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ISSUE 1 2017 VOLUME 26
RECERTIFICATION FACTS.…………….......3
KUDOS ………….. ................... …...2
UPCOMING EVENTS …………....….…….….….4 PSUU
issues A PU BLI C AT IO N O F T HE POL K SU BU R BAN UN I SE R V UN IT
Top Ten Reasons to be an ISEA Member 1. Recognized voice in the profession.
2. Professional say through the association.
3. Great discounts with the Access Card and NEA Member Benefits.
4. Individual contract protection.
5. Input to the legislature and governor’s office about professional issues.
6. Answers about licensure, administrative rules, legal questions and concerns.
7. Work rules and compensation bargained by the local association and in the master contract.
8. California Casualty and Horace Mann insurance products at a discounted price.
9. Assistance and representation in work-related problems and issues.
10. NEA Member Benefits financial help.
Membership is a year-round activity. Talk to colleagues who are not members and encourage them to join for these reasons and other reasons you may have. Remember: belonging to a professional organization that promotes public education is PRICELESS!
Because there is strength in numbers. With nearly 3 million members, the National Education Association is the largest employee organization in the country. There are over 32,000 ISEA members. NEA's nearly half-million ESP members make NEA the largest organization of school support employees in the world. This numerical strength translates into advocacy and service -- for improved pay and working conditions, rights on the job, improved education for the students served and great deals on products and services members need.
Together We Can Make Things Happen! NEA/ISEA Helps Us…
Win better pay, benefits and working conditions.
Gain professional development and leadership training.
Be insured with life, health, disability and casualty insurance programs.
Get credit, loan, savings, investment and discount services.
Receive on-the-job liability insurance of up to $1 million.
Have tough and effective representation in job-related disputes.
Speak out for concerns in the Iowa Legislature and in the U.S. Congress.
Be represented at meetings.
Get association news through NEA/ISEA publications and on their web sites.
Why Join NEA/ISEA?
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Kudos! TO MEMBERS! PSUU recognizes the following members and locals for their recent accomplishments:
Dan Carver (Carlisle CEA) is a member of the Iowa Department of Education’s Computer Science Education Work Group. Scott DeJong (Ankeny EA) will receive recognition from the Big 12 Conference, the College Football Playoff Foundation and its Extra Yard for Teachers program and will also receive $1000 for classroom supplies. Patrick Hennes (Johnston EA) was named the Des Moines Register’s All-Iowa Coach of the Year and also received recognition for organizing district participation in the statewide Iowa Youth Straw Poll for the 2016 general election. Liz Ruddy (Southeast Polk EA) has a student winner in ISEA’s Design-a-Decal competition. The student’s design is the “U-NIQUE-CORN” found on the decal sheets all members received. Both the student and the school received recognition plaques.
Congratulations on these recognitions!
Send information about members’ achievements to Peri Van Tassel at [email protected].
School Board and Board of Trustees Recommendations
The Polk Suburban area school districts and community college have several positions up for election on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017. To date, the following candidates have received recommendations from local associations:
Ankeny EA: Jim Ford, Aaron Johnson, Lori Lovstad and George Tracy (all at-large)
Carlisle CEA: Harry Shipley (District 1), Cody Woodruff (District 2) and Jeramie Eginoire (at-large)
Des Moines EA: Dionna Langford (Ward 2), Teree Caldwell-Johnson (Ward 4), Rob Barron and
Krystin Delegardelle-Shelley (both at-large)
DMACC-HEA: Jim Knott (District 3), Brent Hinders (District 4), Joe Riding (District 5) and
Fred Buie (District 9)
Johnston EA: Justin Allen, Steve Hopper and Brad Ortmeier (all at-large)
North Polk EA: TBD
Southeast Polk EA: Gary Fischer, Adam Krell and Ric Powell (all at-large)
Urbandale EA: Stacy Andersen, Judy Downs, Sarah Schmitz and Mark Smith (all at-large)
Waukee EA: Dan Ahrens, Tyler Higgs, Katie Johnson and Lori Lyon (all at-large)
West Des Moines EA: Elizabeth Brennan, Kelly Davydov, Vicky Poole and Jennifer Wells (all at-large)
For more recommendations, go to www.isea.org and click on the picture of the election signs. Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm. Please vote in these important elections!
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One of the changes embedded in the 2017 legislative overhaul of Iowa’s collective bargaining law is a requirement
for a recertification election to be held approximately one year prior to the expiration of every public sector collective
bargaining agreement (master contract). Here are some quick facts about these elections:
The Iowa Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will conduct all recertification elections.
If a master contract expires on June 30, 2018, the election period will be October 10-24. If a master contract expires in 2018 on any date other than June 30, the election period will be September 12-26. If a master contract does not expire in 2018, there is no recertification election this fall.
PSUU locals facing a September election are: DMACC-HEA and Saydel EA.
PSUU locals facing an October election are: Ankeny EA, DMACC-ESA and Norwalk PEA.
All employees covered by the master contract (regardless of association membership) are eligible to vote in recertification elections.
Employees will vote YES or NO on whether they want to retain the association as the certified bargaining representative for the master contract.
The law requires a YES vote from a majority (50 percent plus one) of all eligible voters to win the election.
Failure of an employee to vote will be tallied as a NO vote.
If the association loses the election, PERB will immediately decertify the association as the certified bargaining representative and, according to PERB, the master contract will immediately become null and void.
A new vote to certify a bargaining representative cannot take place for a period of two years following the official date of decertification by PERB. No certified bargaining representative can exist during this two-year period.
The election is only about the association’s ability to bargain the master contract. It does not impact the existence of the association or the association’s ability to provide members with access to representation, legal services and other member benefits.
Voting YES does not mean the voter must join the association. It just means that s/he supports the association as the bargaining representative for the master contract.
Recertification Election Facts
ISEA ESP Conference
The ISEA ESP Conference will be held Friday, October 20 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown
beginning at 7:00 pm with registration and light dinner. On Saturday, October 21, the conference begins at
7:30 am with breakfast followed by two breakout sessions ending at 9:50 am. This will allow attendees
the opportunity to attend the Advocacy/Bargaining Conference at the Marriott Downtown beginning at
10:00 am. Registration and information is available at http://www.cvent.com/d/5tqns3.
Bargaining is only one skill needed to advocate for members. We have the ability to do so much more. The ISEA Advocacy/Bargaining Conference will be Saturday, October 21 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown. Locals are encouraged to send their
president, chief negotiator and a new local leader who will learn the steps needed to effectively advocate for members in this new era. Click here to Register Now.
An invitation to other members of a team can be forwarded from the registration site.
ISEA Advocacy/Bargaining Conference
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POLK SUBURBAN UNISERV
UNIT
Wayne Bauman
UniServ Director
Peri Van Tassel
UniServ Director
Aubrey Atkin
Associate Staff
777 Third Street
Des Moines, IA
515-471-8050
Marcia Carlson PSUU President
Vicky Rossander
ISEA Executive Board
Representative
Mike Beranek
ISEA Vice-President
Tammy Wawro
ISEA President
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Upcoming Events
SEPTEMBER:
12– Retired Standing Committee meeting
13– PSUU Executive Board meeting
29-30– ISEA Executive Board meeting
OCTOBER:
1– Membership materials due to PSUU office
4– Presidents’/Vice-Presidents’ meeting
20-21– ISEA ESP Conference
21– ISEA Advocacy/Bargaining Conference
Our mission is to promote quality public education
by placing students at the center of everything we do while advocating for
education professionals.
Online Classes Examining: How to Survive & Thrive in the Classroom:
September 20 - November 24, 3 Credits
PLC's at Work:
September 11 - November 6, 3 Credits
A Very Queer History: LGBTQ History and Classroom Inclusion:
Iowa Safe Schools, September 10 - 30, 1 Credit
For more information go to http://isea.org/isea-academy/. Be sure to check out the ISEA Academy Course Catalog to find many more upcoming classes.
ISEA Night with the Iowa Wild
Saturday, October 7 at 7 pm. The team will play the Milwaukee
Admirals. Discounted Attack Zone level tickets are $17, and box office prices are
up to one-half off. Orders are due Friday, September 15
and can be made at https://iowawild-mmcke.formstack.com/
forms/isea.
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The ISEA has made available funds to encourage members and/or local associations
to collaborate and create opportunities for community service or school projects.
The funded projects should meet an identified need within the community, be sustainable
and help build visible foundations for deeper relationships with students, families and
communities. The community outreach grants program is just one way the ISEA recognizes the good work of our members and works to strengthen Iowa communities. Find out more
details on our community grants program here: https://isea.org/wp-content/
uploads/2016/02/ISEA-Community-Outreach-Grant-application-2017-18.pdf
The applications are due Monday, October 16 by 5 p.m.
Community Outreach Grants
