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SEA September, 2011 Newsletter | SEA December, 2011 Newsletter

Do You Have a Student Teacher in Your Classroom?

If you do, please let him/her know that as a university student he/she qualifies to be a member of the Student FEA/NEA program. Enrolling is easy, just go to https://sites.nea.org/JoinNea/ and join. For $31 a year, students receive Educators Employment Liability Insurance and $1 million professional liability insurance and representation from trained education advocates and attorneys who specialize in Florida Law. Additionally, members receive the same benefits as an FEA/NEA/AFT member, including the FEA Access card which provides up to $1,500 per year in savings.

Any student who is preparing to be an educator may join Student FEA. This includes student interns, student teachers, students enrolled in the college of education, or simple a student in the math department who is planning to become a teacher. Students currently under an employment contract with a public school system are not eligible for student membership. Student members also have the option of attending the Student FEA conference and if he/she is interested can run for leadership positions on the Student FEA Board.

Student FEA also offers a wide variety of professional development to its members in the following areas:

· Foundation of Effective Teaching 1 (Organizing a classroom environment for teaching and learning)

· Foundations of Effective Teaching 2 (Building on Academic Success)

· Beginning Reading Instruction

· Reading Comprehension

· Thinking Mathematics 1 (Ten principals of Additive Structure)

· Thinking Mathematics 2 (Multiplicative Structures, Proportional Reasoning)

· Thinking Mathematics 3 (Fractions, Decimals, Ratio)

· Thinking Mathematics Middle School Journey on Algebra

· Instructional Strategies that Work

· Managing Anti-Social Behavior

· Home School Connection

If you have contact with a student teacher or a student who is considering/pursuing the teaching profession, please encourage him/her to go to: https://sites.nea.org/HowToJoin/stateStudent.do?mbrType=STUDENT&sea=fl and join Student FEA today!

Click on the following links to read how SB 736 will affect you and what changes it brings to teaching in general.

http://feaweb.org/_data/files/2011/PPA/736/What_you_need_to_know_about_SB_736.pdf

http://feaweb.org/race-to-the-top-for-student-success-sb-736

SEA Leadership

SEA Board Members
President, KT Caldwell	Vice-President, Sue Carson	Secretary Becky Dumes	Treasurer, Marie Causey	FEA Director Katie Murphy
SEA Directors
Darren Hutchinson High School Director	Sandra Ross High School Director	Melissa Cole Middle School Director	Thomas Bugos Middle School Director	Dolly Cochrane Elementary School Director
Nan James Elementary School Director	Brian Spoon Elementary School Director	Glady Stablein Elementary School Director	Chris Spiliotis Off Site Director	Yaschika Edwards At-Large Director

Mission Statement

Seminole Education Association is a professional organization committed to actively and collaboratively advancing public education by empowering, supporting and advocating for the educators we represent and the students we serve.

About Us

Seminole Education Association (SEA) is the certified bargaining agent which represents all teacher-based employees in Seminole County. SEA is the recognized bargaining agent for Teachers Guidance Counselors, Media Specialists, etc. Each building or cost center has one or more Faculty Representatives who serve as the site contact for receiving and distributing information from SEA and answering your questions about SEA. Faculty Representatives attend monthly meetings during the school year to stay up to date on the latest information at local, state, and national levels. Questions or concerns should always be brought first to your Faculty Representative, but if s/he is unable to answer your questions, please contact SEA’s President, KT Caldwell, who is released full time to represent members and is available at the Seminole UniServ Office.