Category: Mobley’s Monday Message

Happy Labor Day, SEA!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.  What a nice weekend it has been so far! 

Though I hope you are not checking this email on your holiday, I wanted to at least send out this week’s edition 9/5 Edition of the Monday Message on a Monday. 

In this week’s Monday Message, you will find out about SEA’s Special Elections and whether or not your school is able to have additional Building Representatives.  If you are interested, the Special Election Building Rep nomination form is attached.

Did you know SEA has its own Shared Drive available for you to access using your District Google Drive?  You can find shared SEA documents, archives of the Monday Message, and other important information.  Many of our members have discovered that it needs to be unhidden in order to access it.  Click on “Hidden Shared Drives” and you should be able to locate it.

Also, last week’s Monday Message had information about a “Teacher Leadership Pathways Program”.  I have been working with IEA’s Opportunity Coalition to lower the price should we have a group of at least 3-5 members from the SEA.  We would be able to have our own cohort formed.  Additionally, the SEA Exec Board and Region 35 Executive Team voted to fund any of our SEA members who are interested in participating.  Links to find out more information are included in the Monday Message.  There is also a form for you to show your interest so that a separate registration can be formed for our SEA members.  Please fill out the form by the end of this week, as sessions are scheduled to begin later this month.  We will be in contact with those interested and assist you in making the funding request from SEA and Region 35.

Hope you are having a fantastic start to September!

Good morning, SEA!

Looking forward to the three day weekend ahead?   ME TOO!

Here is your weekly Monday Message for 8/29.  

Also attached to this post is a copy of IEA’s Insider which has some valuable information from the month of August.  Please note, the IEA spirit wear store has closed, however the SEA will be opening up their own Spirt Wear Store which is COMING SOON!  

In the “Membership Opportunities” section of this week’s Monday Message, you will find some information about a new “Teacher Leadership Pathways Project” being offered from the Illinois Education Association’s Opportunity Coalition and Northwestern University.   They are willing to lower the price of the program if we have a group of 3 or more SEA members interested.  Be sure to fill out the form in the Monday Message if you are at all interested so we can work with the Opportunity Coalition for the discount.  

Looking forward to meeting with SEA’s Executive Board today afterschool. 

Enjoy these last few days of August, everyone!

Good morning SEA!

Hope you all enjoyed your first week back!  Best wishes to all of our members who teach at the ELC and all of our kindergarten teachers who will be welcoming their students for the first day of school today. 

Attached to this email are several resources from the SEA which include the following:

• Mobley’s Monday Message for 8/22
• 22-23 COVID-19 Related Leave Request Form – should you need to take days off for COVID purposes, this document can be found on the D54 Intranet in the HR folder
• List of the SEA Building Reps for 2022-2023
• SEA’s Who-to-Call List
• Contract Highlights for SEA’s 2022-2028 Contract
• Fact Sheet from IEA’s Membership Protection Center

Be sure to take a few minutes to read through this week’s Monday Message to learn more about the attached documents.

Have a fantastic week, SEA!  

Happy Last Monday Morning of this School Year!  

We all made it! It’s the last week of the 2022-2023 School Year!  

Here is the link to our last Monday Message.

Enjoy making end of the school year memories with your students this week, SEA.

Take care everyone and enjoy your summer vacations!

Happy Monday SEA!

Today is our final SEA Building Rep meeting of the year.  Reps, please send at least one rep in person to the PLC at 3:30 PM.  Anyone is welcome to attend!  If you would like to attend virtually, email me by 3 PM for the link to join.

Starting tomorrow we will be collecting donations to the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education.  Your building reps will find out more about this at our meeting today. 

I have attached a copy of SEA’s 2022-2028 Contract for you.  It will not be posted on the district website until later this summer when our current contract expires.  You will be able to access it in our SEA Shared Drive and our SEA’s Website.  

Just a few highlights from this week’s May 16 Edition of the Monday Message: 

• May’s Contract Tidbit: SEA’s Salary Schedule
• District 54 Education Foundation Fundraisers

• Leaders for Just Schools 2022-2023 Cohort
• NEA Member Benefits

Good morning SEA!

After today, just two more Monday morning wake-ups this school year!  So many exciting events going on across the district these last few weeks.  

This Wednesday during PD, your administrators will be presenting to you some changes to the D54 Teacher Appraisal.  I have included the changes in this week’s Monday Message.

We are still seeking members to fill the positions of the Dual/Bilingual Services Liaison and the Early Childhood Liaison on our SEA Executive Board for the 2022-2023 School Year.  More information about these roles and how to apply can be found in the newsletter as well as on this Google Form.  

Attached to this email is a copy of the May 9 Edition of the Monday Message, as well a flier advertising four virtual learning sessions with one of our representatives from NEA Member Benefits to find out more about www.neamb.com.  These sessions take place today and tomorrow, as well as on May 18 & 19.  The flier has the Zoom link to join. 

Check out the Membership Opportunities section of the newsletter for free PD and Book Club opportunities.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, SEA! 

Not only we have made it to the month of may, but we have made it to the week in which educators are recognized and celebrated for their work.  Thank you for the endless hours you put into planning.  Thank you for the consistent support you give to your students.  Thank you for persevering through each and every challenge you face as an educator.  THANK YOU!

Here is the link to this week’s Monday Message and a few highlights and important links:

• Volunteer at the 2022 NEA Representative Assembly in Chicago
• Apply for an open position on SEA’s 2022-2023 Executive Board
• Sign-up for an Educator Well-Being Course offered this summer – PDF Attached
• Apply for a 2022 SCORE Grant – window to apply closes July 15

Good morning, SEA!

Sure was nice to finally enjoy all that spring weather this past weekend, rain and all!  It was a busy weekend for SEA and members of Region 35 as we had our annual SPARKS event for early career educators from our membership.  What a way to start of the event with some axe throwing at Bulls-eye Axe Lounge.  What a great way to release some tension!  This week’s Monday Message has just a few photos from SPARKS as well as last week’s General Meeting.  Thank you to all of our attendees who joined us for those events!

In this week’s Monday Message, not only will you find those highlights but you will also find information about the open positions on our 2022-2023 SEA Executive Board.  Currently the open positions are:  dual/bilingual services liaison, special services liaison, elementary instructional services liaison, early childhood liaison, and webmaster.  Please take a moment to read through the descriptions to see if if is something you would like to get involved in.  Here is a link to a google form for you to fill out in order to apply for the appointment to any of those positions.  

That is it for now. It was nice to start listing important dates for May which means we are starting to wrap things up for this 2021-2022 School Year.  Have a great week everyone!

Good morning, SEA!

Today is the election for 2022-2023 School Year Building Representatives and Region 35 Council Members. Hopefully you have already received your ballot to vote in our Building Representative Election.  

Please note, when you open your ballot you should see YOUR building name, however you may be seeing “Kelly O’Reilly’s” name; however, the ballot is still unique only to you.  Kelly has check on her end as ballots are already coming through and can see the individual names of our SEA members who have vote.  If you have any other issues with your ballot, please contact SEA’s Elections Chair Kelly O’Reilly (kellyoreilly@sd54.org).  Don’t forget to participate by 6 PM today!

We have made it to day of our annual SEA/SEEO General Meeting.  Kathy Jesuit and I are excited to welcome our members and guests to our event today afterschool at the PLC.  We will have virtual entertainment from 4-4:15 PM and the meeting will start promptly at 4:15 PM. If you are attending in-person, be sure to arrive a few minutes early to sign-in.  If you are interested in participating in our 50/50 Drawing, be sure to bring some cash.  We will also have door prizes that will be given away at the end of the meeting.  You must be present (or still on the Zoom) to win.  Even if you didn’t RSVP, you can still join the meeting via Zoom!

Here is this week’s edition of the Monday Message. 

Attached to this email you will find the minutes from the 2021 SEA/SEEO Virtual General Meeting.  We will be taking action to approve these minutes at today’s General Meeting. 

Also attached to this email, you will find April’s Contract Tidbits which reviews contract language on vacancies and transfers.  

What a big week this is for SEA and Region 35!  We kick it off with the elections and the General Meeting, and then end it with our special event for early career members, SPARKS!  Looking forward to seeing many of you afterschool today at the PLC!

Welcome to the start of a four day school week, SEA!

We are just one week away from our SEA/SEEO General Meeting.  Please RSVP by the end of the day today if you are wishing to attend our event in-person.  Click here to RSVP today!

Attached to this week’s Monday Message, you will find IEA’s most recent Professional Development newsletter which highlights book groups and courses that are being offered this summer.   

You will also find more information about the TRS Retirement session being offered at the Palatine IEA Office on April 28.  Click here to register for that event. 

Here are some other quick links for you…

• Mobley’s Monday Message – April 11, 2022
• IEA’s rESPect Website
• ShopIEA.org – open through today!
• California Casualty’s Music and Art Grant and $10,000 Staycation Giveaway. 

Lastly, special thanks to all of our SEA and SEEO members who served as delegates at IEA’s Representative Assembly on April 8-9 in Rosemont! Check out some of our photos from the event on Twitter and Facebook.