SCRIBE 2013 Election Issue This year, there will be two uncontested and five contested positions on the ballot you cast. Click here to view the PDF version of the SCRIBE. Uncontested SCEA President – Steve Beatty, Bridgewater-Raritan Secretary – Dan Epstein, Franklin Township Contested
SCEA 2013 Elections
SCREA Government Relations Report
Time for a history review. Remember Woodrow Wilson’s “Watchful Waiting” theory of Foreign Policy? Of course you do—many of you even made lesson plans around it! Well, “Watchful Waiting” is what’s going on the Washington and in Trenton. The Tea–Party Republicans have been dealt a serious blow with the dismal showing of their presidential candidate [...]
Winter Leadership 2013
Your SCEA representatives did not simply go home to start spring break this Friday. Instead your representatives went right from school to the Winter Leadership conference in New Brunswick to learn how to better serve your needs. Members attended a variety of session to prepare them for the upcoming challenges we will all face with [...]
ESP Initiatives
INITIATIVES TO PROTECT THE JOBS OF ESP MEMBERS Background Our education support professionals (ESP) are invaluable staff to our school districts. Unfortunately, they are not always treated in the same way as other school employees. In addition, the jobs of our education support professionals are often put at risk because decision makers decide to enter [...]
President’s Message
The green flag is waved… the cars begin to race into the school parking lot, followed by the big yellow ones with fifty passengers………and another school year begins; new students, new technology,new Professional Learning Communities, and the challenges keep on comin’! Almost every district has begun to rely on online lesson plans and grade books, parent portals, and [...]
Professional Development Coming in September…
Teachers are lifelong learners. Professional development helps teachers stay up to date with new trends and fresh strategies, techniques and methods for classroom challenges. This is usually in the form of workshops, and seminars. The overriding idea behind professional development is that increased knowledge helps teachers improve student achievement. That’s because professional development focuses on what each teacher needs [...]
Be the Catalyst of Change in Your School
You too can lead the changes you want to see in your school, start today! Read – Leading Change in Your School My interest in this book was first sparked by the title. After all, with words like “leading change” and “conquer,” any action-minded educator is likely to get drawn in. It was the author [...]
Your SCEA at the NEA RA 2012
Your SCEA representatives are representing your interests and developing future policy to assure the continued union leadership of educational excellence in the United States. Here are your SCEA union representatives… Here is what Vice President Joe Biden tell your delegation? Here it is… Vice President Joe Biden thinks that teachers face a “fullblown assault” thanks [...]
School Funding – Legislature appropriates additional funds for schools
New Jersey’s budget for the coming year has been finalized, and it includes additional aid to school districts. Beyond the $250 million that Gov. Christie proposed in his budget address and $446.9 million in court-ordered aid to Abbott districts, Democrats included more than $500 million in additional aid for non-Abbott districts in their budget. Gov. [...]