September 3, 2003 / Volume 22, Number 3
"WOW!" about sums up the success of our New Member Rebate drive that ended September 17! FEA and many locals across the state are jealous and want to know how we're doing it! We signed up many new members at both of the district's New Teacher Orientations and several BR's have been doing a fantastic job getting their teachers to join OCEA.
Even though the FEA-sponsored $30 rebate ended 9/17, the push is still on for new members. And to make recruiting more enticing, beginning Friday, October 17 and continuing until the Spring Fling, you will receive a $15 recruiter's bonus for each new member you recruit! Plus, two contests are still running:the school recruiting the most members AND the schools with 100% membership. I believe breakfasts are involved for the winners of those contests, which end in March.
Thanks for your continued support and keep those membership
applications coming in. If I can be of any help with your
membership recruitment, please let me know!
Greg Butler
2nd VP/Membership
Annual Pre-Retirement Seminar
January 27, 2004
Edge Elementary School
6:30 PM
Hosted by the Gulf Coast Uni/Serv- Retired
Main speaker will be a representative from the Florida
Retirement System, probably Mr. Doug Cherry. He will
keep you up to date on any new or old information you
want to know. Other speakers are being lined up. If
you are planning to retire during the next five years,
this is a 'must' meeting.
John G. Haass
President, GCS/S-R
Oct. 9 - Exec Board Mtg. 4:15 P.M.
Oct. 10 - End of 1st Grading Period.
Oct. 13 - Teacher Workday
School Board Meeting 6:00
P.M. District Office
Oct 16 - BR Mtg. OCEA Office 4:15 P.M.
Oct. 26- DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS
Oct. 27- School Board Meeting 4:00
P.M. Crestview
Nov. 6 - Exec Board Mtg. 4:15 P.M.
Nov. 11 - No School
Thanksgiving holidays
OCEA
348 Highway 190
Valparaiso, FL 32580
Office: 850-678-5940
Fax: 850-678-0984
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Executive Director -
Denise Megiel-Rollo
President -
Sheila Olsen
Secretary -
Diane Jenkins
Editor -
Monica Miller
Webmaster -
Lynn Kane
Sheila's ShoutsWell, the end of the first nine weeks has past. I hope that everything has fallen into place in your room, school and with your students. I wanted to bring you up to date on Negotiations. We, your Association, realized that this year would be a full book, so we approached the District with the proposal that we would start in January and do an article a month, in hopes that we would be finished by the end of summer. It sounded very realistic to us. Well, months passed where no real decisions (or as we call them TAs) were made and then the District brought forth the Literacy Coaches, Virtual High School, and then the report card. Now it is the end of September and it appears hopeful that we may soon be done. The next Negotiations are on October 22nd, and we hope to be able to come to closure on the contract and money.
Remember that November 1st is the date that the new law takes place when the State of Florida Statute becomes law. Teachers employed at that school as of this date shall receive the A plus bonus money. Just a reminder as I know many schools are already working on their plans.
The District informs us that some new teachers will be hired and some teachers may have to be shifted due to class size. If you have a member that will be shifted to another school, please let us know so we can change your school list and to offer any assistance that we can to our members.
As always, give yourself a pat on the back for growing new membership. Remember to ask everyone to join as we know that we have always been an organization that believes that united we stand!!!
We hope that everyone had a productive workday and that it was just that - YOU WORKING IN YOUR ROOM ON REPORT CARDS. If you have heard of meetings, in-service and other things please let me know. The District informs me that the OMR sheets are ordered and that the online version of the report card will be restored to last year's version, for the most part. The only differences should be that there will be NO S,N,or U, and instead Handwriting, Art, and Behavior will be graded on the same A,B,C scale as all other subjects.
If you have any questions, comments, input about anything, please contact me at 863-2582. As issues arise, regardless of how big or how small, your Association is always there for you.
The Negotiations Team has been hard at work on the contract. Since this is a full book year, it has taken a great deal of work. There are several areas of agreement on articles and some outstanding articles.
A urinary tract infection occurs when bacteria enter the urinary tract and reproduce. Over 8 million Americans seek medical attention for urinary tract infections annually. Women are especially susceptible: one in five women will have at least one urinary tract infection during her life.
The condition is less common in men, but can become serious when infection does occur. Most urinary tract infections occur in the urethra (urethritis), but they can spread to the bladder, causing cystitis, another name for bladder infection. In some cases the infection can even reach the kidneys, a serious condition called pyelonephritis, or kidney infection.
The urinary tract is the body's filtering system for removal of liquid wastes. Women are especially susceptible to bacteria, which may invade the urinary tract and multiply resulting in infection. Although most urinary tract infections (UTI) are not serious, they are painful.
Symptoms of a urethral infection generally include inflammation and pain at the urethral opening. Urinating is often painful due to this inflammation.
While pain at the beginning of the urethra indicates urethritis, pain that seems to originate further into the urethra is one of the many bladder infection symptoms. Other symptoms include frequent urination, often accompanied by an urgent need to urinate, and urine may be cloudy or bloody. Fever is sometimes present.
While symptoms of bladder infections in women include those given above, women may also experience pressure just above the pubic bone during a bladder infection.
Symptoms that suggest bladder infections may also indicate kidney problems. Additional symptoms of kidney infections include high fever or chills. Back pain localized around the infected kidney is quite common and ranges from mild discomfort to sharp, stabbing pains. Nausea and vomiting are also possible indicators of kidney infection.
This information is from 2 separate articles pieced together. Use what you want and discard the rest. It should help support the nurses and teachers especially. Of course the action taken for clearing one up is this: UTI's are treated with antibacterial drugs. The choice of drug and length of treatment depends on the patient's history and the urine tests that identify the offending bacteria. The sensitivity test is especially useful in helping the doctor select the most effective drug. The drugs most often used to treat routine, uncomplicated UTI's are trimethoprim (Trimpex), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, Cotrim), amoxicillin (Amoxil, Trimox, Wymox), nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin, Furadantin), and ampicillin. It is recommended to increase your intake of fluids and cranberry juice will help keep the ph of the tract at its optimal level.
The two highest known occupations supporting UTI'S are nurses and teachers.
October 16 - Teacher Rights, Educational Law, Tort liability, Sexual Misconduct - Pam Cooper November 13 - Legal and Copyright Issues Dealing with the Internet - Denise
High School Teachers: In these days of uncertainty, you may want to consider additional areas of certification to provide more flexibility. You can go to http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/adding.asp to find out about additional certifications and about the exams to take. http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/sub_exams.asp You may be able to take some of the tests online!