by September 3
• Free SEA #RedForEd Shirts for new members – fill out the form by August 29
• SEA/SEEO is seeking crafters and vendors for our D54 Education Foundation fundraiser on Saturday, November 9th.  Feel free to share this link with family and friends. 

Are you a new educator who met with the SEA on Wednesday, August 7th during your Induction Week?  Remember the session you may have attended on Financial Responsibilities (How Do I Get to Where I Want With My Finances)?  That will be a session offered at IEA’s Fall Fest on the morning of Saturday, September 28.  It will be a full hour-long session.  There will also be an early career roundtable discussion and other great professional development opportunities for you.  This event is not just for new teachers but for all of our members in the SEA & SEEO, as well as other local IEA Regions.  I have attached the flier and you can find out more information about the Fall Fest in this week’s Monday Message. 

Register here for IEA’s Palatine Office Fall Fest (held in Schaumburg’s PLC) on September 28. 

Stay cool this week as it’s going to be quite a HOT summer week!25 School Year, SEA!