| THURSDAY
FULL-DAY TRAINING SESSIONS |
| Growing
Your Local |
This session will focus on developing a year round membership
campaign with emphasis on the impact of “power
in numbers” on salaries, benefits, working conditions
and issue organizing. Organizing for Power will
be the model utilized in this training.
In
addition to the pre-conference seminar, participants
will be able to choose to attend one of the breakout
sessions Thursday afternoon. |
| Leading
Your Local |
Whether
you are a new local president or have been local president
for many years, this workshop is a must for you. Local
presidents, vice presidents and presidents-elect will
get an overview of Missouri NEA programs, tools to assist
in doing an effective job, and the opportunity to find
answers to questions. Participants will be provided
a significant advantage over local leaders who do not
attend this session.
Do you wonder what the job of local president is all
about? Are you puzzled about where to start? Do you
need the assistance of experienced leaders? Then this
is the workshop for you.
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| Emerging
Leaders |
In
this session, participants will be exposed to the structure
and programs of NEA, MNEA and local affiliates. This
training will address the structures and functioning
of representative assemblies, parliamentary procedure,
using your communication skills, the ins and outs of
membership recruitment and becoming an effective leader.
The culmination of the program is the graduation ceremony,
complete with the presentation of a “diploma,”
at the closing general session of the conference.
In
addition to the pre-conference seminar, participants
will be able to choose to attend one of the breakout
sessions Thursday afternoon.
|
| Higher
Education Issues |
This year’s Summer Academy features MNEA’s
first ever pre-conference track dedicated to the needs
and interests of our members in Higher Education. Higher
Education issues and the ins and outs of Association work
in a Higher Education setting will be highlighted. Specialists
from NEA’s Higher Education Department will offer
training and help facilitate the discussion. |
| Women’s
Leadership Conference |
This
year Women’s Leadership Conference is being offered
concurrently with the Summer Academy pre-conferences.
The training will be offered to 14 individuals recognized
as potential local leaders. Personal Assessment Leadership
Skills (PALS) for members in the early stages of Association
participation is the focus of the training. It is designed
to explore and practice basic leadership skills. Participants
will focus on PALS from July 22 – 24 and then interact
with regular Summer Academy participants thru the closing
session midday Friday, July 25. |
THURSDAY
HALF-DAY TRAINING SESSIONS
Morning Sessions – 8:30-11:30 a.m. |
| Building
Representative Training |
Local capacity begins with a strong network of Building
Representatives. This special “track” for
BRs will offer the basics in how to do this critical job.
Thursday morning’s session will cover the role of
the Building Rep in the local and offer tips on building-level
membership recruitment. The afternoon session will cover
the Building Rep’s role in local communications
and how to advocate for members and your association.
|
| Education
Support Personnel Issues
|
If you are a Support Staff Employee in your school district,
this workshop is designed specifically for you. This is
an opportunity to taste many programs and resources that
are available to you and your local from experienced trainers.
We’ll discuss the latest in legal, advocacy, bargaining
laws in Missouri, strengthening your local, grievance
related issues and the dos and don’ts of work-related
internet use. You’ll be happy to participate.
|
| What
is Collective Bargaining? |
This session will offer the basic concepts that every
local needs to understand and succeed at collective bargaining.
Presenters will review the May, 2007 Supreme Court decision;
discuss the concepts of exclusivity (including defining
the Bargaining Unit), separate (from BOE policies) agreements,
and the bargaining “framework; and explore “power”
and power relationships in a bargaining context. |
| Political
Advocacy |
The 2008 elections will be critical to the future of public
education both nationally and here in Missouri. Learn
about the issues that are at stake, and about what you
can do to make a difference for students and public education. |
THURSDAY HALF-DAY TRAINING
SESSIONS
Afternoon Sessions – 1:30-4:30 p.m.
|
| Advanced
Bargaining |
This session will cover some of the most critical elements
of successful collective bargaining. The training will
include creating a winning bargaining proposal and contract
language, and creating and managing a successful bargaining
team. |
| Legal
Rights and Responsibilities |
Attendees
will have the opportunity to participate in a simulated
grievance while learning hands-on the techniques needed
to enforce a collective bargaining agreement and advocate
for employee rights at the local level.
|
Communicating
with Members-Internal Communications for Locals
|
Behind every successful local association is an effective
communications system. In this session, conferees will
learn the basics of how to build an effective local communications
program through print and electronic media. Topics will
include communications goal setting and priorities, newsletters
and other printed materials, Web site development, e-mails
and interpersonal communications.
|
| Education
Support Personnel Bargaining |
If you are a support staff employee in your school district,
this workshop is designed specifically for you. This is
an opportunity to taste many programs and resources that
are available to you and your local from experienced trainers.
We’ll discuss the latest in legal, advocacy, bargaining
laws in Missouri, strengthening your local, grievance
related issues and the dos and don’ts of work-related
internet use. You’ll be happy to participate.
|
| Building
Representative Training |
Local capacity begins with a strong network of Building
Representatives. This special “track” for
BRs will offer the basics in how to do this critical job.
Thursday morning’s session will cover the role of
the Building Rep in the local and offer tips on building-level
membership recruitment. The afternoon session will cover
the Building Rep’s role in local communications
and how to advocate for members and your association.
|
| Enhancing
Your Member Benefits Comfort Level: Tools You Can Use
to Make Members’ Lives Better |
So you think you don’t know very much about Member
Benefits. You don’t feel comfortable talking about
it. In this session you will learn techniques to promote
membership by providing members with tools to solve their
every day problems and needs. Join us to learn: practical
use of websites, strategies to provide solutions to members’
unique personal needs, and methods to incorporate the
MB message into member recruitment and engagement activities.
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FRIDAY
EARLY-BIRD TRAINING SESSIONS
Morning Sessions – 8:30-9:30 a.m.
|
- Using
Member Benefits to Sell Membership
- First-Timers
Breakfast with President and Executive Director (limited
to 60)
- Legal
Rights
- Financial
Recordkeeping for Locals
- What’s
the Difference?
- Coordinated
Bargaining Councils
- Winning
a Bargaining Recognition Campaign (or “What
Happened in Wentzville?”)
- ESP
Discussion (this session will continue into the local
planning time, in the same room)
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