The following was the result of the SEC, Special Education Committee, election for Special Education Department: Sundra Arroyo - High Incidence Patricia Ann Salwach - High Incidence Alejandra Ganddini - Early Childhood Veronica Kernler - Related Services Maureen Lue - Related … [Read more...]
SEC May Update
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The SEC meeting summary is attached. Link May 7 2013. Both Jill Waichunas and Meghan Doyle have agreed to co-chair this group for the 2013-14 school year. Please continue to use the attached form to bring questions forward related to our Special Education programs. … [Read more...]
Teacher Appreciation Under Funded.
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
To all the school PTO and the students that made cupcakes, construction paper cards, and handwritten notes, we thank you. These simple acts of recognition are the most important to teaching professionals. That relationship is one of the most important places we measure success. Unfortunately, as we … [Read more...]
APRIL LINK
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Link April-2013 The SEC will meet again on May 7th at the ETA office. The ISBE this week will include accepting public comments on the elimination of class size rules for Illinois Public Schools. Please attend and voice your concerns May 9, 2013 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Elgin Community … [Read more...]
Secondary Grading Resources
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Representatives from secondary sites have met, discussed, and presented their recommendations for grading practice for teachers. The process is now to bring the conversation to all teachers and start to share with students and parents. The information shared by the group and posted on the ETA … [Read more...]
Springfield is back in session next week
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As we shared at the RA, there were approximately 3000 education bills generated by the state legislature last year. This Tuesday the House Education Committee will be reviewing 20 potential bills, none of which are related to pension. Hearing Notice for Education. The Senate has a much shorter … [Read more...]
The ETA Comments on Virtual Charter
March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The following is the statement that will shared at the open hearing for the Virtual Charter. I know many of our members are busy on preparing for tomorrow's lesson, so I wanted to share it here. I would like to speak on behalf of the members of the Elgin Teachers Association. As public school … [Read more...]
Voting April 9th
March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The April 9th election will have six candidates running for the 3 open positions on the U-46 Board of Education. The ETA is recommending the membership elect Donna Smith and Gary Percy to the U-46 Board. There will be a Candidate Forum Thursday, March 14, at 7:00 pm in the EHS Library. All … [Read more...]
March 6th Election Results
March 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to all of the site reps that helped complete our ETA election in the midst of snow and testing. I especially want to thank Holly Yee and her team of three that did all the tabulations on Thursday. If you have any questions about the results, please let Holly know prior to the March 20th … [Read more...]
SEC February 28
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
SEC met briefly at the ETA office. Attached is the SEC Link 2-28-2013 which is intended to give teachers a quick update. The general education positions for this group will appear on the ETA Ballot. The election for the different Special Education areas will be after Spring Break. … [Read more...]