UNCONSTITUTIONAL

GREAT JOB!

Lawsuits by LAE, LFT and LSBA (Louisiana School Board Association) resulted  in a big win in court. Members can read more on LAE.org.

A TIME FOR THANKFULNESS

THANKSGIVING 

Acadia Association would like to send out holiday wishes. May you and your family have a happy and safe Thanksgiving. 

"EXERCISE"

Today is Election Day !!

Don't forget to exercise your right to VOTE!
Every vote counts............. Get out there and do your thing.

TFA TRAINING AND LAPSED TEACHER CERTIFICATE!

Louisiana's State Evaluator Only Has TFA Training

Another Teach for America executive in Louisiana, is now in a position to evaluate "REAL" 

teachers. She is a  non-certified teacher with only 2 years experience, and that is teaching based

on a crash course training through TFA? What about the Praxis? Did she take it ? 

I wonder if  her two years of teaching was evaluated? 

 http://theadvocate.com/home/4004848-125/evaluator-defends-not-renewing-own  
  

But let us also remember that; the person who developed the evaluation program for 

Louisiana and who trained principals on how to evaluate teachers, had NO teaching 

experience at all and NO training in education!

Interesting, very interesting!! 

ATTENTION ACADIA PARISH EDUCATORS.....

Listen Up!

During the 2012 Legislative Session, legislators passed laws that will drastically alter your working conditions. It's time to learn about the impacts these laws will have on your profession.

• WHAT:  Join leaders of the Acadia Association of Educators (AAE) as they host a discussion surrounding Louisiana's new education laws, Acts 1 & 2. 
• WHEN:   Tuesday, October 9, 2012 @ 5:30 p.m.
• WHERE:  Rice Palace -- 2015 North Cherokee Drive, Crowley, LA

For additional information about the discussion session you may contact one of the following: 
          LAE UniServ Director,  Marcus Thomas--- marcus.thomas@lae.org 
         AAE President, Ms. Donna M. Wilridge--- donna_wilridge1@hotmail.com
         AAE Treasurer, Mrs. Mona Prudhomme---- monaprudhomme@yahoo.com


It's time to get informed. Hope to see you there.

REMINDER

Meeting

Hope everyone had a great four days work week! 
This is a reminder about the monthly meeting for Acadia Association of Educators.

                              Date:  Tuesday, September 11, 2012
                              Time:  5:30 p.m.
                              Place:  Rice Palace Meeting Room

Have a wonderful weekend and hope to see you at the meeting. 

BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS!!

 A Fresh School Year

School clothes check,  school supplies check, school buses picking up students check, ringing of school bells check, smell of cafeteria food check and Friday night football double check. All of this and many more are the beginning of a new school year.
This is also a reminder about dues. NO money from local, state or national dues go towards national campaigns. Example of this: The presidential election. Money for national campaigns come from a separate PAC which is voluntary. In Louisiana, all of the Louisiana Association of Educators'  PAC money is for Louisiana politics only. GET THE FACTS:  If you have any questions contact the LAE office for more information.
Acadia Association of Educators would like to wish everyone a happy and successful school year.

REMINDER

Acadia Association A.R.'s

Well school started and we should all be back in the swing of things. This is a reminder to all A.R.'s:

•  Remember it is time to turn in all membership enrollment forms, and membership rosters.  Let's get this done as soon as possible. If you have any questions contact Mrs. Mona Prudhomme, treasurer or myself Ms. Donna M. Wilridge, president. 

 Enjoy the rest of the week!

 

SCHOOL TIME!

Acadia Parish Schools Are Now Session

On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Acadia Parish students returned to school. Acadia Association of Educators would like to wish everyone a successful school year.

Teacher Contracts

Executive Director of Personnel and Acadia Association Members Meet

On Friday, August 10, 2012 Acadia Parish Executive Director of Personnel, Mrs. Ellan Kay Baggett met with  Acadia Association of Educators officers and  Marcus Thomas, UniServ Director. The Acadia Parish Association of Educators is the local affiliation of the Louisiana Association of Educators. 
Louisiana Association of Educators is proactive on teacher contracts. New legislation passed Act 1 that states compensation, salary, number of days and number of hours will not be definite unless specified in a contract. Today we proposed our contract language to Acadia Parish Executive Director of Personnel Ellan K. Baggett who was very helpful in our early stages of agreeing on a future final product. 

Pictured above: Ms. Donna M. Wilridge, Mrs. Mona Prudhomme, Mrs. Ellan K. Baggett and Mrs. Linda Abshire.

Join LAE NOW!!

Getting the Jump on New Enrollments

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY! 
We all have so much to do in so little time before school starts. Some of the following may be racing through the minds of teachers:

• My classroom is done. At least I thought so.  I have 28 students and 23 desks. Where am I suppose to put 5 more desks?

• Did I remember to post my classroom expectations and consequences where they are visible to all?

• Am I ready for the new Core Curriculum? 

• Act 1, Act 2, Bulletin 130 what are they talking about ?

• What in the world does "At Will Teacher" mean?

• I thought I would be tenured after teaching this school year?
• When can I enroll in that very active Teachers' Union?

Well, today Acadia Association of Educators helped eased the minds of the new teachers in Acadia Parish. The Acadia Association members: Mona Prudhomme, Donna Wilridge, Cordelia Pizzalotto, Leana Miller and Uniserve Director, Marcus Thomas met with the new teachers during their back to school Technology Workshop and were successful recruiting new members. 


SORRY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEAS WHERE TO PUT THE FIVE EXTRA DESKS!! :)
 

AAE Leaders Return From Summer Leadership Ready to Take on a New School Year!

Acadia Association of Educators' Leaders Learn About New Laws that Stand to Impact Acadia's Public School Employees

AAE President Donald Richard, Vice President Linda Abshire, Treasurer Mona Prudhomme, Secretary Donna Wilridge, along with members Bertha Stevens, Sheryl Alexander, Cordelia Pizzalotto, Leanna Miller traveled to Marksville, LA to gather with education leaders from across the state at LAE's annual Summer Leadership Conference. This year, Cordelia Pizzalotto represented the Acadia Association as an Emerging Leader.
ALL WORK and NO PLAY!! All the workshops were very informative especially the Advocacy Training workshops that explained how ACT 1 & ACT 2 will change educators working conditions in the schools. All AAE members were engaged in various trainings throughout the entire week and are anxious to share information with the association members.

AAE members Cordelia Pizzalotto, Mona Prudhomme, and Donna Wilridge take a minute to smile for LAE's cameras at Summer Leadership 2012.

AAE's Emerging Leader Cordelia Pizzalotto gets goofy in photo of the 2012 Emerging Leader class.

AAE Vice President Linda Abshire shares the AAE's crest with LAE summer leaders.

WELCOME

Hello Acadia Parish Educators!!!!

Thanks for stopping by our brand spankin' new blog! We're here to keep you in the "know" about what's going on in the world of public education in Acadia Parish! We want to be your local source for education news in Acadia Parish. Check back frequently for the most current updates on AAE activities and information vitial to your professional future.