Schaumburg Education Association

Good morning, SEA!

Here is the link to the September 29^th Edition of the Monday Message.

Shout out to all our SEA building reps for hosting 10-minute meetings in your buildings to go over the highlights from last week’s Building Rep Meeting.  Couldn’t attend your school’s meeting?  In the Monday Message you can find the link to the slides from our SEA Meeting.

Here’s what else you can find this week…

• Special Elections on October 20^th – it’s not too late to submit your nomination form to be a building rep for the remainder of this school year
• Nominate a SEEO member for one of IEA’s STARS award
• Nourishing Neighbors Explore.Act.Tell Program
• Immigrant Rights Training Sessions through the NEA
• Get to know our SEA Treasurer, Michelle Meyers (Einstein)

The Illinois Education Association lost a great man last week, our president, Al Llorens.  Al had always been a big supporter of the SEA.  He attended several of our SEA/SEEO General Meetings over the years as our guest and as a guest speaker.  He was a true advocate for ALL educators and students.  I have been fortunate to know all not just as IEA President, but as a friend.  He will be greatly missed by our IEA family.

Happy First Day of Autumn, SEA!

Here is the September 22^nd Edition of the Monday Message.

We will be having our first SEA Building Rep meeting today after school from 3:30-5:00 PM in the PLC.  If you are new to the SEA, all members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings, not just our elected Building Reps.

Speaking of elected building reps, attached to this email is a copy of our Special Election notice.  Most of our schools are eligible for at least one more building rep.  Buildings that are eligible are listed in the Monday Message.  If you are interested in becoming a building rep for the remainder of this 2025-2026 School Year, click here for the application.  Nomination forms are due October 6^th.  

There is so much important information to share this week including the following:

• Social Media Posts – CAUTION  |  IEA’s Guidance on Doxing
• IEA’s EMELT – November 7-9 | SAVE THE DATE
• Understanding School Finance | A Practice Workshop for Educators | November 1
• Learn more about SEA’s Contract & Grievance Chair: Dan Levin
• SEA/SEEO’s Decades Trivia Night |  November 17

Let’s see if you can read to find out what the salary was for a D54 teacher in 1960!

Good morning, SEA!

Here is the link to the September 15^th Edition of the Monday Message.

This year SEA will be celebrating its 65^th Anniversary.  We will be scheduling a few events to commemorate our anniversary.  The first celebration will be at our Member Appreciation Event in November: Decades Trivia Night.  Time to start studying up on some SEA trivia you may start see pop-up in the Monday Messages!

Other information you can read to find out more about…

• D54 Education Foundation Fundraiser: September 17^th: Cane’s (1205 E. Higgins Road) – mention the fundraiser at the restaurant or apply the code RCFUND96 at checkout.
• IEA’s Fall Fest on November 15^th
• SEA/SEEO Craft & Vendor Fair on November 8^th
• IEA’s Early Career Blitz on November 15^th
• Illinois Virtual Instructional Coach and Building Mentor Program
• IEA’s Teaching & Learning Virtual Book Studies
• Who is Ben Gray and what does he do as our IEA UniServ Director?

Have a great week and enjoy your half day in-services on Wednesday!

Good morning, SEA!

Here is the September 8^th Edition of the Monday Message.

Be sure to check it out for more information about the following:

• SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair
• IEA’s 4^th Annual Fall Fest
• IEA’s Early Career Blitz
• Supporting Multilingual Learners Online Courses
• IEA’s Virtual Book Studies
• SEA/SEEO’s Decades Trivia Night
• SEA’s Exec Board Member of the Week: Michele Koscielny, Sick Bank Co-Chair

Looking forward to our SEA/SEEO Building Rep Training today after school.  Any member interested in running in the Special Elections later this fall is welcome to attend our training today in the PLC from 3:45-6 PM

Happy Labor Day, SEA!

Hope you have been enjoying this beautiful 3-day weekend! 

Here is the September 1^st Edition of the Monday Message. 

It’s not too late to register for SEA’s first listening session of the year this Thursday, September 4^th, from 3:45-4:45 PM at Global Brew.  Come meet me and members of SEA’s Exec Board as we discuss our District 54 benefits.  Register here to attend.

Registration to join the 2025-2026 School Board Relations (SBR) Team closes this Wednesday, September 3.  It is open to both SEA and SEEO members.

To find out more about this SBR Team or to apply, click here.

Be sure to read through this week’s Monday Message to find out more about the following:

• SEA Collective Bargaining Proposal
• IEA’s Early Career Blitz – November 15
• SEA’s newest exec board member, Danni Koscielak (Fox School)

Shout out to the members of SEA/SEEO and their families who volunteered at this weekend at the Septemberfest!  The District 54 Education Foundation appreciated your time!

Hello SEA! 

Last week D54 welcomed our Kindergarteners to our buildings and the Sprouts to the ELC!  Hope those were amazing first days for you and your students!  And you received your first paycheck of this school year, which is always a good thing.  Be sure to check that it’s accurate and contact Payroll x.5023 if something wasn’t correct.

Here is the link to the August 25^th Edition of the Monday Message for you. 

What you will find highlighted this week includes…

• Application to be a part of the 2025-2026 School Board Relations Team
• SEA’s Building Rep Training | September 8 | RSVP here to attend
• Septemberfest volunteers still needed | Parking at Collins School on August 30 & 31 | Pilot Pete’s Table on September 1
• Restorative Practices: Transforming Student Discipline Policy | Asynchronous PD offered by the Illinois Education Association (flier is attached)
• SEA’s 1^st Listening Session of the Year | September 4 | RSVP here to attend

Each year the SEA has Exec Board Members who serve as Liaisons to you.  They will be reaching out to you in the upcoming weeks to introduce themselves to you and to begin looking for celebrations as well as questions you might have.  Here is a list of those individuals:

• Rachel Martin – Early Career Chair
• Rachel Rosone / Jenny McDermott – Special Education Co-Liaisons
• Iris Santiago – Dual/Bilingual Services Liaison
• Deanne DiDomenico – Early Childhood Instructional Services Liaison
• Erin Bellie – Elementary Instructional Services Liaison
• Maria Ayala – Junior High Instructional Services Liaison

I am looking forward to meeting with these members, as well as the rest of SEA’s Executive Board today afterschool at 3:30 PM.

I don’t know about you, but I am already looking forward to having a three-day weekend coming up! 

Welcome Back, SEA!

Hope you have had a great start to the 2025-2026 School Year!  Here is the first edition of the Monday Message for this year.  Be sure to take a few moments sometime this week to read through it.  Each week the Monday Message is FILLED with a lot of important information for you.  And be sure to read to find out the good news about our D54 Appraisal Plan!

Here are just a few of the highlights:

• SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair – sign up to be a crafter or vendor here
• SEA’s Exec Board Who-to-Call List
• IEA Online Book Study: Demystifying Disability – to join the online book study, click here and use class code: rondy6co
• SEA Exec Board Member of the Week: Rachel Rosone, Hanover Highlands, Special Education Co-Liaison
• Sips & Snacks with the SEA – Monthly Listening Session: September 4^th, 3:45-4:45 PM – RSVP to attend here
• Volunteer at the Septemberfest to support the District 54 Education Foundation –  Collins Parking Lot on 8/30 or 8/31 | Pilot Pete’s Food Booth on 9/1

If are new to the SEA, be sure to like our Schaumburg Education Association Facebook page and follow us on Instagram at SchaumburgEA54.  And if you haven’t done so already, fill out the Google form to receive your free #RedForEd shirt.

Thank you for taking the time to update your membership information with your SEA Building Reps.  We are starting the process a little bit earlier this year to help out our SEA Membership co-chairs Michelle Mason and Sue Hindenburg.  If you have any questions, they are here to help you!

I may be sending out this information twice this week as I am waiting for district to update my SEA Distribution List to reflect this school year, so our new educators are not yet included. Building reps, feel free to forward this email along!

Enjoy the journey you are on with your students this year!

Happy Memorial Day, SEA!

Yay, you! You did it! You made it to the last three days of the 2024-2025 School Year! 

Here is the link to the final Mobley’s Monday Message for this school year in which I share on of my favorite end-of-the-school year books as well as a couple classroom traditions I always ended the year with.   

While we are wrapping up this school year, there are some things we are already looking forward to during the 2025-2026 School Year:

• Volunteers needed to manage the parking lot at Collins School on Saturday, August 30^th, and Sunday, August 31^st (Schaumburg’s Septemberfest Weekend):  sign-up for a two-hour shift here and support the District 54 Education Foundation
• IEA’s Summer Leadership Academy – July 28-31 at ISU: login to IEA’s Members Only site to register today!
• SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair – November 8 from 9 AM – 3 PM in the PLC: registration to be a crafter or vendor is open.  

I’ll end this school year with this… “May your summer be like the perfect lesson plan – engaging, enjoyable, and exactly what you need.”

Good morning, SEA! 

Last Monday morning alarm for the this school year.  Already looking forward to the three-day weekend ahead.

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

Today is the last SEA Building Rep Meeting of the year.  All members are welcome to attend as we will be voting on SEA’s budget for the 2025-2026 School Year. We invite new reps for next year to attend our meeting as well!  Following our meeting, we have our end-of-year event, Tacos & Chill in the PLC from 5-6:30 PM.  Looking forward to seeing you then!

As a reminder, registration to participate as a crafter or vendor at our SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair on November 8 is now open.  Click here to sign-up.  Feel free to share the link with other family members and friends you think may be interested.    We already have representation from Color Street, Norwex, Mary Kay, and L’BRI. 

This Wednesday, May 21^st, is a fundraising event for the District 54 Education Foundation at McAlister’s Deli in Schaumburg.  20% of your bill will be donated back to the foundation. Drop your receipt in the bin at McAlister’s.  Enjoy an evening where you don’t have to work what to make for dinner!

Good morning, SEA! 

Here is the May 12^th Edition of the Monday Message for you.

It’s not too late to register for the SEA/SEEO Tacos and Chill End of Year Event taking place next Monday, May 19^th, from 5:00-6:30 PM in the PLC.  This event will take place right after our last SEA Building Rep Meeting of the Year.  Click here to let us know you are joining us for Tacos and Chill!

We have also scheduled the date for the 3^rd Annual SEA/SEEO Craft and Vendor Fair which will be held on Saturday, November 8^th, from 9 AM – 3 PM in the PLC.  We will be sending out information soon on how to register to become a vendor at our event.

Also included in this week’s Monday Message is a reminder of some of the resources available to you through our EAP Workplace Solutions and IEA’s Mental Health and Wellness Website. 

Enjoy the summerlike weather later this week! Just means we are getting closer and closer to summer vacation.