SUMMER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEE RIGHTS

Employee rights is the focus of a summer advocacy training sponsored by NEA-NM and conveniently planned at the headquarters here in Santa Fe on July 28 and 29, 2005. We've heard often that the NEA-NM summer trainings are not convenient for Santa Fe members. So, let's see new and old faces at a session that's designed with Association Reps in mind.

You don't have to be a building rep. Everyone's welcome because the subject matter affects us all. You might be a rep now who would like to train someone new to take your place. Or you're just interested in being more informed for yourself, your close colleagues.

The session begins at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 28. We'll be role playing to practice building relationships with potential members in our building and school district. The afternoon session is entitled, "'But I'm not qualified...' and how an AR or someone like you can handle the most challenging situations on the building level.

And then on Friday, July 29, 2005, our own Employee Rights chair Melody McCormick will give an employee rights clinic. Watch your colleagues find solutions to some of the most difficult cases Melody has handled. It's all done through role playing of course, but Melody will base the cases on situations she's actually worked through. Learn what "sequential discipline" means and how to solve problems at the "lowest possible level." Leave with handouts that will make your job easier.

To register, call Marguerite Kearns at 505-986-2856.