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"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” ― Albert Einstein

*MESSAGE FROM SEA PRESIDENT MARK JANICK*

Good evening / morning SEA,

It is halfway through the year and I just wanted to take a few minutes and update you with a few important happenings in SEA:

  1. As per the recent contract negotiations, there will be a stipend committee to review all stipends listed in Appendices B, C and D of the contract.  These include all stipends such as team Leader, Curriculum Chair, Coaches, clubs, etc.  In preparation for the committee meetings, we are collecting data on all current stipends.  If you currently receive any stipend, please complete the Google Doc questionnaire in the link below: (remember to be signed into your Suffield Google account for link to work)
     
     https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IE5DTFiBgtr-ONM4AfWV5whFQfCbCs64wKgqNT2Hw2k/edit

    This survey is only for current stipends that are in the contract.  If you have a new stipend you want added, please discuss it with your building principal ASAP. Remember the SEA cannot create new stipends just like we cannot create new teaching positions, that is something only central office can create. 


    Your responses are important in order for us to complete the work of the stipend committee.  Please complete the survey ASAP if you have not already done so for each stipend you receive. 
  2. For the Stipend committee we will be looking to get volunteers to help out with the stipend committee, per contract it will be three members from SEA and three employees from central office. The SEA Representatives from each school will be heavily involved but I am also asking for volunteers. This will be a voluntary role and you must be available most days after school, as that is when meeting will take place. We will be working on the stipends in three parts over the next three months:
    • Part 1- During January, coaching stipends Appendix C
    • Part 2- During February, club stipends Appendix D
    • Part 3- During March, supervisory positions Appendix B

    Please email me here or at mjanick@suffield.org if you would like to be part of this committee in some way. 
  3. DCF has been a hot topic in our district more and more this year and many of us do not know our rights and responsibilities. I will be hosting a CEA meeting for Hartford County teachers on Wednesday, January 30. We will have a CEA lawyer expert on DCF giving a presentation on your rights and responsibilities dealing with DCF. If you would be interested in coming to this meeting SEA will pay for you to attend.  Registration starting at 4:30 and the meeting starting at 5:00, with dinner at 6:00. We will be having our meeting at The Chowder Pot in Hartford. Their address is 165 Brainard Rd, Hartford. 

Please email me here or at mjanick@suffield.org if you would like to attend this meeting. I will need to know by January 25 if you plan on attending.

Thank you for all you do each and every day. Enjoy the three day weekend.

Mark Janick
SEA President

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*Constitution June 2018*

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*SEA Blitz 2017 / 2018*

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