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Published by the TENNESSEE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION  January 2011  Vol. 42, No. 5
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Waiting for
Haslam.
New Governor, New Legislature,
Same Old Story With the Economy
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Speaking Out for You
Gera Summerford, President
New Year Brings New Opportunities
Welcome, 2011!
As we begin a new year, we face many changes in public
education and in state government. The work to develop a
new evaluation model for teachers and principals continues.
Educators have a new chance to share their views of the
teaching and learning conditions in their schools. And the
challenge of higher curriculum standards
moves us into new territory. In Nashville,
a new governor and state legislature will
take office and begin the work of governing
our state while grappling with a strained
economy. Many of them will be entering this
work for the first time.
A time of change can be a time of
opportunity. The reforms of First to the
Top will provide opportunities to improve
student performance. Local school systems will have new
opportunities to provide quality professional development
for educators. New relationships with policymakers will give
us the opportunity to communicate the needs of students
and teachers. As newly-elected legislators prepare to govern
and make critical decisions for the future of our state,
it’s important they understand the challenges involved in
improving education. It’s our job to help them understand
these challenges.
Though many things will change, many will remain
constant. Tennessee educators will continue to make every
effort to help students in our classrooms. We will continue
to consult with our colleagues, make use of all available
resources, and develop our best practices. Children will still
come to school each day with a variety of talents and abilities,
and will still need our guidance to develop and grow into
productive citizens. Teachers, principals and support staff
will still need the support of families and communities to
effectively improve student learning. Though budgets are
tight, appropriate supplies and materials are still necessary
for children to receive a quality educational experience. These
things don’t change when a new state government is elected or
a new reform effort is legislated.
While teachers continue to work hard in their classrooms,
TEA members and staff will continue to work hard to represent
your interests. In local associations across the state, our
members will persist in bargaining local contracts. With the
help of our UniServ coordinators, meetings will again be held
with legislators to share our concerns and communicate our
positions. When school employees are treated unfairly, local
association leaders and TEA staff will consistently stand by you
and stand for you.
And in Nashville, every time the legislature convenes, TEA
is there. Every time the State Board of Education meets, TEA is
there. Every time decisions are made that affect what goes on
in our schools, TEA fights for Tennessee’s teachers and their
best interests. We are the voice of educators speaking on your
behalf to state government—in 2011 and beyond.
Al Mance, Executive Director
Commitment to Professional Teaching
Requires Determination in Tough Times
Pervasive public discussions about failing schools have been at the
core of education change since 1983. While the 1980’s discussions were
precipitated by publication of A Nation at Risk, the current national
education discussions are stimulated by the near collapse of America’s
economic system.
During times of economic recession Americans tend to look for
someone to blame. The public looks for something
outside of themselves to hold accountable for the
prevailing conditions. When all else fails they blame
public school teachers, thus avoiding individual
responsibility. George Bernard Shaw said, “Liberty
means responsibility. That is why most men dread
it.”
The public has assigned to public school teachers
the moral obligation to successfully teach all
students. Career professional teachers have always
accepted this obligation. They will not shrink from it now.
The public has never understood professional teaching but thinks it
does. To everyone who has attended school, teaching looks deceptively
easy. Exploiting this perception of teachers gave No Child Left Behind its
political traction.
The parent who feels good about teaching her infant may be perplexed
when the child becomes a toddler and begins to speak. That same
confident parent who becomes a public school teacher quickly learns how
woefully inadequate his or her parenting skills are for teaching 20 first
graders. Of course, anyone who has not studied education should not be
expected to understand the complexities of teaching.
Teachers do not teach only those students they have known and
watched develop from birth to their classroom. Public school students
come from diverse backgrounds. It is the professional’s job to teach all of
them. The contextual factors of socioeconomics, class size, interruptions,
number of absentees, racial makeup of the class, and day of the week will
all influence the teachers’ “instructional behaviors.”
The gap between the status and value of the teaching profession is
born, in part, of the distorted image the public has of its complexity. The
profession has not yet developed the rhetoric necessary to explain this
complexity to the public and policy makers and to develop their trust. It
must fight for a place in the education policy-making arena that allows its
voice to be heard in decision making about the conditions and contextual
influences under which professional teaching is practiced. This is the fight
we are facing.
The use of student growth data, as measured by standardized tests,
in teacher evaluation; incentive compensation schemes based on student
growth data; calls for increases in the length of probationary periods; and
the definition of effective teaching based on standardized test data are
direct results of the public’s misperception of professional teaching.
The recent shift of power in the Tennessee General Assembly may
generate new state education “reform” initiatives. Any probability that
they will produce improvements in teaching and learning conditions for
Tennessee’s teachers and students is exceedingly small. It is the job of
professional teachers to give ideas a fair hearing and prevent destructive
proposals from being adopted or implemented. Our moral obligation
to educate Tennessee’s boys and girls demand it. Your commitment and
willingness to help is needed now more than ever.
You count.
Governor-elect
Bill Haslam
on Education
On January 15, Governor-elect
Bill Haslam will be sworn in to lead
Tennessee for the next four years.
As TEA looks forward to constructive
dialog with our 49th governor,
we compiled a few statements on
education that candidate Haslam
made during his election campaign.
Successful organizations have
effective leaders. In business and as mayor,
it’s been obvious to me that leadership
matters. Our schools need good leadership
as well. The right principal will bring in
high quality teachers, support, develop and
retain those teachers, and create the right
environment for students to learn.
As I’ve traveled the state visiting
schools, meeting with teachers and
principals, and talking with local
education officials, I’ve seen examples
of innovative programs that are
popping up all across Tennessee.
With major recent outside investments in
Tennessee, including the Gates Foundation and
Memphis City Schools’ Teacher Effectiveness
Initiative and the announcement of Tennessee’s
win in the Race to the Top competition, it’s clear
that the rest of the country is beginning to notice
the momentum that is building around education
in Tennessee. As governor, I will capitalize on the
opportunity that exists, and a big part of that will be
doing whatever it takes to bring the best and brightest
into teaching in our great state.
Education is our best long-term
economic development strategy. If we want
our children to grow up and obtain good
jobs—and for our state to be able to attract
those jobs—we need a world class education
system. With Tennessee students ranking 41st
out of 50 states on national tests and nearly
28,000 students dropping out of high school
in a given year, we’ve got to do better. The next
governor of Tennessee must work tirelessly to
improve our schools.
[The] announcement that Tennessee
[is] one of the first winners of the federal
Race to the Top competition is a recognition
of the outstanding efforts of many people
and institutions across the state. . . Tennessee
has been building towards an opportunity
to transform our schools and accomplish
meaningful, lasting reforms that will benefit
generations to come. The challenge that comes
with [this] announcement will be effective
implementation of nonrecurring funding to
make sure our state secures the maximum
benefits from the award without imposing
future obligations on our state and local
districts.
From my years in business, I know that
every location needs a well-trained leader working
on-site with enough autonomy to make good
decisions—a leader who can be held accountable
for the operation under his or her supervision.
The next governor must have a strategy for
bringing more high quality teachers into the profession.
We have many outstanding teachers across the state and
we’re making strides in the area of teacher evaluation
and development. However, the state is facing a serious
challenge on the teaching front: At the same time we’re
working to improve the quality of teaching we’ve got
to increase the quantity of teachers we’re successfully
recruiting.
The bottom line
is that no one knows
better than parents
what is best for their
individual child. We
have to get parents
involved in their
child’s education, and
we have to put them in
the driver’s seat.
It’s essential that every classroom
in Tennessee is led by a highly effective
teacher. My strategy will not be to simply
wait and hope they come to us. I will
lead an aggressive effort to widen and
strengthen the pipeline into teaching and
actively recruit the best talent.
I want to improve education in
Tennessee school by school. To me, it starts
with good principals. Let’s recruit the right
people, give them the best training, and then
give them the freedom to lead.
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TEA Members Report Progress,
Challenges With Evaluation Work
Would like to see more feedback from colleagues
TEA members on the Teacher Evaluation Advisory share documents and suggestions, will demonstrate
Committee would like to see and hear more feedback how receptive teachers are to sharing ideas online.
TEA President Gera Summerford said more than
from Tennessee’s teachers as TEAC helps craft the
100 TEA members have volunteered to participate in
evaluation model required by the Tennessee First to
developing alternate growth measures for teachers
the Top Act.
of non-TVAAS subjects.
Formed shortly after our state received its
Summerford also welcomed feedback from
$501 million Race to the Top grant from the U.S.
teachers at schools which are currently field-testing
Department of Education in April 2010, TEAC’s 15the Teacher Advancement Program observation
member panel has been meeting every two weeks
rubric, as well as other models.
(sometimes via conference call) to devise the new
“The schools currently testing other models
teacher and principal evaluation system expected for
may seek approval from the state to use them in
rollout during the 2011-12 school year.
the future,” said Summerford. “We’re interested in
Since he began his work on the TEAC panel last
hearing from teachers in field-test schools to see
year, Jackson-Madison Co. EA member Jimmy Bailey
how well it’s working.” Summerford may be reached
said only three people have contacted him by e-mail
([email protected]). While he knows that everyone via e-mail at [email protected].
Carter Co. Teachers Association member Kenny
is pressed for time these days, he encourages more
Lou Heaton, also a member of TEAC, has high
feedback from his colleagues. “TEA members need
hopes for the TEAC recommendations. “I expect
to contact TEAC members and voice their concerns,”
recommendations made by TEAC, thus far, for
said Bailey, principal at Bemis Elementary School in
the formation and
Jackson. “If somebody
implementation
doesn’t tell us how they
of a new teacher
feel about it, we’re not
TEA President Gera Summerford:
evaluation model
going to know which
“We’re interested in hearing from
to work very well,”
direction we should go.”
Heaton said. “I have
Throughout the
teachers in field-test schools to
always been of the
process, TEA members
see how well it’s working.” E-mail
and staff have worked
personal belief that
to ensure that the new
teachers, just like
Gera: [email protected]
evaluation system is
the students we face
fair to all those who will
each day, will rise
be evaluated by it, is
to the occasion and
easily understood and implemented, and will lead
reach for the ‘bar’ when it is raised by enthusiastic,
to the identification and development of effective
supportive, intelligent, and strong instructional
teachers and principals in every Tennessee school
school leaders.” Heaton observed that not a
and classroom.
word coming from TEAC has been written without
“Please send e-mails, make sure you voice
research, discussion, and consensus—“always with
your opinion, go to the Web site (http://www.
what is best for the children forefront in our minds.”
tn.gov/education/TEAC.shtml) and sign up for
Still, there are a few challenges. As work
the newsletters and breaking news,” Bailey said.
continues on the development of the alternate
“Any time we meet, you’ll be able to look at the
growth measure for non-TVAAS teachers,
agenda and be sure to let us know what you don’t
Summerford said Tennessee’s teachers are concerned
understand. Let one of the TEAC members know.”
with the timeline for the development of these
Among the most recent developments, principal
measures.
evaluation guidelines have been recommended and
“The policy says that teachers without TVAAS
the evaluation is currently being field-tested based
data will use school-wide data until the appropriate
on the TILS platform. Just as teachers are being
growth measures are developed,” she said. “We know
observed by principals, the principal evaluation now that many of our members have concerns about the
requires observations from the director of schools.
use of school-wide data.”
The development of online worksite portals for
Also on the radar are questions about a school
the new evaluation system is still in progress. The
board’s ability to impartially resolve a teacher’s
field test of those portals, which resembles a virtual
grievance when there is a question about the data
meeting room where participants will be able to
use in the new evaluation procedure.
TEA Scholarships Can Help
With Rising Tuition Costs
School Visit—Memphis EA members visited Westwood High
School in November. Pictured, from left to right: Susan
Harris, school librarian and MEA member; Derrick Bell, MEA
organizer; Victoria Norris, a first-year teacher and new MEA
member, and Mariangela Galbon, MEA Organizer. MEA—
working together for all members!
National Board Meeting—Ten districts in the Upper Cumberland area of Middle Tennessee will be participating in a
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Take One! initiative. The Take One! participants will be
supported by TEA members and other key educators who have gone through the NBPTS Candidate Support Provider
training which was held at the Sumner County Teacher Center on November 19-20. Trained Candidate Support Providers pictured here (left to right) include Cheryl Griggs, NBCT (Sumner EA); Betsy Taylor, NBCT (Williamson EA); Joan
Celestino, NBCT (NBPTS Faculty member kneeling); Shannon Bain (UniServ for District 12); Lori Sapp, NBCT (Putnam
EA), Rita Wilburn (Macon EA); Becky Hackett (Smith EA); Sharon Anderson (Putnam EA); Mary Pappas (Sumner EA);
Sandra Smith (Sumner EA); Mary Truka (Sumner EA); Kathy Butler (Sumner EA); and Linda Cash (Sumner EA).
TEA Salutes New National
Board Certified Teachers
Holiday Discounts—Cheatham County EA members met at
Ashland City Elementary School in December to participate in a “Click and Save” Party to find holiday discounts
on the TEA Web site. CCEA also purchased lanyards for each
member with the association logo emblazoned on the side.
Pictured, left to right: Melissa Durard, Susan Milburn and
Jenny Lockerman with their school’s lanyards.
National History Teacher of the
Year Award Nominations Sought
Do you know an outstanding K-6 teacher passionate
about American history? All social studies and elementary
educators who teach American History are welcome.
The National History Teacher of the Year Award offers
$10,000 to the best American history teacher. The national
winner is chosen from outstanding teachers in each state,
district and U.S. territory. State winners receive $1,000
in addition to an archive of books and other resources for
their school.
Sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Preserve
America and The History Channel, the award program will
accept nominations made by a student, parent, colleague,
supervisor or other education professional familiar with
the teacher’s work. Visit http://www.gilderlehrman.
org/nhtoy to nominate a teacher and learn more about
the award.
TEA salutes 35 members who became new National
Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in 2010. A total of
69 Tennessee teachers earned NBCT status this year,
bringing the total of NBCTs in Tennessee to 483.
Congratulations to the 2010 class of National
Board Certified Teachers and thank you for your
TEA membership: Lisa Bailey (Memphis City), Leah
Bishop (Franklin Special School District), Karen
Boles (Metro Nashville Public Schools), Katrina
Brown (Memphis City), Kimberly Buford (Memphis
City), Terrence Cain (Memphis City), Patrice
Campbell (Memphis City), Carol Cortez (Williamson
County), Allison Dudney (Putnam County), Jeffrey
Freiden (Memphis City), Kim Halyak (Memphis City),
Michelle Hatfield (Memphis City), Jennifer Havens
(Williamson County), Melissa Heim (Memphis
City), Allison King-Vester (Memphis City), Stacy
Klein (Metro Nashville), Cynthia May (Franklin
Special), Tiffany McCall (Memphis City), Katherine
McCormack (Hamilton County), Krystal McReynolds
(Kingsport City), Rena Neal (Memphis City),
Brenda Pollock (Metro Nashville), Raquel Ratchford
(Memphis City), Elizabeth Renneisen (Hamilton
County), Sherri Revord (Memphis City), Angela
Robertson (Memphis City), Molly Sehring (Metro
Nashville), Elaine Shearin (Memphis City), Karrah
Singletary (Hamilton County), Davida Smith-Keita
(Memphis City), Ann Taylor (Shelby County), Emily
Underwood (Memphis City), Mary Walton (Memphis
City), Sandra Watley (Memphis City), and Vernola
Williams (Memphis City).
Team Work—Shaun Lawson, Hickman
Co. EA treasurer and building
representative, and Retika Patterson
talk with members at the September
HCEA meeting (left). Shaun’s wife
Jamie (above) also serves as an HCEA
building representative.
Are you or someone you know wondering
how to afford the rising cost of college tuition in
these challenging economic times?
TEA offers up to eight Don Sahli-Kathy
Woodall scholarships of $500 or $1,000 each
year for students attending or planning to
attend a Tennessee college and major in
education. The application process is simple
and straightforward, requiring little more than
a short essay on why the applicant wants to be
a teacher. Scholarship winners are selected on
the basis of academic excellence, demonstrated
leadership abilities, economic need and—for all
but the graduate scholarship—demonstrated
interest in becoming a teacher.
Scholarships are offered each year in the
following categories:
Student Tennessee
Education Association, Sons and Daughters
of a TEA Member, Future Teachers of America,
Minority Student, Graduate Student. The
application deadline for all scholarships but the
Graduate Student scholarship is March 1. The
deadline for the Graduate scholarship is June 1.
More information about the available
scholarships, the legacy of Don Sahli and
Kathy Woodall, and application forms for the
scholarships are available on the TEA Web site at
www.teateachers.org. From the home page, click
on Scholarships and Awards.
Contributions to the Don Sahli-Kathy Woodall
Scholarship Fund of the Tennessee Education
Association are invited from TEA members,
friends and local affiliates. Every contribution
to the fund helps to grow a Tennessee teacher.
Speaker Named for 2011
TEA Spring Symposium
A former Green Beret will give the keynote
address at the 15th Annual Spring
Symposium to be held on April 1-2, 2011,
at the newly renovated Park Vista hotel in
Gatlinburg.
Eddie Williams, an Atlanta area speaker and
consultant, will talk about leadership, stress
management and other topics at the teaching
and learning symposium in the Great Smoky
Mountains.
More details are available on the TEA Web
site: www.teateachers.org.
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‘Show Me the Money’ Map
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6 6January 2011
s we flip the calendar, it’s good to take stock of what
we have and what’s ahead of us in the new year.
Tennessee’s teachers have not had a state salary
increase since 2007-08, but many associations
bargained or received salary increases at the local
level. As best seen on the map, associations with the most recent
salary increases tend to cluster together, as do those with no
salary increase since 2004-05. Often, the incentive for a pay
increase in one school system is inspired by the bargaining efforts
of a local association in a neighboring system.
The TEA research staff has listed school systems with the most
recent local salary increase as well as those that bargained or
received local increases for three consecutive years — our honor
roll.
For members in 22 out of 136 Tennessee school systems (or
16.18 percent), the last local salary increase was prior to 200405. Only 14 out of 136 school systems (or 10.29 percent) have
received local increases each of the last three years. The average
increase for those systems was 1.31 percent in 2009-10, 1.32
percent in 2008-09 and 4.13 percent in 2007-08 (year of the
3-percent state increase).
Also worthy of note, Overton Co. made progress in payment
toward health insurance over the five-year period since 2004-05
in lieu of providing salary increases.
As helpful as the local salary increases may seem, it’s
important to remember that state insurance premiums have risen
more than 30 percent between 2004 and 2010.
Indeed, as we emerge from the holiday season thankful for
what we have, it’s easy to realize that there is plenty for which to
bargain in the coming year.
Tennessee School Systems
With Year of Last Local
Salary Increase
Alamo City
Alcoa City
Anderson Co.
Athens City
Bedford Co.
Bells City
Benton Co.
Bledsoe Co.
Blount Co.
Bradford SSD
Bradley Co.
Bristol City
Campbell Co.
Cannon Co.
Carroll Co.
Carter Co.
Cheatham Co.
Chester Co.
Claiborne Co.
Clay Co.
Cleveland City
Clinton City
Cocke Co.
Coffee Co.
Crockett Co.
2008-09
2006-07
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
Pre 2004-05
2008-09
Pre 2004-05
2009-10
2008-09
2008-09
2007-08
Pre 2004-05
2007-08
2007-08
2006-07
2004-05
Pre 2004-05
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2007-08
2008-09
Cumberland Co. 2005-06
Davidson Co.
2004-05
Dayton City
2008-09
Decatur Co.
2009-10
DeKalb Co.
2007-08
Dickson Co.
2008-09
Dyer Co.
2008-09
Dyersburg City 2008-09
Elizabethton
City
2007-08
Etowah City
2009-10
Fayette Co.
2008-09
Fayetteville City 2009-10
Fentress Co.
Pre 2004-05
Franklin Co.
2008-09
Franklin SSD
2008-09
Gibson SSD
2008-09
Giles Co.
2006-07
Grainger Co.
2009-10
Greene Co.
2007-08
Greeneville City 2007-08
Grundy Co.
Pre 2004-05
Hamblen Co.
2009-10
Hamilton Co.
2008-09
Hancock Co.
Pre 2004-05
Hardeman Co. Pre 2004-05
Hardin Co.
2009-10
Hawkins Co.
2007-08
Haywood Co.
2007-08
Henderson Co. 2010-11
Henry Co.
2009-10
Hickman Co.
Pre 2004-05
Houston Co.
2007-08
H-Rock-Bruceton
SSD
2004-05
Humboldt City 2008-09
Humphreys Co. 2009-10
Huntingdon SSD 2008-09
Jackson Co.
Pre 2004-05
Jefferson Co. 2008-09
Johnson City
2008-09
Johnson Co.
Pre 2004-05
Kingsport City 2008-09
Knox Co.
2008-09
Lake Co.
2008-09
Lauderdale Co. 2008-09
Lawrence Co.
2007-08
Lebanon SSD
2009-10
Lenoir City
2009-10
Lewis Co.
Pre 2004-05
Lexington City 2007-08
Lincoln Co.
2009-10
Loudon Co.
2010-11
Macon Co.
2008-09
Madison Co.
2008-09
Manchester City 2009-10
Marion Co.
2009-10
Marshall Co.
2008-09
Maryville City 2008-09
Maury Co.
2008-09
McKenzie SSD 2008-09
McMinn Co.
2008-09
McNairy Co.
2007-08
Meigs Co.
2007-08
Memphis City 2009-10
Milan SSD
2007-08
Monroe Co.
Pre 2004-05
Montgomery Co. 2009-10
Moore Co.
2009-10
Morgan Co.
2007-08
Murfreesboro
City
2008-09
Newport City
2007-08
Oak Ridge
2009-10
Obion Co.
2009-10
Oneida SSD
Pre 2004-05
Overton Co.
Pre 2004-05
Paris SSD
2009-10
Perry Co.
Pre 2004-05
Pickett Co.
Pre 2004-05
Polk Co.
2007-08
Putnam Co.
2008-09
Rhea Co.
2009-10
Richard City
Pre 2004-05
Roane Co.
2009-10
Robertson Co. 2008-09
Rogersville City 2008-09
Rutherford Co. 2008-09
Scott Co.
2007-08
Sequatchie Co. 2008-09
Sevier Co.
2008-09
Shelby Co.
2008-09
Smith Co.
Pre 2004-05
South Carroll
SSD
2009-10
Stewart Co.
2008-09
Sullivan Co.
2008-09
Sumner Co.
2008-09
Sweetwater City 2006-07
Tipton Co.
2007-08
Trenton SSD
2008-09
Trousdale Co. 2009-10
Tullahoma City 2008-09
Unicoi Co.
2008-09
Union City
2007-08
Union Co.
Pre 2004-05
Van Buren Co. Pre 2004-05
Warren Co.
2009-10
Washington Co. 2007-08
Wayne Co.
2009-10
Weakley Co.
2007-08
West Carroll
SSD
Pre 2004-05
White Co.
2007-08
Williamson Co. 2008-09
Wilson Co.
2006-07
HONOR ROLL
School Systems With
Local Salary Increases
Each of the Last Three
Years (2007 thru 10)
Bradley Co.
Etowah City
Fayetteville City
Hardin Co.
Henry Co.
Lebanon SSD
Lenoir City
Marion Co.
Memphis City
Obion Co.
Paris SSD
Roane Co.
Trousdale Co.
Warren Co.
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New Governor and Legislature Bring
New Challenges, Opportunities
T
he 107th General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 11. On January 15, Governor-elect Bill Haslam will be sworn in to lead Tennessee for the next four years. The
November election means that the General Assembly will have a new majority, bringing
about new leadership and revamped committees. TEA expects a number of challenges
which will – more than ever – require your active engagement in the legislative process.
While Tennessee’s economy is slowly recovering, the state budget is still going to dominate
a lot of the discussion. With education a major topic in legislatures across the country, we fully
expect to see many “reform” proposals – some good, some bad – introduced this session.
TEA will do everything possible to keep you informed.
In addition to the weekly TEA Legislative Report, which will begin around the first of February,
special legislative updates are sent electronically to the GREAT (Grass Roots Education Action)
Team. To sign up for this service available only to TEA members, send an e-mail to GREATTeam@
tea.nea.org.
Remember that new challenges can mean new opportunities, but we cannot afford to sit on
the sidelines when decisions affecting our professional and personal lives are being made at
the State Capitol. Over the next several months, Tennessee’s teachers must stay informed and
involved—our future depends on it.
TSW Grant Winners Announced
TEA and its Tennessee Space Week consortium
partners awarded $3,492.06 to Tennessee Space
Week grant winners across the state. TSW week is
celebrated January 23-29, 2011.
Congratulations to Memphis EA member
Christina Clapsadle (White Station Middle
School), Smith Co. EA member Cathy Dringenburg
(Gordonsville Elementary School), Hawkins
Co. EA member Crissy Cade (Carter’s Valley
Elementary), and Giles Co. EA member Missy
Locke (Richland Elementary School).
TSW is a statewide project designed to
increase student interest and performance in
science and mathematics through a focus on
aerospace programs and accomplishments.
Activities are co-sponsored by TEA, the Tennessee
Space Grant Consortium and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
TEA Calendar of Events
February-March 2011
Professional Development
February
February 15
Black History Month
Deadline for receiving nominations for
Distinguished Educator Awards
February 15
Deadline for receiving nominations for
Friend of Education Awards
February 15
Deadline for receiving nominations for
TEA Human Relations Awards
February 15
Deadline for School Bell Awards entries
February 17-18 Administrator Task Force Conference
February 21
President’s Day
February 26
New Teacher Conference, TEA Building
March 1
March 2
March 4-5
March 21
March 24-25
March 25-26 March 25-26
Deadline for submitting nominations for
Don Sahli-Kathy Woodall Scholarships
(STEA, FTA, Minority and Sons & Daughters)
Read Across America
TEA Board of Directors, TEA Building
Deadline for submitting TEA
Constitution and Bylaws amendment
proposals and nominations, as well as
biographical information for
candidates for TEA offices
FTA Convention, Nashville
STEA Convention, Nashville
Minority Affairs Conference, Chattanooga
The Quality Schools Summit
“Commanding the Data and Evaluation Process”
February 17-18, 2011
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Gary Nixon, Executive Director, State Board of Education
Patrick Smith, Executive Director, First to the Top
Dr. Joey Hassell, Director of Schools, Lauderdale County
Dr. Sharon Roberts, Director of Schools, Lebanon Special School District
Dr. Jennifer Butterworth
Make plans now to attend by registering online at www.teateachers.org
or completing the registration form included in your January brochure.
The Summit will be held at the Tennessee Education Association Headquarters, 801 2nd
Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37201. For additional information, e-mail
[email protected] or call 615-242-8392, ext. 233
TASL Credit Approved
Teachers, Librarians
Invited to South Africa
All Smiles—’Adding value to your TEA membership through NEA Member Benefits’ was the theme of a recent Marion
County EA meeting in November. MCEA President Bobby McCulley, MCEA Association Representative Jamie McCulley
and MCEA member Renee Looney are all smiles after learning more about savings and discounts. Bobby teaches 5th
grade, Jamie teaches 8th grade math and Renee teaches 3rd grade at Jasper Middle School. Renee was dressed in
Pilgrim attire as her students took part in Thanksgiving activities. MCEA - working together to benefit all members.
The Institute of International Education
invites teachers to participate in its inaugural
Toyota International Teacher Program to South
Africa. The program will take place between July
24 and August 10, 2011. Full-time classroom
teachers of all subjects and librarians, grades 7
– 12, are invited to apply online.
The Toyota International Teacher Program
is a fully-funded international professional
development program for U.S. educators. Funded
by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. and administered
by the Institute of International Education, the
program advances environmental stewardship
and global connectedness in U.S. schools and
communities.
The deadline to apply is January 23, 2011. The
inaugural Toyota International Teacher Program
to South Africa will provide teachers firsthand exposure to the social and environmental
complexity of South Africa, focusing on
sustainable development and emphasizing the
links between history, culture, power, and the
environment. Teachers will explore the country’s
natural and cultural diversity through a range of
site visits and hands-on activities.
The Toyota International Teacher Program
greatly values diversity and encourages
educators of all backgrounds, subjects and school
types to apply for this professional development
opportunity.
Please visit www.iie.org/toyota for
application instructions.
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H
er face is alive with enthusiasm and excitement. “Ni
hao! Hello – how are you, boys and girls?” Chinese
teacher Hui Li welcomes another eager class of
elementary school students into her classroom at
Discovery School at Reeves Rogers in Murfreesboro.
The students scan the colorful room and smile back at Li.
Another fast-paced Chinese class is about to begin.
Li arrived at Discovery School in August 2010 for a oneyear term as part of the Teachers of Critical Languages
Program, a partnership between the U.S. Department of State
and other foreign governments. The purpose of TCLP is to
foster understanding between the United States and the world
and to expose Americans to the languages strategic to our
training, followed by additional instruction in Philadelphia for
Jones.
Li said the first couple of weeks in America were a bit
difficult for her. Homesickness was part of the problem, but
she said she managed to conquer it and began to explore
American daily life. It helps that teachers and parents
continue to invite her to various events, which range from
dinners in Murfreesboro to traveling to Florida on a family
vacation. By accepting as many invitations as possible, Li said
she gets to see different sides of American culture.
Li begins her typical day by teaching K-6 classes at
Discovery School. Both students and parents report that her
classes are always upbeat and exciting. “I marvel at how the
Tip of the Month
Use reader’s theater to bring your books to
life. Ask students to stage their own dramatic
readings of their favorite stories.
Link of the Month
Ready to look inside the mind of your favorite
authors? Check out the author interviews
compiled by Reading Rockets. You’ll find many of
your favorites. Go to www.readingrockets.org.
rg..
Activity of the Month
If your class is ready for its 15 minutes of fame,
me,
why not create a video for the Read Across
America Channel on Schooltube? Go to
www.schooltube.com to view past videos or
create your own.
‘Ni Hao to Hui Li!’
FEBRUARY DATES
` February 3 Chinese New Year
Murfreesboro EA Member Helps Bring a Teacher from China to Tennessee
national welfare—the
“critical languages.”
Hailing from
Changchun, where she
is a junior high school
teacher, Li teaches
Murfreesboro students
the intricacies of the
Chinese language,
culture, tai chi and all
manner of things related
to China. “This is a
fantastic opportunity,”
said Dr. Linda Clark,
Discovery School
principal. “Our school
is for high achieving
children, so this is a
logical place for such a
program. Our faculty is
Murfreesboro EA member Cynthia Jones and Chinese teacher Hui Li set up open to innovation and
a live video conference between Discovery School at Reeves Rogers and a creativity, and having
school in Beijing. Li came to Discovery School for one year as part of a U.S. Mrs. Li is a natural fit
Department of State grant.
for us.”
Longtime
Murfreesboro EA member Cynthia Jones is Li’s mentor
teacher and the main author of the grant which brought Li
to Tennessee. Jones, who teaches fifth grade, and colleague
Kristy Mall began the grant process a couple of years ago,
armed with support of their principal. Together they outlined
the grant application, formed an advisory board, took Asian
studies classes and immersed themselves in Chinese culture.
Parent Susan Lyons volunteered to be the cultural mentor for
Li, helping her navigate and get accustomed to the American
way of life. Li currently stays with the Lyons family, much
to the delight of their young adopted Chinese daughter, Lily
Grace.
Li underwent an extensive screening before she was
accepted into the program. She then went through rigorous
training in China and Washington, where she learned about
American public education, culture, language and values.
Jones and Clark also traveled to Washington for a weekend
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children learn so quickly,” Li said. “They are so smart! And
everyone has been wonderful to me, so nice and welcoming.”
At Discovery School, Li employs small group instruction,
technology, lots of hands-on activities and other strategies
not regularly used in China. “In China, I only teach a few
classes of about 40-60 children,” she said in perfect English.
“The rest of the day is for planning and grading papers.
American teachers work very, very hard, much harder than
Chinese teachers.”
Shea Payne, a fourth grade teacher, said she has a hard
time imagining how Li is coping with being so far away from
home. “I cannot imagine leaving my country and my family
for a new job, using a second language, at a new school, in
a new country, for a whole year. I admire her courage and
independence. We are learning so much and our kids are being
exposed to a world outside Tennessee. They are becoming
global learners.”
Said Jones: “Hui is a master teacher; my mentoring job is
easy.”
Jones added that TCLP would be a great fit for other
schools in Tennessee. The program offers grants to schools
for one year, covering all expenses, including the visiting
teacher’s salary. TCLP even provides money for setting up a
classroom. “When talking to the Board of Education and our
new director, Dr. Linda Gilbert, about the TCLP grant, a strong
point was that the teacher would be provided totally free of
charge,” Jones said. “In a time of economic hardship, this was
a strong selling point.”
Li, Jones and Mall also host an after-school Chinese Club
and are actively speaking to the Murfreesboro community
through television interviews and other outreach activities.
“I am so impressed with Hui,” Jones said. “She has adapted
and worked hard, as have we, to make this arrangement work.
Hui is an intelligent and beautiful person.”
The trio has started a series of live video conferences with
an elementary school in Beijing, China. Their first conference
in November had Discovery School students and children in
Beijing sharing information about their fall activities. “This
is American education at its best,” said one of many parents
who attended the evening Skype session. “I am amazed and
pleased that my child could profit from the hard work of so
many people.”
Bird, written by Zetta Elliott
and illustrated by Shadra
Strickland, offers a poignant
look inside the mind of a
young artist as he struggles
to understand his life’s ups
and downs.
` February 6–7 African American Read-In
` February 14 Valentine’s Day
` February 21 Presidents Day
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Published in 2002 by Lee and Low. www.
leeandlowbooks.com. Artwork used with
permission.
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TEA to Host Legislative, Evaluation Updates
Eight Regional Sessions Planned Across the State
TEA will again
conduct a series of
regional information
sessions across the
state in January and
February, 2011, to
keep you informed
about important
issues and potential
challenges facing
public education
in Tennessee. Two
important topics that
will be discussed at each regional meeting are:
• Potential 2011 legislative issues;
• An update on the changes in the evaluation process.
All TEA members are invited to attend the 2011 Regional
Legislative Information and Evaluation Update Sessions.
General Legislative Overview and Evaluation Updates
will be presented between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
A question and answer session will follow between 6:00
p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The sessions will include a Legislative Contact Team
information update and talking points for LCT members.
The Tennessee Education Association is the voice
of Tennessee’s teachers. As we prepare to address the
challenges of 2011, we invite you to make plans now to hear
the facts and allow your voice to be heard.
Each TEA member is invited to attend the regional
information session nearest you.
The mission of the Tennessee Education Association
(TEA) is to promote, advance and protect public education,
the education profession, and the rights and interests of
our members.
Regional Meeting Dates, Locations and Times
January 18, Tuesday * Nashville
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session, TEA Building Auditorium A, 801 2nd
Ave. North, Nashville, TN 37201.
January 20, Thursday * Jackson
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session Jackson, Liberty High School Cafeteria,
3470 Ridgecrest Road Ext. Jackson, TN.
January 25, Tuesday * Shelbyville
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session, Harris Middle School Library in
Shelbyville, 400 Elm Street Shelbyville, TN.
January 27, Thursday * Knoxville
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session at an area school in Knoxville (Location
to be announced on TEA Web site).
February 3, Thursday * Memphis
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session, MEA Office, 126 South Flicker Street,
Memphis, TN.
February 8 Tuesday * Blountville
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session, Sullivan Central High School Little
Theater, 131 Shipley Ferry Rd., Blountville, TN
February 10, Thursday * Chattanooga
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session. HCEA Office, 4655 Shallowford Rd,
Chattanooga, TN.
February 17, Thursday * Cookeville
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - 2011 Legislative Kick-Off
Information Session, Cookeville High School Lecture Hall,
first floor, 2335 N Washington Ave., Cookeville, TN.
The Johnella Martin / TEA Statewide
Minority Affairs Conference
March 25 - 26, 2011
DoubleTree Hotel, Chattanooga
Need information, services?
Mitchell Johnson
Assistant Executive Director for Affiliate Services
Ronny Clemmons & Donna Cotner
Managers of UniServ
Tennessee Education Association, 801 Second Avenue
North, Nashville, TN 37201-1099
(615) 242-8392, (800) 342-8367, FAX (615) 259-4581
UniServ Coordinators
District 1 — Harry Farthing, P.O. Box 298, Elizabethton,
TN 37644; phone: (423)262-8035, fax: (423)262-8053;
Assns: Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Bristol, Kingsport, Northeast State C.C. District 2 — Jennifer Gaby, P.O. Box 70,
Afton, TN 37616; (423)234-0700, fax: (423)234-0708; Assns:
Greene, Greeneville, Unicoi, Washington, Elizabethton,
Johnson City, ETSU. District 3 — Mike Lee, 1607 Solod
Drive, Morristown, TN 37814; (423)587-8001, fax: (423)5878550; Assns: Cocke, Newport, Hancock, Hamblen,
Hawkins, Rogersville, Walter State C.C. District 4 — Tina
Parlier, P.O. Box 74, Corryton, TN 37721; (865)688-1175,
fax: (865)688-5188; Assns: Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson,
Union. District 5— Jim Petrie, Knox County Education
Association, 2411 Magnolia Ave., Knoxville, TN 379178289; (865)522-9793, fax: (865)522-9866; Assns: Knox,
UT-Knoxville, Pellisippi State C.C. District 6 — Reba
Luttrell, 503 Cardinal St., Maryville, TN 37803; phone/fax:
(865)983-8640; Assns: Blount, Alcoa, Maryville, Monroe,
Sweetwater, Loudon, Lenoir City District 7 — Donna
Jerden, P.O. Box 222, Wartburg, TN 37887-0222; phone/
fax: (423) 346-6165; Assns: Anderson, Clinton, Oak Ridge,
Campbell, Morgan, Scott, Oneida, TSD District 8 — Jim
Jordan, P.O. Box 4878, Cleveland, TN 37320; phone/fax:
(423)472-3315; Assns: Bradley, Cleveland, McMinn, Athens, Etowah, Meigs, Polk, Rhea-Dayton, Cleveland State
C.C. District 9 — Dannise McKinney, P.O. Box 117, Kingston, TN 37763; phone/fax: (865)882-8211; Assns: Bledsoe,
Cumberland, Fentress, York Institute, Roane, Sequatchie,
White, Van Buren, Roane State C.C. District 10 — Rhonda
Catanzaro, Hamilton County Education Association, 4655
Shallowford Rd., Chattanooga, TN 37411; (423)485-9535,
fax: (423)485-9512; Assns: Hamilton County, Chattanooga State C.C., UT-Chattanooga District 11 — Emily
Watson, 207 Country Estates Drive, Winchester, TN 37398;
phone/fax: (931)967-0175; Assns: Coffee, Manchester,
Tullahoma, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Warren District
12 — Shannon Bain, 1001 Rhett Place, Lebanon, TN
37087; phone: (615)547-7769, fax: (615)547-7879; Assns:
Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam,
Smith, Trousdale, TTU District 13 — Arthur Patterson,
101 Copperas Court, Murfreesboro, TN 37128; phone:
(615)907-9912, fax: (615) 907-5490; Assns: Cannon, Wilson,
Lebanon S.S.D., Volunteer State C.C. District 14 — Susan
Young, P.O. Box 422, Madison, TN 37116-0422; phone/fax:
(615)865-9700; Assns: Cheatham, Murfreesboro, MTSU,
Rutherford, TSB, TN Department of Education District
15 — Miley Durham, P.O. Box 10, Lawrenceburg, TN
38464; phone/fax: (931)766-7874; Assns: Bedford, Giles,
Lawrence, Lincoln, Fayetteville, Marshall, Moore, Motlow
State C.C. District 16 — Alice Spicer, 106 Stillwater Trail,
Hendersonville, TN 37075; (615)826-1394, fax: (615)8264589; Assns: Clarksville-Montgomery, Robertson, APSU
District 17 — Forestine Cole, Ralph Smith, Theresa
Turner, Metro Nashville, 531 Fairground Court, Nashville,
TN 37211; (615)726-1499, fax: (615)726-2501; Assns: Metro
Nashville, Nashville State C.C., TSU, Department of Higher
Education District 18 — Jackie Pope, 2326 Valley Grove
Dr., Murfreesboro, TN 37128; (615) 898-1060, fax: (615)
898-1099; Assns: Lewis, Maury, Williamson, Franklin
S.S.D., Columbia State C.C. District 19— Melinda Webb,
56 Lakeview Cove, Linden, TN 37096; (931)593-3532, fax:
(931)593-3543; Assns: Decatur, Dickson, Hardin, Hickman,
Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Wayne District 20 — Maria
Uffelman, P.O. Box 99, Cumberland City, TN 37050; phone/
fax: (931)827-3333; Assns: Benton, Carroll (West Carroll)
Central, Clarksburg, Huntingdon, McKenzie, Gibson,
Bradford, Humboldt, Milan, Henry, Paris, Stewart,
Weakley, UT-Martin, FTA District 21 — Lorrie Butler,
P.O. Box 387, Henderson, TN 38340; (731)989-4860, fax:
(731)989-9254; Assns: Chester, Hardeman, Henderson,
Lexington, Jackson-Madison, McNairy, Jackson State C.C.
District 22 — Karla Carpenter, P.O. Box 177, Brunswick,
TN 38014; (901)590-2543, fax: (901)382-1433; Assns:
Crockett, Dyer, Dyersburg, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale,
Obion, Union City, Tipton, Dyersburg State C.C. District
23 — Zandra Foster, 3897 Homewood Cove, Memphis, TN
38128; phone/fax: (901)377-9472; Assns: Fayette, Shelby,
Univ. of Memphis, Southwest Tenn. C.C., University of
Memphis. Priority Local Team Field Organizers — Jeff
Garrett, Cheryl Richardson, Rhonda Thompson, 801
Second Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37201; (615)242-8392
or (800)342-8367 Assns: Sevier, Sumner, Trenton. MEA —
Ken Foster, Executive Director; Susanne Jackson, Terri
Jones, Tom Marchand, Herman Sawyer and Marilyn
Webley, MEA, 126 South Flicker Street, Memphis, TN 38104;
(901)454-0966, fax: (901)454-9979; Assn: Memphis.
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