Region 19 Wednesday, January 28, 2015MeetingAGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome/Introductions
  3. Secretary’s Report—as posted on Region Website
  4. Treasurer’s Report
  5. Local Reports
  6. Bureau Valley:
  7. Chadwick/ Milledgeville:
  8. Dakota:
  9. East Dubuque:
  10. Eastland:
  11. Freeport EA: provide support for 20% report
  12. Freeport Custodial:
  13. Freeport Transportation:
  14. Lena-Winslow TA:
  15. Lena-Winslow ESPA:
  16. Morrison:
  17. Orangeville:
  18. Prophetstown-L-T:
  19. River Bend:
  20. River Ridge:
  21. Scales Mound:
  22. Stockton:
  23. Warren:
  24. West Carroll EA:
  25. West Carroll ESPA
  26. Retired--February meeting of Rock River Valley IEA Retired will be held at 4:30 pm on Thursday February 12 at the Sterling IEA Office. Amboy teacher, Carol Schnaiter, presents about her experience this past summer in the NOAA Teacher at Sea Program:
    NOAA Teacher at Sea Program-Amboy K-4 Science Teacher spends sixteen days in the Gulf of Mexico on research ship. RSVP to Nancy Habben at or call Nancy at 815-626-3884 or 800-763-9756. Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 10.
  27. GPA Report – Paul Everding
  28. meeting with Rep. Mike Smiddy on February 2nd at 5 p.m. at the Sterling office
  29. GPA Mini-Convention report
  1. UD Report
  2. Region 19 Bylaws/Constitution Update
  1. Task Force to Review and Recommend IEA Governance Structure Changes—any new ideas?
  1. IEA-RA: April 16-18, 2015
  1. Early word from Kathy Griffin is “The continued services budget will require annual IEA dues of $432 /FTE for the 2015-2016 budget and $437/FTE for the 2016-2017 budget, a $2.00 dues increase/FTEfor the 2015-2016 budget and a $5.00 dollar dues increase for the 2016-2017 budget.”
  2. at the Hyatt Regency O Hare (9300 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), rates are $148/night
  3. Cathy is looking for a roommate; any others?
  4. Anyone wanting to share travel? Any plans, yet?
  5. Scholarship Fund Basket Volunteer(s)?
  6. Region dinner ideas?
  7. Badge concerns: front of torso, above waist, at all times
  8. Working on a travel rate deal and/or shuttle from & to Union Station
  9. Delegate & non-delegate volunteering available ONLINE
  1. NEA-RA: July 1-6, 2015
  2. IL is at Hilton and Waldorf Historia, at Disney, 10 miles from the NEA Confc.
  3. Anyone looking for a roommate?
  4. Anyone wanting to share travel? Any plans, yet?
  5. Region dinner ideas?
  6. Delegate volunteering available soon ONLINE
  7. No Illinois Night this year since already so much to do
  1. During February and March, CEI will be hosting webinars focused on the BetterLesson website, which features lessons based on Common Core State Standards, written and presented by educator’s from NEA’s Master Teacher Project, in a brief webinar. The webinars will showcase a lesson and navigate us through the or 618/733-4472
  2. Thursday, Feb. 5, Regions 19 & 20 District Financial Analysis Training 5-8pm: those RSVPs attending include3 from Morrison and 2 from Stockton
  1. Updates from Cinda
  2. Get PD Clock Hours (formerly CPDU’s) via IEA

IEA’s application to be a state provider for PD clock hours has been approved. This is an important service to members that we want to highlight and promote. Contact Daryl Morrison any time IEA is delivering teaching and learning training so that our members can receive the PD clock hours directly from IEA.

  1. Resources for members that we are developing and/or providing:Student Learning Objective (SLO) Interactive Tool Through an NEA Great Public Schools grant we are developing with partners an SLO interactive tool to assist teachers in writing their SLOs. The PERA default state model uses the SLO process that puts the types of assessments used in teacher evaluation in the hands of the teachers. The reason this is important is because we have heard loud and clear from our members that they do not want to use standardized tests to measure student growth. If that is the case, and the joint committee rejects the use of such assessments, they will default to the SLO model. Our members will decide what assessments to use, either in collaboration (when possible) with their principal or on their own. This automated interactive tool aligned to the state-suggested SLO template will provide valuable information to the teacher, saving them time and giving them guidance on how to create realistic goals and targets for student growth along with embedded links to additional training and resources to help increase their knowledge on the process. We are bringing together nationally board certified teachers and other award-winning teachers to guide us in the development of these tools, including identifying the kinds of assessments they endorse. This will be available for all members in September. If you have not had a chance to view the webinar on the new state default rules – here is the link. Reg19 Region Council Meeting – Wednesday, March 4, 2015 – 5:00 pm & IEA Open Budget Hearing –6:30 pm–Sterling IEA Office
  1. Retirement: Nancy Habben, UniServ Secretary, Sterling – June 30, 2015
  1. Other
  1. Adjournment