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Q&A/Ratification Vote of 2021-2022 Contract Extension
Today, May 11th, at 5:30pm will be our meeting for asking questions and voting on the 2021-2022 Contract Extension. During this time, we will use a GoogleDoc to follow Robert’s Rules for asking questions. When using the GoogleDoc please make sure you sign up in the appropriate column you wish to speak in (Green-In Favor, … Read more Q&A/Ratification Vote of 2021-2022 Contract Extension
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week #2
Hello SEA members! Here is another Teacher Appreciation salute! Below are the educators that are retiring this year. We wish them the best as they venture into the next era of their lives. Thank you for your dedication, knowledge and caring of our students. Baugher, Cindy: PE, Hazel Dell/Enos Bresnahan, Alicia: Kindergarten, Lee Brunsman, Shellie: … Read more Happy Teacher Appreciation Week #2
SEA Bargaining Extension Update
SEA Members, The SEA bargaining team has secured an extension of last year’s contract and terms for the 2021-2022 school year. Certified staff will see a 3% bump to their pay plus step. ESPs, COTAs and PTAs will see a 4.25% bump plus step to their pay for the 2021-2022 school year. As it is … Read more SEA Bargaining Extension Update
A Word on the 4 Day Return
Hello SEA Members, Well, it has been quite a school year! As we anticipate our hybrid students returning April 6th, there are a few messages that I would like to share with all of you. I cannot express how creative, hardworking and adaptable educators have been during the continuing pandemic. Each of you continue to … Read more A Word on the 4 Day Return
Acting SEA President’s public comments about the recent survey on student perceptions of white teachers
Dear Fellow SEA Members, Today, I sent the following email to the BOE to be read during public comments at this evening’s school board meeting. This email is in response to the recent survey sent out by the district asking students about their perceptions of white District 186 teachers. The District administration has yet to … Read more Acting SEA President’s public comments about the recent survey on student perceptions of white teachers
Sue Handy Scholarship 2021: Deadline Extended to April 12
The Springfield Education Association announces the application availability of the SEA/Sue Handy Scholarship. The scholarship is open to District #186 students and the children of SEA members who are pursuing a career in public school teaching. The scholarship was instituted in honor of Sue Handy, a Springfield educator who taught at Butler Elementary for many … Read more Sue Handy Scholarship 2021: Deadline Extended to April 12
An ‘energizing week’ as teachers, students complete first week of hybrid learning
Author: Steven Spearie – State Journal Register Published: 4:51 p.m. CT January 17, 2021 Danielle Lewis, a second grade teacher at Hazel Dell Elementary School, said she signed up to teach in the hybrid model because she didn’t have any health conditions that would prevent her from being in-person with students. Lewis, who has taught in … Read more An ‘energizing week’ as teachers, students complete first week of hybrid learning
BACK TO SCHOOL NOW?
Author: Ben McKinney, Hybrid (In Person) 3rd Grade Teacher – SPS186 Publication: Illinois Times – January 14, 2021 I teach third grade at a school with a diverse student population in a neighborhood of working-class people. I have been in this school nearly a decade now, and I have come to know the businesses and … Read more BACK TO SCHOOL NOW?
District 186 readies itself for return of students to classrooms
Author: Steven Spearie – State Journal-Register Published at 4:23 pm January 11, 2021 Brian Daugherty has a desk calendar hanging on his wall at home that has counted the days he’s been away from his Jefferson Middle School special education students in a classroom because of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Tuesday, when Daugherty is set to … Read more District 186 readies itself for return of students to classrooms