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Member Benefit Fairs Vol. 7, Issue 7 March 2007 Important Dates Member Benefit Fairs March 2, 2007 CCEA to host fairs throughout district CCEA Night with the Wranglers The Clark County Education Association will be holding regional fairs March 2, 2007 throughout the Clark County School District this month. Read Across America These fairs are offered to provide you, our members, an March 13, 2007 additional opportunity to: CCEA Executive Board Meeting • Meet with Association leaders to learn about the many programs and issues the Association is pursuing. March 17, 2007 • Learn about CCEA’s Committees and their work. ESEA Picnic @ Sunset Park • Find out about the benefits of CCEA membership. • Visit with CCEA endorsed vendors and other partners to see how you can March 23-24, 2007 take advantage of the many benefits offered through CCEA. NSEA Board of Directors Meeting • An opportunity to win a $200 Southwest Airlines gift card or one of the March 27, 2007 many prizes to be raffled at every fair. CCEA Rep Council Meeting April 2-6, 2007 * Fair Schedule * CCSD Spring Break Mark your calendar for the fair that best works for you! Sites will be open from 3:00-6:00 p.m., so stop by the cafeteria at your convenience. April 6, 2007 CCEA Offices Closed Mon., 3/5 Cimarron-Memorial HS • 2301 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas 89128 Wed., 3/7 Canyon Springs HS • 350 E. Alexander Rd., N. Las Vegas 89032 April 10, 2007 CCEA Executive Board Meeting Mon., 3/12 Green Valley HS • 460 Arroyo Grande Blvd., Henderson 89014 Wed., 3/14 Spring Valley HS • 3750 S. Buffalo Dr., Las Vegas 89147 April 16, 2007 Tue., 3/20 Chaparral HS • 3850 Annie Oakley Dr., Las Vegas 89121 THT’s Domestic Partner Door Prizes * Raffles * Light Refreshments Verification Information Mailed April 24, 2007 CCEA Rep Council Meeting American Fidelity April 26-27, 2007 NSEA Diversity Conference Continues Its Support April 27, 2007 STEP UP Class Benefits from Commitment NSEA Board of Directors Meeting Last year American April 27-29, 2007 Fidelity “adopted” the PROUD STEP UP NSEA Delegate Assembly seniors enrolled in SPONSOR — Donna the STEP UP program Sciulara, American Fidelity Inside This Issue at Mojave High Educational Services School. This year Sales Manager - Arizona and Nevada, proudly Pg 2 • Frequently Asked Questions those students have displays the adopted STEP Pg 3 • Legal Corner graduated from UP class picture in their Pg 4 • Study Sessions Offered Mojave and are Las Vegas office. Pg 5 • Physics in the Park attending college full Photo by Andrew Page Pg 6 • Considering Retirement? time on their way to a teaching degree and employment with STEP UP—the Student to Teacher Pg 7 • Membership PAY$ the Clark County School District Enlistment Project Undergraduate Pg 9 • Pride, Power, and Participation (CCSD). American Fidelity continues Program was created to identify CCSD Pg 10 • Grant Opportunities their support by once again donating high school students, largely minority Pg 11 • 2007 Drop Everything And Read $12,000 to pay for this year’s tuition students, who would like to become Pg 12 • Discounted Attraction Tickets and books for these students. (continues on page 3) Frequently The 2007 Teaching & Learning Asked Conditions Survey Questions REMINDER Is Coming! By Kathy Foresythe CCEA Deputy Executive Director Legal Services In February 2006, more than 8,000 teachers and administrators responded to the Teaching and Learning Conditions survey. Topic: Those results led to the creation of the Teaching and Learning Conditions Team — now commonly known as Considering Retirement? the TLC Team — and to an organized effort to improve the teaching and learning climate in CCSD schools. In addition, data and documentation generated assisted in Is there currently a negotiated Early Retirement narrowing down the specific areas that were in need of Program? change. This information was given to CCEA and CCSD Yes, Article 18-8 of the Negotiated to help create collaborative plans to retain teachers, Agreement provides for an Early Retirement improve their working conditions, and improve school Incentive Program. climates. You now have an opportunity to continue and How do I qualify? improve these efforts. If every teacher and administrator You must have twenty-nine (29) years but completes the upcoming survey, we will have more less than 30 years of accumulated accurate and powerful data to fuel our efforts for the next service time in the Public Employees’ school year. Retirement System of Nevada (PERS). Help us improve! Take part in the next on-line You must have been employed as a Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey from March 26, 2007 to April 20, 2007. Anonymity is guaranteed. teacher for at least fifteen (15) years with For additional information, call the TLC Team at the Clark County School District. 387-0645. You must terminate employment with the District at the conclusion of the current contract year. You must have one hundred (100) days of ESEA is hosting the event accumulated unused sick leave. of the season… What is the incentive? If you meet all four criteria, the District will purchase up to one year of PERS service credit, total service including such purchase not to exceed thirty (30) years. Where can I learn more? CCEA, CCSD and PERS will be holding two informational meetings regarding the Article 18 Early Retirement Incentive Program. Saturday, March 17, 2007 When: Monday, March 19, 2007 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Times: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sunset Park - Section F (Picnic area on south Eastern, north of the railroad tracks) 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Where: Clark County School District Members, bring your family and enjoy a fun day Edward A. Greer Boardroom of music, food, face painting, games, prizes and much more! 2832 East Flamingo Road Joining us at this fun-filled day will be special guest Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 NEA President Reg Weaver. If you have any questions or concerns, Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet him. please call the CCEA office at 733-3063 and CCEA members RSVP by calling 733-3063 by March 13th. ask to speak with a UniServ Director. Page 2 • CCEA Express www.ccea-nv.org American Fidelity Continues Its Support of STEP UP (continued from front page) What to Know About teachers. The CCEA Community Foundation pays for their tuition and books in exchange for their commitment to return MySpace.com to CCSD upon receiving their degree—this The Internet has certainly changed many aspects of time as teachers. It’s a “Grow Your Own” our way of life. It has most certainly impacted program that will give our upcoming education as well. One of the most commonly used students more teachers who grew up in our sites on the World Wide Web is MySpace.com. This site allows community and share similar experiences. participants to post a profile about themselves. A profile allows users to American Fidelity Assurance include personal information such as age, gender, marital status, address, Company is a family-owned organization hobbies, etc. Users can also post pictures, videos and are able to blog that offers insurance products and with their friends. The site is public. A user can set their profile to private, financial services to education employees at CCSD, as well as, throughout the United but their photo, gender, city and state are still available for everyone to States. American Fidelity is perhaps best see. While MySpace.com is a convenient known to CCSD employees as the means of communication and expression, it administrator of Section 125 or Flexible does not come without consequences. Spending Accounts. Section 125 allows Nationwide there are examples of both ”…one must use CCSD employees to set aside money on a teachers and students being disciplined for good judgment as to pre-tax basis for out-of-pocket medical, what has been posted on MySpace.com. what information is dental, vision and dependent care Although a teacher has the right to have a expenses. If you would like more MySpace.com profile, one must use good posted in such a information about Section 125 or any of the judgment as to what information is posted public, easily products American Fidelity offers including in such a public, easily accessible setting. disability insurance, accident only Issues arise because students, parents, etc. accessible setting.” insurance, long term care insurance, have access to the teacher’s profile. Some cancer insurance or portable life insurance, tips to remember are: contact them at (702) 433-5333. • Do not identify which school you teach at. The Foundation thanks American • Do not post pictures of students. Fidelity and its staff for their continuing • Refrain from communicating with students and/or parents via commitment to the STEP UP program. MySpace.com. Only through the caring and commitment • Avoid posting anything that is inappropriate or might embarrass you of businesses such as American Fidelity, in the future. Horace Mann, Martin & Allison Ltd., Nevada There have also been cases in which students have created fake Power, Citibank, The Legend Group, Bloom profiles of teachers and other school staff. Because this is a common Financial and others is the STEP UP problem, MySpace.com has included the question, “How do we remove an program possible. imposter profile for a teacher/faculty member?” on the Frequently Asked Questions page. MySpace.com has also created a School Administrator’s Guide. While this guide is not available to the public, schools who do not STEP UP already have one can request the guide by visiting MySpace.com and requesting a guide through the Contact MySpace page. While this article Needs Your Help focuses on MySpace.com, many of the tips can be used for any site that is open to the public and in which there is no expectation of privacy.
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