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NEWS BULLETIN March
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NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS
Volume 48, No. 7
“RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!” Welcome Delegates to the 48th Annual NCAE Convention
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Have You Had Enough? educators, the need for new school construction, and the Enough is enough! That is safety of our students, the other piece of this narrative. the mantra that is resonating As I watched news of the most recent massacre at Parkland across this country with our High School, I, like many of you, thought how tired I am of educators and our students. In seeing this devastation occur over and over again. Again, like West Virginia, it’s educators many of you, I thought that after the shooting at Sandy Hook, striking for their rights to better which took the lives of mere babies, something would be wages, benefits, and working done to curb the gun violence that plagues this country far conditions. For students, it’s too often. But nothing happened. And, here we find lifting their voices for safer ourselves, once again, picking up the pieces and trying to schools. Mark Jewell make sense of this tragedy. But, what has ignited is the rising As a former educator in West up of our young people, who are making it clear they are fed Virginia, I am proud of the up with lives being lost. These young people are not our actions currently taking place; leaders of tomorrow, they are our leaders of today. When you actions that are a result of grassroots efforts. Some of you have thousands of students who have reached out to me asking if we can walk out of their schools in do what those in West Virginia are doing. “Weather it’s WVEA or NCAE, it’s about fighting protest in support of safer My answer…can we? Will you? for what’s best for kids. We know that in order to schools, that’s powerful! What has made that movement so continue to attract top-quality candidates into Watching the results of the successful is that the educators in all 55 the profession, it has to be done with competitive West Virginia strike unfold and districts have banned together in salaries, good rich benefits, and treating the actions of our students offer solidarity, and they have the support of educators with respect!” lessons from which we can parents, community members, and learn. Both bring me hope district leaders. Although we have 115 because it shows how resilient districts here in North Carolina, we could we are and the determination we have to make things better do the same, as long as we unite to let those in power know and not stopping until we do. that what they are doing to public education in our state is What we are experiencing is a shift in leadership. wrong and we are not going to take it anymore! But we also Leadership that is undeniable, leadership that will only grow have to engage our partners, friends of public education, and and strengthen to ensure what’s happening now does not others who see why lifting our voices and implementing a continue to happen. What is our part in this as an call to action is so important. With the General Assembly association? Without question WE need to help lead the way. returning in May, we need to lock arms on how to address So I ask again…can we? Will you? the teacher pipeline crisis, competitive salaries for all
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NCAE Helps Children Celebrate Read Across America Day 2018! 1
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1) President Jewell reads “Oh the Places You Will Go” to students at Forest Park Elementary. 2) Kindergarteners at Forest Park enjoy being read to by LaToya Johnson of NEA. 3) The Cat in the Hat gave out lots of high-fives. 4) This tot eyes a green egg and ham biscuit at Brier Creek Common’s RAA event. 5) A class at Grove Park Elementary give VP Moore their full attention.
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6) FCAE President Ronda Mays reads “The Foot Book.” 7) First Lady Kristin Cooper read to students at a school in Northampton County. 8) Executive Director Rachelle Johnson enjoyed the event just as much as the students.
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9 9) Children from across Wake county came to hear guest readers like NCAE member Rahnesia Best who read Dr. Suess favorites at the Brier Creek Commons RAA event. 10) Two sisters pose in signature red-and-white stovepipe hats. More photos are available on the NCAE Flickr page.
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A Salute to Excellence!
Congratulations to NCAE member Bobbie Cavnar, who was named the recipient of the NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, D.C. last month. The award is one of public education’s most prestigious and comes with a prize of $25,000. A 12th grade language arts teacher at South Point High School in Gaston County, Cavnar said in his acceptance remarks, “Many of our great artists and thinkers and inventors were born into poverty and were given the opportunity to let their genius show. That’s how public education equalizes life.” Cavnar was nominated for the award by NCAE. He was one of 38 public school educators selected by their state education associations who were honored by the NEA Foundation and more than 900 guests. On stage to congratulate Cavnar were, from left Gary Phoebus, president and CEO of NEA Member Benefits; NCAE President Mark Jewell; and Harriett Sanford, president and CEO of the NEA Foundation. Click here to see a video of Cavnar created by his students.
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Members Seek Positions as NCAE Officers Click on the candidate’s name to read his/her statement and biographical information. REMEMBER...Voting Days are March 24 (beginning at 7 p.m.) through March 29 (ending at 11:59 p.m.)
NCAE President
NCAE Vice President
Mark Jewell
Kristy Moore
Region 1A Director (3-year term)
LeAnna Delph
Michael Waters
Region 7A Director (3-year term)
Terri Gallop
NEA Director (3-year term)
Amy Harrison
Region 2 Director (3-year term)
Ronda J. Mays
Ronda J. Mays
Lenwood Thompson III
Region 3 Director (3-year term)
Linda Davis
Melessia Winborne
Education Support Professionals Division President (2-year term)
Vice President
Karen Slade
Tijuana Greene
Cynthia Pitt
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Members Seek Positions as NCAE Officers (Continued from page 5)
Education Support Professionals Division Treasurer (1-year term)
Beverly Miller
Jocelyn Morrison
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Jameel Williams
Carol Stubbs
Licensure Renewal Requirements as of January 2018 per SB 599 Required CEUs
8.0 Requirements for licenses expiring on June 30, 2018 8.0
8.0 Requirements for licenses expiring after June 30, 2019 8.0
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Why I Belong
Region 5 director (3-year term)
Region 6 director (3-year term)
Licensure Renewal Year
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Requirements of Renewing a regular license
Grades K-8 3.0 Subject/Content Area 3.0 Literacy 2.0 General Grades 9-12 3.0 Subject/Content Area 5.0 General Grades K-8 3.0 Subject/Content Area 3.0 Literacy 2.0 Digital Learning Competencies Grades 9-12 3.0 Subject/Content Area 3.0 General 2.0 Digital Learning Competencies
Requirements for National Board Renewal Credits
“I have been a member of NCAE for 29 years. The advocacy and work the organization does at the state level is why I remain a member. I don’t know where we [educators] would be without the advocacy that NCAE brings to our field. Education is so litigious. The way the general public perceives education has really changed over the years and I appreciate what NCAE does and can offer in today’s times. As an administrator, I think it’s important to be a member of the Association because we have a hard time retaining teachers. We have a hard time keeping folks excited and enthusiastic about the teaching profession. NCAE offers opportunities for collegiality that reaches beyond our walls to the state and national levels.” – Donna Horton Berry, principal of Carter High School in Forsyth County
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“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” -- Victor Hugo
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One-Bed, One Head
Member Provides Homeless Students With Beds “How can we expect kids to dream about their future when they don’t even have their own bed?” is a question that prompted member Tim Barnsback to recently start the non-profit organization One Head-One Bed, which provides beds to homeless public school students. A teacher at Heritage Middle School in Burke County, Barnsback said he could not sit back and do nothing after learning about several students who were homeless/transient and sharing beds with adults and younger students. He discovered one of those students is a friend of his son. “Homelessness among our students is a growing problem,” said Barnsback, who helped deliver beds to eight students just before Christmas last year, thanks to a generous donation by a local organization. “No matter where students stay, they should always have the comfort and security of sleeping in their own bed.” When requests begin for beds began to pour in, Barnsback partnered with a friend who works at Disc-o-Bed, a company that offers portable sleep solutions. They work with the county’s
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act liaison and guidance counselors to identify students in need. “When the need is identified, I deliver the bed to the county liaison, who makes sure the student gets the bed.” Students who meet the McKinney-Vento criteria include those who live in shelters, motels, campgrounds, or are doubled up with others due to loss of housing or economic hardship. Barnsback said a GoFundMe page was created that has allowed for the purchase of 18 more beds, which is serving an additional 36 homeless students. He is communicating with schools and community partners in Buncombe, Mecklenburg, and Wake counties to expand the outreach and impact. “According to the North Carolina Homeless Education Program, last year there were an estimated 30,000 homeless students in our state, a 137 percent increase since 2006-2007,” added Barnsback. “These students struggle every day just to survive, and added to that, many of them are struggling in school. It is my hope that
Tim Barnsback, center, talks with WBTV anchors Brigida Mack, left, and Delano Little about the work of One Head-One Bed to provide homeless students with beds.
this program will provide them with some stability, which will hopefully lead to a more productive learning environment.” For more information, contact Tim Barnsback at OneHeadOneBed@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/ OneHeadOneBed.
NBC Network Spring Sessions PROUD MOMENTS Congratulations to NCAE members Oliver Holley and Linda Gunter for being appointed by Gov. Cooper to the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System. The appointment has been on hold for nearly a year by the General Assembly, but recently the Senate unanimously confirmed their appointment.
As you continue your National Board journey, NCAE has the following spring sessions to provide you with a deep dive into Component 1, along with coaching by NBCTs and guided reading sessions. Space is limited. NCAE NBC Spring Seminar 1 -- Reading and Coaching with NBCTs (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.). Click here to register. Region 7A and 7B: March 10 at White Oak Elementary School, Edenton, N.C. Region 4 and 5: March 10, Chatham County Agricultural Conference Center, Pittsboro, N.C. Region 2: March 10, Poplar Springs Elementary, King, N.C. Region 3: TBD, Phillip O’Berry Technology Magnet School
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Gun Violence in Schools... #EnoughIsEnough Days of Action Being Planned “Bringing more guns into our schools does nothing to protect our students and educators from gun violence. Our students need more books, art, and music programs, nurses and school counselors; they do not need more guns in their classrooms. Parents and educators overwhelming reject the idea of arming school staff. Educators need to be focused on teaching our students. We need solutions that will keep guns out of the hands of those who want to use them to massacre children and educators. Arming teachers does nothing to prevent that. We owe it to the students and school personnel, who’ve lost their lives at schools and on campuses across the country, to work together so that we can thoughtfully and carefully develop common sense solutions that really save lives.” -- NEA President Lily Eskelsen-Garcia in response to President Trump’s proposal to arm teachers and school staff in an effort to prevent mass shootings.
.................................................................................................................................. Since the February 14 massacre at Parkland High School, and prior tragedies over the past several years, educators, students, parents, and community leaders are standing up against the gun violence that is plaguing our schools. Later this month, three action events are being planned in which NCAE and NEA will show support. We encourage you to mark your calendars and participate: •
March 14 – The Women’s March has announced a National School Walkout. The idea behind this day is that school communities will walk out of their schools for 17 minutes to honor the lives lost in Parkland. NCAE and NEA will join with AFT in encouraging educators throughout the country to wear orange on this day instead of Red for Ed.
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March 24 – Several students who survived the tragedy at Parkland have called for a student-led march and protest. They are planning to come to Washington, D.C. to meet with politicians on the need to address gun violence and are encouraging others to join. There are other local marches being planned around the country. This is a fully studentplanned march. NCAE Convention will be taking place on this day and there are plans to honor the victims of Parkland and show our support for the march on the 24th. More information on the march can be found at https:// www.marchforourlives.com/.
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April 20 (SAVE THE DATE) – Together with the National Public Education Network, American Federation of Teachers, Moms Demand Action, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence, and other national organizations, NCAE and NEA are calling on communities to take action against gun violence on April 20 together in a way that sends a strong message to policymakers that #EnoughIsEnough. April 20 marks the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy.
Right now, specific plans are being developed for April 20 and we will share more in the coming weeks. We also ask that you help us spread the word about this day of action. In all of the events, we will be supportive of students, educators, parents, and community leaders organizing for change to end gun violence in their schools/communities. We call on principals, administrators, and school districts to support them as well. Together, we will make a strong statement to stand up against gun violence against our students and schools. For more information on the student walkouts, click here.
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NCAE Operation Cooperation Outreach Project 2018
It all begin in 2011 in a dusty, crowded garage filled with donated books -- Book Harvest -- the brainchild of founder Ginger Young. Located in Durham, NC, Book Harvest provides FREE books to children who need them and engages families and communities to promote children’s life-long literacy and academic success. To date, the organization has harvested more than 700,000 books! PLEASE BRING NEW AND GENTLY USED CHILDREN’S BOOKS TO THE NCAE CONVENTION IN RALEIGH TO SUPPORT THIS WORTHY CAUSE. COLLECTION BINS WILL BE AVAILABLE NEAR THE REGISTRATION AREA.
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DEALS
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Dates to Remember NEA Click & Save
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Seeing signs of spring? NEA Click & Save, the online discount buying service for NEA members, highlights select retailers and merchants each month. Check out these featured “Buy-Lights” for March. •
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Tax Preparation Software – Save on tax preparation software products from H&R Block and Turbo Tax. Offers will vary throughout tax season. Lowes – Take advantage of winter clearance deals in most departments before they’re gone. Etsy – Find the perfect handmade gift from hundreds of crafters. Earn 2X WOWPoints on your purchase. Bed, Bath & Beyond – Find the largest selection of products for the home at everyday low prices. Top brands include Wamsutta, Cuisinart, Oneida, and Mikasa. Great for setting up a wedding registry, too! Container Store – The original storage and organization specialty retailer – products designed to save time, space, and improve your quality of life!
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International Working Women’s Day Daylight Savings Time Begins Freedom of Information Day St. Patrick’s Day First Day of Spring International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination NCAE Convention, Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel
Child Life Month Expanding Girls Horizons in Science & Engineering Month Music In Our Schools Month National March Into Literacy Month National Women’s History Month Youth Art Month
NEA Travel If you like shopping, you will love NEA Click & Save, the membersonly online mall! There are thousands of retailers to choose from and exclusive deals on your favorite brands. To register or log in, visit www.NEAMB.com/ clickandsave.
Say goodbye to winter and hello to spring vacation with travel deals through the NEA Member Benefits Travel Program. You can save on hotels and resorts, car rentals, and guided tours. Visit www.neamb.com/neavacations.
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