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AdvocateThe official publication of the 133,000-member Illinois Education Association-NEA Vol. 9 Issue 2 November 201

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AdvocateIEA Advocate, Volume 9, Issue 2, Nov. 2012. The Advocate ispublished five times annually by the Illinois EducationAssociation-NEA. Send correspondence to: [email protected]

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WED LIKE TO INVITE YOU to readabout the new and innovative ways somelocals are revampingteaching and learningand also to share withus your own stories.

In October, morethan 20 locals acrossthe country met atNEA headquartersfor the NEA Founda-tion Institute for Innovation in Teachingand Learning/Closing the AchievementGap Initiative.

NEA Pres. Dennis van Roekel openedthe conference by saying, There havebeen campfires of excellence. We needbrushfires! When 47 percent of teachersleave education within the first five years,

something is wrong with the system.With support from the NEAFoundation, these locals are exploringways to build a whole system approach with district, union, and communitymembers focused on collaborating toimprove the quality of education forstudents.

They are doing this not just throughimproving academics but also throughenhancing community support for stu-dents social needs.

Michael Usdan, author of PowerfulReforms with Shallow Roots: ImprovingAmericas Urban Schools, stated, Socialservices can be put in schools but shouldnot be the responsibility of schools.

Two of our IEA locals Elgin andSpringfield have been participants inthe NEA Foundation work.

All would admit this is hard work, re-quiring difficult conversations, openminds and adherence to core beliefs ofcollective bargaining and use of bestpractices.

Cinda KlicknaPresident

Kathi GriffinVice President

Al LlorensSecretary-Treasurer

Audrey SoglinExecutive Director

Charles McBarronDirector of Communications

Bob Ray

Media Relations Director

Sarah AntonacciCommunications Specialist

Mark RitterbuschGraphic Designer

Denise WardAdministrative Assistant

Linda RiceSecretary

IEA welcomes your story. Elgin andSpringfield dont claim to have solved theissues or to have fully developed a wholesystem approach.

Their work has just begun, and so ifyours is only a spark on the way to the

campfire, please let us know. Email us [email protected].

Maybe all of us working together andsharing our ideas will actually create thebrushfire. We believe that will lead to thiscountry finally respecting educators andthe role of public education.

IN ELGIN:

They implemented year one of theirPeer Assistance and Review (PAR)program, building on their union-ledteacher-mentoring program.

To address student needs, Elgin part-nered with NEA Breakfast in theClassroom program.

And to address the educators con-cerns about too much testing, the dis-trict conducted an assessment audit,which has resulted in fewer tests.

IN SPRINGFIELD:

They have implemented a studentgrowth evaluation plan in 16 of its 37schools, and will be expanding dis-trict-wide this year.

Building on a union-district mentor-ing system, Springfield is exploring aPeer Assistance and Review program.

Most of the 20 locals/districts are work-ing on many areas: Effective evaluationsystems, alignment of curriculum to pro-fessional development and support, stu-dent achievement benchmarks that gobeyond test scores, development of poli-cies that provide equity for students andtrue whole system approaches to supportthe adults and the students.

Michael Fullen, in his latest book,Professional Capital: TransformingTeaching in Every School, calls on gov-ernments to support educators for thelong term, not short-term approachesthat pit teachers against each other or re-place them with online alternatives.

We know many of our IEA locals arealso engaged in this hard, challengingand overall rewarding work.

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DERRICK SCHONAUER was awaitingthe bell to sound at the end of his first-period health class on the twelfth day ofhis teaching career when he glanced upfrom his desk to see something no edu-cator would hope to see in an entirecareer.

A freshman student was standing at

the front of the class holding a gun.Initially, Schonauer, who doesnt lookmuch older than the kids in his class,thought it must be an air gun andSchonauer told him to put it away. Butto Schonauers shock, the studentcocked the weapon and a bullet fell outof the chamber.

He said he was in charge now andeveryone was going to listen to hisstory, Schonauer recalled, as he sat inthe Normal Community High School

In the hallways, teachers began grab-

bing kids and stashing them away inrooms and locking doors.The building went Code Red.That group of kids scattered and

basically ran out of their shoes,Schonauer said. They were looking forany way to get out of sight.

Meanwhile, inside the classroom, thegunman lined everyone against the wallfarthest from the door to the classroom.

classroom where the Sept. 7 incidentoccurred.

I said, Oh, no. (Students name),dont do this! he remembered.

Thats when the student started tellinghis story to the 28 other students whosat silent in the room, sharing his trou-bled home life, a difficult transition to

high school, being picked on and feel-ing alienated and alone.Two girls from the classroom next

door happened in, thinking the healthclass was performing a skit. One girl,who was by the exit door to the class-room, started crying and the gunmantold everyone to go hug her.

When they did, someone proppedopen the door and about half the classdashed outside the room. The teen withthe gun fired four shots into the ceiling.

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On his 12th day of teaching came what could be his biggest test

UnderFIRE

Laura Lawson hugged her son, Cole Graham,

17, a senior at Normal Community High School,

after they were reunited at Eastview Christian

Church after a shooting at the high school,

Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (The Pantagraph, David

Proeber)

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THE GLENBARD HIGH School Districtteachers newly negotiated contract con-tains the best of all worlds pleasinglocal association members, administra-tors and being incredibly beneficial forstudents.

In this day and age, with everyonegoing on strike and arguing, and poor

relationships, we got a five-year contractand did it without a lot of threats or talkof striking. We did it amicably and wewere able to get it done without muchfuss, said Tom Tully, local president anda director for the National EducationAssociation.

Teachers in the high school districtwere nearing the end of a previous five-year-long contract in January whennegotiations began for a new contract. Itwas finished by May.

Accomplishing agreements on bene-

fits and salary were one of the firstthings we agreed to, and then we startedworking on resource and structure.

The resource he referred to, is some-thing that both the administration andteachers wanted a way to reach stu-dents who were struggling and to helpthem turn their academic careersaround.

Its been on the radar screen of ouradministration since the last contract.They wanted to make some changes

then, but the ideas didnt quite surfacethe way they did this time, Tully said.

The administration wanted to targetthese kids, but we were instrumental inwriting how it would be done becausewe wanted to have some control.

Going forward, students who arestruggling academically will get help

from teachers during their study hall.They will get to a teacher who will helpdetermine what they need should itbe help in a certain content area, catch-ing up on a single assignment thatmakes up good portion of a grade, orwhatever it might be.

The ratio of students to teachers wasreally important to us because if youhave too many, you cant help. If youhave only a few to reach out to, youhave a better chance to succeed, Tullysaid.

As a result, no teacher will get morethan three kids assigned to him or her.During the second year of the contract,the school day will be extended slightlyso that those kids who dont have astudy hall will be able to have an elon-gated lunch, during which they can seekhelp.

Our hope is with (No Child LeftBehind) and the new accountabilitymeasures, we want to make sure that wereach the kids who arent as motivated

as others, Tully said.Weve been feeling this pressure and

this is an additional tool to be able toaddress these issues. We can no longerstick to assigning extra homework orhaving someone see you after school.

The administration will help identifythe students who need extra help and it

has agreed to provide space where stu-dents and teachers can meet.

I think the proof will be in the pud-ding, Tully said, acknowledging thatteachers didnt get a huge chunk ofmoney on the base even though the dis-trict had a $3 million surplus on thebooks.

We said, Great! Theres extra moneyin the bank. Lets spend it on infrastruc-ture. Its easier not to haggle over moneywhen they show us how theyre going tospend it, Tully said.

The district has plans to rewire build-ings for better internet service, installingair conditioning and is discussing pro-viding iPads to all students.

Having a district that has commonsense, that is now in good standing forfive years with the teachers, its anopportunity to say, Lets really, trulyspend this money to make sure every-one succeeds, especially the students.

Glenbards five-year

contract benefitsteachers, kids

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College of DuPage professor earns awardSALLY N. FAIRBANK has been named outstandingfaculty member by the Illinois Community College TrusteesAssociation.

She was one of 37 full-time faculty members from around

the state who was nominated for the award, which carriedwith it a $1,000 prize.

Fairbank is a professor and coordinator of Paralegal Studiesat College of DuPage, where she began teaching business law in 2002. In 2006, whenCOD started its paralegal studies program, the school asked Fairbank to createthe curriculum, interview and hire adjunct faculty, schedule courses, select textbooksand form an advisory committee made up of career professionals, includingattorneys.

In 2010, the program was approved by the American Bar Association after meet-ing the ABAs strict standards.

Fairbank earned her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis and firstworked as an attorney in private practice in Chicago and then with the DuPageCounty public defenders office in the juvenile division before going to COD.

Belvidere EA sponsors Dinner and a Booknight, new award

Teachers, parents, administration, business people and members of the commu-nity gathered at an event sponsored by the BEA and the Belvidere CUSD 100 admin-istration to eat and hear a presentation from an author on school transformation.

Dr. Anthony Muhammad, author of Transforming School Culture: How toOvercome Staff Divisions, spoke to about 60 participants who ate and discussed thebook at their tables before listening to Muhammeds vision of how school culture af-fects staff division and how relationships can be improved.

The event encouraged all participants to create positive cultures in their schoolswith the ultimate goal of improving student achievement.

In addition, the BEA is also sponsoring a new Spirit of a Teacher award which isgiven to one student in each grade level kindergarten through 11. The purpose ofthe award is to encourage students to pursue a career in education with the intent

of returning to Belvidere to teach.Winners, who are nominated by teachers and chosen by a committee of BEA mem-

bers, were recognized at a reception and their names will be on permanent displayat the administrative office.

IEA members project featured inNEA videoLAURIE SCARPELLIS sixth grade music class at LakeLouise Elementary School in Palatine turned a project for theminto a learning tool for younger grades thanks to an NEAFoundation student achievement grant and lots of hard work.

Scarpelli and her co-applicant, Marianne Rakoczy, received a $5,000 grant to helptheir dream project come true.

Their sixth grade students used iPad2s and eBooks applications to create nurseryrhymes with original artwork and music. Check out the video and watch studentswork in groups to incorporate photos, text and student-performed piano accompa-niment and vocals.

The result is a digital story that they share with classes in lower grade levels toencourage an interest in reading, music and technology.

Illinois Teacher of the Year recognized

by NEA FoundationThe NEA Foundation has named the Illinois Teacher of the

Year as one of 38 recipients of the 2013 California CasualtyAward for Teaching Excellence.

JOSH STUMPENHORST will be recognized at aFebruary gala in Washington, D.C.

Stumpenhorst is a teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville who incor-porates technology into his classroom and into lesson plans. He was also named theIllinois Teacher of the Year.

We give these awards annually to honor and promote excellence in educationand to elevate the profession. Educators like these are critical to their students aca-demic success, and they deserve national recognition, said Harriet Sanford, presi-dent and CEO of the NEA Foundation.

In addition to the recognition hell receive at the banquet, which is attended by850 of the nations leaders in public education, philanthropy and the private sector,his school also will receive a $650 award. Five of the 38 state awardees will be se-lected to receive $10,000 awards and one will be chosen the nations top educatorand will receive a $25,000 award.

Five IEA members namedGolden Apple winners

Five IEA members were among the 10 teach-ers named Golden Apple winners for 2012.

The 27-year-old award recognizes outstandingteachers for their contributions to building a

stronger, better-educated Illinois.The IEA members who won were:

MARIA BARBA, third grade teacher at Douglas MacArthur ElementarySchool in Hoffman Estates, who teaches a dual language Spanish and Englishclass who said shes inspired as a teacher by her own mother.

KATHY BURNS, a second grade teacher at Highlands ElementarySchool in Naperville, who works to create one-on-one relationships with herstudents to create an environment where they feel important and valued.

PAMELA KELLY, first grade teacher at Naper Elementary School inNaperville, who uses interactive strategies to engage her students, includingpeer partners because she believes her students are motivated by workingwith each other.

DENISE OSTARELLO, first through third grade teacher at CreteElementary School in Crete, who uses teacher-facilitated instruction alongwith investigative, collaborative and independent learning to help studentssucceed.

ROBERT TAYLOR, second grade teacher at Central Road ElementarySchool in Rolling Meadows, who believes in having a clear plan with clear ex-pectations and building students backgrounds into the classroom experiencehelps them to succeed.

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THE THREE NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS of IEA-Retired have a plan and that plan is to boost membership and to increase thepolitical effectiveness of the thousands of retired IEA mem-bers in these challenging times.

Janet Kilgus, chairperson, Jim Duffy, vice-chairperson, andBarb Gilhaus, secretary/treasurer, know that pensions andaccess to health insurance are incredibly important to all IEAmembers, and vow to fight to see that there are no changes tocurrent retirees.

But they are looking at other issues, too, such as improvingthe speed and content of IEA-R communications, to activelylisten to members wants and needs and to do all they can toincrease respect for life-long education employees.

Read a little bit below about each of the officers and reachout to them if you have any questions, concerns or innovativeideas on how they can accomplish these goals. Feel free to e-mail [email protected], who will share your informationwith them.

IEA-R Chairperson Janet KilgusName: Janet Kilgus

Hometown: Fairbury

College: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston

What you taught: Elementary (3rd grade for two years and5th grade math and reading for four years) for six years andjunior high math for 27 years.

Number of years in field: 33 years, retired at 55.

School districts and towns you taught in: All 33 years inUnit District #5, Normal taught at Colene HooseElementary and Parkside JHS.

Association activities before retirement: Local President,Vice President, Treasurer, Historian, Chief negotiator, RegionChair, IEA Board of Directors, NEA Resolutions Committee,Chair of IEA Membership Committee and HistoryCommittee, served (and still do) on many IEA committees currently IEA Pension Defense Team. IEA and NEA RAdelegate.

Year retired: 2003

Positions in IEA-R: Chapter President (currently servingthird two-year term); VP; school supply project coordinator;all committees. IEA-Retired newly-elected IEA-Retired

chair; mentor program coordinator; Living Library coordina-tor; budget, conference, website and membership committees;retired IEA and NEA RA delegate. Have participated in IEA-Rand NEA-R conferences and Outreach to Teach events. I am amentor.

Statement that describes yourself: Organized, full of energy,task-oriented person who gives all she can and gets the mostout of life its a GOOD one. Thanks to all who help make itthat way!

IEA-R Vice Chairperson Jim DuffyName: Jim Duffy

Hometown: Sterling

College: Illinois State University

What you taught: Sterling High School

Number of years in field: 33

School districts and towns you taught in: Sterling

Community Unit District #5Association activities before retirement: Local President;Vice President; Chief Negotiator; Member of GrievanceCommittee; Region Chair; member of IEA Board of Directors;member of IEA Executive Committee; chaired various statecommittees, including the Legislative Committee, theProfessional Issues Committee and the Task Force onPartnerships in Educational Innovation; served on IEABudget Committee; IEA RA delegate and NEA RA delegate;co-chairman of the Consortium for Educational Change,

Year retired: 2007

Positions in IEA-R: IEA-R Budget Committee, Chaired IEALegislative Committee (both as a retiree also as an active

teacher), secretary of my retired chapter, retired delegate toIEA and NEA RAs.

IEA-R Secretary/Treasurer Barb GilhausName: Barb Gilhaus

Hometown: Downs

College: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston

What you taught: Home economics, consumer education

Number of years in the field: 32

School districts and towns you taught in: ABL inBroadlands, consolidated with Homer and was namedHeritage.

Association activities before retirement: Held all positions atthe local level. Was regional council representative for 42years and missed fewer than 10 meetings in that time.

Year retired: 1993

Positions in IEA-R: I have been secretary/treasurer of theRetired Council most of the years that I have served on thecouncil. I am also president of the Region 9 Chapter. I haveserved on state committees, been an IEA RA delegate and anNEA RA delegate.

Statement that describes yourself: Dont put off until tomor-row what you can do today.

131 Years of Experience Moving IEA-Retired forward

Newly elected IEA-R Officers Barb Gilhaus, left, Jim Duffy and Janet Kilgus

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By Annice Brave, 2011 Illinois Teacher of the Year

We are more thantwo monthsinto the new

school year now andwhile this is my twenty-sixth year of teaching,I cant remember a timewhen education wasunder so much pressure to do more withless.

Change is happening and IEA is in thethick of it, ensuring that the changeimproves public education instead of

destroying it. Not only is our associationvigilantly watching the legislature and ourgovernor as they propose changes to ourpension system, but we are trying to getthe right people elected to office, adapt toa new evaluation system and improve theway we teach kids.

Change is not always good, but the tran-sitions to Common Core State Standards(CCSS) and PARCC Assessments(Partnership for Assessing College andCareer Readiness) are two of the mosthopeful changes I have seen in educationfor a long time. I am optimistic about the

full implementation of CCSS in the fall of2013, and the move to PARCC in the fallof 2014, because they are educationreforms that make sense. Finally!

Yes, Ive read many blogs and articles inwhich teachers moan about educators notbeing at the table when CCSS were written.Ive also read complaints that teachers aretired of being relegated to giving feed-back. I agree with those statements; butthe more I work with CCSS and employthem in the classroom, the better myteaching becomes. CCSS are user friendlyand are the epitome of backward design.CCSS starts with the premise of what ahigh school graduate should know. Fromthe intended outcome, CCSS moves back-ward and builds the education ladder forstudents to climb on their journeys to col-lege and career.

PARCC, a consortium of 23 states,provides text-dependent questions thatrequire educators to teach kids how to fishrather than to feed them facts. PARCCassessments are closely aligned to the

CCSS and will help diagnose and assess

students college and career readiness.These high-quality assessments providedata during the school year to informinstruction, interventions and professionaldevelopment.

Two optional assessments (a diagnosticassessment and mid-year assessment), aperformance-based assessment withextended tasks, and an end-of-year com-puter-based assessment, will support educa-tors as we prepare our students for life afterhigh school. What a novel concept func-tional assessments, which can improveinstruction. And the assessments are actu-ally based not only on what were teaching,but also on how kids should be learning.

I have long believed that the Prairie StateAchievement Exam (PSAE), given to highschool juniors, is two days of mandatedchild abuse. I have watched packed gymna-siums as juniors silently fill in bubbles onanswer sheets. Half of the kids taking theACT didnt want to attend four-year col-leges. They were headed to the military,technical schools or job training. By daytwo of the PSAE, students are exhaustedfrom the ACT. None of them want to take

the Work Keys test, which is a good test forthose students not headed to four-year col-leges and universities.

Now its time to let go of AYP and moveforward. Full implementation of CCSS andPARCC is around the corner. Its time toincorporate CCSS in our daily lesson plans.Go to www.parcconline.org and look atsome sample test questions. Or, contact me([email protected]) and I, or some-one else from the PARCC Educator LeadersCadre, will come to your organization ordistrict and provide more informationabout PARCC.

My favorite president talks about hopeand change and this change in educationdoes fill me with hope. Most of all, I feelthat we are finally being given a fightingchance. We can follow a students growthand then measure individual studentgrowth according to grade-aligned stan-dards. Its hard to hit a target that isnt infocus. Now our path is clear and throughPARCC we can aim for a finish line thatsclearly marked.

RIP NCLB AYP

WERE MOVING FORWARDEach Golden Apple winner receives a tu-

ition-free, spring quarter sabbatical tostudy at Northwestern University, a $3,000award and they become Fellows of theGolden Apple Academy of Educators,

which gains them access to ongoing pro-fessional development, mentoring ofyounger teachers and other benefits.

Golden Apple is now accepting 2013award nominations for high school teach-ers at www.goldenapple.org. Teacherscannot nominate themselves, must befull-time classroom teachers at public ornon-public schools in Cook, DuPage, Kane,Lake or Will counties and must be commit-ted to teaching in Illinois for at least twoyears after the sabbatical.

Awards focus on a rotating group ofgrade levels (pre-K to 3, 4 to 8 and 9 to 12).

Hononegah teacherto help rewrite APhistory test

JAMES SABATHNE has been askedby the College Boardto help rewrite the APhistory test, a testthat allows highschool students to getcredit for collegecourses if they do well.

The Hononegah High School history

teacher said hes been involved with AP test-ing, as a reader/scorer and in other roles,since 2001. He said the experience helpsbenefit his students for many reasons.

On one level, its super useful because,as a teacher who has scored exams and whois writing test questions, my students tendto respect the professional work I do and itgives them reason to pay attention to thethings Im saying, he said.

In addition, he has great insight into howhis students should prepare for testing. Also,Sabathne, who teaches both AP and non-

AP classes, said hes grown as an educatorsimply from the fact that hes had so muchprofessional development from being in-volved in the AP program.

I want my students to have the best ed-ucation possible, he said.

The test Sabathne and a group of otherhigh school teachers and college professorsare drafting will become part of the APHistory curriculum in 2015.

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WHILE SO MUCH TALKof late has focused on the Nov.6 election, all eyes will soonturn toward the Illinois GeneralAssembly and the upcoming fallveto session scheduled for Nov.27-29 and Dec. 4-6.

In addition to the vetosession, the GeneralAssembly will meet inearly January for what hasbeen deemed the lameduck session. That session has provento be anything but lame in the past withmajor legislative proposals passing dur-ing the first week of January.

By definition, the veto session isreserved for those legislative mattersthat were either vetoed or amendatoryvetoed by Gov. Pat Quinn.

The lame duck session, however,often provides legislative leaders withan opportunity to pass controversialissues by using lawmakers who are end-ing their careers and who do not haveto face consequences from voters in

their districts for passing unpopularmeasures.

So, what are some of the issues wemay see pop up?

PENSIONS

Opinions aremixed as towhether theGeneralAssemblywill take upthe issue of

pensions. If yourecall, the sessionended with each of the chambers pass-ing slightly different legislation.

The Senate passed HB 1447(Cullerton-D, Chicago), which changedbenefits for members of the GeneralAssembly. In the House, SB 1673(Madigan-D, Chicago) was amended toinclude the State Employees RetirementSystem, the State Universities

and in the south suburbs of Chicago.The location of the fifth casino wouldhave been up to Illinois Gaming Board.The bill includes slot machines at horseracing tracks and would allow individ-ual casinos to increase their gamingpositions to 1,600 from the currentlimit of 1,200.

In his veto of the bill, the Governorsaid progress had been made but alsonoted the absence of strict ethical stan-dards and comprehensive regulatoryoversight.

Quinn made several suggestions inhis veto message for improving themeasure, such as banning campaigncontributions from gaming licenseesand casino managers. The Governorsdecision to veto the bill rather thanoffer an amendatory veto sends a strongmessage to lawmakers.

REVENUE

At the end of the regular session, theSenate passed HB 5440 (Currie-D,Chicago), which would have imposed a

5 percent fee on direct broadcast satel-lite service providers. This fee wouldgenerate $75 million that would be ded-icated to the Education AssistanceFund.

IEA will be working to ensure theHouse adopts this proposal during theveto session.

Retirement System, the GeneralAssembly Retirement System

and the TeachersRetirement System.The amendmentswould havechanged pension

benefits for peoplewho have alreadyretired and for peoplewho are active employ-

ees in the previously listedretirement systems.

The question that appears to be mostcontroversial is whether the GeneralAssembly will adopt a cost shift compo-nent, effectively shifting the normalcost of pensions onto local school dis-tricts. IEA is opposed to any such shiftin its current form.

GAMING

Senate Bill 1849 passed the GeneralAssembly with strong support, but notenough to survive a veto challenge.

Even at the time of its passage, therewere concerns as to whether theGovernor fully embraced the ideaof expanded gaming in Illinois.

The IEA supports the expansionof gaming and the new revenuethat would be generated for publiceducation.

The bill would have created licensesfor five new casinos statewide: InChicago, Park City, Danville, Rockford

Upcoming veto, lame duck legislativesessions may prove lively

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www.schoola.com. Provides a

way for parents in a community to

raise funds for school projects. It

pairs schools with local businesses,

giving a boost to both and is very

easy to sign up for and use.

www.pinterest.com. If you havent heard

about it yet, you will. Its like that file folder

you save at home with all the torn-from-

the-magazine recipes, organizing ideas

and decorating styles you love. Even bet-

ter, there is a whole section on Pinterest

dedicated to education and education-related

ideas. Its free. Just go to the website and request an invita-

tion be sent to your inbox.

www.teacherspayteachers.com is a fast-

growing site where teachers can buy, sell and

share their original content and lesson plans to

other teachers. One Georgia teacher has sold more

than $1 million worth of items and one Illinois

teacher more than $250,000 worth.

www.teacherlists.com is a spot where

teachers can list their supply lists, both

needed and wanted, and parents andcommunity members can fulfill them.

Just this year, a Springfield school teacher

rounded up her coworkers at Ridgely Elementary and they all

posted on the site, which also garnered them an extra $300

in supplies from teacherlist.

NEWS YOU CAN USEhttp://talesofaschoolbusdriver.blogspot.com. This

blog, written by a bus driver, discusses everything

that goes into making the job great. From field trip

tips to 10 things your school bus driver wants to

tell you but doesnt. In one entry, the driver recalls

what it was like having students on the bus during a

tornado warning. Its a great read.

www.thegateway.org. This site

contains more than a half million

resources for educators organized by subject

and grade. Its a fully searchable site that

includes lesson plans, classroom tips, etc.

The Kansas NEA Reading Circle at

www.knea.org/home/rcc.htm. Every year, agroup of KNEA members gathers to read the

newest childrens books, review them and cate-

gorize them for librarians, teachers and parents

and they are listed in a searchable list.

www.traytalk.com is a fantastic website dedicated to

informing the country about whats happening

in school cafeterias. It features success sto-

ries from around the country organ-

ized by geographic regions and

recounts ways to make school luncheshealthier, forming community partnerships

and other great ideas.

Looking for some creative and helpfulways to spend some time?

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A snapshot of the survey resultsshows:

Almost 100 percent say there is agreat or moderate need for morepractical information on the imple-mentation of Common CoreStandards.

About 90 percent say theyneed more classroom managementtraining.

More than 80 percent want to de-velop skills or gather informationabout differentiation.

Early career teachers want to makeuseful and engaging professionaldevelopment a priority.

While many use online resources,few use online professional

development.IEA is analyzing the results of the

survey and looking at ways that it canhelp early-career teachers with theseconcerns.

Meredith Byers, early career develop-ment and student director, said theneeds of early-career teachers canoften be overlooked because they areso overwhelmed.

So, last year, IEA President CindaKlickna started an early-career teachercommittee and the group has focusedon pinpointing the needs of these IEAmembers and building relevance intheir careers.

The committee thinks that there is areal need to educate early-career teach-ers about IEA and what it does do andcan do for them and to engage them inthe organization, said Byers, who is thestaff liaison to the committee.

We want them engaged and active.Kevin Robinson is both an early-

career teacher hes in his eighth year

of teaching in Collinsville and co-president of the Collinsville EducationAssociation. He said locals can play aconstructive role in helping early-career teachers.

In our district, (the CollinsvilleEducation Association) has been work-ing collaboratively for two years tocome up with a new evaluation system,something that gives evaluators a betteroverall picture and not just a snapshotof what happens in one day in one les-son in one hour. This is something tohelp and support our teachers, not agotcha, but to support our practice.

His co-worker, Priscilla Villagran,who is a second year ELL teacher whoteaches English as a second languagepredominantly to Hispanic children,said the knowledge that her local wasinvolved in designing the evaluationprocess is comforting.

I think its more beneficial to teach-ers and not hurtful, she said.

Though Villagran and all the otherearly-career teachers interviewed forthis story would like to know moreabout IEA, what it offers and how theycan get involved.

Byers said the survey will help guidethe committee and IEA on services andresources it can create or build upon tohelp them.

Why? And what can be done toencourage them to stay?

IEA recently surveyed hundreds ofearly-career teachers from across thestate and learned that many of themfeel overwhelmed by all there is tolearn and how hard it is to access help.

I know that for me, between lastyear and this year, with all the informa-tion from principals, about curriculum,from IEA, its a lot to handle, saidTatum Darr, a second year, fifth gradeteacher at Dorris Intermediate Schoolin Collinsville.

For those who work in schools withsuccessful mentoring programs, likeDarr, some of that apprehension iseased.

Collinsville has a really good men-toring program. I dont know how Icould have gotten through the first yearwithout my mentor. Its so overwhelm-ing at the start planning lessons, thecurriculum. If a school doesnt have agood mentoring program, it should. Icould go to any of the 17 fifth gradeteachers here and get help or advice, ortheyd be willing to lend me some-thing.

In addition to a mentoring program,early-career teachers say having accessto free classroom resources and smallmeetings where early-career teacherscan receive training on things like the

new evaluation program or commoncore standards would be very helpful.Having small local conferences for

new teachers would be great, a half aday or on a Saturday where we can gowhere were not being talked AT butwhere weve being given resources thatwe can take back to the classroom anduse the next week would be really help-ful, said Jordan Joost, a fourth yearmath teacher at Jefferson MiddleSchool in Springfield.

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Delegates to the 2013 IEA-NEARepresentative Assembly

Each IEA-NEA region will be allotted delegates on aformula of one delegate per 100 members. Inaddition to regional delegates, each region will be

allotted an additional delegate position, which has beendesignated a regional ethnic-minority representative,who is pledged to represent ethnic-minority memberswithin the region and will be elected region wide.

Elections for regional delegates and the regionalethnic-minority delegates will take place between Nov.21 and Dec. 14, 2012. Check the following listing tofind out the specifics of your regions election. (In theevent of an emergency school closing, the electionwill be conducted on the next day that school is insession.)

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REGION 1

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12

Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 338, MarionElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Carterville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 338, MarionElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Carterville IEA Office

REGION 2Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 203, CartervilleElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 5 pmPlace: Carterville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 203, CartervilleElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 5 pm

Place: Carterville IEA Office

REGION 3

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 6004, EffinghamElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-5-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Effingham IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-13-13

To: PO Box 6004, Effingham

Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Effingham IEA Office

REGION 4

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 301, MascoutahElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 5 pmPlace: Schiappas, OFallonRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 301, MascoutahElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 5 pmPlace: Schiappas, OFallon

REGION 5

Mail Ballots: 11-13-12Return by: 12-04-12To: The UPS Store, PMB 243

17 Junction Drive,Glen Carbon

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsvi lle IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: The UPS Store, PMB 243

17 Junction Drive,Glen Carbon

Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsvi lle IEA Office

REGION 6


Return by: 12-10-12

To: PO Box 973, Edwardsville

Election: 12-06-12

Time: School Hours

Place: School Buildings

Final Tally: 12-11-12

Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsvi lle IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)


Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 973, Edwardsville

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm

Place: Edwardsvi lle IEA Office

REGION 7


Return by: 12-12-12


Election: 12-05-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Effingham IEA Office



Return by: 01-17-13


Election: 01-10-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Effingham IEA Office

REGION 8


Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 7586, Champaign

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5:30 pm

Place: Champaign IEA Office



Return by: 01-22-13


Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13

Time: 5:30 pm


REGION 9

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm

Place Champaign IEA Office


Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm


REGION 10


Return by: 12-10-12

To: PO Box 2241, Decatur

Election: 12-05-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 6 pm

Place Decatur IEA Office



Return by: 01-14-13

To: PO Box 2241, Decatur

Election: 01-09-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 6 pm

Place: Decatur IEA Office

REGION 11

Election: 12-11-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:15 pm

Place: Liberty Drive IEA Office


Election: 01-08-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:15 pm

Place: Liberty Drive IEA Office

REGION 12


Return by: 12-05-12

To: PO Box 223, Rushville

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5:01 pm

Place: Rushville IEA Office


Return by: 01-23-13

To: PO Box 223, Rushville

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours


Time: 5:01 pm

Place: Rushville IEA Office

REGION 13


Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 206, Pekin

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5:30 pm

Place: Peoria IEA Office


Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 206, Pekin

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 5:30 pm


REGION 14


Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 62, Normal,

ISU NTT FA (only)

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Bloomington IEA Office


Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 62, Normal,

ISU NTT FA (only)

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place Bloomington IEA Office

REGION 15


Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 871, Morris

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours


Time: 5 pm

Place: Hanks Restaurant, Rt. 71,

Ottawa



Return by: 01-22-13


Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm

Place: Morris IEA Office

REGION 16


To: PO Box 10683, Peoria

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5:30 pm




Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 10683, Peoria

Election: 01-16-13

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Time: School Hours



Time: 5:30 pm


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To: PO Box 128, GalesburgElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 6 pmPlace: Hammers General

Feed Store, 394-L Plaza,Galesburg

Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 128, GalesburgElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 6 pmPlace: Hammers General

Feed Store, 394-L Plaza,Galesburg

REGION 18

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Moline IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Moline IEA Office

REGION 19

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-05-12To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 11-29-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-06-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Sterling IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-23-13To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 01-17-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-24-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Sterling IEA Office

REGION 20

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 1075, SterlingElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Sterling IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 1075, Sterling

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm

Place: Sterling IEA Office

REGION 21

Election: 11-30-12

Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings


Time: 4 pm

Place: Rockford IEA Office


Election: 12-14-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm


REGION 22


Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 625, Rochelle

Election: 11-28-12Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm




Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 625, Rochelle

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm


REGION 23Mail Ballots: 11-16-12

Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 147, Crystal Lake

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 3:30 pm

Place: Crystal Lake

South H.S.-Room E7



Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 147, Crystal Lake

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours


Time: 3:30 pm

Place: Crystal Lake

South H.S.-Room E7

REGION 24

Election: 12-04-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm

Place: Elgin IEA Office


Election: 12-11-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm


REGION 25

Election: 12-05-12

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 3-5 pmPlace: Westfield/EECRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 12-12-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-12-12Time: 3-5 pmPlace: Westfield/EEC

REGION 26

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 27

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 28

Election: 12-11-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-13-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Matteson IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-15-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-17-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 29

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 5 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 30

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 1018, LaGrange ParkElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Ideal School,

Countryside

Run-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 1018, LaGrange ParkElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Ideal School,

Countryside

REGION 31

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-03-12Time: 4:30-6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-21-13Time: 4:30-6:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 32

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pm-6 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School Hours

Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pm-6 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 33

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 34

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:15 pmPlace: Palatine IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:15 pmPlace: Palatine IEA Office

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REGION 35

Election: 12-10-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-10-12Time: 4 pmPlace: District 54 OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-14-13Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 01-14-13Time: 4 pmPlace: District 54 Office

REGION 36

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA Office

REGION 37

Election: 12-04-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-11-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA Office

REGION 38


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-11-12Time: 5 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 5 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA Office

REGION 39

Election: 12-04-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-10-12Time: 3:30 pmPlace: PSAC

Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 12-14-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-18-12Time: 3:30 pmPlace: PSAC

REGION 40

Election: 12-12-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-19-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Aurora High School

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Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Aurora High School

REGION 41

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Skokie IEA Office

REGION 42

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 5 pm

Place: Palatine IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 5 pmPlace: Palatine IEA Office

REGION 43

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: School BuildingsRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: School Buildings

REGION 44

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 504, BradleyElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 6 pmPlace: 453 S. Cleveland,

BourbonnaisRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13

Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 504, BradleyElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 6 pmPlace: 453 S. Cleveland,

Bourbonnais

REGION 45

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 91, Glen CarbonElection: 11-28-12Time: School Hours

Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-22-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA Office

REGION 50

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 51

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 209, Morris

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Morris IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 209, MorrisElection: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Morris IEA Office

REGION 52


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 11-28-12Time: 5 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-16-13Time: 5 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 53

Election: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office

Run-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office

REGION 54

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 62, MarengoElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School Buildings


Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Marengo Middle School,

Room 117Run-Off (If Necessary)

Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 62, Marengo


Final Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Marengo Middle School,

Room 117

REGION 55

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm

Place: Matteson IEA Office


Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pmPlace: Matteson IEA Office

REGION 56

Election: 11-29-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm



Election: 01-17-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm


REGION 57


Return by: 11-30-12

To: PO Box 194, Downers Grove

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30-6:30 pm

Place: Lombard IEA Office



Return by: 01-11-13

To: PO Box 194, Downers Grove

Election: 01-09-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30-6:30 pm


REGION 58

Election: 11-29-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm



Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm


REGION 59


Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 1018, LaGrange Park

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Ideal School, Countryside



Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 1018, LaGrange Park

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Ideal School, CountrysideREGION 60


Return by: 12-03-12

To: PO Box 55, Grayslake

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm

Place: Libertyville IEA Office



Return by: 01-14-13


Election: 01-09-13

Time: School Hours


Time: 5 pm


REGION 61

Election: 12-06-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Plainfield Village Hall


Election: 01-09-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4:30 pmPlace: West Suburban IEA Office

REGION 62

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 5 pm



Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours

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Time: 4 pmPlace: Edwardsvi lle IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)

Mail Ballots: 01-08-13Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 91, Glen Carbon


Place: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pm

Place: Edwardsvi lle IEA Office

REGION 46



Final Tally: 12-06-12Time: 4 pm

Place: Lombard IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)



Time: 4 pmPlace: Lombard IEA Office

REGION 47

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 7063, Springfie ld



Place: Liberty Drive IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)


Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 7063, Springfie ld

Election: 01-16-13


Final Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Liberty Drive IEA Office

REGION 48

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 1525, Mt. Vernon


Final Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pm

Place: Mt. Vernon IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)


Return by: 01-22-13To: PO Box 1525, Mt. Vernon

Election: 01-16-13


Final Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: Mt. Vernon IEA Office

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Time: 5 pm


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Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours






Final Tally: 01-25-13Time: 4 pmPlace: Elgin IEA Office

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Final Tally: 12-05-12Time: 4:30 pm

Place: School BuildingsRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13

Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 4:30 pmPlace: School Buildings

REGION 65

Election: 11-27-12Time: Work HoursPlace: School Buildings

Final Tally: 12-04-12Time: 8 pmPlace: 131 E. Tyler St., OswegoRun-Off (If Necessary)Election: 01-16-13Time: Work HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 01-23-13Time: 8 pmPlace: 131 E. Tyler St., Oswego

REGION 66

Mail Ballots: 11-19-12Return by: 12-04-12To: PO Box 7336, LibertyvilleElection: 11-28-12Time: School HoursPlace: School BuildingsFinal Tally: 12-05-12

Time: 4 pmPlace: Libertyville IEA OfficeRun-Off (If Necessary)


Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 7336, Libertyville

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Time: 4 pm


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Return by: 12-04-12

To: PO Box 246, Chicago

Election: 11-28-12

Time: School Hours



Time: 3 pm

Place: Chicago IEA Office



Return by: 01-22-13

To: PO Box 246, Chicago

Election: 01-16-13

Time: School Hours



Place: Chicago IEA Office

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Proposed bylaw amendments must be received by the IEA Bylaws and

Resolutions Committee, in care of the Presidents Office, Illinois Education

Association, 100 East Edwards, Springfield, IL 62704-1999, no later than

5 p.m. Central Standard Time, Dec. 14, 2012. This will enable the Bylaws and

Resolutions Committee to prepare the proposed bylaw amendments for

presentation to the executive committee and for publication in the Advocate.

Proposed bylaw amendments submitted after this deadline will not be

printed in the Advocate, and, therefore, will need a three-fourths vote for

passage at the Representative Assembly. Forms are being sent to the board

of directors in September and also will be available from the Springfield

Legal Services office at Headquarters. The IEA Bylaws, Values and Vision

can be found in the About section of the IEA website, www.ieanea.org.

The Bylaws and Resolutions Committee has also prepared Model Local

and Region Bylaws and guidance to help locals revise their current bylaws.The guidance includes a narrated PowerPoint presentation. These resources

can be found under Bylaws, Value and Vision in the About section of the

IEA website.

If you have questions, please contact Freddie Hatfill, Chairperson,

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The following offices will be filled by election at the2013 IEA-NEA Representative Assembly (RA): Two NEADirectors from Illinois.

The RA will be held at the Chicago Hilton Towers, 720S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL on April 11-13, 2013. Thedeadline for nominations for these positions is January1, 2013. Any member in good standing may be acandidate for office and may be nominated by any mem-ber in good standing. The election for these offices willtake place from 7-8:45 am on April 13, 2013.

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It was kind of scary. He lost controlof the situation when the kids ran out,Schonauer said. I just kept thinking:How can I end this before it gets anyworse? I thought, once the cops gethere, its going to get worse because

either theyre going to shoot, or he is.The freshman with the gun began ask-

ing the students questions: Do youhave a job? He appeared to appreciatethose who worked, mowing lawns orbabysitting.

At one point, he pulled a hatchet fromhis bookbag.

The students phones were on desks.He picked up an iPhone and couldntfigure out how to work it, so he threw iton the floor. He picked up another thathad an I (heart) London cover on it.

Schonauer felt the phone case mightagitate the gunman. Instead, he turnedand put his gun down on a desk,appearing to try to collect his thoughts.

Schonauer leapt toward the weapon.He doesnt clearly remember firing thelast shot that was in it, though he doesremember keeping count of how manyhad been fired so hed know how manywere left. His students later told him hefired one toward the opposite side of theroom to empty the gun.

The gunman jumped on Schonauersback and started grabbing his neck and

reaching for the gun. While the gunmanattacked, other students worked to bringhim to the ground. Still others fled theroom.

They got him down.It was like he was a different person,

Schonauer said. We told him that hedidnt hurt anyone, so he had that goingfor him. And, we waited for the policeto come. I gave them one arm and they

got the other. He didnt fight at all.Schonauer is aware that police later

found another hatchet; other weapons,ammunition and a container full ofaccelerant in the students bookbag, butSchonauer doesnt believe the studentever intended to harm his schoolmates.

I knew he wanted to be heard and hewas, but in the wrong way.

Schonauer student taught at a middleschool that feeds the high school. Hedhad the student in his class there too.Hed always made an effort to ask theboy how he was doing. Sometimes hedanswer; sometimes hed give him athumbs up or a thumbs down.

The gunman said that hed thoughtabout doing this in middle school butthat he never had the courage. Schonauersaid he told the gunman during theordeal that people liked the gunman,people including Schonauer. The gun-man answered that he thoughtSchonaeur was a good man. The newteacher wonders if the troubled childmay have targeted his class on purpose.

Im glad he did because of the way it

worked out, Schonauer said.He knows for sure that the experiencewill affect his entire career.

Every kid deserves to live a whole

life, to be success-ful, he said. Ivealready made anexerted effort toreach each andevery kid. Every

kid deserves an opportunity. I try toreach out more to kids who have beendealt a rough hand, whove been toldtheyre not good enough or that theyllnever be anything.

I will always make an effort to reachout to those kids, to help them proveeveryone wrong and to make somethingout of their lives.

He hopes others who hear about whathappened do the same thing.

I hope people dont just look at a kidand believe theyll never make it. I hopethey find out why. A lot of kids needsomeone to talk to, someone to listen.As teachers, were in a position to findthem the help they need. Every kiddeserves an opportunity.

A lot of parents and others calledSchonauer a hero as a result of hisactions that day. He disagrees.

The majority of teachers becometeachers because they care about kidsand they want kids to succeed. Themajority of teachers would do the samething. I know how much I care aboutthese kids and I think other teachers do,

too.

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The 27th annual IEA-ESP conference was heldin Oak Brook on Oct. 12-13 and was a greatsuccess. Watch the video and keep an eye

out for the Fall 2013 conference.

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