End of the Year Blowout

There is nothing that builds community better than sharing…so bring your favorite dish to share at the “End of the Year Blow Out”!

Where: F.O.P. Hall
1120 S. Niagara
Saginaw
When: Friday, May 29th
Time: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
BYOB
&
bring a dish to pass
(sign up sheets at the SEA office or see your building representative)

SEA Members,

The year is nearing end and we would like to invite you to come relax, rejoice or reconnect with your fellow members. The SEA PR Committee is throwing an "End of the Year Blowout"!
Please read the attached flyer for information regarding the party.

Please RSVP by May 21st to tmccully@spsd.net
Any questions please email me as well.
Hope to see you there:)

PR Committee

Rep Council Party-May 14th

YOUR INVITED TO THE REP COUNCIL PARTY!




WHEN? Thursday, May 14, 2009

TIME: 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.

WHERE? Andersen Enrichment Center
120 Ezra Rust Drive, off Court Street.

BRING: Another member

We will be providing finger foods and soda. As always, we will have door prizes.

PLEASE RSVP TO THE SEA OFFICE VIA EMAIL AT sea@spsd.net or call 799-4030 by Tuesday, May 12th.


SEE YOU THERE!!!!

Great Lakes Loons Outing

S.E.A. Great Lakes Loons Outing



When: Saturday, April 18th, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
Where: Dow Diamond
825 E. Main St
Midland, MI 48640
Cost: $9.00 per ticket/kids welcome

Contact Information: email tmccully@spsd.net
Money due no later than Tuesday, March 31st by 4:30 p.m.
Pay at S.E.A. office

SEA General Membership Meeting

When: March 19, 2009 at 4pm

Where: Arthur Hill High School Auditorium

Why Should you attend:
Valuable information will be given out regarding bargaining.
Arch Lewis, MEA Financial Advisor, will be presenting a really cool power point.
There will be snacks and drinks.
You could win a door prize.
What else do you have to do on a Thursday afternoon?

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SPARKS #2

Well,SPARKS certainly did more for me than I expected. I actually had a million reasons in my head to call at the last minute and cancel, but ultimately the biggest reason came down to my poor morale about my workplace. We all want to connect in our buildings, but often find it so difficult with things being so busy and everyone has a life outside of school, so as soon as 3:35 comes...we're on our way home....SPARKS gave me a feeling of camaraderie without the sarcasm, friendship without the politics, and fun without the bells ringing or clocks ticking for lunch time to be over!

First, the True Colors assessment has really changed my life. The assessment determines levels of four personality types identified by 4 colors: Blue, Gold, Orange, and Green. I think everyone should do this, including our students to learn about themselves and acceptance of others. I remember how things would really hurt my feelings if people weren't relational and friendly about things and were "all about the facts". It made me feel like they didn't like me or I did something wrong. (I'm a "BLUE.") But now I can see some other things in a personality to determine that he or she is a "GREEN" so being scientific and direct comes very naturally, and being "relational"--does not. So, not only can I determine it is simply their personality, but I can see how to work better with that person; if it is a student, I can determine what students might work well together, or how to explain something better to a student, simply by being able to identify their general personality type.

Second, I actually also had a chance to remember how good it felt to excercise with our stress reliever session in our ZUMBA Latin Dancing class, but also got my excess fill of great food while at the training. So, I have joined a local fitness club, started eating better, and have lost almost 10 lbs since SPARKS. I feel great. It's also amazing how much more relaxed you feel when your pants aren't too tight!!! ;) Just another added benefit.

I'm not sure why I ended up going with a million reasons not to go, but I'm so glad I did. I made a lot of connections throughout the district between so many different people with so many different strengths. This was a great intensive learning experience with a lot networking and friendship in the mix!

Emily Garlinghouse
Speech Pathologist

SPARKS Training #1

As a teacher that is in her first year teaching, and a survivor of the recent layoffs-this training was absolutely invaluable to me. I learned immense amounts about topics which I was previously clueless: insurance information, retirement plans and how they work, tenure, grievances and most importantly-how important our union is, and our role in it. I really couldn't have spent a weekend having more fun, and getting more applicable information. Now I know what those veteran teachers are talking about around the staff lunge table!

Rose M. Meister
2009 Sparks Attendee
SASA Science/English MS/HS Teacher