Sessions for skill development and professional growth

The following sessions are designed for your personal growth, professional and leadership development, political action and/or skill building. Each session identifies a target audience of teachers, educational support professionals or both. All members are welcome to attend any session. Sessions are 90 minutes long except as noted.

Building Leadership Skills
• Affiliate Standards and Responsibilities
• Building Effective Community Coalitions*
• Emerging Leaders (8 sessions)
• Getting Your Members More Active
• Just for New(er) Local Presidents (4 sessions)
• Local Treasurer’s Training
• Looking at Teacher/Administrator Relationships
• Making the Connection: Developing Ongoing Relationships with Members
• Meet & Confer
• Member Rights Advocate I & II (6 sessions)
• Member Rights Advocate III (4 sessions)
• Open Forum for Local Presidents
• Roles and Responsibilities of Building Representatives
• So You Want To Be a Leader?*
• Tongue Tied Therapy: Build Your Public Speaking Skills!*
• Training for Local Membership Contacts – ESP locals
• Training for Local Membership Contacts – Teacher locals
• True Colors*

A Day in the Life of the Local Union
• Conflict in the Workplace
• Constitution & Bylaws
• Education Minnesota – Our Shared Legacy
• ESP Issues and Interests
• Facebook Essentials*
• Fostering Effective Teamwork*
• Getting Started on Twitter*
• Health Care Options
• It’s Hard to Breathe: Indoor Air Quality in Schools*
• Local Union Website – Sitecore Foundry 101
• Local Union Website – Sitecore Foundry 201
• Managing Change*
• One-on-One Conversations
• Options for People Facing Work Challenges*
• Speaking to the Media – Making your Messages Matter*
• Teachers and Paraprofessionals/Education Assistants: Working Together, Educating Effectively
• This is (Legal) Jeopardy!

Achieving an Equitable Contract Settlement
• Advocacy and Closing the Learning Gap*
• ATPPS: The Union Perspective
• Certified Negotiator Program for ESP (7 sessions)
• Certified Negotiator Program for Teachers (7 sessions)
• Issues Related to PELRA: Defending Our Bargaining Rights*
• Knowing is Half the Battle*
• Local Contract Action Team Training (8 sessions)
• National Healthcare Reform*
• Negotiating Workload Issues
• Organizing for Settlement
• PEIP: An Update on the Public Employees’ Insurance Program*
• Teacher Evaluation – Policies, Practices & Advocacy*

Professional Development
• CPR Recertification* (2 sessions – $45 fee)
• Cultural Competence*
• Differentiating Instruction*
• EZ Sign Language*
• Foundation for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• How to Deal with Bullying*
• How to Help English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom*
• Making Data Work for You*
• Making Parents and Guardians Partners in Educating Students*
• Managing Student Behavior*
• National Board Certified Teacher Program
• Put Excel to Work for You!*
• Response to Intervention (RtI) I
• Response to Intervention (RtI) II*
• Special Education – Don’t Go it Alone!
• Special Education Basics for ESPs*
• Teacher Licensure Update
• The Puzzle of Autism*
• Translating Policy into Practice: TALL Looks at New Laws and Politics*
• Working With Teenagers: A Survival Guide*

Personal Growth
• Energize Yourself!
• Financial Concerns for Women
• Home Buying and Selling
• Investment Planning and Education for Teachers
• Life and Work: Balancing or Juggling?
• Pension Education/Investment Planning for PERA Members
• Principles of Wills/Trusts/Estate Planning & Long Term Care
• Relax! Yes, You Can
• So You Want To Be a Staff Member?
• Understanding Your Pension
• Who Are You? Protect Yourself From Identity Theft*

Political Action and Organizing
• Community Organizing
• Education Minnesota Can Help You Win Local Elections
• Education Minnesota Republican Members: Getting Involved*
• Federal PAC Fundraising – How to Raise Money
• K-12 Business Connection
• Labor, Teachers and the Environment
• Local Elections Work Session
• Meet the Teacher Legislators
• New Member Program – Understanding Collective Power!*
• Overview of the Legislative Session*
• Screening and Recommending School Board Candidates

* New for 2011

April 01, 2010