Category: Mobley’s Monday Message

Good morning, SEA!

Feeling particularly tired after staying up for last night’s game? The good news is next Monday we have no school.  Maybe the NFL should consider moving the Super Bowl to the Sunday before President’s Day, huh?

We have our monthly building rep meeting today afterschool at the PLC beginning at 3:30 PM.  All members are invited to attend in-person or virtually.  As a reminder, email me before 3 PM if you want the Zoom Link.  Reps, as always, the Zoom link is at the top of our meeting agenda. 

Region 35 nominations are due today by 4 PM.  They are to be virtually submitted this year. Here is the link to the various positions that are open.   We’d love to have a full delegation sent to the NEA-RA in Orlando, Florida this summer.  Feel free to contact me if you’ve never been to an representative assembly and want to find out more. 

Other information you will find in the February 13 Edition of the Monday Message: 

• 10-Hour Racial Equity Facilitator Training through the Equity Literacy Institute
  • Apply for funding through our Region 35
• 2023-2024 IEA Committee Application
• 2023 Early Career Spring Retreat – April 28-29
  • Apply for funding through our Region 35

Thank you to the many SEA and SEEO members who purchased Candy Grams being sent throughout the district this week!  Enjoy the extra sweet treat this week!

Hope your 1/2 day on Friday is a productive one!

Good morning, SEA!

This week’s February 6th Edition of the Monday Message is filled with several opportunities for the members of the SEA.  

Attached you will find the Region 35 Election Notice for our Spring Elections on March 13.  Region 35 has several open positions and you can also apply to be a delegate at the National Education Association Representative Assembly the first week of July in Orlando, Florida.  The SEA will be accepting nomination forms virtually for the first time!  Here is that link. Select the ‘post-it’ of the position you are seeking in order to apply.

Also, we are wanting to send a team of SEA members to IEA’s 2023 Early Career Spring Retreat happening on April 28-29.  The primary focus of the conference will be work-life balance, setting boundaries, building your support community, and union activism & engagement. Interested members register through the IEA at this link, but then will need to fill out a form here through Region 35 so that we know you are attending and get provide you reimbursement for your registration and hotel stay. 

Other opportunities highlighted this week…

• Racial Equity Facilitator Training through the Equity Literacy Institute (funding available through Region 35)
• Join an IEA Committee for the 2023-2024 School Year (must sign-in using your IEA Members Only Login)
• Order your Candy Grams to support the District 54 Education Foundation – order by Friday, February 10, make your donation directly to the Foundation anytime now through February 14.

Wow, so many links this week, but I think that is just about it.  Have a great week, SEA!

Happy Monday, SEA!  

We definitely are going to need the extra layers as we walk in and out of our buildings the next couple days.  Stay warm!

Today is our monthly SEA Building Rep meeting at the PLC from 3:30-5:00 PM.  As always, all members are welcome to attend.  If you would like to attend virtually, please email me for the Zoom link before 3 PM. 

This week’s January 30th Edition of the Monday Message is filled important information.  

Here are some of the highlights:

• January Contract Tidbits: Transfers and Transfer Fair
• Books Matter – Using Children’s Literature to Invite Conversations about Identity, Bias, & Social Justice – Free Webinar on 2/1 at 4 PM
• Applications are now being accepted for IEA’s 2023-2023 Committees – you will need to login to IEA’s Members Only webiste
• SEA/SEEO General Meeting Entertainment and Performers Request – recommendations due February 3

Lastly, the SEA and SEEO are running a CANDY GRAM fundraiser for the District 54 Education Foundation’s Crisis Fund in conjuntion with the Foundation’s Caring for Our Community Campaign.  We will send a Candy Gram with your own personalized message to anyone within the district for $5.  You may send as many Candy Gram as you wish!  The cost will be $5 per candy gram. For more information about this fundraiser, check out page three of the Monday Message. 

Click here to order your Candy Grams by Friday, February 10. 

That’s it for now.  See you at our Building Rep meeting today!

Good morning, SEA!  

This week’s edition of the Monday Message includes a Save the Date for the SEA/SEEO General Meeting on April 17. The event will be held at Chandler’s in Schaumburg with entertainment beginning at 3:30 PM and the program from 4-5:30 PM.  

Our General Meeting Planning Committee is looking for student groups or members to help us with entertainment, lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, or sing the National Anthem.  If you have a suggestion, please fill out this General Meeting Entertainment and Performers Request by Friday, February 3. 

Other information you can find more about in this week’s Monday Message include…

• Jason Eliasek Scholarship (attached)
• Books Matter Webinar tthrough ADL Education
• IEA’s “How to Become a Teacher in Illinois” to share with prospective teachers
• NEA Complimentary Life Insurance

That’s it for this week.  Make it a great one, everyone!

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, SEA!

Check out this week’s Monday Message for a list of museum in Chicago offering free admission today in honor of MLK Day. 

Here are some other highlights you will find in the January 16 Edition of the Monday Message:

• Find out why February 1 is an important date in the SEA Contract
• Jason Eliasek Scholarship Application (attached)
• SEA Award Nominations – window closes this Friday, January 20
• Worker’s Compensation Virtual Presentation – Thursday, January 19
• NEA’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Fact Sheet (attached)
• Edutopia Article: A Classroom Built on Trust

That’s it for today! Have a great week, SEA!

“The time is always right to do what is right.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Happy New Year 2023, SEA! Hope the past two weeks were enjoyable to you! 

Here is the link to the January 9th edition of the Monday Message.  

Highlights this week include…

• December 2022 Region 35 Election results (attached)
• Jason Eliasek Scholarship Application (attached)
• SEA Award nominations – due January 20
• IEA SCORE Grants – applications due January 15
• NEA’s PSLF Fact Sheet: Navigating Student Debt (attached)

Region 35’s Cultural Competency Committee meeting originally schedule for this week has been postponed until Wednesday, February 1, 8 PM via Zoom.  Chair Adriana Caballero will be sending out information via Zoom to anyone who has attended our events in the past.  Contact her for more information (adrianacaballero@sd54.org). 

Have a great week back, SEA!

Good morning, SEA! Just four more days!  We’ve got this!  

Just a reminder today afterschool is our monthly Building Rep Meeting from 3:30-5:00 PM at the PLC.  All members are welcome to attend in person or via Zoom.  Please email me for the link to attend virtually. 

Here is the 12/19 Edition of the Monday Message. 

Highlighted this week are the following:

• December’s Contract Tidbit: School Calendar
• 2023 Jason Eliasek Scholarship (attached)
• Nomination Form for the 2022-2023 SEA Awards
• IEA Score Grants – window to apply closes January 15
• IEA’s Learning Portal – free online professional development
• IEA Professional Development – save the dates (attached)
• NEA Member Benefits – shopping discounts

Enjoy every moment of your time off, SEA!  See you in 2023!

Good morning, SEA!

I believe the countdown to Winter Break has begun!  Less than two more weeks to go!

Here is the link to the December 12 edition of the Monday Message. 

Please be sure to vote in today’s SEA election.  Thank you to all of our building reps across the district volunteering time to run today’s vote.  The tally will not be until next Monday, December 19 (during our SEA Building Rep meeting).  We do need tally counters so if you can lend a hand, contact Kelly O’Reilly (kellyoreilly@sd54.org). 

Have a great week everyone and let’s hope for a little sunshine soon!

Good morning, SEA!

Can’t believe we made it to the last month of 2022!  Attached is the December 5 Edition of the Monday Message.  Here are some of the highlight’s you will find…

• Information about IEA’s 2023 Award Nominations
• Presenters needed for IEA’s Spring Aspiring Educators Conference
• 2023 Score Grant applications
• NEA Discount Marketplace – time for some holiday shopping deals!

Have a great week everyone!  

Good morning, SEA!

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving break and enjoyed the time off!  I will send out a new edition of the Monday Message next Monday.  Here’s the link to last week’s edition in case you didn’t have a chance to view it due to conferences. 

Be sure to share any feedback about having parent/teacher conferences in November just once this year with your building representatives so that can share that with me during a discussion at the December building rep meeting.