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Hawthorn Education Association (HEA)

Welcome back!

Executive board members

John Langelund, President Erin Brickman, Secretary Sandra Cruickshank, ESP Vice President Eileen Duhig-Larson, Vice President Erin Roche, Treasurer & Membership Chair

Executive board and committees

The Executive Board and Committees...

• Provide you with important information about new

policies and procedures from the district or State.

• Are your voice in collaborative decisions made with

the administrative team.

• Set up meetings and opportunities for members to

engage with legislators.

• Negotiate and enforce the contract.
• Set up fundraisers and events to connect you with
• ther people in the district and to give back to our

schools.

Building reps

Building Reps can help you…

• Overcome obstacles, problem solve, or get you in touch

with people who help.

• Understand the evaluation process and observation

cycles.

• Be heard in meetings where you feel uncomfortable.

IEA/NEA

The organization helps you by:

• Fighting to protect your pension.
• Providing legal representation for you.
• Lobbying on behalf of you, other members, and our

students.

• Communicating important information about laws and

policies that affect education.

• Providing professional development both in person and
• nline.
• Offering member benefits for goods, services, and

credit cards.

Building meetings

• Meetings are after school on the second Monday of every
• month. (Note: It is on Tuesday if there is no school on

the second Monday.)

• You will receive updates about what is going on in the

district and state, and building reps ask for feedback which guides our work.

• Please attend!

negotiations

• Toward the end of this academic year, building reps will

be gathering feedback that our team will bring into negotiations next year.

• If you are interested in being a part of the negotiation

team, please contact John Langelund. We would like to start meeting this year.

Get involved

There are SO many ways to be involved! You can work on a committee, be a building rep, or get involved in the legislative work that we do. If you would like to learn more about the different ways to get involved, please contact Eileen Duhig-Larson.

Let’s have a great year!

We wish all of you a wonderful start to the year!