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We've established www.dueaknow.com to keep our membership informed. No more waiting for flyers and newsletters! We will be updating the site regularly, so check it anytime.

Welcome Back to School Year 2011-12

UPDATE Your IEA profile.

Please check the IEA website to make sure that they have your current information. It only takes 5 minutes.

http://www.ieanea.org/

Negotiation Update

Negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement between School District U-46 and the DUEA began on May 5^th2011. Seventeen bargaining sessions have been held and two more are currently scheduled for January 10^th and 26^th.

A number of topics have been discussed and the parties are making slow and steady progress towards resolution. The District has made an economic proposal, issues that have money attached to them, and discussions on this will begin in January.

Postings

There Internal and external DUEA postings. internal

http://www.applitrack.com/u46/onlineapp/jobpostings/view.asp?internaltransferform.Url=&internal=internal&district=&category=Educational+Assistant

DUEA Professional Growth

January 10^thTraining for Para’s on Lo Tech devices 3-5

January 25th

Tips, Tricks, and Modifications

Use your Professional Growth hours and get paid to to attend sessions.

http://www.solutionwhere.com/u-46/cw/showcoursesbymonth.asp

DUEA Professional Growth Form

The new DUEA Professional growth form is now on Courseware. You can actually fill it out, print it, have the instructor sign it and than send it to Lisa Jensen, HR. If you have a copy of the old ones, pitch it. You can only submit the new ones that have the account string on them

Election Update

The DUEA delegates for the IEA RA that is held in March 2012 are Deb Litgen, Kathy Kaminski, and Eileen Ochoa.

Tina Pizzitola will be representing Region 63 Ethnic Minority. Karen Westerman will be going as Region Chair.

A big thanks to all who voted.

Nomination forms for the NEA RA, Region Chair and Vice Chair were sent out on January 4^th.

WANTED

HR is looking for paraeducator subs. If you know of anyone who has 30 college credit hours or has passed the ETS test and doesn't want a full time job but would like to work on their schedule, have them contact HR.