What's Up KEA? October 26, 2020

What's Up KEA?

Secondary Conferences Update

KSD and KEA have agreed that secondary conferences are a bit of a challenge due to online schooling. As of now, conference night, which was scheduled for Tuesday, November 24 has been cancelled. Secondary teachers have the following options:

Schedule a total of 3.5 hours outside contracted hours on Monday, November 23 and Tuesday, November 24 to be available for parents. This will allow secondary teachers to be finished on Wednesday, November 25 at the moment students have completed synchronous learning.
Work regular contracted hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 23rd-25th.

Teachers will continue to be available for parents who want to contact teachers during asynchronous time that week.

NEA Member Benefits:

Financial Essentials Workshop

Ever wondered about how your state pension actually works? Learn more about the various plans, the decisions you need to make, how all of that will impacts you today and in retirement. Do not leave your future on autopilot! Take advantage of your association member benefits and manage your financial security starting now. Regardless of how far away or close retirement may seem, this workshop will help you feel better about what's around the next corner. This workshop can help you better understand:

Why you need private savings in addition to your state pension
Your options for retirement savings and why they matter
What you can do to plan for an enjoyable retirement

Register Here

Boundary Updates

KSD has contracted a Florida company, MGT Consulting Group, to help plan for school boundary changes once the new elementary school is built. KEA was made aware last week that new boundaries will be created for the 2020-2021 school year. It is our understanding that the MGT group interviewed admin and some labor groups for input. They are now getting feedback from the community through a survey. KEA was not considered a stakeholder for the purposes of receiving input, but we will be negotiating the impact of boundary changes on our members this Spring. If you are a parent in KSD, please respond to the survey. It will be our only opportunity to give input.

Looking to Retire Soon? Attend the WEA Pre-Retirement Seminar

This is part one of a two part seminar. Topics covered will be: Important Contacts, DRS, Social Security and things to consider prior to retiring. This seminar will be about 1.5 hours and will allow for questions.

You must be a KEA member to attend. If you are not a member, you can join here.

After you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link once membership is verified. Register Now.

Questions? Contact Regina Redmond

Educators of Color Network, Allies/Accomplices/Co-Conspirators and LGBTQIA+ Members

Over the last year, we have continued to build our network and we continue this work. If you are LGBTQIA+ and looking for other folks to network with and want to be informed of our separate meetings every other Thursday, please use your home email to let Alan Sutliff know and your name will be added to our communication list.

If you are a BIPOC educator, or a white staff member who is working to be antiracist, you can also email Alan Sutliff and we will add you to our communications and calendar invitations. The full network meets the first Thursday of every month from 4:30-6:00 p.m. We would love to see you there if you have time and interest.

Sick Leave Donation Requests :

Below are fellow KEA members in need of sick leave donations. If you have more than 22 days of sick leave and would like to donate, you can complete the fillable sick leave donation form and email it to: [email protected].

Members in Need:

Julie Vaughan

Barbara Bicknell-Porter

Ira Franklin

Misty Conners

If you are in need of sick leave donations please contact HR. They will notify us that you qualify and we can put your request here.