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October/November 2018 MINNESOTA EDUCATOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 Organize, organize, organize: MFT ESPs engage with members all summer long MEA is here: everything you need to know before Oct. 18 Table of contents October/November 2018 – Volume 21, No. 2 The Minnesota Educator publishes every other The Minnesota National Board month. It is one of the union’s print and digital Certified Teacher Network provides publications to educate, inform and organize the community of members. The Educator is reported, support for Education Minnesota edited and designed by union staff members. The members applying for certification. paper is printed in LSC Communications’ union shop in Menasha, Wisconsin. Find copies of the page 6 Educator online at www.educationminnesota.org. Go to the News menu, then Minnesota Educator. Union members at St. Cloud To reach the publication for queries, Technical and Community story or commentary ideas College organize a “Great Big Email: [email protected] Giveaway” for students. Mail: Minnesota Educator 41 Sherburne Ave. page 7 St. Paul, MN 55103 To report a change of address or end Everything you need to know duplicate mailings, contact the Education about the MEA Conference, Minnesota membership department. including workshops, featured Email: [email protected] By web: www.educationminnesota.org and choose speakers, exhibitors and more. the Contact Us link to send a change of address. pages 9-12 To inquire about advertising in the Educator or on the website Thousands of worksite action Email: [email protected] Phone: 651-292-4864 leaders start on plans to motivate For general inquiries and business their colleagues to vote. at the state headquarters page 13 Phone: 800-652-9073 or 651-227-9541 For information about union activities, work and Member commentary: Speak out for resources, go to www.educationminnesota.org. students, against tyranny by voting. Follow Education Minnesota Facebook: www.facebook.com/EducationMinnesota page 16 Twitter: www.twitter.com/EducationMN Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/EducationMN Filing forms for Education Instagram: www.instagram.com/educationminnesota Minnesota internal elections. Minnesota Educator (ISSN 1521-9062) is a bimonthly publication. pages 17-19 Periodicals are postage-paid at St. Paul, Minnesota, and additional offices. Postmaster: Professional development Send address changes to Minnesota Educator, opportunities, classroom 41 Sherburne Ave., St. Paul, MN 55103-2196. resources and grants. Minnesota Educator. All rights reserved, but readers are welcome to reproduce any article page 20 in whole or in part on the condition that they give credit to Education Minnesota. Front cover photo: The Minnesota Educator is published for members to share news about education Minneapolis ESP member and summer issues and training opportunities for educators organizer Saida Omar talks with another as well as union and political news that ESP about the value of the union and affects public education in Minnesota. how to sign up for membership during President: Denise Specht lunch at the district’s ESP professional Vice President: Paul Mueller development workshop day in August. Secretary-Treasurer: Rodney Rowe The Campaign 2018 coverage in this issue Executive Director: Sara Gjerdrum is an independent expenditure prepared Director of Public Affairs: Brandon Rettke and paid for by Education Minnesota PAC, Editor: Kieren Steinhoff 41 Sherburne Ave., St. Paul, MN 55103, Art Director: Eric Widi in support of the named candidates. The independent expenditure material is not approved by the candidate nor are the candidates responsible for it. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE SPEAK out AGAINST THE POLITICS OF DIVISION Nine Minnesota high school personal or financial gain. They America,” University of students immediately knew have sold fear in exchange for Minnesota history what they would change in dollars and votes. The toxic professor Elaine Tyler their school if given a chance: byproducts of that business May wrote about Reduce the racial conflicts they are what our students and the dangers of the saw in the halls every day. communities feel today. manufactured fear, usually about race, The students were enrolled For example, President Trump that has affected in a special for-credit class promises to build a wall to America for so long. for future teachers. They keep out Mexican immigrants, Denise Specht answered the question from whom he has called drug “If Americans distrust American Federation of dealers, criminals and rapists. and even fear one another as Teachers President Randi His administration already well as the government, and Weingarten without hesitation. turned the dehumanizing have no commitment to the language into policy by taking public good, then the basic The tension was always away children at the border. social and political practices that there, they said. Students Hundreds of them are still not ensure a healthy democracy used hurtful stereotypes and reunited with their families. cannot survive,” she wrote. language. Often they assumed bad intentions based on Jeff Johnson has echoed Trump’s If we can accept that a few nothing but appearances. It stand on immigration in the race powerful billionaires and their was a constant distraction. for Minnesota governor. A key politicians have spent decades part of Johnson’s campaign is a deliberately distracting us with Yes, they agreed the 2016 promise to prevent the federal fear mongering, we must also presidential campaign made government from resettling believe that educators and the situation worse, but that refugees—people forced to flee other Minnesotans can come was almost a year ago. Why, their homelands—into Minnesota together to heal the divide. they asked, haven’t their from abroad or other states. educators done more to Voting is one, small way of improve the school climate? In education, the influential speaking out for our students State Policy Network, which and our communities and against After leaving the suburban receives funding from the Koch the politics of division. For those high school, I was struck by and DeVos families, has recently educators still struggling to find how close to the surface the started pushing a new kind of their voices on race, this is the issue was for the group, who taxpayer-funded voucher called easiest action you will ever take. were white, black and brown a “Child Safety Account.” students. I was also surprised This fall, we have the power by how eager they were for According to a description to pick leaders who believe their educators to step in. from The Heartland Institute, in all of our children and the parents “who feel, for whatever mission of public education. There is no doubt in my mind reason, their child is unsafe at When we come together, we that students all over Minnesota school” could receive taxpayer can ensure this will be a state feel the same tensions and money to attend a private or we’re proud to leave our kids. pressures, waiting and hoping virtual school, or even use it for their own educators to help. Together, for homeschooling expenses. We know from scholars this If there is a more egregious tool atmosphere isn’t natural. For at to accelerate the segregation of least 50 years, a few powerful public schools, I can’t think of it. people in our society have Twitter: @DeniseSpecht inflamed racial hatreds for In her 2017 book “Fortress 2 MINNESOTA EDUCATOR COLLECTIVE VOICE Check out our new Election 2018 Where are you reading your microsite, EdMNvotes.org! Minnesota Educator? Education Minnesota has launched Thank you to everyone who sent in a photo a website dedicated to help get out of where you are reading the new Minnesota the vote for the election this fall. Educator magazine. Congratulations, Rosemari EdMNvotes.org has information for Education Kroll from Edgerton for being this issue’s Minnesota’s worksite action and digital winning submission! engagement leaders, as well as any member We’re going to keep across the state, to use in motivating their the contest going! friends and colleagues to be a voter this fall. Email a photo to Online resources include sharable social media [email protected] or graphics like cover photos and profile pictures, share it on social media videos featuring Education Minnesota members using #mneducator of talking about what issues are important to them where you are reading this election and ways to talk to your friends, your Minnesota family and colleagues about those issues. Educator to be entered into a drawing to win Also available will be a customized ballot a $50 gift card! feature so members can see who will be on their local ballot when they go to their Submissions early voting or Election Day polling place. are due Nov. 10. Happy reading! Getting social! Members in the news! Educators use social media as a way to connect Education Minnesota members are often with their communities, colleagues and the world. interviewed in their local newspapers or TV We will feature Education Minnesota member’s station. We will feature a quote each issue! and local’s posts each issue! Make sure to follow Education Minnesota on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Pinterest! “ Our students benefit when we work together, not just on the curriculum but on how to become better human beings. It’s up to us to create environments that make it safe to be imperfect. Every kid matters, every educator matters, every heart matters and we need each other to make all of this work. “ — 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Kelly Holstine gave a speech to teachers at her alma mater district, Fairmont, which was covered in the Aug. 29 issue of the Fairmont Sentinel OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 3 EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Summer organizing brings the union to its members Any given weekday last July, Saida Omar could During the school year, Omar is a family liaison at be found knocking on doors in an apartment Jefferson Community School.
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