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The Connection
1136 N. Military Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54303
920-496-2440
800-472-5582
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April 3, 2020
MEMBERSHIP EDITION, Vol. 4, #8
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Members are Pushing Back!
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If you feel the working conditions in your District are
unsafe
, please call us and we'll help you communicate with your employer!
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Region 3 Local Unions Saying "NO" to In-Person Meetings
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A number of Districts in our Region, even up to this week, have tried to require employees to come to the school buildings to meet. Local unions have pushed back, sometimes bolstered by the data we have shared in our Virtual meetings and surveys, and the meeting directives have been quashed. Solidarity works!
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More than 650 people attended this powerful webinar to hear firsthand reports from essential workers in health care, transit, and grocery.
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As the COVID-19 illness changes everything, Wisconsin unions and employers whose workers they represent have been making changes of their own — or trying to.
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You have an opportunity to keep members in the loop AND respect their time by holding 10-minute meetings! It's also a great time to get feedback from people in the building.
Get out there and BE VISIBLE!
How can we have 10-minute meetings during the pandemic? Now is probably the BEST time to reach out to your members! Facebook live, Google hangouts, Zoom...
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For more details about how the 10-minute meeting works, click
here
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For previous 10-minute meeting topics:
The APRIL 10-Minute Meeting topic:
In the News:
Holding Class on Zoom?
Beware of These Hacks, Hijinks and Hazards
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SO many resources to share!
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EVERY WEDNESDAY, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Next VIRTUAL Meeting is April 8th at 4:30 p.m.
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Click here to complete:
See:
Please note the time stamp on the responses - things change daily. So, for example, Districts may have been requiring in-person meetings as of March 17, but are not doing so now.
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Members have found the weekly Region 3 zoom meetings (register by clicking above) and these surveys are a useful way to share information in these unprecedented times. We use a portion of the weekly meeting to determine what issues people want to know more about so we include them in the survey. Please join us!
It is our hope that this information enables best practices to be widely shared and provide guidance within your district.
Do not hesitate to contact the Region 3 office with questions and concerns!
800-472-5582
We are working from home; please do not come to the office.
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Implementation of Educator Effectiveness in 2019-20
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So, you're in a summary year for EE? What happens when it's pretty obvious we won't be going back to school this semester? Districts and teachers can opt to finalize EE processes for this year, or carry over to next year.
Click
here for DPI guidance.
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Teacher Contract Renewal / Non-Renewal for 2020-21
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Wisconsin State Statute 118.22 governs the renewal and NON-renewal of full-time teacher contracts
DEADLINES WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS!
This important deadline is approaching:
For teacher contracts that a District does NOT want to renew for the 2020-21 school year, the school board must notify with a
preliminary
notice of non-renewal on OR before Friday,
May 1st, 2020
. This timeline applies regardless of the reason for non-renewal, e.g., performance, economic reasons, declining enrollment, etc.
A preliminary notice of non-renewal must be voted on and issued by the school board (not an administrator).
Many teachers have already been given some kind of indication that the District is thinking about non-renewal. These teachers may be on a plan of improvement. For teachers under this scrutiny,
the preliminary notice of non-renewal may come well before the deadline of May 1st.
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Once preliminary notice of non-renewal is given to an educator, they only have
five calendar days
to request a hearing before the school board.
- Union members who are fearful of a non-renewal should contact the Region 3 office as soon as possible.
- Union leaders and building reps who are working with teachers who may be in danger of non-renewal should contact the Region 3 office as soon as possible.
Please do not wait until the preliminary notice has already been issued!
Other important deadlines:
May 15th:
all teachers should receive a continuing contract for 2020-21.
June 15th:
all teachers must sign and return 2020-21 contracts.
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WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS in March:
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SAVE THE DATE!
WEAC REGION 3 RA
The WEAC Region 3 (WR3) Representative Assembly (RA) is currently scheduled for
10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2020
to be held virtually or in person at Comfort Suites, Green Bay.
The Executive Committee will decide at its April 8th meeting whether or not to conduct this meeting virtually and on what date.
The meeting will feature a panel discussion - - members will tell success stories in issue organizing and membership recruitment!
INFO ON DELEGATES:
An email was sent to all WR3 Local Presidents on March 30th. Please check your email for details on how to register your local's delegates.
INFO ON NOMINATIONS:
Delegates to the WR3 RA will be electing the following positions to the WR3 Executive Committee:
Officer positions for two-year terms: President, Vice-President
At-large position for one-year term: ESP Member-at-Large
Zone Leaders for one-year term: Zones A, B, C, D North, D South, E, F
To determine which Zone your local is in, please click
HERE
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In order to be elected to one of these positions, nominees must be a local delegate (either the local president or their alternate, or elected by the local) or delegate-at-large to the WR3 RA.
Nominations can be made by any member. To nominate a member please submit their name, personal email address, local and indicate position for which they are being nominated
HERE
no later than Monday, May 4
th
. Please include the name, personal email address, cellphone number, and local of the person making the nomination. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the RA, however, names received after May 4, or accepted from the floor, may not be included on the preprinted ballot. All nominations are contingent upon acceptance by the nominee.
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Hi all,
Having been a teacher for 20 years and then working for the hard-working education employees for the last 16 years, I can tell you there is no group that is harder on themselves than educators. Our number one priority is always the students. And we, as a group, seem to be A-type personalities, always wanting to do the right thing as perfectly as we can. Our principal tells us to add 10 things to our plate? We do it. Our special ed supervisor gives us yet another responsibility and another person to report to? That's okay. We grumble a bit, but we carry on. It's for the kids.
Please, please, please. In this national crisis we are ALL experiencing, please do not let your boss get away with making your life miserable. Here's a phrase I've been known to tell my boss, that might help you: "yes ma'am, I'll get right on it!" (But then I don't.)
Take care of yourself. Take care of your family. Take care of your students's EMOTIONAL health above all the spelling tests and work packets and online lectures. Please.
Peace,
Kathy Rohde
WR3 Regional Director
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WEAC Region 3
1136 N. Military Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54303.
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